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                                                                    EXHIBIT 31.1

                                 CERTIFICATIONS

I, Craig A. Waltzer, Chief Executive Officer of Aventura Holdings, Inc. certify
that:

        1.      I have reviewed this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of Aventura
Holdings, Inc.;

        2.      Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue
statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make
the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements
were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

        3.      Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other
financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material
respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the
registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

        4.      The registrant's other certifying officer and I are responsible
for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined
in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over
financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f))
for the registrant and have:

        a)      Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such
        disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision,
        to ensure that material information relating to the registrant,
        including its consolidated Subsidiaries, is made known to us by others
        within those entities, particularly during the period in which this
        report is being prepared;

        b)      Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or
        caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed
        under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the
        reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial
        statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted
        accounting principals;

        c)      Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant's disclosure
        controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions
        about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of
        the end of the period covered by this report; and

        d)      Disclosed in this report any changes in the registrant's
        internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the
        registrant's most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant's fourth fiscal
        quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected,
        or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant's internal
        control over financial reporting; and

        5.      The registrant's other certifying officer and I have disclosed,
based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial
reporting, to the registrant's auditors and the audit committee of the
registrant's board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent
functions):

        a)      All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the
        design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which
        are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant's ability to
        record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

        b)      Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or
        other employees who have a significant role in the registrant's internal
        control over financial reporting.


Date: November 1, 2006                        /s/ Craig A. Waltzer
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                                              Craig A. Waltzer
                                              Chief Executive Officer, President
                                              and Director