Windells
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Windells is an action sports camp based in Sandy
, Oregon
, United States. It provides coaching for skiing
, snowboarding
, skateboarding
, and BMX
riding. The private campus opens for holidays, spring break, and summer sessions. The camp also operates as a full-time boarding school, Windells Academy, offering academic instruction through online programs while providing a sports curriculum on site.
, dodge ball, and karaoke
. Summer on-snow activities are available on Mount Hood
at the Timberline Lodge ski area
. The camp has been designated a summer training camp for U.S. Snowboarding, the United States governing body for Olympic snowboarding.
Windells skateboard facilities make up the Pacific Northwest
's largest indoor and outdoor skate park totaling over 50,500 square feet.
in 1988. A few years later, Windell moved the camp to Mount Hood
in Oregon because of the proximity to the Portland International Airport
and the year-round natural snow. Windell purchased the Shamrock Motel in Sandy, Oregon
and began to transform the once motel into the Windells campus.
Over the past 12 years, the facilities at Windells Camp have progressed and adapted according to the needs of the campers. BOB (Building Out Back) was created in 2004, providing year round training facilities. Following the creation of BOB, the Concrete Jungle was added to the campus in 2006. The entire campus was transformed into a skate park after this project. In 2010, Windells purchased and installed a private lift at Timberline. This addition gave campers more time on the snow for training.
. He is an active member of the United States of America Snowboard Association board, the largest snowboarding organization in the world, and is one of only five voting members. Windell holds eight National snowboarding titles. He stood second overall in the 1989 and 1990 World Cup Tour of Snowboarding. Windell placed second in the 1991 World Championships, and was designated to be the voice of North American Snowboarders from 1987 through 1993.
Sandy, Oregon
Sandy is a city located in Clackamas County, Oregon, United States, and named after the nearby Sandy River. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 5,385, however the 2006 estimate shows 7,070 people....
, Oregon
Oregon
Oregon is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. It is located on the Pacific coast, with Washington to the north, California to the south, Nevada on the southeast and Idaho to the east. The Columbia and Snake rivers delineate much of Oregon's northern and eastern...
, United States. It provides coaching for skiing
Skiing
Skiing is a recreational activity using skis as equipment for traveling over snow. Skis are used in conjunction with boots that connect to the ski with use of a binding....
, snowboarding
Snowboarding
Snowboarding is a sport that involves descending a slope that is covered with snow on a snowboard attached to a rider's feet using a special boot set onto mounted binding. The development of snowboarding was inspired by skateboarding, sledding, surfing and skiing. It was developed in the U.S.A...
, skateboarding
Skateboarding
Skateboarding is an action sport which involves riding and performing tricks using a skateboard.Skateboarding can be a recreational activity, an art form, a job, or a method of transportation. Skateboarding has been shaped and influenced by many skateboarders throughout the years. A 2002 report...
, and BMX
BMX
Bicycle motocross or BMX refers to the sport in which the main goal is extreme racing on bicycles in motocross style on tracks with inline start and expressive obstacles, and it is also the term that refers to the bicycle itself that is designed for dirt and motocross cycling.- History :BMX started...
riding. The private campus opens for holidays, spring break, and summer sessions. The camp also operates as a full-time boarding school, Windells Academy, offering academic instruction through online programs while providing a sports curriculum on site.
Program
Windells Camp has been in operation for more than twenty years as a summer camp. The Windells private campus includes two dry ski slopes, with a plastic material that allows skiing and snowboarding without snow, an air bag jump, two Olympic trampolines, and a foam pit for training. Windells summer staff hosts activities such as skateboarding clinics, BMX races, paintballPaintball
Paintball is a sport in which players compete, in teams or individually, to eliminate opponents by tagging them with capsules containing water soluble dye and gelatin shell outside propelled from a device called a paintball marker . Paintballs have a non-toxic, biodegradable, water soluble...
, dodge ball, and karaoke
Karaoke
is a form of interactive entertainment or video game in which amateur singers sing along with recorded music using a microphone and public address system. The music is typically a well-known pop song minus the lead vocal. Lyrics are usually displayed on a video screen, along with a moving symbol,...
. Summer on-snow activities are available on Mount Hood
Mount Hood
Mount Hood, called Wy'east by the Multnomah tribe, is a stratovolcano in the Cascade Volcanic Arc of northern Oregon. It was formed by a subduction zone and rests in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States...
at the Timberline Lodge ski area
Timberline Lodge ski area
Timberline Lodge ski area is the ski and snowboarding area of Timberline Lodge, a National Historic Landmark in the U.S state of Oregon. It is one of a few ski lodges in the United States with most of the skiable terrain below the main lodge...
. The camp has been designated a summer training camp for U.S. Snowboarding, the United States governing body for Olympic snowboarding.
Windells skateboard facilities make up the Pacific Northwest
Pacific Northwest
The Pacific Northwest is a region in northwestern North America, bounded by the Pacific Ocean to the west and, loosely, by the Rocky Mountains on the east. Definitions of the region vary and there is no commonly agreed upon boundary, even among Pacific Northwesterners. A common concept of the...
's largest indoor and outdoor skate park totaling over 50,500 square feet.
History
Tim Windell, camp founder and former professional snowboarder, established the summer snowboard program at Whistler, British ColumbiaWhistler, British Columbia
Whistler is a Canadian resort town in the southern Pacific Ranges of the Coast Mountains in the province of British Columbia, Canada, approximately north of Vancouver...
in 1988. A few years later, Windell moved the camp to Mount Hood
Mount Hood
Mount Hood, called Wy'east by the Multnomah tribe, is a stratovolcano in the Cascade Volcanic Arc of northern Oregon. It was formed by a subduction zone and rests in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States...
in Oregon because of the proximity to the Portland International Airport
Portland International Airport
Portland International Airport is a joint civil-military airport and the largest airport in the U.S. state of Oregon, accounting for 90% of passenger travel and more than 95% of air cargo of the state. It is located within Portland's city limits just south of the Columbia River in Multnomah...
and the year-round natural snow. Windell purchased the Shamrock Motel in Sandy, Oregon
Sandy, Oregon
Sandy is a city located in Clackamas County, Oregon, United States, and named after the nearby Sandy River. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 5,385, however the 2006 estimate shows 7,070 people....
and began to transform the once motel into the Windells campus.
Over the past 12 years, the facilities at Windells Camp have progressed and adapted according to the needs of the campers. BOB (Building Out Back) was created in 2004, providing year round training facilities. Following the creation of BOB, the Concrete Jungle was added to the campus in 2006. The entire campus was transformed into a skate park after this project. In 2010, Windells purchased and installed a private lift at Timberline. This addition gave campers more time on the snow for training.
Windells Academy
In 2009, Tim Windell founded Windells Academy, a full-time action sports boarding school located on the Windells campus. The specialized boarding school provides high school students with an accredited online education as well as athletic training in skiing, snowboarding, and skateboarding.Tim Windell
Tim Windell, former professional snowboarder, is the founder of Windells Camp. Today, Tim Windell lives in Brightwood, OregonBrightwood, Oregon
Brightwood is an unincorporated community within the Mount Hood Corridor in Clackamas County, Oregon, United States. It is located between Wemme and Sandy just off of U.S. Route 26 at an elevation of 355 meters. It is one of the communities that make up the Villages at Mount Hood.A post office...
. He is an active member of the United States of America Snowboard Association board, the largest snowboarding organization in the world, and is one of only five voting members. Windell holds eight National snowboarding titles. He stood second overall in the 1989 and 1990 World Cup Tour of Snowboarding. Windell placed second in the 1991 World Championships, and was designated to be the voice of North American Snowboarders from 1987 through 1993.