Spencer Schubert has strong arms and legs from raking and salting all summer. Helps with the tweaking

The Mt. Hood Summer Camps are at war. Spend any amount of time in Gov’y or Welches and you’re sure to hear at least one, if not more, conversations about which camp is better, Windells or High Casade (Sadly MHSSC never gets mentioned.) The truth is, both camps are amazing, and for one day at year, the Bonfire Pipe to Pipe brings everyone together in an all out shred fest for the ultimate glory (read: $1000.)

This year unveiled the double mini pipe for the snowboard portion, similar to last year’s mini pipe, but ya know, twice as good. Smattered with tubes, boxes and pipes, the set up lent itself to mayhem as people dropped quickly and everyone picked a different line. All day it was a series of near misses and collisions, interspersed with some serious stunts from the likes of Mike Rav, Justin Fronius, Kyle Lopiccilo, Sawyer Deen, Jaeger Bailey, Sam Taxwood and many more. Backflips over the spine were a popular choice, and the tech went down mostly on the final tube. You can watch the videos or look at the results to figure out who really killed it, and why Kyle Loppicilo was crowned the champ.

A new addition to the snow portion this year was the industry division, which actually went down the night before, in the bar. A few brave souls made it out to compete, which when you’re washed up actually means spraying the photographers on your way down the pipe. Dustin Anderson did actual tricks and was able to beat out Alex Lopez, Robbie Sell and Dave Doman for the 1st ever industry crown.

After the snow portion wrapped, everyone headed down to Windells for burrito night (the best night of camp food every session) followed by the skate contest. Windells concrete jungle is the best skatepark in Oregon (not arguably, actually) and this is a chance for the general public to skate it, so the danger level was high. The sun was setting when the pros finally got going, and it was worth the wait. Basically, dudes who can skate anything, going for it on the perfect transitions makes for a real treat. Even Omar Hassan came out to enjoy the park.

Omar Hassan. Yep. Photo: Jared Souney

Unlike the snow portion, where everyone remained unscathed, one collision sent Rian Lindemen to the hospital with two split front teeth (but not until after he’d nailed a few of his token McTwists.) A little course clean up and it was back to business. Thirty minutes later, Willis Kimbel skated away the champion for the second year in a row.

Once again the Pipe to Pipe mainly proved that no matter which camp you choose, Mt. Hood is the place to be this summer. Thanks to Bonfire, Windells, Timberline and all the other event sponsors for making it possible.

Snow Gallery (photos by Brooke Geery)

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Skate Gallery (good photos by Jared Souney, mediocre ones by Brooke Geery)

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Results

Snow

Pro Women
1 Marie Hucal
2 Kelly Underwood
3 Laura Ragowski

Pro Men
1 Kyle Lopiccilo
2 Sawyer Deen
3 Justin Fronius

Women’s Am
1 Noelle Edwards
2 Lydia Baldia
3 Karen Kobiyoshi

Men’s Am
1 Charlie Mayforth
2 Jeremy Nyland
3 Jake Mayers

Industry
1 Dustin Anderson
2 (tie) Robbie sell and Alex Lopez
3 Dave Doman

Skate

Pro
1 Willis Kimbel
3 Kevin Kowalski
2 Danny Tumeia

Best trick

Rian Lindenmen

Girls
1 Lindsea Lumpkin
2 Ashley jones
3 Traci Greene

Am Under 15
1 Jake Sulliver
2 Kyle Ward
3 Zack Walker

Am Over 15
1 Nick Peterson
2 Frank Richardson
3 Jasper Kahn