Year Round Action Sports Camp
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Head Skate Coach Jamie Weller took our session one campers to Portland to skate the Department of Skateboarding. TONS of tricks went down, but you’ll have to wait for the session video before you get to see them, hopefully this short little clip can hold you over for the next few days. Campers Mikey and Ethan start this one out, with appearances by Jamie Weller, Nick Visconti, and Sessions Team Manager Billy Flick.
Windells Head Coach "Danger" Dave. Proud To Be An American.
Windells Head Coach “Danger” Dave gets interviewed over at the Snowboard Mag website. Click the link to the left to make the jump over to their site and read him talk about the East Coast, some up and coming riders, and what he’s been doing out here at Windells.
The Atmosphere Snake Race is a tradition every session, with campers racing in pairs from BOB down the path to Dex’s Shop on a curvy course. With the new, smooth concrete we have this summer, it has allowed the course to get even more fun, with big bank turns at end. Jimmy and Enzo from Atmosphere just posted some photos from the race over on the Atmosphere blog, check it out here.
The last on-snow day of session 1 at Windells ended today and we found another camper of the day in the adult camp with Chris from Idaho. He was able to come to Windells this summer after winning a session to Windells in the Smith Rail Jam. Throughout this session he’s been participating in the on-snow contests and turning heads on the jump line.
How do you like being an adult camper?
Chris: It’s fun, we can do pretty much what we want and we don’t have someone babysitting us all the time.
How do you like the activities so far?
Chris: They are fun, we got to skate BOB after the kids leave and get it all to ourselves so that’s cool. When everyone is asleep we’re out.
Participating in the Tweak Contest by Nick Visconti and Moss Halladay from Arbor
What were you working on at camp this session?
Chris: I’ve been working on my backsides and some front rodeo sevens on the jumps.
How do you feel about your riding now that camp is ending?
Chris: Better, I’ve improved a lot.
Would you want to come back to Windells?
Chris: Yeah I want to come back, it’s awesome to ride in the summertime.
Chris on the bag jump
Thanks Chris for being a adult camper at Windells this summer! Session 2 starts on Wednesday! Stay tuned for more Campers of the Day!
Windells is the Funnest place on Earth where each session we encounter a variety of campers that come through camp to develop their skills and have fun! At session 1 we encountered 11 year old camper Marina who is back for her second summer at Windells. With coach Corbin, Marina has been riding the mountain all week and learning new tricks in the Windells Camp park.
How was Windells Camp today?
Marina: Today was really fun because I got to learn a lot.
What tricks were you working on?
Marina: This is my first day on the jumps and I learned how to do an indy! I got the grab, I just didn’t land it. I’m gonna land it tomorrow, I know I’m going to. Today I tried the boxes too.
What’s your plan for tomorrow since it’s the last day on-snow?
Marina: Tomorrow I’m gonna land the indy and I really want to try a method but I also want to land a 180.
What’s been your favorite activity so far at camp?
Marina: Any activity we’ve done has been fun. I like the sponsor activity nights the best because their fun activities where you get to win free stuff and the best thing is definitely the snowboarding. The Burton ladies night I got to meet the Burton Team like Kelly Clark. Ooh I thought of my favorite activity, Knockout! I have to start playing basketball.
Marina playing a game of Knockout against Sessions TM Billy Flick
How did you like camp this year compared to last year?
Marina: Well it’s kind of a tie but I like this year better cause I can snowboard a lot better and last year I’d have to go out cause that was the only way I’d get better.
Congrats Marina for being an awesome camper in session 1! Stay tuned for more campers of the day at Windells Camp this summer!
Sessions TM Billy Flick with a Front Board. Riley Snyder Photo.
It was rainy in Welches yesterday, so guest pros Nick Visconti and Tim Humphreys, alongside Brent Oftedal and NJ Peterson, headed to Portland to meet up with the Windells Skate Camp Crew at the Department of Skateboarding. Check out a few more photos after the jump… [Read more...]
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Windells held an event for the evening’s sponsor, the Rome Snowboard Design Syndicate, where both staff and campers got interesting with their facial hair. The theme for the night was bad game show host (suit jackets), and the campers got the opportunity to walk away with a 2011 Rome Artifact, if they could hide for long enough without being caught… [Read more...]
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