November 8, 2011
This week we are taking you back to Session 6, when Surface Skis took over Windells! All week their team was taking laps in the park, skating the Concrete Jungle (ahem Banks Gilberti), and doing tie dye in the courtyard! For the second year in a row, Surface teamed up with Skullcandy to do a full take over of ski camp, and it was awesome. Campers got to make tie dye shirts with Surface’s pro team, and then take the shirts home with them, a brightly-colored reminder of summer camp. Continue reading →
November 1, 2011
After you get back from the mountain or the skatepark, there’s so much to do at camp. Skating, bmxing, talking with coaches, hanging out in SAIGL…there’s enough to keep anyone busy until it’s time to call it a day. One of the most well-known and well-loved part of camp is sponsor night. Don’t let the name fool you, sponsor nights usually take place before the sun sets, beginning at 4pm every day, and going until 9pm, and there are multiple sponsor nights every day. Continue reading →
June 29, 2011
All photos by Drew Smalley
Each session Atmosphere puts on a skateboard race for campers. The course runs from BOB, weaving through the Concrete Jungle and ending behind Dex’s shop. Campers go head to head in the race and win sweet prizes from Atmosphere. It’s always a really fun event to participate in or watch. Check out these photos from the Session 2 Atmosphere Skate Race. Continue reading →
June 27, 2011
The Capita crew came through Windells last week to promote their video project coming this fall called “Defenders of Awesome”, and give campers a chance to win some free stuff. Like always Capita came up with a creative way to find the kids deserving of free gear and they definitely earned it.
This game was pretty simple but had a disgusting mental twist to it. Each team started with a clean pair of unnecessarily large, white, mid-rise briefs and a white, paper cup. Then each team member ran the clean briefs over to a cooler full of thick, brown, chocolate milk. The “tighty-whities” acted as a sponge as the campers scampered back over to their cups with a handful of chocolate milk. Then they squeezed every bit of milk out of the underwear and then ran back to the cooler to fill up their underwear “sponge.” As soon as the cup was half full, they chugged the milk and pass the undies to the next teammate until all four team mates had finished a cup of chocolate milk. The winning team was hooked up with Capita gear and a free pair of briefs as a dirty souvenir. Here are some photos to help explain.
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June 18, 2011
Johnny Lazz is one of the funnest people to have at camp and lucky for Session 1 campers, he was hosting the entire week! Since Lazz has been at Windells for years, he is pretty good at coming up with crazy activities for the campers to do. During Session 1, Lazz and Arnette presented “Johnny’s Mystery Drink”. Doesn’t it look delicious? Continue reading →
June 13, 2011
Ingredients needed for Capita sponsor night:
- brand new men’s briefs from Costco
- plenty of milk
- chocolate syrup
- tons of Capita t-shirts, hats, and a brand new snowboard Continue reading →
June 10, 2011
Rome Thrasher Night kicked off the Summer of Shred ’11 at camp yesterday and let’s just say that Thrasher Night turned it up to an eleven. Rome Team Rider Johnny Lazzareschi is hosting Session 1 and was on the megaphone, calling out the rules, singing, and getting everyone stoked. Continue reading →
June 10, 2011
Atmosphere Clothing is back this summer with their infamous snake run down the hill in The Concrete Jungle. Both campers and staff compete each session and it is really fun to watch, too! Check back for photos after the event.
November 21, 2010
A week ago we put on a contest to see who could give us the 12 best reasons why Windells Camp is The “funnest” Place on Earth, for a chance to win a pair of size 12 limited edition Windells Nike 6.0 shoes! After reviewing all of your post we were forced to narrow it down to the top 3 due to the tight competition. All of the responses were so legit! That’s why we are giving the two runner ups Windells DVD and stickers for their efforts.
Okay! So the winner of the Windells Nike 6.0 shoes goes to… ‘drum roll’…
KAI STRITTER! Here are his reasons why Windells Camp is The “Funnest” Place on Earth! Short and to the point!
1. Incredible park no matter what session you go to
2. Chilling on and off hill with Pros
3. SICK facilities from the skateparks to the trampolines
4. Great park diggers always keeping the park pristine
5. Superb coaching
6. Best camp food ever
7. Windells has a freaking bag jump on campus, who else can say that?
8. Vans with massive subwoofers
9. extremely chill staff
10. Best living quarters of any summer camp around
11. FREE DEMOS
12. Hilarious campus activities
Runner Ups: Connor Mills & Austin Kemp! You will both receive Windells DVD and stickers in the mail shortly.
Thank you everyone who participated and be sure to stay up to date on our Windells Blog. We plan to do many more contests such as this one to get everyone stoked for the season!
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November 17, 2010
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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