I've coached snowboarding for 30 years. I still teach every session myself.

The first adult I ever taught to ride switch was forty-four years old and had convinced himself he was too old to learn anything new. He wasn’t. He was just being taught in a group of twenty by someone who had never seen him ride.

That is the whole thesis of this camp. Not that I am a better snowboarder than the coaches at the big camps — several of them are far better riders than me. It is that I will actually be looking at you.

I have spent thirty years coaching this sport, and I have made every teaching mistake there is. What I know now is embarrassingly simple: people improve when someone who knows what they are looking at watches them closely, tells them one thing, and then watches again tomorrow morning. Everything else is logistics.

What I actually do all week

It is not a keynote

MORNINGS

On the hill, with your group

Not in an office. I am riding with campers every session, every day, which is also how I know whether my own coaching is working.

EVENINGS

In the video session

I sit with riders and their footage after dinner. This is the part of the day that changes people, and I am not delegating it.

BEFORE YOU COME

On the phone with you

A fifteen-minute call so I know what you want out of the week before you arrive, instead of finding out on Wednesday.

Who I built it for

Adults who were never properly taught

This camp is 21 and over, beginner to intermediate. It is deliberately not for advanced riders chasing double corks — the big camps do that better than I would. It is for the rider who has been going for years, is stuck, and has never once had someone genuinely coach them.

You’ll fit

You link S-turns on both edges and want more than that.
You are 21+ and would rather not share a group with teenagers.
You want to be coached properly, not entertained.
You have no park experience and you are slightly embarrassed about it.

You won’t

You have never stood on a snowboard. Get two lessons at home first.
You are chasing advanced spins with pro coaches — book the bigger camps.
You want the party week. Genuinely, book theirs.
You want to be told you are already good. I am not going to do that.

In their words

Two campers

“I was able to progress my riding, and at the same time, I felt safe because I knew I had great coaches I could trust. Morning exercises on the mountain and video feedback were super valuable… Riding Mount Hood in the summer, meeting new friends, seeing old friends, watching pros ride, and getting coached by the best is super special.”

Jimmy Rivas · RN, 37, Chicago

Two-time camper

“I was nervous about it being my first year snowboarding and possibly holding people back since I didn’t have a lot of park experience, but the coaches were great at breaking things down into stages for me to try and build my confidence and progress at a pace I was comfortable with. My riding improved so much.”

Chris Rosa

Camper, 2023 — first season on a snowboard

Tommie coaching a camper — On the hill · real camp footage

The week

How it runs

STAGE 01

Soft snow

Summer glacier corn is the most forgiving surface in snowboarding. Falling stops hurting, so your body stops bracing.

STAGE 02

Small group

Four campers per coach. Your coach knows your name, your leak and your goal by Monday lunch.

STAGE 03

Airbag reps

Timberline's airbag lets you try the scary version twenty times with no landing consequence.

STAGE 04

Night video

Every evening we put your footage on the screen and find the one thing to change tomorrow.

STAGE 05

Next morning

You wake up and do it again — 7 days back to back. That repetition is the part winter can never give you.

Exact calendar dates are confirmed with Timberline each spring and announced to deposit holders first. Both sessions run Monday through Sunday between June 20 and July 30, 2027.

Book fifteen minutes with me

No script and no sales team — there is only me. Tell me where your riding is and what you want, and I will tell you honestly whether this camp is the right thing for you. Sometimes the answer is no and I will say so.

DAY ONE

The Day One Promise

Ride with us Monday. If by Monday night you don’t believe this is the best coaching you have ever paid for, tell your coach at dinner. We refund the entire week on the spot — including the nights you have already slept in the house. You risk one day. We risk the whole thing.

If you’re going to pay for a week, pay for the person watching you.

Book a call with Tommie

Fifteen minutes · no pitch