As July comes to an end it has also brought the hottest weather of the summer. Of course the snow is melting pretty fast but don’t get the notion that it’s still not amazing up here. There is plenty of snow up on the Palmer Snow Field and both High Cascade and Windells have been maintaining and making new features every session still. This session at High Cascade has also brought some of the best photographers in the biz to give campers all the pointers to see what it takes to take photos like some of snowboarding’s best.
- It might look like things are getting pretty thin up there, but there is still plenty of snow on the snowfield
- Matty Mo threading the needle on a narrow strip with plenty of consequence
- Tim Zimmerman giving campers pointers this session with High Cascade’s photo session
- Jed Anderson one of the many times he killed this rail all day long
- balancing act
- There are still some decent size jumps at High Cascade to get some airtime
- Jonah Owen sending it deep. Switch frontside 900
- HCSC Digger Justin Keniston locking into a front board
The Bonfire Pipe 2 Pipe contest had the third a final event of the summer. However with the rail jam going on the same day as Snowboarder Magazine’s America’s Next Top Pro Model event and I can’t be in two places at once. So after a long day on the hill the RV was packed up with a bunch of people to cruise down to the skate section of the Pipe 2 Pipe at Windells one more time.
- Sawyer Deen not scared to blast frontside airs on the quarterpipe in the fun track
- SCODubs tre flip stomper
- Matty Mo
- Josh Bishop hippie hop over the barricade
- Forest Bailey cranks out a frontside flip during the contest
- I don’t remember this guys name but here he is going about mach 10 with a front salad grind
Next Top Pro Model Presented By Snowboarder Magazine
Words, Photos and Video: Joe Carter
For the first time ever Snowboarder Magazine brings to you America’s Next Top Pro Model. Bringing out a long list of the worlds most elite riders for some fun up at Timberline. On the first day to get things kicked off there was a high ollie contest that after you cleared the bar had a loading dock style landing. Lauri took that one. Then to change things up a little everyone walked up to the 100 foot rail. There were a few makes to the end, and it was Derek Dennison that got there the cleanest. When day two came around the first event was the spin to win part of the contest. Where Pat Moore did some really fast carcass chucking and took that event down with a 1080 on a jump you would not think is big enough for 3 spins. Then a little beak for lunch, followed up by Highest Air in the pipe. Where Lauri again took, but there were plenty of lofty airs by everyone else too. As everything was coming to a close Pat Bridges still had one more event for the riders. A Chinese downhill race from the top if the Windell’s Lane and ending at the bottom. Where Lauri again came through first. For the awards everyone headed down the road to Windells for some free dinner and the skate contest since Bonfire’s Pipe 2 Pipe contest was also going on the same day. Thanks to Pat Bridges, the rest of the Snowboarder Mag staff, Windells, Timberline, riders, and everyone else that put this on for another really fun event up here and a solid party that night in Govy.
- Gotta have the group shot
- The Mayor of Big Bear Chris Bradshaw giving that shit some pop
- (L-R) Bryan Fox, Louie Vito, Eddie Wall, Danny Kass, Pat Moore, Lauri Heiskari, Keegan Vilaika.
- Lauri making it over the bar with ease
- Pat Moore
- Keegan up and over, but this one is switch
- Kyle Clancy and Tim Zimmerman getting some summertime shredding in
- Kyle Clancy was not in the contest but that did not mean that he would lock in to the 100 footer
- Eero Ettala
- Not really a trick you would expect to see in the spin to win event, but nobody is going to complain about seeing Eero do backside rodeos
- T Bird giving a bird of his own
- E-Tree reminiscing about the old days when he was the head digger at Windells years ago
- Scotty Arnold putting down a front seven
- Bradshaw and Lucas Magoon switched their pro models for the event. Cab 3 on Gooner’s Yucky Charms board
- Lauri backside 7
- Louie Vito getting limber legs on a stalefish in the highest air
- This is how you do an indy nosebone. Eero Ettala
- Chinese downhill
- All the pro model boards were sold in a silent auction and all proceeds went to charity
- Eddie Wall letting campers know they will get chicks if they buy his board
- MFM getting campers pumped
- BRADSHAW!!!
- Derek, Bryan, Eero for the 100 foot rail event
- Pat, Eero, and Lauri for the spin to win event
- Chinese Downhill
- The overall winner was pretty easy to figure out since Lauri won most of the events
Once again for the second time this summer Bonfire’s Pipe 2 Pipe rail jam and skate contest went down last week at Windells Snowboard Camp. Unlike the first time they hosted the Pipe 2 Pipe about a month ago. Both High Cascade and Windells were both in session bringing out a larger turnout, along with a bigger bag of tricks. Then of course comes the skate contest later that night. With skaters from all over Portland. So they get the chance to not only skate the private skate paradise known as “Windells,” but also get a chance to get some loot.
- Chris Brewster taking a break from digging today at High Cascade, stalefish over the rail
- Campers and competitors like Vultures around the free hot dogs
- Matty Mo with the tunes all day and night, then taking a break to take his runs
- Sawyer Deen gettting through the flat-up rail keeping it between the bindings
- Ted Borland, front board though the kink rail. If you look at his left hand you can see his lunch
- Ted again on the wall ride
- Ryan Paul went in the am division and killed it the entre event, 50-50 front 3
- Johnny Lazz, backlip through the kink
- Sawyer Deen getting after the bottom ribbed tube
- Evan and Kevin tally up some scores
- Rock, Paper, Scissors for who goes up for the game of PIG
- Castro and Java are really good at announcing
- Sawyer holding it together for finals
- Johnny holding it down a little harder, coming out big with a backside 270 hardway to front lip, backside 270 out
- Tim Windell and Johnny Lazz
- Sawyer after a long day on the hill, and getting slammed into still going for it. Kickflip on the Windells Fun Track
- Unknown camper slaying it. Back Smith
- Matty Mo again down at the skate jam
- Jed Anderson Lien Air
- Backside 180 nosegrind
- Ryan Linderman comes up from Portland for all the Pipe 2 Pipes to haul ass all ovder BOB
- Loot
- Strip Club? Not for Johnny
- L-R. Johnny, Ryan Paul, Sawyer Deen
Results:
Men:
1-Johnny Lazz
2- Tie
Sawyer Deen
Ryan Paul
Womens:
1- Victoria Guinn
2- Madison Blackley
3- Laura Rogoski
After a long week of perfect Mt. Hood weather session 2 of High Cascade and session 3 at Windells have both finished up. So far this one was the most solid time here yet. Today was a quick one at the mountain for me so I headed down to Windells for the first time this week to give all of you some skating action.
- Still plenty of snow up here for the beginning of July
- Maybe we will see some quad flips this summer?
- Alex Horgan just cruising today
- Ryan Falk over at Windells park
- Josh Bishop in BOB
- Josh popping finding a sliver of tranny and a landing on the new high speed track
As we say goodbye to June and hello to July, the action up here on Mt. Hood can’t be better. Timberline still has plenty of snow for top to bottom runs, for a little longer, and both High Cascade, Windells, and even public park are in good shape.
- Gigi Ruff really getting extended riding the High Cascade mini pipe. Andrecht to fakie
- FRENDS, (L-R) Snook, Adam Pearce, Danny Davis, Luke Mitrani, Jack Mitrani, Keir Dillon
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- Danny Davis gapping to back lip on the High Cascade kink rail
- Eiki Helgason making an appearance this week to ride at Windells
- Scott Stevens has got frontside inverts better then you do
- Over at Windells Austin Hironaka putting down a switch backside 540 as he calls it a day and heads back down the hill
As session 1 at High Cascade comes to it’s last day on hill for this session, and Summer officially begins mother nature dumps some new snow on the mountain and sunny skies the day after. Keep checking in for what goes on during the in between and then The FRENDS crew comes to town for their signature session at High Cascade, and Windells gets into session number 3.
- New snow in June. Not too bad
- Chris Beresford tweaking out a stalefish on the pole-jam jump in public park at the end of the day
- Day at the beach, Scott Stevens
- Ted Borland made the switch from digging at Windell’s last year to High Cascade
- Ted reaping the benifets of the High Cascade lap park
Here are some more snowboarding for you coming from Timberline. Starting out the day over at High Cascade as they are in the second day of it’s first session. Then making it over to Windells as they kick off their second session.
- Scott Stevens getting crafty over at High Cascade early in the morning.
- The High Cascade digger headquarters
- Jeremy Black in getting some tail over in the Windell’s Pipe
- DaKine’s Scotty Connerly doing his best not to decapitate the Windell’s staff
- This is amazing to finally have at Hood. Windell’s rope tow
- Front boardright between the binders. King of Windell’s kitchen Ryan Falk
2009 Bonfire Pipe 2 Pipe Skateboarding At Windells
2009 Pipe 2 Pipe Words: Joe Carter Photos: Joe Carter
Bonfire has once again brought back the Pipe 2 Pipe contest back to Mt. Hood and Windells. Tim Windell for three days out of the summer opens the gates to the public after an all day rail jam event on-hill. Then for an evening of free dinner for everybody, followed up by an insane jam format skate contest, where the skaters seem to come out of the woodwork to haul ass around the newly renovated BOB indoor park at Windells. Along with all the other new concrete features that have been placed around the whole camp, making it skateboarding paradise. We had just got there in the RV a little after 5:00 and there were people everywhere skating the new concrete and when the pro division went down all the skaters there threw down. There will be plenty more coming from Mt. Hood all summer long with the Snowrev RV posted up in Govy giving you the inside scoop.
- Sawyer Dean after riding all day and winning best trick was not done yet. Killing it skating for the second part of the contest.
- Nick Dirks seems to be pretty pumped on all the new concrete stuff around Windells. Back Disaster on one of the new features.
- Josh Bishop cranking out an indy on the high speed track.
- Scotty Arnold popping out of a back tail on another one of the features.
-Wait there’s more, Scott Blum frontside slash on some quick tranny.
- Nick Dirks coming out of a high speed back smith on another one of the concrete bowls
- Tacos and burritos for everyone.
- Scotty Arnold testing out his carnival skills outside BOB.
- Scotty again now inside BOB putting down a buttery tre flip up the euro gap.
- Josh Bishop again with plenty more moves on the mini-ramp.
- Matty Mo holding down the tunes for the contest after landing himself in second place earlier on the hill.
- No shortage on the attendance. This was the scene around the whole park.
- Scotty Hoffman taking the first place trophy.
- If Sawyer was of age I bet he would make a stripper one happy person tonight.
- Girls top 3
- Robin Stoddard came out with his buddy from Maine having no clue this contest was going on. He slayed it the whole time againt some heavy competition landing him 500 bucks.
Summertime at Mt. Hood has officially started with Windell’s camp already in it’s first session. After a long drive from California in the RV we made it to Oregon to post up all summer long. Giving you some eye candy and showing you all what will be going on up here for the next few months. On the way up to Govy the RV made a stop over to Windells to check out all the new skate stuff and give you a small taste of how amazing this place is.
- JG Mazzotta getting into a back tail on the mini ramp in BOB.
- Bob View #1
- Bob View #2
- One of the areas of the newly redone BMX course.
- More of the beefed up BMX jumps
- Reed helping some campers out making some new t-shirts.
- Lots of Guitar Hero action going on in the game room
- One of the many concrete bowls around camp
- Tons of amazing new stuff to skate like this around the whole campus
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