Posted on: August 18, 2011 by admin
The Mt. Hood summer camps are officially over and Sammy Spiteri wants all these damn kids to go back to school already. J/K kids Sammy loves you and missed you already. This summer, Sammy was not only a ladies man and camp counselor by night but also one hot shredda and Windells video star by day. If you’ve never gotten in some summer snowboarding at Mt. Hood, you’re missing out. Sign up now for camp next summer and maybe you’ll be lucky enough to have Sammy as your counselor…check his opening part in the closing video of the season.

Posted on: July 22, 2011 by admin
It’s been a tough summer up at Mt. Hood with by far more rainy days then sunny days. So it’s lucky that several of the Arbor team riders including Nick Visconti, Curtis Woodman and Sammy Spiteri have been at Windells because they have a indoor skate park.

Posted on: July 19, 2011 by admin
Windells session 4 sure was a blast, and how could it not have been with the likes of Nick Visconti, Curtis Woodman and friends, Jason Robinson and Stevie Bell hanging around. The single largest and longest knockout games ever recorded went down, some pretty incredible skate sessions happened in BOB and the Concrete Jungle and we all shredded one of the funnest on hill parks to date!

Posted on: July 18, 2011 by admin
Windells Session #4 2011 is a wrap! Actually, better said it has been unwrapped. With campers coming in from Europe, The Americas and California, Session 4 hit the record books. Mary Walsh, Windells athlete director, said “this is the best session Windells has ever had since I have been here.” The magic recipe was a group of unique individuals cooped up in a small house, with a refrigerator full of humus and scotch determined to skate, shred and laugh our lives away. With the help of Arbor, Sessions, Arnette, Lib-Tech and Forum, Stevie Bell, Curtis Woodman, Jason Robinson, and myself left more than a carbon footprint; we left with life long friends, memories and camp appropriate debaucheries. These might be recognizable names but after ten days together these names were obsolete and were collectively changed to SchemieBear, SleepyBear, GnarlyBear and MogulyBear.
By Nick Visconti

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The week started off with a gathering of professional athletes brought together by Mary Walsh (OrganizationalBear) and Nj Peterson (DriverBear). Soon after, we were running from camp officials for “no helmets” and thrashing the best skate-park in North America. The first night of course ended in seasonal snowboard recaps and PBR. Following throughout the week was non-stop action. From an on-hill take over of unconventional snowboarding to an off-hill camper sugar high from free ice cream, we did nothing short of burn 5,000 calories a day. Camper high fives, summer romance and Government Camp dance parties were only daily standards though; there were highlights… Thanks to Bhappy Films, Paul Heran, we had an Arnette sponsored pre-teen pre-party for the world premier of “Happy Days.” Standout parts, for sure, were legend Curtis Woodman and up-and-comer Sammy Spiteri. The next day J-Rob hosted a manual contest and gave away a free lib-tech skateboard to the camper who manualed the furthest in BOB (acronym for “building out back.”) Looking back, we definitely played into our stereotypical roles; for instance, Stevie Bell hosted a basketball game of knockout that took over the entire front courtyard. The last night, Curtis and I hoped to inspire some mindfulness about our affect on the environment, so I gave away a Arbor snowboard to the camper that picked up the most trash around camp. However entertaining and successful these events were, Sessions kept the daily hype around camp- It’s truly unbeleivable how hyped campers get on the possibility for a new tee or a large sticker.
The week was unbelievable; truly an experience of a lifetime, or maybe of a year. Windells has invited this eclectic crew to come back for a “bear” reunion session next year. Maybe next year, the bear crew’s shirts will come off for Petey Pablo at a late-night Ratskeller dance party, or maybe it’ll be just mine again. Maybe we will find a hot-tub to soak our old bones in, or maybe we will allĀ still complain of the aches and pains while trying to convince ourselves we are old. Maybe we will all have girlfriends, or maybe we will have more late-night debates about whether “that” girl is old enough or not. I don’t know what will happen in the future, but I do know what happened last week. Life was lived.
Posted on: June 28, 2011 by admin
One of Arbor’s newest snow team riders, Sammy Spiteri is up at Windells summer snowboard camp at Mt. Hood just crushing it on a daily basis. Check out his shots in Windells latest video edit. If he keeps being good, we might even get him a profile on our website. Watch out Sammy, Nick Visconti and Curtis Woodman are coming your way real soon.
