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Skateboarding RULES!!!!!!

Tuesday, June 28th, 2011

As much as we love snowboarding here at High Cascade Snowboard Camp, we also love skateboarding!!! Today we had an All Girls Skate™ activity! All Girls Skate™ is a really fantastic place for girls at camp to meet up and skate without all of the pressure of the guys hanging around. It doesn’t matter if you’re a really good skater, or if you are a total beginner, All Girls Skate™ is nothing but a really great time! Look at how awesome™ it was today!



After All Girls Skate™ was over, the skating got mixed gendered. Coach Ben Ross came down and put a hurting on the big bowl. Watch the footage to see what we are talking about.

A ton of other really cool activities also happen today! We had a HCSC exclusive, Shoe Golf™!!!! Coach Kyle Fisher invented this wild and crazy game last summer. Just think of it as Frisbee golf, but instead of throwing a disk, you are flinging your shoe.



Airblaster also hosted a scavenger hunt this afternoon. Campers were rummaging throughout the entire town of Government Camp looking for answers to all of the clues that Airblaster gave them!



The winners were the ones who found all of the answers to the clues off the treasure map. These three guys were the victors, and for their troubles they all received awesome Airblaster outerwear!

While the Airblaster scavenger hunt was happening, Salomon dropped by to host a bleach art activity. Campers were all given Salomon t shirts and were show how to bleach art.

What you do is place items on the t-shirt that you want to trace, spray the bleach, and viola! You have a brand new, custom t-shirt!

It’s always awesome to see just how fun the off-hill activities can really be! Sometimes it’s easy to forget that there’s so much more to HCSC then just the amazingly awesome snowboarding that we have!! Check back tomorrow to see all of the awesome stuff that happens on Day 4 of Session 2™!!!!!

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The blood is getting pumped out today.

Saturday, June 11th, 2011

Today, up at HCSC, we are having our annual staff blood drive. Every summer, for the past 5 summers the American Red Cross has brought up their blood mobile for a blood drive.

Some facts about the American Red Cross:

  • The Red Cross was founded in 1881 by Clara Barton.
  • Every single year the Red Cross is responsible for providing 40% of the nations blood supply, which gets distributed to hospitals, and transfusion centers.
  • The blood that is received during these donations is then used to help people who might need blood transfusions because of car accidents, or have blood disorders like Anemia. The blood can also used to help people suffering from Leukemia or other types of cancer. The blood can be used for just about anything.

It is important for High Cascade to hold this blood drive every year because it takes place during the Red Crosses’ blood drive off-season. The Red Cross mostly depends on high-schools and colleges to get their blood. But since it’s the summer time, those places are now closed. So now, when you are at HCSC, not only can you be pumped on your coach or counselor because they are ripping snow boarders, you can also be pumped on them because you know they helped saved lives!

Today we were able to donate 32 units of blood. Through out the entire history of the HCSC blood drive we have raised 171 units of blood. That equates to 76.95 liters of blood. Considering that the human body roughly contains 5.6 liters of blood, we have been able to donate a lot of blood!!

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Boxes for Days!!

Thursday, June 2nd, 2011

Session 4 is going to have “Boxes for Days”. Not only is Session 4 the Signature Session™ for Eero Ettala, Heikki Sorsa, Iikka Backstrom, Lauri Heiskari, Eero Niemela, and Erin Comstock, but it’s also home to the “Boxes for Days” contest at Mt. Hood. That’s right the “ridiculously fun event involving a lot of boxes” is coming to High Cascades’ private park during Session 4.

This contest is awesome. Just imagine every type of box you could ever think of, all put together into one long box. “Boxes for Days” is sponsored by Mervin MFG ( Lib-Tech and GNU), Coal, and Think Thank, and Lib-Techs’ own Jesse Burtner will be on hand announcing all the action that’s guaranteed to go down. Watch this video of the “Boxes for Days” from Summit at Snoqualmie to see exactly what we are talking about.

“Boxes for Days” is free for all HCSC Session 4 campers and is part of Snowboarder Magazines “America’s Next Top Pro-model” Contest. More on that contest soon…

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Superpark 15 and HCSC

Thursday, May 26th, 2011

Superpark 15( presented by Snowboarder Magazine and Gatorade) just wrapped up and High Cascade was chosen to be a builder! Check out the amazing features that Pat Malendoski, Corey Mcdonald, and the Planet Snow Design/HCSC dig crew came up with. These guys are responsible for building all of the incredible features at camp, and they do an amazing job! Also keep your eyes peeled for HCSC staff member’s and signature sessioners™ shredding the features .

 

High Cascade Superpark 15 from High Cascade Snowboard Camp on Vimeo.

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USASA Wraps up Winter ’10/’11!

Tuesday, March 15th, 2011

Throughout the winter High Cascade likes to stay involved in snowboarding by sponsoring various contest series across the country.  One of these series is USASA, which has contests at resorts all over the country, culminating this winter at the USASA Nationals at Copper Mountain, CO. This series is such a great asset to the snowboarding community, and the efforts of the USASA and its regions have enabled men and women, and boys and girls of all ages to participate in its organized events.  32 regional series are established from coast to coast, so there’s bound to be a USASA event near you, wherever you are!

One of the USASA series that HCSC supports is the Appalachian Series on the East coast.  This series finished last weekend with one winner walking away with an especially awesome prize; a free session at camp this summer! Matthew, shown above, walked away with a check for the time of his life. Congrats go to Matt and all of the other USASA competitors who made this season totally awesome and big thanks go out to all of the USASA series supervisors in the various regions!  We will see some of you at the 22nd Annual USASA National Championships coming up in a couple weeks, good luck competitors!

Please visit www.usasa.org for more information about USASA, Nationals, its regions and becoming a member!

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Attention Greenhorns! (AKA groms, AKA young snowboarders)

Wednesday, March 9th, 2011

Gnu Snowboards and Snowboy Productions are pleased to once again bring you the Greenhorn Games – The coolest 13 and under contest in the world!

Come to the fourth annual stop at the Summit at Snoqualmie, WA on March 12.

Join mini-shreds from all over the Northwest and as they enjoy two full days where they are the stars! This event is open to snowboarders of all levles age 13 and under…the idea is just to have a great day snowboarding, learning new tricks, meeting new friends and maybe getting some prizes along the way.

This event is BEYOND FREE…which means no entry fee, plus a free lunch and a free shirt for the first 50 to register from our friends at Snowboard Connection and Coastal Riders!

Go to www.summitatsnoqualmie.com to get more info on the event.  Also, check out the Facebook event page!

Thanks to the amazing support of our sponsors GNU Snowboards, Summit at Snoqualmie, Mount Seymour, Skullcandy, POW, Oakley, Snowboard Connection, Coastal Riders, High Cascade Snowboard Camp, Snowboarder Magazine and Poler.

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TransAM Update Central: It’s Over.

Thursday, February 10th, 2011

Holy guacamole, OMG, look at how much fun everyone is having!  This season’s TransAM tour has been blowing minds all over the country for the past few months and there’s still time to attend one and see what it’s all about.  Four tour stops down, two to go! Oh and P.S., Park City is in the lead for Most Outstanding TransAM Course thus far.


Stop One: Waterville Valley, NH


Stop Two: Big Boulder, PA


Stop Three: Otsego, MI

Stop Four: Park City, UT
For now, click this for the video…
Park City TA Vid


Stop Five: Northstar-At-Tahoe, CA

Stop Six: Big Bear Resort, CA
For now, click this to see the video:
Big Bear TransAM Vid

Can you believe it? It’s over. What do we do now? Wait for summer.

Stay tuned as we decide which park crew killed it the hardest and wins best overall TransAM park!

Visit these links for photos, videos and more!

High Cascade/TransAM

Transworld/TransAM

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Central Oregon Enter The Dragon Slope Style Event

Wednesday, January 26th, 2011

January 23, 2011

Slope Style Competitors converged on Mt. Bachelor for the USASA “Central Oregon Enter the Dragon Series” first and second freestyle events.  Both events were held on Sunday, January 23rd, 2011.  High Cascade is one of the main regional sponsors.

The day was sunny, the course was perfect for all ages and abilities, and the competition was as hot as a big bottle of Cholula Hot Sauce.

Start Tent

High Cascade added to the prize give-away pot with 4 special Authorized Awesome Prizes.

Authorized Awesome Awards

Drew Brownrigg – Most variety of tricks – men

Brittany Williamson – Most variety of tricks – girl

Korbin Walden – Style Switch 540

Emma Gosser – Only girl to spin off the big jump

Contest Judges and High Cascade Summer Coaches, Dave Reynolds, Chris Luzier, & Clint Vezie, picked the winners:

Clint, Chris & Dave

Here are some of the podium finishers:

Snowboarding Girls:

Ruggie – Molly Kern,   Menehune – Zoe Kern,     Youth – Brittany Williamson,     Open Class – Devyn Schnake

Snowboarding Boys :

Grommet  – Caleb Bonneville,     Menehune – Gabe Ferguson,      Breaker – Dru Brownrigg,     Youth – Kent Callister ,    Open class – Ben Ferguson

Skier Women:

Skier Girls 10-12 – Anna Gorham,    Skier Women 13-15 – Carolyn Boyle,      Skier women – 16-18 – Emma Gosser

Skier Men:

Skier Boys 10-12 – Hunter Hess,    Skier Men 13-15 –  Crosby Jones,    Skier Men – 16-18 – Beau Cummins

For a complete list of  competitors and podium winners, go to:  http://www.usasa.org/ then  “events”, then “all regions”, then “Enter the Dragon”

Other photos:

Ben Ferguson

Rider goes upside down

Big Jump; Spin & Grab

Small Jump: Grab

Everyone had Fun!!

Competitor wins the High Cascade / Signal Board at the Raffle

TD - Dave Schnake, Starter - Brandon Ferguson

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