Goodwind has traveled widely and teaching new converts to kite making has been a passion no one knows as many time-savers, neat tools, clever sewing techniques, and interesting materials. Out front, you will find world class wind and water conditions ideal. Nestled within a 5-star resort, Goodwinds boasts a state of the art water sports center featuring a fully equipped shop and school that caters to all levels.
“A big, floppy Snoopy inflatable by Rolf Sturm of Germany also showed me another direction," she said. Goodwinds owner Phil Morstad fills us in on his school and what makes Puerto Rico the ideal water sports getaway. Another favorite is an eight-point star painted after a design on an American Indian war shield. Her devotion to her craft is so consuming she spent ten years carefully collecting different dye lots of fabric so she could create a three-dimensional effect in the cock's comb of the rooster pictured in her 10-by-12-foot "Rokkakadoodleku" kite. In addition to her retail businesses, Goodwind has continued to make kites, many custom-ordered, and she has developed a definite renown for her elegant appliqué work. Kathy also runs Goodwinds Kites, an online outlet for kites, parts, and supplies. Formerly Suspended Elevations, it is now known as the Gasworks Park Kite Shop. New Tech Kites is proud to offer kite designs from some of the worlds greatest kite designers including Dodd Gross, Martin Lester, Kathy Goodwind and more. Formerly known as KitesurfPR, Goodwinds, started as a Mom & Pop kitesurfing school in San Juan in 2001 and now we are proud to offer the best watersports instruction and experiences in Puerto Rico, in the exclusive Dorado Beach Resort. Pleasure afforded by her own kite making efforts led her to set up a shop, originally attached to her studio, which she has maintained ever since. Goodwinds, is a family owned watersports management company operating since 2001. After a decade in the sciences, she went to a kite festival in 1976 and was captivated by the sky painting she saw. They raise my spirits.” Born and reared in Seattle, Goodwind took an associate degree in art at Everett Community College, then a bachelor's in science at Seattle University. “Kites paint a color pattern in the sky never to be repeated,” she says. Kathy Goodwind practiced her chemistry profession for years as a toxicologist in laboratories, then gave it up for kites.
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