THE BLOG: Insights, advice and news from our summer camp experts
Well our 2019 staff is finally assembled! This is a unique season in that none of our 2018 coaches were able to return so we had to build up an awesome staff from scratch. I interviewed about 45 applicants (out of over 150 applications) and narrowed it down to these eight fantastic guys and girls.
Check out the staff here: https://www.watermonkeycamp.com/the-staff
They are stoked to meet all of our campers in just a couple short months!
-Evan
We are beyond excited to welcome Chef Rebecca Calhoun to Water Monkey Camp. Rebecca is the chef at a fraternity house at Emory University in Georgia where she cooks fresh, creative and hearty daily meals for 50+ hungry college kids. That experience is what makes Rebecca a great fit for our program. She is used to cooking with high-quality ingredients for small/medium sized groups of people who are used to having great food (sounds like camp to me!).
Besides being a stellar chef, Rebecca lives a pretty fun life in Georgia! She lives in a historic farm house which she is currently updating and renovating and loves to garden, raise her farm animals and spend time with her family.
You can check out her bio on our website or, even better, come to camp to meet Rebecca this summer!
The sixth season of Water Monkey Camp is in the books and with autumn officially under way we are closing up for the year and reflecting on all of the good times, funny stories and great friends made in 2017. As always, camp would not be possible without our awesome campers and we thank you and your parents for keeping our program going.
Six years is such a short time for a summer camp when compared to the century-old programs in New England but we already know so much about what makes camp special. While we will always focus on offering superior watersports instruction it is the 'other stuff' that we all seem to remember the most. Being goofy, making up new games and sports, jamming out to great music on the boat, riding doubles just to high-five (or spray) a friend, using stand up paddle boards for everything except paddling, going back for thirds or fourths or fifths of a meal and so many more ridiculous 'activities' make up our summer at the lake.
In the middle of the summer we filmed our new promo video (below) and the campers that week all got to take part in that unique and fun process.
In September we said goodbye to our two camp boats, 2015 and 2016 model years, respectively, to make way for two brand new 2018 Mastercrafts! A moment of silence to remember the 'old' boats...
Our dearly departed fleet. Practically antiques!
Now some fun 2017 stats!
We hope that you have a successful and fun-filled year and that as you start to think about next summer you will keep us in mind for a week or two again! We already have a number of eager campers signed up for 2018 so if you are ready to enroll just let me know.
Lastly, please let us pay you to find us great new campers. We offer a $300 referral bonus deducted from your tuition for every camper you send our way who enrolls for at least one week. This is the best way for us to get awesome guys and girls who will enjoy our program here at camp and we cannot thank you enough for helping us spread the word.
Feel free to e-mail, write, call, text, FaceTime, telegram, carrier pigeon or visit any time!
Sincerely,
Evan Goldner
617-855-9253
evan@watermonkeycamp.com
Here is a bit about one of our new instructors, Heather, written by her! What's up shredders!
I'm Heather and I was born and raised in Ware, Massachusetts. I just finished up another semester of college at the University of Florida where I am studying biology. I was recently elected our wakeboard club's secretary and also placed 1st in the wakeboard women's B division at regionals. I started wakeboarding because of my snowboarding background and can tell you learning to ride was the best decision I think I have ever made. I can't wait to meet you all this upcoming summer! Happy shredding!
Jeremy will be coming to camp this year all the way from sunny, dry California and bringing his laid-back Cali ways with him. He wakeboards for the Arizona State University Wake Devils and has been steadily moving up their ranks in his first year of competition. Jeremy has found that the more he teaches others how to wakeboard the better his own riding gets...which is great for camp because he'll be busy teaching our campers all summer. Lastly, Jeremy says that he will try anything once and I am sure our campers will help him put that to the test!
