If you are ever looking to a camp to send your children or athletes to I can't recommend Porter enough it is the perfect stress free environment to try new gymnastics skills. It's the perfect combination of a specialty sports camp and traditional summer camp allowing kids to go tubbing, zip lining, archery and so much more while also perfecting their gymnastics skills. read more

Porter Camp - Summer Camps Near Me - Rhinelander, Wisconsin

My daughter had a great experience and was actually in tears when it was time to go home! The price is reasonable considering they have round-the-clock supervision, 3 meals a day and snacks (they even make accommodations for dietary restrictions, vegetarians, etc.). Their staff members include registered nurses, an EMT, teachers, parents and coaches. They set up a whole gym, including inflatable pits, bungee trampolines, tumble tramps and a rod tumbling floor under tents outside. It is such a unique and cool experience to work out in the tents! The coaches range from YMCA and Recreational programs to elite gymnastics through level 10, including Xcel coaches. Several of the coaches own gyms themselves (Jump Around Gymnastics and Livingston Twisters). In past years, they even had former Olympians there to coach and sign autographs (Morgan Hamm and Chellsie Memmel). I love that my daughter was able to bring her friend who is NOT a gymnast since they also have a Ball Sports (field sports) option. She came home with several new skills (she finally got her kip and learned to twist!). She will be back next year and for years to come. Highly recommend!! read more

The camp is ok if you have nothing better to compare it to, but once you compare to other gymnastics camps, you will not miss this one. Most of the coaches at this camp are previous campers who attend mainly for fun as they don't get paid (although by law they should). The owner is rude, disorganized, and since he doesn't own the actual camp (he rents it) the dates are always changing every year, sometimes being too close to start of the school year. There isn't much supervision at the camp, so be careful with sending teen girls there as they have had male camp counselors who flirt with younger girls. Transportation is an issue every year, and since the owner is old fashioned, he doesn't have a system to communicate with parents via an auto e-mail or text as all schools do these days. Instead, he claims to have to call about 40 people, so by the time you get notified it might be an hour or two after the issue (like the bus being 2 hours late due to traffic). The gymnastics equipment is set up in a tent, so if you tumble and go to the side you will be on the grass. I would suggest you send your girls to university resident gymnastics camps offered by almost all universities in Wisconsin and Illinois. They are cheaper, better organized, closer to Madison, Milwaukee, and Chicago (so no need to spend so much on bus) and all the coaches are professional gymnastics coaches, not unpaid camp counselors. I think Porter should only be for boys because I wouldn't send my daughter there again after all the stories she tells me. read more