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.

Sunday, January 27, 2008

North Shore Bowl Mission

Dudes,
Due to our little SAMAita (Ava) we were not able to join you crazy fools at Rosy Mound last night but instead found ourselves in the middle of a police stake out equipt with snowboards. If you havn't seen the news there were 3 idiot armed burglars on the north shore last night with the whole west coast police force in pursuit. Paralel pathing their mission, my SAMA family and fellow SAMA friends Pieter and Dayle were in search of Ferrysturd Pow! We had a few great runs, but as we reached the summit we spotted police searching our vehicles and flashing spotlights and assault rifles up at the dunes. We shredded the hill in front of us to find out what was going on by our cars when we were quickly told to evacuated from the area. I proceeded to ask the armed officer if snowboarding and having clean SAMA fun was a crime. We left the area but were held by armed police for a good 2 hours not letting us leave the area. Crazy story and in the end we didn't get Ava to bed on time and should of joined you guys at Rosy Mound instead.

1 comment:

Ben said...

Dude, that is crazy!! Holy cow!! That is pretty cool though. You got held up with machine guns and SWAT teams. Awesome dude!! SAMA Rules! It is also pretty cool to know you guys will shredding the north bowls and we were destroying the south bowls of rosy mound. SAMA killed it last night, trouble with the law and everything! Epic weekend for sure...Way to keep it real dude.