DULUTH – People flock to the 56th annual Duluth Sports Show, where outdoors and indoors are everywhere at the Duluth Entertainment Convention Center.
The Duluth Sports Show features vendors, exhibits, demos and performances. The campaign includes gear and items for hunting, fishing, boating, camping, traveling, and more. Visitors can also try their luck in the trout tank and spot Twiggy the waterskiing squirrel. Multiple squirrels depict Twiggy, which has entertained people for over 40 years.
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Aiden Cole, 13, of Barron, Wisconsin, caught a trout while fishing in a live trout pond during the Duluth Sports Show at the Duluth Entertainment Convention Center on Friday.
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Visitors check out vendors and booths inside the arena at the Duluth Entertainment Convention Center during the Duluth Sports Show on Friday.
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Chuck Best gets a kiss from the nose of a squirrel before Twiggy, the water-skiing squirrel, at the Duluth Entertainment Convention Center on Friday during the Duluth Sports Show. Best is one of the squirrel trainers.
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Aiden Cole, 13, of Barron, Wisconsin, caught a trout while fishing in a live trout pond during the Duluth Sports Show at the Duluth Entertainment Convention Center on Friday.
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Matthew Anderson of Minneapolis stands at the Go Athletics booth and assists Jeff Matteson of Walker (right) with purchases during the Duluth Sports Show at the Duluth Entertainment Convention Center on Friday .
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Visitors browse the selection of fishing rods available for purchase in the arena at the Duluth Entertainment Convention Center during the Duluth Sports Show, as seen Friday.
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Duluth’s Pam Rouleau sits inside a pontoon boat on display during the Duluth Sports Show Friday at the Duluth Entertainment Convention Center.
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The “Twiggy No. 11” wakeboard is behind a remote-controlled boat during the Twiggy the Waterskiing Squirrel show at the Duluth Entertainment Convention Center on Friday during the Duluth Sports Show. The squirrels wear life jackets to help promote safety on the water.
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Duluth’s Mark Summers smiles in a squirrel-inspired life jacket during Twiggy the waterskiing squirrel at the Duluth Entertainment Convention Center during the Duluth Sports Show on Friday. Summers was selected from the audience for a demonstration.
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The “Twiggy No. 10” wakeboard is behind a remote-controlled boat during the Twiggy the Waterskiing Squirrel show at the Duluth Entertainment Convention Center on Friday during the Duluth Sports Show.
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Greg and Joanne Buss, both of Hibbing, laugh as they sit on stage during the Duluth Sports Show at the Duluth Entertainment Convention Center on Friday.
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Chuck Best, left, and Toni Tedesco, trainers for the Twiggy Wake Squirrel Show, put on a two-squirrel show at the Duluth Entertainment Convention Center during the Duluth Sports Show on Friday.
