NW School of Freeride

NW School of Freeride has created a private 80 acre forest bike-scape. They offer skill building trails and courses for every type of off road bicycle and the pro coaches to back it up. For the past year they have been developing deep woods DH and freeride trails that are guaranteed to improve your skill set. They have street obstacles and dirt jumps to satisfy every BMX and urban assault ripper. They are a full service bicycle skill building center.

NWSOF have been working with the Diamondback Pro BMX team to develop their BMX terrain and many of the Dakine crew out of Hood River. Ben Boyko has been one of the most active, producing some impressive lines over the winter. He took down some big trees and turned them into some big drops. Phil Sundbaum helped design the dirt jump line and the phone calls from interested builders keep coming in. They also have a 14,000 square foot indoor bicycle park with a foam pit.

What sets NWSOF bicycle program apart from the rest?

They have our own 80 acre private bike park. The trails feature drops, skinnies, logs, rocks, roots and steeps. The dirt jumps feature airtime, hangtime, bootertime and perfect landings. So whether you are a freeride mountain biker, trail mountain biker or BMXer, they’ve got the set up for you. No other bike camp in N. America can offer up the menu of options NWSOF can give you. If after a long day building your skills you want to head out on a trail ride, you can! Their private facility borders the Mt Hood National Forest and BLM lands in Oregon. Basically, you have private access to 1000’s of acres of real forest that provide real mountain terrain.

Programs will include the following and then some!

• BMX Street
• BMX Dirt Jumping
• Freeride Technical
• Freeride Fast and Big
• XC and Backcountry Trail Riding
• Women’s Clinics
• Adult Skill Building
• Contests and Events
• Product Demo’s
• Jams and Open Houses

In the words of Kris Jamieson, “Our mission is simple. We want the entire bike industry to benefit from the venue. We are open to hosting jams, photo shoots, build parties, pros, magazines and video shoots. Our lodging and kitchen is quite nice and we are extremely kid friendly. If you can think of it, we can probably do it. We have the ability to keep our prices extremely low, if not free, depending on the group and/or project. We are 1 hour from Portland International Airport and want our venue to inspire and get people on bikes! With that said, I am reaching out to all of you, and letting you know that our doors are open to your team riders, ideas and visions.”

The private campus is located in the foothills of Mt. Hood just 60 minutes east of Portland. NWSOF’s Parent Company, “Windells” was the first Action Sports camp to earn the American Camping Association accreditation. This distinction is credited to those camps complying with standards set well beyond state and federal organizational guidelines.