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The snowboard team just got back from a fun-filled training camp out at Mt. Hood, OR. This summer, SSWSC partnered with our friends from Crested Butte in an effort to continue to build our relationship with other like-minded athletes and coaches, driving up participation and keeping costs reasonable, while getting to train alongside other dedicated riders with similar goals.
Seven athletes from Crested Butte and coaches Andrew “Arnie” Arnold & Kristen Tyson met up with Maddie Davis and three athletes from SSWSC’s Jr Team the first night on the road, in Boise, ID. The next day, the teams linked with two more SSWSC athletes who were staying with their family out in Oregon.
The camp was equal parts summer camp fun and personal growth, with goals, progress, and pushing comfort zones woven throughout the week. Athletes started the week warming back up the fundamentals on new features. It was inspiring to see everyone hone their skills and respect the process before diving into bigger and more challenging tricks. The older athletes were constant inspiration for our younger riders, leading by example that progress means more than just adding in another 180 to one’s spin.
Athletes would typically spend the morning grinding on personal goals in the terrain park, before exploring all that Mt. Hood has to offer – including natural mini half pipe features, big blocks of snow pushed by the cats, side-hits, and a longer and empty park lap in Public Park. Then athletes would return to the FTC to keep working on goals, see who can tweak their method the most, or hike jib features with some of the best riders in the world including Scott Stevens.
Off hill activities included hanging out at Trillium Lake, exploring on stand up paddle boards, walking down from the house to get Huckleberry milkshakes, shredding new skate parks, winning prizes, racing go karts at the arcade, dunking in the freezing Salmon River, and getting a team lunch at a local BBQ spot.
Our final evening consisted of time at the Wy’East campus jumping on the trampolines and hitting the skateparks before having our own private session at the Banger airbag. Athletes worked to take stock tricks to this bigger jump, adjusting their intensity, and several athletes worked toward bigger spins as well. Athletes ended the session absolutely drenched from both the Oregon summer rain and the puddle in the airbag landing.
Timberline FTC has already communicated big plans for their summer parks for 2027, including an additional tow-rope and a true pro-sized jump for athletes looking to push the boundaries of the sport, as well as reintroduction of the 18-foot half pipe. We are already looking forward to next summer!
Check out this video created by the team!
