Favorite quotes from Keely’s camp: ” If you BOOM CARVE then your on line…if you CARVE BOOM, then your late!”-Sommer “I think I just had the best three turns of my life.” -Zipper “Duct tape fixes everything.” -Abbie “When it doubt arc it out.” -the coaches We had a great last day on Hood ! [...]

Today the girls were slaying! No doubt about it. The second day of GS and all the coaches has positive feedback from their groups. The girls were all working hard and laying down some impressive runs. The atmosphere during training stayed up beat and positive all day. We were all pumped. All the coaches were [...]

First day of GS and we had a good one. The girls all had a lot of energy on the hill and it showed in their skiing. Everyone stepped up their game and worked hard in the GS drill courses. All four coaches were training and coaching the girls. A lot of sweet GS turns [...]

Off day! The coaches took the girls down to Hood River for a fun beach day. We had a great session of stand up paddle boarding. We had fun teaching the girls how to SUP. It surprised me how fast they caught on. At the beginning girls were falling in left and right, but by [...]

Today we had amazing training on Hood. The snow was perfect and the training couldn’t have been better for the girls. The coaches had a lot of fun watching the girls and dare I say, we were training too! It’s another unique part of the camp. The girls’ coaches can hop in courses and train [...]

The pictures below say it all. We had a bluebird day skiing on Hood. It could not have been better for our second day. For dryland we went to Trilium Lake. Coach Ludlow, Hitchcock and Kelley put together a great circuit dryland. The girls were doing everything from bosu balance tuck jumps to agility ladders [...]

We arrived early this morning to lightning and thunder storms terrorizing Mt. Hood. As we drove up to the parking lot streaks of lighting flashed. The chances of skiing were looking pretty grim as we unloaded the 25 pairs of slalom skis out of Baywatch (my bright yellow truck). We sat in the lodge and [...]

The girls are all here as well as the amazing staff. You can feel the energy emanating from the Academy House. It is a fun place to be right now.  The girls tuned their skis tonight after the meeting and settled in. You know you’re at an all girls camp when you hear screams from [...]

The food is here. The plan is set. Now all we need are the rippin’ girls who come tomorrow. The snow has been unbelievable on Mt. Hood this year. I’ve been here since July 6th coaching. It baffles me how much terrain is still skiable up there. Well today my mom (the camp cook extraordinaire) [...]

My mom will be cooking at camp this summer. Here is my mom’s (Jennifer’s) philosophy: a balanced, colorful diet, that will promote energy and balance for your young athletes helping them to train at the top of their potential! My mom knows how to cook for hungry ski racers as she raised three of them! [...]