Canoe Trip of Epic Proportions

Hey bruddahs,

Check it:

Coolwater Campground (on the Pine River near Cadillac)

August 14th-ish to 16th-ish??

Overnight at the campground; canoe the following day - recover on your own time:)

RSVP to me at: goofykid55@gmail.com

Johnson

U.P. marathon!

Once again Braymer and Cooper proved they are always ready for any "Epic Mission!" After maybe four hours of sleep in TENTS they awoke at "dark thirty" and prepared for their journey. They had to catch the runners' ferry over to Grand Island to hit the trails. After tredging through slippery muddy spots, heavy sandy beaches, wooded trails, and the infamous gradual climb at mile 18 they arrived at the finish line . Sunny, Aaron, and I made it over just in time to cheer them in. Here is the quick clip of "mission accomplished!"

Fudgin in the UP

Hello Samainians,

Crashed at Jason Ayers Huron Hotel up in St. Ignace. We cruised out to Mackinac Island for some breakfast and of course fudge this morning. We scored the under the Big Mac ferry tour. Here is a couple of highlights. I am leaving shortly to go surf the shwa. Then on to run the Grand Island Trail Marathon. SAMA rules!!!!

Xavier Rudd Show Sept. 20th Vic Theatre Chicago

Anyone up for a sweet show!!???

Xavier Rudd, the killer new sensational musician / surfer coming out of Australia will be at Vic Theatre in Chicago Saturday Sept. 20th. Tickets are 21.50. We could all rally down there on the train, or if there is surf we could head down grab some southend waves and hit a sweet show! I have posted some of his videos on SAMA before, but here is another great Xavier song. Let's do this!!!!

Snowboarding and Swimming

Samainians!! We just returned from Zell am See. It was a great time. Ralph, Michael, and I went snowboarding on the Kitzsteinhorn Glacier one morning, and then went down to the lake for some sunbathing and swimming. We love that place. Took some killer hiking tours along the rocky mountains. I had the offer to go kiting with some guys Stoffi hung out with, but the wind didn`t cooperate. That would have been epic. Snowboarding in the morning, and kiting in the afternoon. Oh well, maybe next year I will bring all my gear. We got to ride all the way down to the middle station gondola, which made the runs nice and long. Leg burners, especially since I haven`t snowboarded since March. We dropped in on this rocky chute from the top station. All the tourists were coming over to watch, and thought we were crazy. Epic summer snowboarding session. They said early June there was some nice powder up there. It is a really cool feeling to get up in the morning with shorts and tee shirt. Drive 20 minutes to the glacier gondola, and snowboard for a few hours. Then back to the lake for swimming in the sun. Totally epic!!!

Euro Car

Hey everyone,

Just wanted to show you my new car. Just kidding. Hiliarious!! But, it gets about 60 miles to the gallon on unleaded gas. Pretty sure you can`t fit a longboard in there though. Guess I will have to start surfing a fish more often instead of a longboard. However, it would look pretty sweet with a longboard strapped to the roof. I took it for a spin and it drives real nice. With gas being about 8 dollars a gallon over here, it sure is easy on the wallet. This is our friend Lisa`s car. I would like one for my drive to Zeeland everyday!

This car is 10,000 brand new!

Sveta Marina Croatia

Hey Crew,

We just returned from five days in Croatia. One of our favorite spots in the whole wide world is a little secluded campground on the Istra Peninsula of Croatia. Many of you have seen pictures from our other trips down there, and this year was epic again. Here are a few pics of our campsite, and the local area. The water gets so deep so fast, and with lots of tropical fish, octopus, and tuna there is always something down there to look at. The place is great for scuba, but I usually just freedive. Beautiful water and mountains. Anna and I would like to spend several weeks there next time. Here are some highlights of the trip.

Flying Hull in Florida

What's up peoples, Zack and I had a great day yesterday sailing his cat all over the Indian River lagoon and offshore Stuart area. The wind was perfect for a couple of heavy weights and an 18ft catamaran. We flew some hull, drank some rum and kept cool in the Florida summer sun. Hope everyone up north is having a great weekend too.

Team Boyne Member on Everest

SAMA or Not? You better believe this dude is SAMA to the core. Meet Helmut Lintzbechler he lives about 30 minutes from Anna's hometown in Der Stiermark of Austria. He is 65 years old, and we have taught skiing and snowboarding with him for the past 5 years at Boyne Highlands. His list of masochistic adventures is long. Just to name a few; he completed the only race across American (3 months they ran from San Diego to New York, 40-60 miles a day). Yes I said running not biking. He has climbed all the 14 thousand peaks in North America, he will this fall climb the highest peak on Antartica to complete his quest of climbing all the highest peaks on every continent of planet Earth. It wouldn't suprise me if he headed to the moon next! He ran a marathon in all the 50 states, and now he puts Mount Everest on his list. The best part is after he summitted Everest he came back down and ran the Everest Base Camp Marathon. Dude, what does this guy eat???? He asked me this spring if I wanted to run the Grand Rapids marathon with him in October because he will be here for it. Of course my answer was sure, as long as the surfs not up.

So, the next time someone tells says your to old to do those things. Just reply, "You might be, but I'm not."

Rock on Helmut!! I only regret not giving him a SAMA shirt to hold up when he was at the summit of Everest. That would have been EPIC!!

The Junk Raft (15,000 plastic bottles setting sail)

Samainians,

Check out these guys! They built a raft out of junk (plastic bottles, old airplane, and other junk). They are currently sailing from Hawaii to California to raise awareness about how disposable plastic is destroying our waterways. The video is very cool!