Second Wind Sports occupies 1901 South Broadway in Denver’s SOBO district, a stretch of South Broadway that has grown rapidly as a residential and small-business corridor south of downtown. The store is a consignment shop built entirely around outdoor recreation gear, meaning it never buys inventory outright the way a typical secondhand shop might; instead, everything on the floor arrives from local owners consigning equipment and clothing they no longer use, with the store handling the sale and splitting proceeds back to the original owner once an item sells. That model shapes the whole shopping experience: because inventory is genuinely community-sourced rather than centrally stocked, the mix of gear on hand changes constantly, and the same visit that turns up a used pair of skis in December might turn up paddle boards, camping tents, or mountain bikes by summer.
The Denver storefront covers essentially every outdoor season and activity, including alpine and backcountry skiing equipment, climbing gear, bikes, fly fishing tackle, camping and backpacking supplies, skateboard gear, and technical outdoor clothing from established brands alongside smaller regional makers. The shop is open seven days a week from 10 in the morning to 6 in the evening, including holidays, and offers a handful of dedicated parking spots off Jewel Street in addition to the street parking typical of the busy Broadway corridor.
Second Wind Sports is not a Denver original; the concept traces back to Bozeman, Montana, where the first store opened in 1988 and has operated continuously for more than three decades in that mountain town. The Denver location, which opened in February 2023, is one of four Second Wind Sports storefronts now operating around the country, alongside sister locations in Bozeman, Bend, Oregon, and Atlanta, Georgia, making it part of a small but geographically spread network of independently run outdoor consignment shops rather than a single-city operation. Locally, the Denver store is owned and run by Charlie Fay, a Denver native who built the shop around keeping quality outdoor gear circulating among users rather than heading to a landfill once its first owner is done with it.
For anyone looking to consign gear rather than just shop, the store’s terms are straightforward: sellers earn 65 percent of the sale price on items under 100 dollars and 70 percent on items priced above that, with a 30-day window to pick up unsold gear at no charge and an automatic 10 percent price reduction after 60 days to help move items along. That combination of clear terms and a genuinely broad, season-spanning gear selection has made the shop a go-to stop for Denver-area skiers, climbers, cyclists, anglers, and campers looking to save money on quality equipment while also offloading their own outgrown or unused gear.
Because the inventory turns over so quickly and depends entirely on what local owners bring in, regular visits or a quick call to 720-607-8840 ahead of a specific trip are the best way to check whether a particular category, such as ski boots in a certain size or a specific style of tent, happens to be in stock that week. For outdoor enthusiasts in the South Broadway area and beyond, Second Wind Sports offers an environmentally minded, locally owned alternative to buying everything new: a Denver consignment shop for skiing, climbing, biking, camping, and fishing gear, rooted in a Montana-born model now serving four cities across the country.
