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Each Season, Transworld Snow releases a Camp Guide Issue and this year it just so happens that the Cover Shot of the April Issue was taken at Windells Camp this past summer. That is 28 Cover Shots….claim. Rider Eiki Helgason GTS on Windells KAB Mini Wallride! Pictures from Windells Park show up all throughout the issue as well; pick up a copy at your local shred shop today and read why Windells is the spot to be this summer.
Windells Put together A Special Discount Package for our Local Oregonians! Check out the details below!
From February 13th through the 19th, Snowboarders and Skiers from around the World will be Flying into the Portland International Airport to come to Windells, a place to experience mind-blowing powder days and endless park runs suitable for beginners through Expert. Mt. Hood Meadows, Timberline Ski Area and Mt. Hood Ski Bowl provides lap-able parks, pipes, natural halfpipes, wind lips,rollers, banks, tree runs, steeps, cornice drops and wide open cruisers. Your coach is your guide to these secret spots, including the best place to build a BC booter to stomp your first backy ever!
Mt. Hood Meadows and the Timberline Ski Area are where some of the most advanced Winter riding in the world happens and their parks are among the best in the country. Campers will also have the chance to ride a fully lighted park at Mt. Hood Ski Bowl, America’s largest night time resort. Check out the Presidents Camp, along with Windells Easter and Spring Break Camps.
“Because winter camps are so much smaller, the entire staff gets to know every camper, it is definitely my favorite camps of the year” Year Round Coach Counselor, Katiah.
Windells is in the middle of the first Winter Camp of the 2009/10 season and the campus is being blanketed in Fresh White Snow as we speak. The forecast is calling for a few inches down at camp but Mt Hood will receive up to a foot of powder for the campers to shred all day tomorrow.
Snowboarders, skiers and skateboarders from all around the World came to experience Windells, The Funnest Place on Earth.
Beware of Dakine’s Abominable Snowman! He Comes out when the snow reaches his toes.
Special Thanks to All of our Sponsors, Now we get to Hook up Campers with New Gear! Nike Hooked us up with the sweetest jackets!
Lastly, take a sneak peak at Windells new secret addition to the Concrete Jungle covered in snow at night. It is hard to see it all but I guess you will have to wait and see. Thank you Jamie for building the most creative skate features to ever hit the camp world.
Be one of the first 25 to Sign Up Before December 15th & Pay in Full for a 2010 Summer Camp Session and receive Windells Holiday Fix Pack including:
Its that Easy, Simply enter ilovewindells into the Discount Code field during your online registration. Shabam! Windells gear will be shipped right to your house.
The Backyard Bang, a 3rd annual grass roots rail jam in downtown Portland. Riders and Sponsors from around the region showed up at the crack of dawn to set up the event during torrential down pours, luckily the clouds broke around noon and the course was ready to go. Downbox, Mini Kicker and two wall rides were the choices for Sawyer Dean, Austin Sweetin and Johhnie Paxson to name a few. Spectators from Mt Hood down to Portland crowded into the alley way to watch the event but not before swinging by Windells in the tent village to grab some free stickers, candy and enter our Pumpkin Carving Contest. (It was Halloween) 20 competitors carved and one lucky winner walked away with a Windells Dakine Pack full of Atmosphere, Bonfire, Dakine and Chaos gear.
Carving Pumpkins, Lapping the VIP quarters, Tossing out Free Stickers, Watching Sawyer Dean Fall,Handing Out Candy, Smashing Pumkins and Witnessing how crazy Porltand people get on Halloween, we had a blast. Thanks Bonfire, Salomon and Art Institute of Portland for putting on a great event.
BACKYARD BANG RIDER INFO AND EVENT UPDATES
PORTLAND, OR. (OCT. 20, 2009) – The 3rd Annual Backyard Bang Rail Jam, presented by Salomon Snowboards and the Art Institute, will bring Pro’s and Ams into Portland’s Pearl District for sideways snow sliding, fun games and tons of prizes this Halloween, October 31st. The event is free to spectators and prizes will be awarded for the best costume.
As well as serving up suds in the VIP area and at the Backyard Bang after-party, Kona Brewing has partnered with the Oahu Visitor’s Bureau and Hawaiian Airlines to grant one lucky winner two free flights from Portland to Oahu, the heart of Hawaii. Also included in this prize package are surf lessons for two with Waikiki Beach Services. Spectators can pick up a lei and experience some aloha in the Kona Brewing tent while registering to win during the event. For more info, go to www.visit-oahu.com or www.konabrewingco.com
For more event information check out: www.salomonsnowboard.com/community and www.artinstitute-portland.com
The Backyard Bang is hosted by Salomon Snowboards and the Art Institute of Portland and supported by Bonfire Snowboarding, Windells Camp, Skull Candy, Mt Hood Meadows, Exit Real World, US Outdoor Store and Kona Brewing Company.
Today was the second industry trip for the Academy students. We took a trip to Bonfire/Solomon snowboard headquarters to see what goes on behind the scenes. The students learned everything from how to design and put together a jacket, to meeting the team manager who gets riders on the team. Everyone was VERY friendly and everyone had a blast! We even got gift bags that included a t shirt and a BUNCH of stickers. Thanks Bonfire! 
It’s a hundred degrees out, and Bonfire dares you to dunk your head in a bucket of water. Doesn’t seem like much of a dare does it?
Especially when all you gatta do is bite into a bobbing apple and get free product for your refreshing efforts.
Each apple had a number written on it, each number associated with a prize. Click in to see the bobbing and product tossing.
The last of 2009’s 3 part Pipe to Pipe series concluded Sunday. Once again, the riding level was unbelievable. Congratulations to Bonfire for successfully completing the 12th annual.
Read on to find out the round up and see some pictures from the event.
