I had almost forgot that it was winter. My skibowl night pass had been sitting unused since a decent January start. I had been riding a lot more bikes and getting a lot more sun then normal. I think because of this weirdly warm winter, I woke up extremely excited to go ride with students … Read moreTrip 5: Hacienda
The kids (not really kids as their ages ranged from 19 to 23) are all participants of New Avenues for Youth, which is an organization in downtown Portland that offers programs and services that empower homeless youth to exit street life. Needless to say these kids had a ton of stoke and couldn’t wait to get … Read moreTrip 4: New Avenues
Saturday, April 26th was the 10th and final trip of the 2013-2014 season for the Snowdays Foundation. We had the privilege to snowboard with 15 awesome high school students from the Immigrant Refuge Community Organization – Upward Bound program. Due to a declining snowpack our trip led us Timberline lodge. With a late and off … Read moreTrip 10: Upward Bound – IRCO
A wonderful sunny day up with the ladies from Hacienda! We had 5 volunteers and 7 awesome girls up! Lady shred day! About half the girls had been up before, so we warmed up and took to the lift! Other girls refreshed basics and made their way up after lunch. One of our beginners made … Read moreTrip 9: Hacienda
A great day up at the hill for our second trip with the I Have A Dream team! Check out the kids rocking our brand new helmet fleet from Sandbox!
We had more students per Coach than normal, but everyone did their part to help out and make sure we had bandwidth to help individuals who needed one on one time. The kids were exceptionally behaved! One young lady was upset her little brother was doing better than her, she took a 10 minute break … Read moreTrip 6: SEI
It was a brilliant trip! At one point, the whole group was wearing trash bags for ponchos to stay dry, an epic scene!
We had an awesome sunny and soft day up at Summit. It had just snowed 2 days at Hood, and on Saturday the sky opened up for perfect learning conditions! It was so toasty there were piles of Airblaster outerwear everywhere! We had a great time, a few Frequent Flyers (returning kids) took to the … Read moreTrip 4: Hacienda
