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Leading Lady: Maggie Stout

lisad — Tue, 22 Feb 2011 07:21:48 +0000

Student athlete, Maggie Stout just earned herself a place amongst the top ten of The North Face Ski Slopestyle and Superpipe Series in Waterville Valley and a title as one of our leading ladies at Windells Academy! Ranking 4th in women’s slopestyle and 6th for women’s superpipe this weekend, Maggie continues to progress this season and represent for the ladies . Here, Maggie shares her experiences as a freestyle skier, a road warrior, what her favorite mountain is and what other girls can do to progress in skiing as well. Congratulations, Maggie!

Leading Lady: Maggie Stout

WA: Maggie, how long have you been riding and competing?

Maggie: My dad taught me how to ski when I was two years old and I’ve been shredding ever since! In previous years I would just do little competitions at my home mountain in Pennsylvania. This season I’m entering bigger comps.

WA: What’s your home mountain? You’ve traveled a little throughout the years what has become your favorite mountain?

Maggie: My home mountain is Blue Mountain in Pennsylvania, the best mountain ever! I’ve been fortunate enough to travel to a handful of mountains but there’s no mountain like Blue. It’s definitely the ‘funnest’ mountain you will ever go to. If you ever get the chance, make your way over there!

Maggie, goin' in

WA: It takes a strong person to bounce back from a torn ACL and we’ve seen you return from multiple knee surgeries. Where do you draw your inspiration from?

Maggie: Getting back from my various knee surgeries has always been hard but I always try to keep my head up when it comes to injuries. Hey, it’s a part of the sport. You just have to work through it and it will eventually get better. Don’t give up on anything.

WA: Very inspiring, Maggie. It also takes a strong lady to travel with a bunch of dudes! This season you’ve been quite the road warrior, traveling to competitions all over the country. What’s it like traveling with all of the guys in the tour bus (AKA Academy van)?

Maggie: It’s not bad! The boys and I all get along great, so we always have fun. A plus side is I get my own room when we travel so I never have to live in the smelly mess!

Maggie: Lifestyle

WA: What advice do you have for girls who aspire to progress in the sport of women’s skiing?

Maggie: GO FOR IT! We need more girls in the sport! There have been so many competitions I’ve gone to where I compete against myself and that is always such a bummer. So make your way out there ladies!

WA: OK, so let’s get serious. Kesha or Lady Gaga?

Maggie: NICKI MINAJJJ BABBYY!

Maggie at Friday Feature Rail Jam

WA: Any shout outs?

Maggie: My wonderful momma- I love you, thanks so much for making my dreams come true. My Dad- love and miss you, RIP<3. Connor- thanks for being so supportive through everything, love you. All my friends and family back home. Halor Gang. And a huge shout out to the home town, reppin it hard for the 610!

Windells Academy on Fox 12 “Oregon Sports Final”

rachel — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 23:32:25 +0000

This past week Fox12’s very own Brooke Carlson came to experience a “day in the life” of a Windells Academy student-athlete. She spent the day on campus and on Mt. Hood hanging out with the students and getting the inside scoop on what it’s like to live, learn and ride at Windells.
Check out the video for yourself by clicking on the photo below!

Windells Academy on Fox 12 ”Oregon Sports Final”

Windells Academy is shredding pow!

admin — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 11:01:05 +0000

Have you been dreaming of snow? Is your local mountain resort STILL not open? Check out Mt.Hood has to offer! Mt. Hood has been recentley blanketed with 102 inches of Fresh Pow. Timberline has their park up, Mt. Hood Meadows has their park and mini pipe up and ski bowl is set up and ready to shred too! Windells Academy Students are super stoked for the season to come!

Windells Academy goes to Skidazzle in San Jose!!!

admin — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 11:01:05 +0000

Over the past weekend, the students and staff of Windells Academy took a trip down to San Jose, California for the Skidazzle event. All students of Windells Academy competed in the indoor rail jam, and assisted in all of the weekend demos as the pro team. The students also assisted in the Skidazzle “progression sessions”. They allowed anyone who was attending the trade show to come and learn how to snowboard or ski on the new indoor snow technology! Everyone had a blast!

Check it out.

Brie is stoked to compete!
progression session

Maggie takes first!

Tim Windell doing what he does best coach Guf ollie a 5 stair!

102″ of Snow in November

admin — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 11:01:05 +0000

Windells backyard has been recentley blanketed with 102 inches of fresh Pow Pow. The local Hood shred community is pumped on the record breaking early season of snowfall along with the Windells Academy Students and the soon to be Windells Holiday Campers! Check out some pics, Hood Photographer Darcy Bacha has taken at Timberline and Mt Hood Meadows.

Windells Academy: Mt Hood is OPEN!!

admin — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 11:01:03 +0000

WINTER IS HERE!!! Timberline opened lifts for the season this past saturday morning at 9:30am. The students of Windells Academy headed up the mountain for a full day of powder and park runs. It has been snowing all day every day since saturday. Timberline has a park up with rails and boxes for all abilities, and Mt. Hood Meadows is scheduled to open tomorrow!

Windells Academy: Still on snow!!!

admin — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 11:01:04 +0000

Windells Academy had a great storm come through last week. We recieved more than 25 inches of snow in 2 days. We built a couple small jumps and set up a few jibs. We are scheduled to have another storm starting tonight and lasting through the weekend! SNOW SNOW SNOW!

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Windells Academy takes a trip to the zoo

admin — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 10:01:09 +0000

This week on wednesday, as always Windells Academy took a trip into portland. We decided that an educational trip to the zoo would be a great mid week break. We got up close and personal with many of the animals, Maggie got a little TOO close with a few friendly african birds. Check it out!

Windells Academy: FRESH SNOW IS HERE!!!

admin — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 10:01:05 +0000

The students of Windells Academy were more than happy when they woke up tuesday morning to hear about the fresh powder up at Mt. Hood. Everyone got into the van quick after breakfast and headed up to the mountain for a great day of adventure and powder runs. It continued to snow all day long and into the night resulting in 20 more inches by wednesday morning. Stay tuned for more updates!

Windells Academy takes a trip to the Roloff Farm!

admin — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 10:01:08 +0000

As Halloween approaches, the students of Windells Academy have been desiring to pick up their yearly pumpkin to carve. We thought, where would be a better place to get a pumpkin than the Roloff farm! For those of you that don’t know, Matt Roloff, father of the TLC hit series Little People Big World (http://tlc.discovery.com/fansites/lpbw/lpbw.html), Started a large farm with his family. The farm includes a pumpkin patch, tractor rides, carmel apples, cider, a hay maize, petting zoo, baby lion, play castle, “the old town”, soccer field, volley ball court, car restoring garage, gift shop, and of course… their new home. You can read all about Matt’s family and their farm here (http://mattroloff.com/). The film crew and producer were at the farm filming for the show, and the students had the opportunity to meet both the oldest and youngest brothers (Jeremy and Jacob), as well as their sister (Molly). Everyone had a great time and we got a few awesome pumpkins too!