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All I Want For Christmas- Stand Up Paddling the Slate Islands

All I Want For Christmas- Stand Up Paddling the...

A Trip report from the summer of 2019 by Down Wind Sports Owner Bill Thompson "What do you want for Christmas?" For a person who doesn't really need anything, it...

All I Want For Christmas- Stand Up Paddling the...

A Trip report from the summer of 2019 by Down Wind Sports Owner Bill Thompson "What do you want for Christmas?" For a person who doesn't really need anything, it...

Bill Thompson trout fishing in Japan

Tenkara On The Youzawa Trout Stream Japan

A Trip report from July 2015 by Down Wind Sports Owner Bill Thompson Tokyo, the biggest city in the world, where visiting is a mind blowing experience! Exciting, unique and...

Tenkara On The Youzawa Trout Stream Japan

A Trip report from July 2015 by Down Wind Sports Owner Bill Thompson Tokyo, the biggest city in the world, where visiting is a mind blowing experience! Exciting, unique and...

Hendrie River Water Cave- Spelunking In Michigan?

Hendrie River Water Cave- Spelunking In Michigan?

What the heck is spelunking? What it sounds like is a bunch of people standing around dropping rocks into a bucket of water. What it really describes is one who...

Hendrie River Water Cave- Spelunking In Michigan?

What the heck is spelunking? What it sounds like is a bunch of people standing around dropping rocks into a bucket of water. What it really describes is one who...

Presque Isle- The Gem Of Marquette

Presque Isle- The Gem Of Marquette

If you have ever traveled to Marquette...my guess is that at some point  you found your way to "the island".  Presque Isle- or the "island" as true yoopers call it,...

Presque Isle- The Gem Of Marquette

If you have ever traveled to Marquette...my guess is that at some point  you found your way to "the island".  Presque Isle- or the "island" as true yoopers call it,...

Gear Review: Jetboil CrunchIt Fuel Can Recycling Tool

Gear Review: Jetboil CrunchIt Fuel Can Recyclin...

Ok- I just bought the new CrunchIt  from Jetboil to recycle a cache of old empty butane canisters that have been sitting around my gear room. First impression.......why didn't I...

Gear Review: Jetboil CrunchIt Fuel Can Recyclin...

Ok- I just bought the new CrunchIt  from Jetboil to recycle a cache of old empty butane canisters that have been sitting around my gear room. First impression.......why didn't I...

Trip Report: Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore- Fast Packing

Trip Report: Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore-...

All good adventures start with a plan.  My plan was simple.  I wanted to hike the entire length of Pictured Rocks, a national lakeshore that hugs the Lake Superior shoreline...

Trip Report: Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore-...

All good adventures start with a plan.  My plan was simple.  I wanted to hike the entire length of Pictured Rocks, a national lakeshore that hugs the Lake Superior shoreline...