Rumors have been blasting airs around, about Windells designing a private handle tow in our terrain park on Mt Hood’s Palmer glacier. Lot’s of nosey noses snooping around trying to get the inside scoop. We are now going to set the record straight. Here is the lay-back. (We were going to say “low-down”, but instead we are saying “lay-back”)
YES YES YES YESSSSSSS!
Windells is the first summer shred camp in the history of the world to own, operate and install, its very own private handle-tow! I sure hope the lift-ops are good looking!
That depends on how much you can spend on beer lol
They have a store nearby with damn near every beer possible. I spent a lot on beer
A lot
$1800 is the cost for session 2 (and I'll be back there again this year for that session). I'd say budget around $200 for snacks and booze. Again this varies on how much you drink :laugh: At the very least add an extra $6 per day for cobra dogs and a red bull slushie. You will want these... trust me.
Also, they sell water bottles but mine had a habit of "walking away". I bought 3 and came back with 1 so keep your shit zipped up in your luggage.
and btw, Tim if you're reading this, I should be getting a damn discount for all the business i'm sending your way!
There was a solid range last year. Everything from park newbs (Hi) to people throwing 9's like they were boring. They did a decent job of splitting us up based on skill too.
And the adult groups can vary. My session last year was re-god-damn-diculous. We got half the staffed bombed out of their minds, beers were getting tossed onto the roof, one girl had her pants ripped off (to be fair she ripped them off herself), it was pure loveable chaos. Granted all of that was in the same night. The other nights were pretty chill in comparison lol
I went back to OR during the last session but wasn't at windells. I got invited over to hang with them though and they were boring as hell. There were 4-5 hot girls in that session and every guy was going to bed early. I'm pretty sure they all forgot to pack their man bits.
So it really can depend on the group. Any session I attend however is guaranteed to be insane. That shit just follows me.
What about Camp of champions? After reading their whole website, my mouth was watering!:laugh: And around the same cost since just about EVERYTHING there is free! Anyone have personal experiences with them?
Same deal with windells. Everything is free. The extra cash is for shit you may want on your own. And beer. Trust me if CoC had free beer i'd be polishing my passport right now.
That's the other thing. If you don't have a passport right now, it's almost too late to hit up any summer camps in canananadia. Right now is when everyone and their pet monkey's uncle applies for one so they get pretty backed up.
I went to Spring, Winter and Summer sessions as much as I could when I was younger. Windells is the shit, it's always a blast to ride with those guys. As for the improvement level, it all depends on how you want to push yourself. If you feel you can throw 10s in the pipe and wanna try, they won't stop you and will work with you and make sure you get the instruction you deserve for whatever. Winter and Spring (depending on conditions) focus more on freeriding and exploring the Cascades and other bowls and such. Summer is mainly freestyle (like 95.9%) and is best suited for that. I applied to be a counselor there and have been waiting to hear back. Hopefully I'll see some of you up there, my fingers are crossed. :thumbsup:
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