Session 3 is a go and, believe it or not, it’s still snowing on Mt. Hood. We welcomed a new batch of bandits to campus this Arrival Day; the great, grand, wonderful faces of Rome SDS and Line Traveling Circus. Get familiar with these headliners, you’re going to see a lot of them this week [...]
When you arrive at camp the first thing that most people notice is the endless skatepark that winds through campus. With so much to skate, you can imagine how much fun the skate campers have here at Windells. The Northwest is known for having amazing skateparks and we make sure to give the campers the [...]
What can we say about Austin Leonard. Well first off, his style is impeccable. Austin Leonard is quite possibly the freshest of the fresh and we are stoked to have him back again for another summer with the Diggers. We hacked into his Instagram account to join him on his travels from North Carolina back [...]
Day 5 during Session 2 started off sunny and sick in the Windells park on Mount Hood. Snowboard campers headed to the top of the park to put their waxed boards and turning skills to the test in Bonfire/Salomon’s snake run competition. Above, the start gate with a camper dropping. The Bonfire/Salomon crew awarded prizes [...]
Remember Banks Gilberti’s Poor Boyz Postcard from last week? Well Karl Fostvedt was cruising the Windells park at the same time and just came out with a Postcard of his own. Karl filmed with Brandon Kelly and Jasper Newton every day of Session 1. The man is a rail guru. Check it out.   Big [...]
Team Takeover rider Will Bateman has been snowboarding and skating all around camp the past session. If you have ever met Will, you know that he is really friendly and always amped to take a lap or skate in the Concrete Jungle with new friends. On one of the really nice days on hill, Will [...]
  It’s the last day on hill which means that 4bi9′s Takeover Session is nearly over. Despite a couple wet days on the mountain, the crew made the best of Session 2 with a few rail jams, some product giveaways and a day of filming on the 100-footer. That’s right….the 100 foot jump at the [...]
“Blake has a positive mental attitude to the max and he’s an all around good kid. Every year he comes back he’s better than the year before and he’s way better than he should be for his age. Tranny skating; he’s got it, and he’s constantly wowing his coaches,” said Windells Camp Skateboard Director, Jamie [...]
The Windells Diggers are not only hard-working, super-friendly, awesome guys who are pretty dang good on their snowboards, they also are talented at ripping around a skatepark. Austin Leonard made this video of some of the Diggers, including Jordan Smalls, Mark Wilson, Austin Leonard, Derrek Lever, Riley Nickerson, and Justin Fronius.
180 on 180 off p: tessachap We have to admit it. We are getting more obsessed with instagram with each session of campers that arrives at the Windells campus. You guys take awesome photos and it’s fun to see camp through from your P.O.V. Here are our favorite instagrams from the past week and, of [...]
Dakine’s Steven Reeves boosting a method in the Concrete Jungle. Summer is here and the Dakine Skate Team came to camp for Session 1 to rip with the skateboard campers. Although, there was some rain, the campers went on daily skate trips to check out nearby parks that were dry, as well as skating BOB [...]
Custom Neff Headwear has arrived at Windells! Exclusive 2012 beanies and mesh hats are available in fresh colorways for snowboard, ski, skate and BMX campers this summer. Grab these and more at Dex’s Store! Perhaps less fresh than the crispy new Neff gear was Session 1′s Neff Onion Bobbing. Campers teamed up to retrieve whole [...]
Here it is! The arsenal of Session 1 videos. Windells snowboard, ski, and skate camps started Summer 2012 off on the right foot. Look out for more edits coming from Session 2 and beyond. It’s not too late to get in on the action, either. Learn more and get registered for your session by clicking [...]
He’s our head honcho on campus, the big cheese, el numero uno, and he’s back for another amazing summer as Head Counselor. Everyone, meet Cody Lee. He crushes the park by day, and provides the home base for all of our campers at night. This Idaho local made the trek back from his new stomping [...]
Coach Tucker Speer joined in the contest along with The Might Zeach. It’s PARTY TIME with Rome Snowboards, here at Windells Snowboard Camp 2012. Sharks, tank tops, and wild times are rampant at camp. During Session 1, Rome AmArmy rider, Riley Nickerson led a high ollie contest on hill. Armed with a high ollie set [...]
Session 1 was taken over by Poor Boyz Productions with the intent of producing a couple of their Postcard edits and the crew did not disappoint. Even with some adverse conditions the first few days of camp, they managed to get a ridiculous amount of footage in both Windells snow and skate parks. Banks Gilberti’s [...]
Yet another snowing day at #windells2012 #mthood #lineskis – p: @annalisad93 It’s been a big week on instagram for #Windells! You guys took so many awesome pictures it was really hard to pick our favorites of the week! Here are a few, with images from Dakine pro skater Steven Reeves, Digger Austin Leonard, and lots [...]
Windells Camp was happy to welcome the Park family to the opening session of summer 2012. We had Ray, or “Super Dad”, Kristin, 9, and Ryder, who swore up and down he was 100 but, for some reason, we weren’t buying it. He later clarified with five fingers and a “this many”. Initially, Ray had [...]
That’s a lot of park. Summer just started and it’s already going by really fast. Session 1 is a wrap, and while the weather was a little bit more wintery than summery, we rode every day, learned new tricks, and had an awesome time! One of the best parts of the week? The unveiling of [...]
Caleb Kinnear, 13, was selected by the majority of our staff to kick off summer 2012′s awesome list of stand out campers. From Anchorage, Alaska, Caleb is on his fourth summer at Windells Camp. In the days between sessions snowboarding at the “funnest” place on earth, Caleb spends his time riding and filming with his [...]