The Big Winds Weblog

Some goings on and special deals at Big Winds.

We’ve added a few new kites to our closeout page. One’s a 2008 Naish Torch 9m ridden by Big Winds rock star Bea. This is a used kite in B+ condition. She’s also offering a 6m Torch (kite only) in A+ condition for $425 that’s only been ridden five times. And there are a couple [...]

The largest demo fleet in the U.S. is now on sale. We’re taking reservations for all of the 2008 gear from our lessons, rental and demo programs. This is some of the best gear out there, used for one short season in fresh water. Release dates for most of this equipment will be August 19, [...]

For the first time in 22 years, our annual Canada Day & Fourth of July Sale is available to our web customers! That’s right, for the first time ever you don’t need to visit our Hood River store to take advantage of our biggest in-season sale of the year! $100 off all 2008 windsurf boards! [...]

While we still have some of our closeout Naish sails left, the big news today is that we have now acquired a number of beautiful 2007 sails from Neil Pryde! We’ve slashed the prices on these guys by $200 or more, which means you can now pick a new Neil Pryde sail for as little [...]

The trees are budding, the snow is melting and the Hood River is flowing strong, and as a result we’re suffering from an extreme case of spring fever over here at Big Winds! We know you want to hit the water as much as we do, which is why we’ve slashed up to $600 off [...]

Phew! It’s taken us awhile to recover from another whirlwind summer here in Hood River, but it looks like we’ve finally gotten our wits back amongst us. Thusly armed with such concentration and a laser-like focus, we’ve now added our entire 2007 windsurfing demo fleet to our website. This used gear saw one season of [...]

Thanksgiving may be more than a month away for most of us, but fortunately Canadian Thanksgiving happened just yesterday! In celebrating with our kind neighbors to the north, we’d like to share some of our holiday revelries with all of you. We just couldn’t wait! Right now, our entire selection of 2007 windsurf boards, windsurf [...]

Midwest, East Coast, a vacation to Hawaii, or three months in Baja… no matter where you are or where you’re going, you need sails! And we’ve got good news because our entire stock of 2007 windsurfing sails are currently 20-30% off, which means you can save up to $200 per sail. That’s $200 you can [...]

Often overlooked, the lowly harness may be the most important safety item in your setup. If you’re still using your old windsurfing harness for kiteboarding, it could be time to consider upgrading to a true kite harness. What’s more, if this has been your first season of kiteboarding, by this point you might be ready [...]

Geez, is it August already? In two weeks it seems our season here in the Gorge will start wrapping up, but that’s just in time for those of you in the Midwest and on the East Coast to get your autumn blast! And hey, you might be planning a windsurfing trip this winter, or maybe [...]

We figured we’d better let ya’ll know that we just put our team riders’ full line-up of 2007 Naish Torch kites up for sale! Actually, we might be obligated to tell our team riders about this as well, but they’ll know soon enough. We like to avoid confrontation whenever possible, so we just “fixed the [...]

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 [...]

It’s strange to say, but we’ve got booty coming out of our ears over here at Big Winds… wetsuit booties, that is! We’ve got a bunch of different styles from previous years, in a wild amalgam of sizes, and we’d like to clear out the lot of them! If you’re interested in protecting your fine [...]

Alright, this is it. We’re five months into 2007 and it’s high-time we move our 2006 windsurf boards on out of here. They won’t last for very long at these prices, so if anything looks enticing we recommend that you call us now! In about two weeks, the little town of Hood River is going [...]