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Here at Windells, our Takeover™ Session Pros are part of the family! These individuals are a huge part of the Windells community, some of whom found their love with Windells by starting off as campers, and others working as staff, but they all play a huge role making the summer experience so...
Words: Joey Favara
Photos: Christian Raguse
Five sessions deep and the stoke is just as high as FDOH Session One! Our lane is still loaded up with features and flowing like a river. This session we had some serious heavy hitters in the Takeover Pro Squad: Ethan Swadburg, Andy Parry, Jonah...
Words: Joey Favara
Photos: Christian Raguse
Another sunny and slushy Session at Windells Camp is in the books! Per usual our two lanes were stacked with some heavy features and tons skiers to shred em. Session 4 was taken over by our US Freeski Team Players Devin Logan, Torin Yater-Wallace and...
Words: Joey FavaraPhotos: Christian Raguse
Talk about a picture perfect session, with 3 of 6 days on Mt. Hood fully above the clouds! Accompanied by another proper park, chock fulla jumps and jibs for all abilities courtesy of our dedicated Digger Squad. Session 3 truly went off! Our Takeover...
Words: Joey Favara
Photos: Christian Raguse
As we rolled into our 2 private terrain parks with Session 2 with Takeover Pros Karl Fostvedt, Tim McChesney and Lucas Wachs all we saw were grinning faces. Fast forward to mid session, these grinning faces were linking hero lines all through park...
Words: Joey Favara
Photos: Christian Raguse
After a long 9 month hibernation we are back on the volcano for another summer of slushy and sunny skiing! This winter Mt. Hood received over 35 feet of snow; our two private terrain park’s are stacked and loaded up with features for all ability...
From new wave pros to Olympic hopefuls, our lineup this year is more stacked than ever. You can hang with The Bunch during Session 1, shred the lane with Alex Hall Session 3, or even watch Keegan unleash complete madness on some rails Session 5.
Check out this years Takeover™ Sessions now and...
We made it folks, Session 6 the final session of Summer 2017. This bittersweet session was taken over by 4 self proclaimed “Windells OG’sâ€, Will Berman aka Chilly, Young Bull Keegan Kilbride, Tim McChesney aka Cheddar, and Line Traveling Circus Celeb Andy Parry. Will dove in head first...
Yup, you guessed it another full session in the sun! This session we soaked up the rays on the volcano with Jonah Williams, Noah Wallace, and Nick Goepper. Jonah kept the filmers and photogs on high alert all week; one minute Jonah would be cruising away from 30 foot disaster to backslide on the...
Session 4 FDOH (First Day On Hill) started out hot with a Windells Academy Reunion and jump session. Windells Academy Alums Alex Hackel and ABM linked up and headed to session the Big Jump for "old time sake". Head Coach Wynn Berns caught wind of the session and couldn’t resist brining the...
Session 3 the halfway point of Summer 2017! All we have seen here at Windells this summer has been bluebird days accompanied by slushy park laps. This session Devin Logan, Torin Yater-Wallace and Bobby Brown from the US Freeski Team put their rigorous training programs on hold to Takeover camp...
This session we soaked up the rays with legends Tom Wallisch aka The Pretzel Man, Karl Fostvedt aka Crazy Karl and Dale Talkington aka The Worm. Crazy Karl got right to work lapping The Wave, airing and slashing as if he were surfing in Tahiti. Tom “The Pretzel Man†Wallisch and Dale “The...
Session 1 just wrapped up, it was one for the books! This session Magnus Graner, Peyben, and LSM from The Bunch showed out, taking over camp. As soon we pulled up for FDOH (First Day on Hill) and our laid eyes on the masterpiece of a park our digger squad had crafted, smiles were poppin out...
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April 27, 2017
Eric Rosenwald Teams Up with Windells Camp and High Cascade Snowboard Camp - Play Host to Olympic Teams from Around the Globe.
MT.HOOD, OREGON – We Are Camp, parent company of Windells and High Cascade Snowboard Camp, today announced an exciting new...
Here at Windells, our Takeover™ Session Pros are part of the family! These individuals are a huge part of the Windells community, some of whom found their love with Windells by starting off as campers, and others working as staff, but they all play a huge role making the summer experience so...
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Windells Academy Announces New Head Ski Coach Wynn Berns and Head Snowboard Coach Tommie Bennett
MT. HOOD, OREGON, August 22, 2016 – We Are Camp, parent company of Windells Academy, Windells Camp, and High Cascade Snowboard Camp, today announced the hiring of Wynn...
It's sad to see the summer coming to an end, but there was no better place to end this summer of a lifetime than at Windells session 6! From guest pro Nick Goepper showing off his ambidextrous skills by lacing doubles in all directions to guest pro Dale Talkington earning the nickname "Jose...
With the end of session five came the end of yet another amazing week on the glacier! This week we were blessed with the presence of guest pro's Jonah Williams, Keegan Kilbride, and Andy Parry. Just about everybody in the lane had to pick their jaw up off the snow more than once this week after...
Session Four just ended and what a week it was! The weather was all time, the park was in amazing shape, and all around it was yet another great week for the books! This weeks lane set-up was rails, rails, rails. The lane is known for its big jump, and like usual it was a big spectacle for those...
Once again, another session has come and gone. Session Three had no big surprises, everyone killed it, staff, pros, and campers! The Takeover Session Pro's for Session Three included Khai Krepela, Jake Doan, and Steve Stepp. The stoke was high for the new park set up which did not disappoint...