People always ask what SAMA means. It started as kind of a joke. It was a sleeting, snowy day in early December. My friend and I were surfing a swell in Grand Haven. I looked over at him knowing we were supposed to both be at pre-Christmas family functions soon, and said "We are like Self Absorbed Michigan Adventurers." That kind of stuck, and like many of our friends we have a common passion for outdoor sports in Michigan, and we go out in any weather to get our sessions. He replied "Ya, SAMA!"

So it was born, the SAMA logo was fashioned by another like minded surfer friend from Grand Haven. SAMA is for all of you year round Michiganders and vacationers who know, love, and respect all the outdoor activities there are to do in Michigan. No matter the weather you will find us us out enjoying all the benefits of our unique freshwater paradise.

Monday, January 26, 2009

Michigan's Birthday! Jan. 26th 1837


We are 172 years old!


Today with my students we will celebrate our states birthday, and those pioneers who came, hacked a spot for the sun to shine out of the wilderness and built this beautiful state we now enjoy today. Mosquitoes, long cold winters, wolves, and the occasional Indian friends were most of the early Michigan pioneers only companions. Yet, they knew there was so much potential all around them. Now, 172 years after statehood it is easy for us to think that Michigan has lost that potential. Everyday the news tells us how much Michigan is hurting, and its economy is in the shambles. However, I see a potential that few of the naysayers do. It's a fresh new perspective, a pioneering spirit of things to come. I am preaching to the choir a little here, and I thank you all for your ability to see the potential of the outdoor pursuits that lay within our borders. And I also believe you see that potential we have for a new economic beginning. We are the decendents of those pioneers came, and we are the people who have chose to stay, chose to return, and to rekindle the pioneering spirit of making the new Michigan. The Michigan of the future. Thanks for all your support. The spirit of SAMA is alive!

Mt. Bohemia this weekend! Who's in?


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