WINDFEST

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Weekend Schedule

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:: THURSDAY, JUNE 23
Showing of Planet Blow with Fabrice Beaux

:: FRIDAY, JUNE 24
American Windsurfing Tour’s Post-Pistol Party.

  • Time: 8pm
  • Location: Windsurfing Magazine Headquarters, 309 Oak St. Hood River

:: SATURDAY, JUNE 25
Free Outdoor Concert at the Waterfront Park

  • Time: 6-10pm
  • Don Placido and Friends start the night.  Headliner is Current Swell, a surf roots rock band.
  • FREE and all ages
  • Food: Solstice Wood Fire Cafe will serve fresh pizza onsite, Tropical Snow Cones will cart through for your sweet tooth, and Full Sail and Naked Winery will keep you hydrated.

Free outdoor concert at the Hood River Waterfront Park June 25th

:: SUNDAY, JUNE 26
Swap Meet

  • Time: Sellers arrive at 7am, buyers at 8am.  Runs until 1pm.
  • Location: Expo Center Parking Lot, across from the Event Site
  • Cost: Seller fee of $10 goes toward CGWA programs.
  • More Info: [Click Here]

:: CLINIC SCHEDULE, JUNE 25TH AND 26TH AT THE EVENT SITE
11am: Freestyle clinic with Wyatt Miller
12 noon: Loop clinic with Whit Poor
1pm: Ladies loop tips and motivation with Ingrid Larouche (bring your gear!)
1pm: Intro to windsurfing lessons with Big Winds inside the Hook (pre-register in the morning at the CGWA tent at the Event Site).
2pm: Sail tuning for power and control with Bruce Peterson
2pm: Kids sailing session with Zane Schweitzer
3pm: All about fins with Makani

Windfest Loop Clinic

:: GORGE BLOWOUT
A fun and challenging 17-mile downwinder from Stevenson, Washington, to the Event Site in Hood River, Oregon.

  • Date: Wind-dependant, either Saturday or Sunday
  • More info or register online: [Click Here]

THANK YOU!! We are so very grateful for the incredible support from the community to make this event happen.  Please support our sponsors, and pass on your gratitude for their generosity: Hood River Visitor’s Council, Providence Hood River Memorial Hospital,Vela Windsurf Resorts, Taco del Mar, Full Sail Brewing Company, Naked Winery, Windsport Magazine, Windsurfing Magazine,Doppio Coffee + Lounge, 6th Street Bistro and Loft, Bambino’s International Learning Center, Hood River Vacation Rentals, American Windsurfing Tour.

Exhibitors

Each year brands from all over the country and beyond gather at the Event Site to let  YOU demo the latest gear.  Vendors register here.  For more information please contact Katie Crafts, cgwa@gorge.net.

Vendors Registered as of 6.6.2011: