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Sunshine Sport’s Annual Boat-Bike-Gear Swap is a great way to buy or sell used boating, biking, and outdoor equipment. With a large amount of equipment assembled in one location and a knowledgeable staff provided by Sunshine Sports, Spoke Shop, Beartooth Paddlers, and knowledgeable volunteers. The 2026 Boat-Bike-Gear Swap will be on Saturday, May 9th. The gates open for buyers at 10:00am. We fence the lot surrounding the swap for security and to maintain an orderly sale.
How the Boat n Bike Swap Works:
Sunshine Sports acts as a middle man to bring sellers and buyers together. Sellers check in their gear to Sunshine Sports during the week preceding the swap and pay their equipment handling fees. The night before the swap our crew fences our front parking lot and bright and early the morning of the swap we start moving all the collected gear to the front parking lot. We have carpeted areas for more delicate boats, composite canoes and touring boats and racks to hang bikes. Sunshine Sports in conjunction with the Beartooth Paddlers, Spoke Shop and volunteers supply the personnel to staff the event so sellers need not be present. Although past sellers, who opted to stay and personally sell their gear, have proven that it improves your success to be on site to sell their products. At the end of the day all unsold products must be picked up.
Gear Drop Off
Monday –Friday
May 4th-8th 10am-4pm
Sat. May 9th
8am-10am
Sunshine Sports is located at 304 Moore Lane. Please call the store at (406)252-3724 if you have any questions. Because the early bird always gets the worm, or the best buy on that purchase, a large percentage of the sales go through the sales counter before 1:00pm. Having your gear on display Thursday and Friday is important and the gear check in line can be quite long the morning of the swap.
Getting Paid For Sold Gear
Sunshine Sports acts only as a middle man in the Swap. All money is paid directly to the sellers and must be picked up between 3pm and 4pm the day of the swap. The seller has the right to accept the following forms of payment (Cash, Checks & Credit Cards) Checks are made out directly to the seller. All buyers are required to present an ID for checks and credit cards. Credit cards, which can be a safer form of payment than checks, have to be processed by Sunshine Sports. A 6% processing fee is charged and we mail out a check within 7 days to the seller.
Gear Pick Up
All unsold gear and money must be picked up on the day of the Swap between 3:00pm and 4:00pm. Any unsold gear not picked the day of the Boat Swap will be subject to a $10 per day storage fee. Gear that is not picked up within 7 days will be donated to a local charity. At the time you check your gear in, you have the option to donate any unsold gear.
Gear Handling Fees
Sunshine Sports does not charge commission but we do charge a small per item handling fee which is paid when gear is checked in. All proceeds of the Swap are donated every year to some great cause.
The following is a schedule of the handling fees paid in cash.
$1 to $10 $1 per item
$11 to $49 $2 per item
$50 to $99 $3 per item
$100 to $249 $7 per item
$250 to $499 $10 per item
$500 to $999 $20 per item
$1000 to $1999 $30 per item
$2000 to $2999 $40 per item
$3000 and up $50 per item
Boat n Bike Swap Disclaimer
Sunshine Sports takes many precautions to make the swap a secure environment for buyers and sellers. We have had only a few minor incidents in 20+ years of hosting the swap. To check gear into the swap the seller is required to sign a contract stating that you will not hold Sunshine Sports and any other affiliated organizations responsible for any loss, damages, and theft of gear.
CASH MACHINE WILL BE AVAILABLE
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