Windell's

Last Thursday around noon I got a wild hair across my ass that it was time to do a Hood trip with the little guy. I had been promising it to him for a couple of years but never delivered. Blue is in Europe but I emailed him about hook ups and in no time we had passes at Windells and High Cascade. Friday came, threw the snowboards and gear in the car, along with two pillows and a couple of sleeping bags and off we went. Sunday reared it's ugly head and work was a day away, so we had to call in saying that I felt to well to come into work and needed another day in paradise. Tears were in Milo's eyes as we left.

5 and a half hours to do a normal three hour run in this heat started the trip.

Arrived at Windells at 8ish, just in time for the kid to skate a bit.

Sleeping quarters on the front yard of Tim Windells house.

Danny and Milo. Dingoless too.

Snowboarder Mag was holding the Next Top Pro Model Contest. We watched highest ollie, longest rail and spin to win. Kept hearing the pro's say, "I wish all contests were like this." The Snowboarder dudes put on a fine showing.

MFM on the 100ft rail.

TJ and lil guy. Hands down the highlight for Milo, to shred and skate with TJ. The dude is pretty damn good with the chitlins.

Pro's and Bro's after the Snowboarder contest.

Austin Hiranaka has some juice on the big boy jumps at Windells. These things made Greenlakes jumps look like pussy bumps. It was surprising to see Austin, Scott Blum and Joe Bosler from Stevens Pass send it off these things.

Two words...FOAM PIT.

First handplant. Landed after 30 tries.

Fun laps at High Cascade.

In conclusion...with places like Windells, Disney Land should go out of business.