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Checking in with Head Snowboard Coach Danger Dave

May 20, 2013 By 5 Comments

Danger Dave, our Head Snowboard Coach, has been stacking frequent flyer miles and riding days this season. Hitting the open road every chance he gets, Danger has taken the Windells Academy students on a whole bunch of adventures this year. Now that he has landed back in Oregon for the summer, we wanted to check in with him and see for ourselves what he has been doing! We are so excited to have Danger back running the show and providing a fun, progressive summer of riding for all of our campers. Now let’s check out those grams!

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Windells Academy’s Nick Goepper wins his first X Games gold

January 29, 2013 By 17 Comments

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This year’s X Games athletes put on one heck of a show. Across the board, snowboarding and skiing was pushed to a whole new level in Aspen this past weekend. The list is long, but Windells is particularly proud to congratulate our very own Nick Goepper on his gold medal in Men’s Ski Slopestyle.

Nick first started attending Windells Academy in 2009. The Academy welcomed Nick to the program to ride year-round and hone in on his passion for the sport. Through the Academy, Nick was able to travel and compete in events like Dew Tour and X Games and turn his dream of becoming a professional skier into a reality. Congratulations, Nick!

 

 

 

 

#Windells Wednesday

December 19, 2012 By 23 Comments

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Windells Academy student Nick Goepper signs with Red Bull

August 17, 2012 By 3 Comments


@nickgoepper Fun first day in NZ! Shredding with @pettit93 @nickrapley

Windells would like to extend a huge congratulations to Nick Goepper for signing a multi-year deal with Red Bull this past week! Nick has been with Windells Academy since ’09 and, in short, his skiing career has been nothing short of impressive. Nick is now skiing alongside fellow Dalbello teammates Tanner Hall, Sean Pettit, Russ Henshaw and Paddy Graham.

Congratulations, Nick!


@nickgoepper Headed to NZ! @louievito

 

Skate update Monday: Catching up with Jamie and Windells Academy

April 23, 2012 By Leave a Comment

The sun is shining in Oregon and locals are grinding the rust off their trucks. Windells Academy Skate Director and the man behind the concrete on the Windells campus, Jamie Weller, is closing the books on the school year and prepping for another Summer of skate camp. I managed to catch up with Jamie and the skate students long enough to fire off a couple questions and pick up some details on summer skate plans. [Read more...]

Kenworthy and Goepper top the podium at 4th annual Dumont Cup

March 27, 2012 By 1 Comment

Maine’s main event, the 4th annual Dumont Cup, went off at Sunday River Resort last weekend. Fifty one skiers gathered to compete for over $20,000 in prize money. The top spot went to Gus Kenworthy this year, a familiar face around Windells in the summer time. Windells Academy student, Nick Goepper, came in second, just two points behind Kenworthy’s 96.0. Last year, the two were switched; in 2011 Nick placed first at the Dumont Cup, one of the events that would propel his skiing career to a professional level. Nick has been competing and placing in just about all of the season’s major freeski events. Park City’s Joss Christianson placed 3rd. Joss is a familiar face around Windells and he’s spent plenty of time in the Private Park on hill. Alex Beaulieu-Marchand, also a student at Windells Academy, has had an incredibly successful season and placed 9th in the Dumont Cup.

Congratulations on the wins, guys! We’ll be seeing you around camp!


Interested in learning more about Windells Academy? We’re now taking applications for the Summer, Fall, Winter, and Spring semesters. Hang out with Nick and Gus this summer at camp! Register online now to reserve your spot at www.windells.com.

Catching up with Nick Goepper after his X Games Slopestyle silver

February 9, 2012 By Leave a Comment


Nick was featured in a recent article in his local newspaper.

Nick Goepper is a rising you am on the freeskiing scene. Since last season, Nick has been showing up on podiums at major slopestyle events, turning heads with his style and large bag of tricks. More than that, Nick is only getting better. He’s a student at Windells Academy and a pretty awesome guy, too. He let us in on what he felt like, winning silver at Winter X Games 2012. [Read more...]

Student Spotlight: Diva Helmy

October 5, 2011 By Leave a Comment

This week at Windells Academy, we wanted to put one of our recent graduates, Diva Helmy, in the spotlight. Diva is living the life. As a freshman at the University of Vermont, she couldn’t be happier with her college decision. Diva took some time out of her busy schedule to catch up with us and share some of her hard earned wisdom.

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Windells Academy trip to Seattle part 1

August 20, 2011 By Leave a Comment

Ok, so maybe school in the summer doesn’t sound that great. It’s a bit of an oxymoron, right? Summer’s about having fun, vacationing, (and of course if you’re at Mount Hood) snowboarding, skiing, and skateboarding. That is where Windells Academy comes in, because President Mike Hanley has found a way to make school in the summer fun. Crazy, right?!

Going to Windells Academy means skiing and snowboarding during the day, doing some schoolwork in the afternoon (which isn’t that bad), and taking trips on the weekends to awesome places, close by like Portland, where students check out Nike’s headquarters and get a firsthand look at working in the industry, or further away, like Southern California, where students visit Transworld Snowboarding Magazine’s office and go surfing. A few weeks ago, Windells Academy students went to Seattle, to Mervin Manufacturing, where both snowboards and skis are made. While there, they got to check out the sights around Seattle. They took a ton of photos, so check out part 1 of the Windells Academy Seattle trip, here, where they went to Mariners game! [Read more...]

Windells Academy Goggle Tan Winner!

April 18, 2011 By Leave a Comment

Spring break has finally come to a close and so has the Windells Academy “Show us your goggle tan” contest. After reviewing entries from Oregon, New York and even Finland we had to give the winning title to Mike Janes (left hand side). As a park crew member of Timberline Lodge Mike has been putting in work on the mountain while maintaining a nice goggle tan at the same time. As the winner, Mike will be receiving one of our new Windells Academy crew neck sweaters and a sticker package to lace his board and books with. Congratulations, Mike and thanks for everyone who entered!

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