TPM Episode 14: Kevin English, CEO, We Are Camp

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Mike Powell

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4.8 • 824 Ratings

🗓️ 18 April 2017

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

Kevin English went from a dream job managing athletes to a dream job managing campers/counselors, and it hasn’t been easy. He’s lived through corporate layoffs, corporate selloffs and eventually, the drama that comes along with purchasing a passion-based project with friends. We talk about K2, Travis Parker, buying summer camp, merging with the competition and a lot more

Kevin English Show Notes:

2:42: What has Kevin been up to? Work grinding, life grinding family grinding

5:00: HCSC snowboard competition and how many campers do they need each summer to succeed?

8:20: HCSC and Windells Sells fun….but there’s a lot more to that.

9:27: Kevin and my camp experiences as kids and East Cost camp legacy’s

12:20: Riding for Simms and his first summer at HCSC

13:40: Evo (listen for special offer) and Diecutstickers.com (Listen for 10% off your first order with DCS)

15:25: Growing up in Donner Summit and how he got into snowboarding and other sports growing up

18:07: What does he do after High School?

21:08: Sugar Bowl, a lot more exciting than it read on Linked in.

22:20: Counselor and then coach, then Head Coach at HCSC

23:09: His K2 days: Vashon, layoffs,

25:00: K2 Snowboarding Rollerblading Ad and the back story

28:55: Travis Parker

33:57: Who’s career did he have to end (Brian Savard ) as a TM at K2?

36:00: Who’s career did you help (Gretchen Bleiler) at K2?

37:20: Spy (25% off site wide, listen for code) and Sierra at Tahoe spots

38:55: How did he get back into summer camp? Running the business for Vans

40:21: Vans is dumping camp because it doesn’t fit in the portfolio and Kevin puts a buying group together and buying camp

42:36: Kevin leaves camp to develop real estate

40:12: Megan and Preston leave, big changes at camp

46:50: Getting his MBA and why he felt he had to do so

48:40: Merging with Windells, how does that happen and the vision for the future

Transcript

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0:00.0	You're listening to the Powell Movement.
0:09.6	Welcome to another episode of the Powell Movement.
0:13.2	I am your host, Mike Powell, and this week on the program, we are getting ready for summer camp.
0:18.2	So we are bringing on Kevin English to the program.
0:20.8	Kevin is the CEO of We Are Camp, which is responsible for summer camp. So we are bringing on Kevin English to the program. Kevin is the
0:21.4	CEO of We Are Camp, which is responsible for Windells and High Cascade Snowboard Camp. High Cascades
0:27.7	been at Mount Hood since 1989 and is one of the most influential snowboard camps on the planet.
0:33.7	Windells is the choice for skiers. And we are going to talk to Kevin about competition within the camp space,
0:39.3	as there are plenty more camps out there these days that he needs to compete with. We're going to
0:43.6	talk to him about the drama behind the curtain at camp and what happens when everybody's very
0:48.7	passionate about camp but not on the same page. We will also talk about the ins and outs of his career, his team
0:55.4	management days at K2, and he managed Travis Parker, who is one of the more influential
0:59.9	snowboarders of our time that really doesn't get his due, and we'll talk about Travis and some of the
1:04.8	things that happened at K2 with him. So looking forward to get Kevin English on the program,
1:09.6	he is a wealth of knowledge in the camp industry.
1:12.4	And if you haven't signed up for High Cascade Snowboard Camp, I highly recommend doing so.
1:17.3	It is all about fun.
1:18.4	It's a different experience in your traditional East Coast camp experience.
1:22.0	Yes, you get to go snowboarding in the summer.
1:24.4	It's super fun.
1:25.4	Kids can do it.
1:26.2	Adults can do it.
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