Down Wind Sports Blog

Thanksgiving is always a special time when folks travel home for the holiday.  Coming back to the U.P. is special and we love seeing everyone this ...

Down Wind Sports specializes in unique outdoor Holiday gift ideas: we have about a gazillion of them. Discover stocking stuffers and under-the-...

Whether you're shopping for toddlers or teens, we have the perfect outdoor gifts to keep them playing outside all day long! From the coolest ne...

Nothing screams the holidays like Smartwool Socks. It should bring you right back to your childhood when your grandparents would lovingly gift...

With the temperatures dropping and the UP's favorite season approaching, it's time for hunting season- a strong tradition in the Upper Peninsula to...

The Hok is designed as an easy to use ski for the backcountry. Its short wide dimensions makes the ski incredibly maneuverable, and the integrate...

Welcome to our weekly series Hike & Hydrate! We'll exploring some of our favorite hiking in the Upper Peninsula and following the...

Welcome to our weekly series Hike & Hydrate! We'll be exploring some of our favorite hiking in the Upper Peninsula and following ...

Welcome to our weekly series Hike & Hydrate! We'll exploring some of our favorite hiking in the Upper Peninsula and following the...

Welcome to our weekly series Hike & Hydrate! We'll exploring some of our favorite hiking in the Upper Peninsula and following the...

With as rich of a mining history as the Keweenaw Peninsula has you might think Keweenaw Gold is a mineral. But as we approach midsummer the prosp...

It seems that the word has gotten out about Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore!  Every summer this little town on the edge of the National Lakesho...