SETUP: Regular +15 & -6, 161 for pow 158 everywhere else, setback of one inch. I just ride the deck to detune it. They seem perfect wright out of the plastic.
ARBOR PREFERRED QUIVER: A-FRAME 161 for deep pow, big cliffs and open turns. The Nghtrain 158 for backcountry and freestyle.
OTHER SPONSORS: ONEBALLJAY
WHAT’S YOUR FAVORITE PLACE ON EARTH TO RIDE? Mt. Baker and the
North Cascades
IF YOU COULD PICK FOUR RIDERS (alive or dead) TO SNOWBOARD WITH, WHO WOULD THEY BE AND WHERE WOULD YOU GO? Craig Kelly at Baldface…that would be legendary. Other than that any three people that share the same respects and beliefs about the mountains. I know there is to many to list.
WORST LIE YOU EVER TOLD YOUR MOM? I was supposed to be going on a four day wrestling trip. I packed the wrestling bag with all my snowboard gear and spent the next four days at the ski hill. The school called her the next week wondering where I was she was surprised. It was well worth it.
WORST LIE YOUR MOM EVER TOLD YOU? She would bye me a vehicle if I graduated. It was a total psych out.
MAC OR PC? MAC, I need every bit of user friendliness I can get.
WOULD YOU RATHER BE SMART & UGLY OR DUMB & BEAUTIFUL? Either one would be a nice change from ugly and dumb.
WHAT’S YOUR WORST HABIT? Not flushing it can be pretty disgusting when you come back around.
SUMMER TIME: SKATE, SURF, OR RIDE? Freeride mountain biking. I just got hooked last summer. It’s super fun.
Dylan Kowalski has been riding for the Arbor program for over a year now and this video gives you a look into what makes this kid rip at surfing. Check it out and then go paddle out.
Nick Visconti and his Tahoe Dangerzone crew got together to give us a history lesson in snowboarding. Where did jibbing come from and how has it progressed over the years? In explaining this, they also provide a breakdown in how to get started and the steps one should take to advance their own jib skills. You’ll want to watch this snowboard video several times.
Hey kids, it’s time to burn those text books and start thinking about summer camp. Why not go snowboarding this summer? That’s right…head to Mt. Hood and get your summer shred on at Windells summer snowboard camp and get schooled by Arbor International team rider, Nick Visconti. There is no doubt that good times will be had. (Please don’t actually burn your books, we can’t really condone that. Maybe just bury them. The new edition will be out next year anyway.)
Here’s the kind of fun you may have missed last season:
It’s that hazy time of year again. You’re sitting in your chair in math class, half-listening as your teacher drones on about the quadratic formula and half-staring out the window at blue skies and green grass. Summer vacation is on the horizon and the best place to spend it is at Mount Hood in Oregon with Windells. Lucky for you, there’s still time to get in on the action.
Windells Session 1, June 6-13, is starting summer off with a bang! Over the last year, we have built some wild new features on campus and the campers during Session 1 will be the first to try everything out! Two new dry slopes and campus bag jump for perfecting tricks and the biggest skatepark in the Northwest that caters to both beginning skaters learning to push around as well as concrete wave aficionados.
There’s more, too! Session 1 is getting an infusion of wild style. Nick Visconti, Tim Humphreys, and Austin Hironaka will be captivating your minds while igniting creativity on and off the mountain. Along side Sessions and Think Thank professionals, Tahoe Dangerzone’s Brent Oftedal and NJ Petersen will be catalysts for a dynamic Windells summer shredding epidemic.
This is the second summer that Nick Visconti is kicking off the season at Windells and he is ridiculously excited. “I’m holding my breath till camp starts, I hope camp is soon because I am already feeling light-headed!â€
More mystical than last year, he goes on to explain about what campers can potentially expect on and off hill. “I have been slaving away to unravel the ancient mysteries of Egyptian building technology to create an unfathomable feature with cosmic mystique. Although minds of modern civilization are not yet ready to understand our discovery, Hump, Naka and I will unveil the unknown. Session 1 will rediscover the intricacies of the mind and explore the possibilities of a snowboard.â€
Snowboarder and Arbor rider, Ryan Linnert proved to all why…you should have gone to Squaw with fellow shred friend Colin Clarke. You can get into this video for sure.
