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Sofia, Fiona and Alyson I had just finished the Junior Gorge Blow Out windsurf race and was hanging out on the shore savoring my first day of summer vacation, when Steve Gates told me that the Big Winds Junior Team was going to train for Stand Up Paddle Board races this year. I knew right [...]

Big Winds Junior Team had a strong showing at the Pistol River Wave Contest this past weekend. Fiona Wylde rocked the show at the Pistol River SUP event. Seen here getting ready to paddle out with Robby Naish, Fiona, 14, had a great windsurfing contest showing too, placing 5th in the Women’s and 8th in [...]

Updated 6/29/2011: Mosier emerges. For quite awhile, the Mosier launch was farther underwater than a lot of Bank of America mortgages. Finally, it has been bailed out by the dam operators. Updated 5/31/2011 with images of Mosier. The flooded Mosier launch site, looking north under the I-84 bridge The flooded Mosier launch site, looking north [...]

Here are four images of what you’ll find at the Event Site in 2011.

Steve got into a close finish at the Oregon Open Ocean Classic SUP race. Here’s a quick summary and here is the flickr album. Even more photos are here, on Stacey Evert’s SmugMug site.

Final Standings The opening race video Race #4 video Final race video

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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.

The crew at Big Winds is super stoked to announce our Big Winds Beach Bash on Sunday, May 23, 2010 at the Hood River Event Site. The latest new gear from all our great brands in Windsurfing, Kiteboarding and Stand Up Paddleboarding will be available for free demos from 10-5. More details will be forthcoming [...]

Intrepid Big Winds paddlers and friends hit the river on New Year’s Day. The rumor is that it will be an annual event. The rest of the pics are here.

Big Winds and Naish are donating a Naish 11’6″ AST SUP board to the Providence Hood River Hearts of Gold Gala. The board will be auctioned Saturday, November 7, 2009 at the Annual Awards Dinner & Benefit Auction at the Hood River Inn.

Nikki Gregg Hawaii based personal trainer and owner of NRG Lifestyle Fitness Training, Nikki Gregg, is bringing her aloha spirit and exclusive stand up paddle boot camp to Hood River. She will help fine tune your technique and teach you how to get the most out or your paddle sessions. This is a great way [...]

Robbie Naish, Dave Kalama and Michi Schweiger are coming to Hood River June 18th to participate in the inaugural Hood SUP Series. This presents a rare opportunity to see the legends of all things water in action. The racing gets underway at 6:30 PM but I’d get there early to mill around and hobnob with [...]