Surfrider Foundation Meeting Tonight 7pm

Hey crew,

Just a reminder that tonight we are having are second official Surfrider Lake Michigan Chapter meeting at 7pm. It will take place at Vince and Marc Hoeksema's gallery on the East side of Grand Haven. We will be discussing water quality issues, water withdrawl from the Great Lakes Basin, and event planning. We hope to schedule some fundraising events and recuiting events for the chapter. It should be a good time, and we always adjourn to my house for some pool shootin. You are all welcome to stop by and take part in the idea phase. Hope to see everyone tonight!

Call me if you need directions to the building.
(616) 638-3313

Mt. Bohemia reminder

Hey bros! Just a reminder – the Mt. Bohemia mission (yes, I said mission) is just 3 weeks away. I don’t know if we need a formal get-together / gear check before we leave as we are not prepping to camp out this year. However, if anyone would like to set up a “stoke-session” (to make travel plans, talk shit, BS, tell lies, etc.), please feel free to hook it up!

Here’s a quote from some stoked Bohemian:

Pat solar (Livonia Mi .U.S.A., 26 Nov, 2005): This place is not for beginners. It is, however, for advanced and experts who don't like commercial resorts but enjoy natural settings, awesome bumps, thick glades, off piste runs, (ungroomed ),plentiful powder(yes they have real powder),and steeps. It's a place like no other. People are sleeping in cars, waiting for first tracks and returning to party after last run. This is real skiing/boarding. It is back country skiing/boarding at its finest. I’ve been to the right and left side of this country and the only difference is the length of the runs. The people boarding and skiing are very talented and nice. It’s worth the long scenic drive. While standing on top of the mountain, looking over Loc la Bell and Lake Superior, hearing coyotes sing, inhaling cedar scented purified air, the only thing that stands between you and heaven is a mile and a half of pure powder. If you are looking for an adventure you won’t forget, check it out and rip it up. You won’t be disappointed.

Alright bruddahs – see you soon,

Johnson

Finally some surf pics

Hey samaritans here is a few shots I took of Brennon In Texas. They are not great pics but it saddend me to have the whole first page of the great SAMSA web site with no surf pics.

Wow, check out this dude! I have been super sick for the past four or five days. Recovering from another Boyne sickness. However, I did happen to capture this dude sitting on my arbor in the backyard. Sickness sessions are a huge bummer.

I might actually get in the water and surf some small waves tomorrow if there is anything left. It looked fun out there today.

U.P. Snowboard Trip 2008

Hey bros,

As you may already know, the annual U.P. snowboard trip is just around the corner (Jan 31st - Feb 3rd). This year we have decided to take it to Mt. Bohemia and thanks to Buck, we've already secured one of the ten-man yurts to stay in slope-side.

Dig out your gear and make up whatever excuses you need to...it's on!

Give a shout with any questions.

muskegon luge open today

samaniacs: the muskegon luge is opening for the season today from 11am-5pm all you can slide for $30. that includes a lesson from a luge coach. all you need is proof of health insurance (no joke) and an ID. brennon and i are going to check it out this afternoon. give us a ring if you come up north today!

a new toy

brennon having some fun!

More Arctic Photos

Here's a few more photos from last Sunday. I especially like the one with Bramer and the cross-country skier.

Holiday Happenins

Our Sunday soup session was taken up a notch this week when we added a little holiday spirit with a pre-soup cookie baking par-tay. By the end we were getting a little delirious and pretty much "over" the trees, reindeer, and bells. Always looking for a way to incorporate surfing, Braymer turned the gingerbread men into little surfer dudes and "free-handed" some awesome boards with 3-D fins and all!

SAMA Holiday Festivities

If anyone is in GH this Friday evening and have nothing planned, Natalie and I are having our good friend John Troast do a mini concert for some of our friends in our home. John's been traveling the country doing in home shows for the past couple months, and we're pretty excited to have our friend join us this Friday the 21st. The SAMAnation is more than welcome to join in on the festivities. We'll have food and a few warm cider beverages prepared, but if you'd like to BYOB that would be great too. We'll be getting things started around 7:00PM for those intersted in some good listining. Bring your suit's if you want to jump in the hot tub out back too. Let me know if your interested in joining us. (I posted the wrong date yesterday, Sorry)