Welcome
to our web site. Gel-Ride has been around since 1992,
manufacturing quality shock-absorbing gel products in Edmonton
Alberta, Canada.
Gel-Ride Gets Around
Gel-Ride™ Seat Savers have been selling throughout the United States,
Canada, England, and as far afield as New Caledonia (a South Pacific
island between Australia and Fiji). The person who bought this Seat Saver
went on a one-year horse trip on Australia’s Bicentennial National Trail,
a 5330 km route through Australian bush, wilderness and mountain areas. A
great place for a Gel-Ride™ Seat Saver!
When the engineers at the GTM radio telescope
in Pueblo, Mexico had trouble transporting delicate components to their
site in the mountains, they tried foam padding but eventually decided on
Gel-Ride gel to provide the shock-absorption they needed. Gel-Ride pads
have been used on 100 miles rides in the USA, polo ponies in Argentina,
and racehorses in Canada. Custom-made gel pads are used by Medieval Times
in Florida, jousting competitors, and on gaited horses and mules.
Features
Gel-Ride saddle
pads were featured in articles in the Western Horseman (January 2008) and
the Western Horse Review (2007) among others.
Trade
Shows
In September 2006 and March 2007 we
had a booth at the CanAm trade show, meeting with our dealers in Alberta,
BC, Saskatchewan and Manitoba.
January 2005 - We attended the
Stanley KOP show for tack stores in Philadelphia PA. A great chance to
connect with our retailers and visit the historic Valley Forge site.
Spruce Meadows Masters - In
September 2004, 2005, and 2006, Gel-Ride was pleased to attend the
internationally acclaimed Spruce Meadows Masters as guests of Cole's
Western Wear.
July
2004 - We attended the Summerama show in Palgrave, Ontario, Canada. A
beautiful venue for the show.
September
2004 - We will be attending the Masters Tournament at Spruce Meadows in
Calgary, Alberta, Canada. If you have never been there, it is well worth a
visit to this beautiful premiere venue nestled near the foothills of the
Rocky Mountains. See their website at www.sprucemeadows.com.
Art Commissioned
Artist
Jonathan Roth, also known as the artist "Kitsuné", was
commissioned to do cartoons of potential Gel-Ride users (i.e., those with
sore rear ends or sore horses!). Jonathan was chosen partly for his
amazing talent and partly because although he now lives and works in the
USA, he is a home-town boy from Edmonton, Alberta, where Gel-Ride
originated and where we still make the pads. See Jonathan's work on his
web site at http://www.kitsunestudios.com/.
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