Get Stoked
It’s been 24 YEARS since we practically invented the action sports summer camp and this year is going to be the best yet. Every summer we strive to outdo the previous summer. We spend all winter thinking up ways to make camp better and even more fun so that every summer will be the best summer ever.
Steve Petrie and Arena Snowparks fresh off building the Arctic Challenge and the Olympic Halfpipe where 6 of the top 7 men’s finalists (we just missed the silver medalist) came from COC. Steve build’s us the biggest, most perfectly designed private snowpark in the world. Whistler Blackcomb builds the best bike park in the world. The snowpark and the bike park have every square inch packed with features. Both parks are constantly evolving and getting better because Steve Petrie, COC and WB take rider and coach input to fine tune the parks, the experience and use everyone’s input to come up with new stuff. Best of all both parks are designed so no matter what your ability you will have the best time riding. Combine that with coaching from the pros and you will, no matter what your age or ability, progress so far in such a short time you will wonder how it was possible to get so good so fast.
Every summer the sessions that go off on snow and dirt change what is considered normal riding and what is considered cutting edge. With so many pro snowboarders, skiers and mountain bikers all in one place its no wonder Whistler is the center of the universe for all three sports. Just walking though the village drinking a Slurpee makes you feel like you’ve walked into a copy of your favorite magazine or the latest shred video.
Even the Olympics chose Whistler/Vancouver to host the 2010 Winter Games. They chose Whistler for the same reason we did when we first rode here in 1988, epic terrain, absolutely amazing town and so much to do there aren’t enough hours in the day. You can’t compare Whistler to Mt. Hood. It’s like comparing apples to oranges. There just is no comparison. Whistler, a town of ten thousand, with the restaurants, stores, clubs and facilities for 50,000 people, is the most fun place to be for snowboarding, skiing, mountain biking and just general good times in the mountains. You can’t compare Mt. Hood’s facilities, a lodge at a ski area, with Whistler’s. If you want to go to a summer camp in the mountains, and have the best time ever, COC in Whistler is the place to be.
COC is a summer camp, but not a summer camp just for kids. Twenty percent of our campers are adults and they have just as much fun as our under 19 campers. COC is about sports and getting better, we don’t care how old or young you are… you shouldn’t either.
My goal at camp is to give every camper a taste of the life they can have if they want it. A taste of what it's like to live in a town that lives, eats, breathes and sleeps snowboarding, skiing, mountain biking and most importantly - good times. A taste of what it's like to have the world's largest and best parks at your doorstep waiting for you to drop in. COC gives you a taste of what it's like to hang out and be friends with the pros you usually only see in magazines and videos. You can start your Olympic dreams or any dream you want at COC.
Camp gives you a taste of your future. All you have to do is wake up in the morning, hop onto the lift, reach out and grab it to start living the dream. COC will change your life, be the best week of your life and be the start of your new life.
Ken Achenbach
Camp Founder/Owner/Director
Member of The Snowboarding Hall of Fame