Tom Wallisch – Skier of the Year

High Fives for Tom Wallisch. Windells Summer Ski Coach is named the best park skier in the World, if you didn’t already know. Read the Full Story By Clicking Here.

The Windells Shredcast; EP 7; Tom Wallisch from Windells on Vimeo.

Faculty Feature: Randa Shahin

Windells Academy students receive high end coaching and teaching from the “best of the best” within Action Sports. From coaches to teachers and advisers, the faculty at Windell’s Academy is knowledgeable of the action sports industry on all levels. In a 3 part article series we’d like to introduce you to some of the amazing members of our team. Meet Randa Shahin, Windells Academy Math teacher and professional snowboarder.

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WHERE IN THE WORLD ARE YOUR WINDELLS STICKERS?

Do you want to win Windells Gear?!  Just send us a picture of where you have put your Windells Stickers!  Laptop, skis/snowboard, cat, it doesn’t matter we just want to see where all the stickers we give you have been placed!  Follow the simple instructions below for a chance to win Windells Gear!

  1. Take a picture of your Windells Stickers on something! (Please be appropriate)
  2. Post the Pictures on our Windells Camp Facebook Page – Simply Click Here to Link Up!
  3. Email the photos to info@windells.com – Please include your address for mailing purposes
  4. The most creative and unique sticker placement will WIN Windells Gear!
  5. YUP, it’s that easy!  Grab your camera and get to posting!

The Winner will be decided a week after this Blog has been posted – Don’t miss out!

Summer Time

Windells Media Team has released 3 new energy packed edits from this past summer, keeping the summer stoke high as another epic Winter is upon us – filling our Private Lane on Hood with record amounts of snow!  Another Sold Out Summer coming up!

Jonah Owen, Summer 2010 from Windells on Vimeo.

Surface + Windells from Windells on Vimeo.

Josh Bishop…Harry Caray? from Windells on Vimeo.

Quebec Student joins Windells Academy for Trial Session

With world class training facilities and a top notch education program it is no wonder that Windells Academy is getting the attention of students from all around the globe. This semester, we had a trial student join us from Quebec City. Alex Beaulieu-Marchand, 16 shares his experiences with the Academy.

Alex sending it at Windells Camp this summer!

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Made from scratch: Mervin Manufacturing

The 2010 fall semester has been filled with exciting industry trips for Windells Academy. Students have gone behind the scenes of some of the top businesses within action sports and this week was no exception. America’s leading snowboard factory, Mervin Manufacturing invited Windells Academy to tour their facilities and meet the people behind the making of Lib Tech, Roxy and GNU technologies.

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12 reasons why…

We are giving away a pair of size 12 limited edition Windells Nike 6.0 shoes to one lucky person!

What’s the catch?  Last year we held a contest where we gave away a pair of size 14 Nike 6.0 shoes to the person who gave us the 14 best reasons why Windells is The “Funnest” Place on Earth.  This year we are doing that again with one of our last pair of size 12 Nike 6.0′s! We are asking for 12 reasons why Windells is The “Funnest” Place on Earth and expect the competition to be even closer this year!

Here are the rules:

  1. Come up with 12 reasons why Windells is The “Funnest” Place on Earth!
  2. Post your 12 reasons as comments on this Windells Blog
  3. Email your 12 reasons and shipping address to info@windells.com

Along with the shoes we are going to be sending out a bunch of sweet new Windells stickers!  Don’t miss out on this chance to get yourself some fresh new kicks!

Strictly Business: MapleXO

Entrepreneur, Lindsay Jo Holmes of MapleXO came to Windells Academy to share her story. Her message for the day: do what you love! Lindsay began recycling skateboards five years ago as a hobby. Today, MapleXO is on its way to becoming a well-established business. Lindsay stopped by to tell us about her journey and offered advice for students who were looking to create their own businesses in the future.

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Barnes at His Finest.

This might possibly be one of my favorite edits from the Windells Coaching Staff. Tyler Barnes has been a coach for a couple summers now and we are stoked to have him be a part of the team!

Tyler Summer 2010 from Tyler Barnes on Vimeo.

Sponsors. A Taste

At the end of the day, if it was not for our sponsors donating unlimited amounts of product and promoting athlete appearances to Windells Camp, it just would,nt not be the same. High Fives for the industry! Below are a few videos of companies that have shown great support over the years. Obviously, there are more companies then listed below but we can not show them all?

Enjoy.

Poor Boyz at Windells from Windells on Vimeo.

VOLUME 1- PRE-SEAON (IN THE CUT). from Saga outerwear on Vimeo.