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Windells academy

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joshua
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is anybody going?
Jun 21 2009 11:58AM
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deleted5
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FUCK YEA DUDE IT ONLY 30,000 I'm going to sell my lambo so I can stay there forever
Jun 21 2009 12:00PM
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Pee_and_Ski
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i wish
Jun 21 2009 12:04PM
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joshua
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its probably going to be a bunch of rich kids, i mean most people have a hard enough time making it to one session. if u really wanted to ski all year, a much better altrernative would be indepentant study, or homeschooling
Jun 21 2009 12:09PM
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Marissa.M
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Likewise.
Jun 21 2009 12:22PM
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joshua
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imagine how good u would get after 355 days on snow
Jun 21 2009 12:25PM
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Marissa.M
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I can only imagine...It would be amazing to have that kind of money and still be set for college. But getting out there on the weekends and after school if there is a mountain close by is the best bet. Also, there are internship opportunities where you can get out which would be fun.
Jun 21 2009 12:33PM
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Chronic_
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I really wish I could do this it sounds like such an awesome way to go through school and be able to progress at your own speed in both academics and skiing. but the fact that its 30k and across the country doesnt help me
Jun 21 2009 7:29PM
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grams.
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the rich get richer
Jun 21 2009 7:36PM
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sirskizalot
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I wish.......................
Jun 21 2009 7:44PM
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Willard
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and the poor get poorer-krs one but seriously i wouldnt be suprised if this falls through
Jun 21 2009 7:47PM
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Kirsakid
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it would be an awsome experiance and i know a lot of people who would go for 1 year
Jun 23 2009 1:19PM
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Uncle.Badness
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Let me go find my secret stash of farmed organs to sell on the black market.
Jun 23 2009 1:23PM
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Cincher
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...sspend your college fund?
Jun 23 2009 2:31PM
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joshua
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and all ur siblings too!
Jun 24 2009 8:14AM
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Finbow
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everyone has to remember that there are still tons of families that have that kind of money, lots of people pay to go to ski academy's. This one, though, is about 10 grand less than a few of the others, and a hell of a lot more effective for the aspiring freeskier.
Jun 24 2009 10:37AM
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Cincher
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Well if your looking for effective freeskiing instruction at the price of a Lotus Elise, go to Windells. But since most pros learned to become good on their own, I think I'll pass.
Jun 24 2009 11:49AM
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polka.yardSAIL
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i am.
Jun 24 2009 12:25PM
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garygohard
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my parents think im to young to be across the country all year

but they are letting me go to a baseball academy in florida

(which i might do for next spring NOT full year)

Jun 24 2009 12:29PM
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RICK_ROSS
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the education is gonna be poop
Jun 24 2009 3:35PM
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hawaiiansteeze
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the skiings gona be the shit though...
Jun 24 2009 3:38PM
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Cincher
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Have you read the Windell's Academy article?
Jun 24 2009 3:45PM
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Malcolm
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if it was in canada id be all over this.
Jun 24 2009 4:25PM
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RICK_ROSS
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i have, being approved by a university doesnt mean anything. all the ski academy ive ever been to suck, all the ones my friends have been to suck
Jun 24 2009 4:32PM
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Cincher
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hm. First hand experience does outweigh hearsay.
Jun 24 2009 4:42PM
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GhostfaceKillah
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you clearly haven't see the amount of talent that has come out of east-coast academies like CVA.

they pretty much own the USSA half-pipe and slopestyle leaderboards
Jun 24 2009 4:47PM
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joey.
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Its not even a worthwhile investment...

35k a year
times 4 years

$140,000


It is quite hard to make that kind of money by freestyle skiing alone...
Jun 24 2009 5:04PM
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Cincher
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No, no I haven't.
Jun 25 2009 2:19PM
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LAME.
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HaHaHa do you know how many 5c Candys you could buy with that money! But on a serious note i know to guys who are thinking about going and thère parents will let them! for me its super hard to find the money just to go to ski camp ive been savin up for awhile now.

Jun 25 2009 3:23PM
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d-rok
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honestly id be insulted if anyone has that type of money to spend on school, at my highschool our ski program cost 500$  a year and we were skiing 2-3 days a week from nov to april, so thats a potential of 4-5 days a week of skiing which is plenty.  I mean sure we werent going to nz to gotraining or travaelling the world for comps, but who gives a shit, i was having fun. Anyway if your parents have that type of money to WASTE, tell them to save it and when you finish highschool they can buy you a house.
Jun 25 2009 5:47PM
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Che~
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have you seen the talent that has come out of people who don't come out of academies?

Jun 25 2009 5:53PM
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Uncle.Badness
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that is a really good program your school had, mine only goes 7 times :(
Jun 26 2009 10:07AM
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joshua
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mine doesnt hav a program at all
Jun 26 2009 11:24AM
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50in07
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There is so many rich little faggots at windells who completely waste there money one day after we went rafting we stopped for ice cream and one kid bought me and like 10 other kids ice cream. thats over 55dollars in ice cream, 60 including himself.
Jun 26 2009 12:06PM
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Greenish
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obviously ski academies aren't affordable for a lot of people, but if you are going to go to one, this lets you ski literally all fucking year and its cheaper than some of the others so basically hanley is the man and is putting together something that will be awesome for kids who want to go to a ski academy and get the most out of it
Jun 26 2009 12:13PM
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Greenish
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i would be stoked if someone bought me icecream
Jun 26 2009 12:18PM
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rudolph
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Ryan is correct. In addition to the people saying they are going to get a shitty education, you must not know that much about Kaplan's online programs, because they are top notch. So before you get all pissed because you can't go and start hating on this great, new program, i would really watch what you say because half of you are completely wrong.
Jun 26 2009 12:20PM
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meowshred
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wow i would love to be that rich faggot kid right now
Jun 26 2009 1:29PM
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selkirks
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You can say what you want about online courses, but they just don't compare to going to an actual school. Why spend $140,000 on an online high school when you can spend nothing and get a good education (at least in my town) and ski every day of the winter season? Then you could spend a ccouple thousand and go down to South America in the summer.
Jun 26 2009 1:50PM
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PhilboydStudge
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cause most people cant ski every day
Jun 26 2009 2:17PM
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polka.yardSAIL
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i'm assuming those "rich little faggots" can compose a sentence correctly.
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why would you complain? after all, you got free ice cream.
Jun 26 2009 8:05PM
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Kayess
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fuck collage ill spend that money now!

but seriously if i had that money id go. hmm how much does a kidney go for on the black market? i got an extra...
Jun 26 2009 8:09PM
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Chronic_
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you need to chill out, you got free ice cream and got to go to windells. I cant afford to go to camp.
Jun 26 2009 8:46PM
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joshua
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ya at least the kid wasnt selfish. if bought u all ice cream he may be rich but he is certainely not a faggot
Jun 26 2009 9:19PM
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garygohard
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shouldnt you be playing baseball

Ryan Howard

Jun 26 2009 11:22PM
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pussymoneyweed
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try skiing in the same park as them.. SOME OF THEM and ther snowboarding coach "yeti" or something... such a fuckduck

Jun 26 2009 11:33PM
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J-Neal
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basically
Jun 26 2009 11:51PM
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panojibber
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I can go to a self-study school, teach myself and ski 5 hours every day of the week, and more on weekends. Why would I pay?

Awesome option for anyone who can afford it, hope everyone who's going has fun.

I don't care what you say though, online school looks nowhere as good as going to the top school in your area.

I really wish I could go haha.
Jun 27 2009 12:13AM
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joshua
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ya even if u did go pro and became as popular as say tom wallisch or someone else very popular u would still have a hard time paying that off cuz theres not that much money in skiing
Jul 7 2009 10:03AM
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jimmer
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thanks, but i would rather get a real education. and i wouldn't want to ski 355 days a year.

tell me that i'm not a true skier, or a hardXcore shredder. i just wouldn't want to do it.

Jul 7 2009 11:13AM
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butteredjohnson
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you obviously dont know your sponsors to good. i dont know how much tom wallisch is getting paid but he probably gets that much in a single season easy... and thats just from his sponsers. plus comp wins plus movies? your talking about easly doubling maybe tripling that #
Jul 7 2009 11:38AM
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