The Big Winds Weblog

We could go in all sorts of directions with this one, but we’ll try to keep it clean. Our latest shipment of stand up paddle boards arrived recently, and we’re all busy unpacking these glossy beauties. We now have no less than six different boards that will be happy to serve your every stand up [...]

Phew! We figured we’d let ya’ll know that we just finished updating our entire DAKINE product line for the fall/winter 2007-2008 season. Our vast stores of summer gear are beginning to dwindle, and everything is making way for the autumn that is to come. From travel gear to backpacks, girly bags to skate packs, everything [...]

Howdy, ya’ll! Just a brief note to let you know that all of our windsurfing boards from 2007 are currently on sale. That includes wave boards, freestyle boards, freeride boards… why, boards for just about all the riding styles and conditions that you could imagine! Most of our prices are too low to print, so [...]

For a limited time only, we’re offering some amazing prices on the 2007 North Vegas. This is a great kite for intermediate and advanced riders who love being powered up while riding. The North Vegas is a high-performance C-shaped kite, but its swept wingtips give it the wide wind range and huge depower of a [...]

The world must be experiencing an epidemic of lost board syndrome, as there’s been a run on kiteboarding leashes for the last few weeks. We’re the first shop in Hood River to get these guys back in stock, which makes us pretty darn spankin’ proud. We’re now outfitted with the standard NSI Reel Leash, as [...]

Everyone here had a great time hanging out with Robby Naish last Sunday, chatting it up and getting the man’s distinct signature on everything from posters to hats, boards to sails. Visit our photo gallery at Flickr for more pictures of the event. We talked to Robby afterwards, and he was super stoked by how [...]