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Does windells really help?

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8088
Posts: 1090 - Karma: 156
i really want to go but Ive talked to people and they say the only reason they progress at windells is because the landings are so soft and its warm and that when they get back they don't really do anything on the mountains that they did when they were there? is this just the people i have talked to or is this true? please help. also what you could do before you went and what you can do now?
Jan 11 2010 11:09PM
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creighton
Posts: 3837 - Karma: 3,400
Yes
Jan 11 2010 11:10PM
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jerm
Posts: 947 - Karma: 1,061
kids that learn tricks in the summer then go home and dont do it are bitches
Jan 11 2010 11:13PM
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Alp1ne
Posts: 717 - Karma: 203
Not really i did all the tricks i learned at windells on my first day back.
Jan 11 2010 11:13PM
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SteevJee
Posts: 1916 - Karma: 144
I heard it's ten lashings by Davy Jones himself if you don't improve.
Jan 11 2010 11:16PM
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mr_shifty
Posts: 316 - Karma: 16
You get as much as you put in at windells. If you are trying new things you will learn a lot. If you do not push yourself then you won't get as much. Yes it is warm and the snow is soft but that really shouldn't stop you from doing it back at your home mountain. 70 percent of a trick is having the confidence to throw it and knowing that you will stick it.
Jan 11 2010 11:17PM
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Leveroni
Posts: 367 - Karma: 11
Consider yourself lucky.
If I had two grand to blow. Windells would be one of my top choices.
If i didnt blow it all on strippers by then.
Jan 11 2010 11:19PM
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J.Strain
Posts: 235 - Karma: 146
yep
Jan 11 2010 11:59PM
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Forkstealer
Posts: 508 - Karma: 16
I learned 7s at hood and my first week back on my home mountain i was landing grabbed 9s, if you have the money go and try to improve, it's worth it for sure.
Jan 12 2010 1:17AM
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Blandct
Posts: 1858 - Karma: 37
not always about progression and improving...
Jan 12 2010 1:29AM
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Big_Spence
Posts: 16177 - Karma: 4,352
never understood these kids and their camps.
why go and pay a fortune to have someone teach you something? over half the fun of skiing for me is trying tricks over and over learning by trial and error. plus you could ski the entire summer at hood for that 2 grand easy.
Jan 12 2010 3:13AM
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DutchhGutss
Posts: 896 - Karma: 124
Im looking forward to going this summer! Im gunna deffinetly take it as a learning experience, Im there to learn and to get better so coming back home and not doing everything you learned would deffeat the purpose of going. You have to improve...
Jan 12 2010 8:22AM
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jfletcher
Posts: 1208 - Karma: 188
It will help if you actually try stuff. if you dont try stuff it will just be the most fun week of your life
Jan 12 2010 8:39AM
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crunkasfuck
Posts: 752 - Karma: 352
why would it not help your skiing, do you not get any better when you sk?
Jan 12 2010 10:23AM
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jimmer
Posts: 3586 - Karma: 80
it helps if you let it. 2 summers ago i went to windells after my first real year of skiing park. i was still scared to try new stuff, so i didn't. the only thing i really learned was a 360. as i spent the entire summer after camp working to pay it off, i was soooooo mad i didn't push myself. it also didn't help that we missed 2 days of skiing cause of rain.
Jan 12 2010 12:49PM
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