Woodward Camp or Camp Woodward is a sleep away
summer camp in
Woodward, Pennsylvania, United States. It was founded in 1970 by Edward Isabelle, who was an All-American gymnast.
Named after a small town 35 minutes east of
State College, Pennsylvania, Woodward started out as a gymnastics camp. When the US decided to boycott the
1980 Olympic games The 1980 Olympics may refer to:
* 1980 Winter Olympics, Lake Placid, New York, United States
* 1980 Summer Olympics
The 1980 Summer Olympics (russian: Летние Олимпийские игры 1980, Letniye Olimpiyskiye igry 1980), officiall ...
, Woodward Camp expanded its programming to include
BMX racing
BMX racing is a type of off-road bicycle racing. The format of BMX was derived from motocross racing. BMX bicycle racing, races are sprint races on purpose-built off-road single-lap race tracks. The track usually consists of a starting gate for u ...
. The BMX program quickly grew and the facilities were expanded to include ramps.
In December 2008,
Copper Mountain resort in Colorado opened the first installment of 'Woodward at Copper' with the Cage, a retail store focused on action sports with such features as an indoor skate bowl and the Woodward All Ages Lounge. Woodward at Copper offers winter camp days and week-long residential summer camps, including dry land as well as mountain facilities and training areas.
Woodward opened its first international camp, Woodward Beijing, in Beijing, China in the summer of 2010.
''FUEL TV Presents Camp Woodward'' is a show about Woodward campers and their experiences.
FUEL TV and Woodward partnered to create the show in 2007, and its fourth season began airing in February 2011.
On June 9, 2011, Woodward opened Woodward Tahoe, at
Boreal Mountain Resort
Boreal Mountain California is a ski area in Soda Springs, near the Lake Tahoe area of California. It has six chairlifts and two surface lifts, and offers the only night skiing in Tahoe, until 8 pm. It is owned by Powdr Corporation.
Located on ...
, just outside
Truckee, California.
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Summer camps in Pennsylvania