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There is no doubt that the Hood summer scene has had a huge impact on snowboarding over the
last three decades. From park design to trick progression, all snowboarders (and freeskiers) owe
a debt of gratitude to this shred mecca.
WINDELLS
SUMMER CAMP
Shred the World Camp – Tim moves the camp to Timberline/Mt.
Hood from Whistler B.C. Later changes the name to Windells Snow-
board Camp in 1991.
Windells purchases Shamrock, which has been transformed into
Windells Campus, The “Funnest” place on Earth.
The building out back (BOB) is born with indoor tamp facilities
complete with foam pits and an amazing skatepark.
HIGH CASCADE
SNOWBOARD CAMP
1979 Timberline begins operations on Mt. Hood, Oregon as the only area in
the United States to offer summer skiing.
1989 John Calkins and John Ingersoll form High Cascade Snowboard Camp
contributing $4,000 a piece.
1990 High Cascade holds its first summer snowboard camp with a slalom
course and hand dug half pipe. Skateboarding is Camp’s first off-hill
activity.
1997 High Cascade and Pat Malendoski introduce Mt. Hood to the Pipe Drag-
on, the first mechanized means for shaping a half pipe. High Cascade
becomes accredited by the American Camp Association.
1999 Vans, Inc. purchases the camp after Calkins and Ingersoll decide to part
ways.
2002 Trevor Graves approaches then Camp Director, Victoria Malendoski,
with the concept of a Photography Workshop. Graves saw it as a way to fill
empty beds (during session five) and generate pro bono photography for
Camp’s promotional needs. High Cascade’s Pat Malendoski gains world-
wide fame as the builder of the 2002 Olympic Halfpipe in Salt Lake City.
2004 Burton holds the first Abominable Snow Jam at High Cascade, Windells
and Timberline.
That fall, Steve Van Doren from Vans, Inc. makes a surprise visit to the
Bend offices. The bomb gets dropped: Vans has chosen to sell the camp.
After much contemplation as to the future of High Cascade, camp direc-
tors Kevin English, Preston Strout, and Meagan Stein consider going
“non-profit.” In doing so, the three feel the company must have a higher
mission. As such, they agree upon the simple yet powerful mission state-
ment of“Life Improvement through Snowboarding and Skateboarding.”
2005
Dreamland concrete skate park added, Phase 1 of creating the
Concrete Jungle
2007 Signature Sessions™ are offered during each session with:
Session 1: Andrew Crawford, Josh Dirksen and Janna Meyen
Session 2: Andreas Wiig, Scotty Arnold and Hana Beaman
Session 3: Jussi Oksanen, Wille Yli-Luoma and Leanne Pelosi
Session 4: Pat Moore, Lauri Heiskari and Erin Comstock
Session 5: Jeremy Jones, Danny Davis and Laura Hadar
Session 6: BJ and Erik Leines
2008 A great year in snowboard history!
Every session of camp was sold out by the time summer kicked off, Mt.
Hood had a record breaking winter as 878 total inches of snow fell.
Windells and High Cascade join forces under one umbrella com-
pany, “We Are Camp”, making Mt.Hood the only place to be for
summer shredding! 2014 High Cascade snowboard camp and longtime camp rival, Windells, com-
bine to form WE ARE CAMP LLC.
Windells moves to focus on Freeskiing & Skateboarding, allowing
High Cascade to absorb all snowboard programing. 2016
2006
2018
Top left: Unknown camper from Japan.
Top right: The boss, Peter Line ripping the hand dug pipe at HCSC.
Bottom: Over the many years “night shoots” were always going down. Many, of these shots ended up in magazines. At night Hood was a canvas
of colors, sunsets, shadows, deep blue skies, vistas that went on for miles, and snowboarders were the paint. Here, a young Shawn White.
John Ingersoll, Kevin English, Preston Strout, and Meagan Stein pur-
chase camp from Vans, Inc
HCSC gets a new campus on the forested 28-acre campus in Sandy. Off-
hill manager Aera Neumann and co-owner Kevin English celebrate their
20th summer with High Cascade. Gregg Janecky becomes HCSC new
camp director for his 11th summer at HCSC.