Ultra Long Term Test: Salomon 977 Driver Equipe?t really like your knees, did you?

Words: The Jaded Local I bought these for $60 and a sixer 10 odd years ago. Since then, I have skied several hundred days on them without a single release, pre or otherwise. Which has been awesome except for that time I blew my knee in 2008. I think this pair was made in ’87 or so. All steel, 11-17 DIN, AFDs worn away long ago?not exactly the formula for knee health....

May 14, 2012 · 1 min · 125 words · Bradley Lee

Meeting President Obama

Big thanks to Claire and Javon for making this happen, helps to have well connected friends! This is the van I drove all day. I was constantly acting like Secret Service, I can’t help myself. Obama’s Air Force One lands at Buckley Air Force Base, after a brief weather hold. SWAT arrives, we finalize the motorcade and roll out. We drive to City Park in downtown Denver, with full police blockades everywhere we go....

May 13, 2012 · 2 min · 225 words · Kayla Jackson

On The Road With Mary Walsh

Everyone knows Mary Walsh and her fast talking ways. All in all, she kills it. Lucky for us, Mary happens to be a major part of the Windells family. This winter was the fourth year of our contest series called Red Bull Buttercup. We took it to Easton, Pennsylvania for a night contest and 5,000 people showed up to watch. These guys are awesome. Myself and the other coaches have a blast getting to shred with the ladies at each stop....

May 13, 2012 · 2 min · 283 words · Danny Smith

Spring Concrete.

The Saga skate team made their way up to the Windells campus on Wednesday afternoon to take advantage of the spring weather and some dry concrete.Living in Oregon can be tough love for a skateboarder, rain rain go away. So when the weather clears there is no time to waste, some of the best concrete parks in the country are in this state, Windells private concrete park being one of them....

May 12, 2012 · 1 min · 82 words · Richard Blake

Spring Snowfall on Hood!

Just last week one of our snowboard coaches Stephanie Sue Feld ran head first into a powder day. Take a look at her killer trip to the mountain and try not to get too jealous. There’s plenty of snow to go around. It’s ready and waiting folks! Oh, wait..” – Stephanie Sue Feld

May 12, 2012 · 1 min · 53 words · Donna Thompson

Five Hour Friday: Week 5

Good mix to play on your drive home from work getting ready for the weekend. Looking forward to seeing him live on June 22nd. An oldie but a goodie. Morgan Page can produce, no doubt about that. Click here to read the full entry.

May 11, 2012 · 1 min · 44 words · Pamela Beard

FREE CAMP Session

Evolve Chile and Valle Nevado are giving away a free session to one lucky camper! The contest is super super simple. Here is what you better do: 1. Watch the video below 2. Submit a video telling us why you deserve to win this contest. Video cannot be longer then 1 minute (get creative) 4. To enter the contest you must be between the ages of 13 and 18 years...

May 11, 2012 · 1 min · 103 words · Dr. Joshua Maldonado

High Fives Foundation ? Charity Golf Tournament

Contact Steve Wallace at steve@highfivesfoundation, 530.587.4453 with any questions or to sign up a team. yo visithttp://www.highfivesfoundation.org forfurther event details and to reserve your spot. demands to play a course with a traditional private club feel. Fast greens and tournament-like conditions await golfers every day. Towering Lodgepole and Jeffrey Pines line the fairways as the course weaves through a natural mountain surrounding with Mt. Rose as its backdrop. Demanding a combination of creative club choices and tactical strategies, this Jacobsen/Hardy course reveals the designers?...

May 11, 2012 · 1 min · 90 words · Jamie Murray

Six minutes with Saga Outerwear

Saga was born at Windells Camp in 2005. When Saga was just a small brand, it had one jacket line. Saga got along with the kids, and it was well liked amongst its peers. There, Saga would develop and mature and soon, all the ladies wanted Saga. Windells has been the ?incubator? to many of the top brands in the industry. Grenade, Bonfire Salomon, Skullcandy, Atmosphere and Saga sprouted their first knuckle hairs at Windells Camp....

May 11, 2012 · 2 min · 281 words · Kara Ballard

Team Takeover Thursday: Poor Boyz Productions

This week has been a busy one on Mt. The features emerging from the spring snow on Mt. Hood have made noise from this coast to the next coast. Angela Swain: So what are you guys calling this thing? Darcy Bacha: I guess we called it the redirect. It was a 15ft kicker to a 30 ft quarter pipe. So who was behind this? It seems like it was a pretty extravagant build....

May 10, 2012 · 1 min · 213 words · Mark Richardson

WCS Day 3 pt.2

The second half of day three at the WSC consisted of the first evening shoot of the week.

May 10, 2012 · 1 min · 18 words · Jill Robertson

#Windells: our favorite instagrams from you! ? May 9, 2012

p: @specicus Zombie dodgeball facepaint can be as creative as you’d like. If you prefer to look like a classic movie zombie, Windells counselors can paint your face that way. Above, camper @spencicus shows off his pirate-style stache. This is Windells through your eyes. He came back to Oregon for the West Coast Sessions and took this instagram. p: @tanakafari p: @quentin_baker We love the enthusiasm for Windells! P: @csantz...

May 9, 2012 · 1 min · 72 words · Taylor Hill

Grete Eliassen REWIND: TGR Film Sessions on WIDSIX TV

She was a regular up until she managed to injure herself and end her season prematurely. Teton Gravity Research shared some unbelievable footage with us for your viewing pleasure. Locations: Baldface BC, Squaw Valley Red Bull Performance Camp, Utah Backcountry.

May 9, 2012 · 1 min · 40 words · Joseph Ramirez