The Big Winds Weblog

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Big Winds’ Matt (Suds) Luchsinger and Matt Elsasser lit up the sky at the Bridge of the Gods Kite Festival, August 7th at the East Point kite beach, both making to the semi-finals in the ultra-competitive expert men’s division. Along with our kite department manager, TJ Gulizia, the two Matts bring a wealth of kiteboarding experience and credibility to Big Winds.

Way to rock it, Matts!

Here’s one, and

here’s another.

Final Standings

The opening race video

Race #4 video

Final race video

July 17th-18th, July 31st-August 1st and August 14th-15th, 2010

These single day clinics place a strong emphasis on instruction in a small group environment stressing the fundamentals of windsurfing necessary to master a wide variety of skills. The Big Winds team of instructors will cover a variety of skills including stance, harness and foot straps, jibing, and high wind sailing skills. Get all the information here.

Right here.

Playing on a YouTube near you…

The Starboard Gemini, a tandem windsurfer, got put through its paces last week. Here’s the video.

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Big Winds is offering free windsurfing lessons at Windfest, CGWA’s big weekend event at the Hood River Event Site, this weekend, June 26-27. You can demo gear, attend clinics and party it up with music by Tony Smiley Saturday night. There’s a big ol’ swap meet at the Expo Center Sunday morning, too. Toys!

Big Winds will be contributing all the SUP boards for the “Paddle Benefit,” a fundraiser for First Descents (young adults with cancer). The event will be held Sunday, June 6th at the Hood River Waterfront Park, with registration beginning at 11AM. The kayaking experts at Outdoor Play are your hosts for this very special event.

The Hood SUP Series gets underway in a couple of weeks. Here’s the lowdown.

The Big Winds SUPper Club is underway, Tuesday nights starting at 5:30PM. Free SUP paddling for the ladies, running through July 13th. More info here.

TJ keeps on truckin’ allowing more chances at the vid monster. Round two.

If you can’t rip it up in the Gorge, you might as well try Maui, like Karin, our rentals manager did in April.

New toy: Canon Vixia HS10 camcorder. Got some work ahead figuring out how it works:

Well, ya gotta start somewhere.