Surfrider Foundation

Really cool video from Surfrider. We hope to see some Samainians at the meetings and events soon!! Our Lake Michigan chapter is now official! Let's get to work!

www.surfrider.org

If you haven't already joined.

Grand Haven Ski Bowl

Well, the ski bowl was awesome Saturday! I know, you are thinking "seriously, how good could it have been??" Well, don't think of it as a ski resort, think of it as a killer terrain park with four tow ropes, kickers, surf walls, rainbow, box, and kink rails. A killer little lodge, lake view, sunshine, music, slush pond, and well you get the picture, a pretty good time for a Saturday afternoon 1 mile from your house. Here are a few pics that Ingrid snapped of Anna and I. We need to hit that place up more often. Maybe next year a fossil night each week to practice our freestyle skills? Not to mention a great workout going up those tow ropes for a few hours straight!

What's up Samanians? Well, I just wanted to drop a post, and say that it's nice to be back in the good old U.S. of A. I just got home from a month long job in Qatar over in the middle east. It sure is nice to be back were grass grows and people don't wear sheets for clothes. We were doing a coral relocation job in the Persian Gulf so their was lots of SCUBA diving. I attached a couple of photos from diving and a couple from what we do when the wind blows too hard and we can't work offshore. Hope everyone is doing well and can't wait to get back to Michigan to hangout with everybody. Brooke and Brennon we wish you the best of luck with your move and new life down in NC.

Gear Swap/Sale?

Hey! Before we leave, we would like to see if anyone wants to trade some gear or if anyone is interested in purchasing some of our stuff....

We would like to trade or sell:

Burton Balance Snowboard 156 with Flow Bindings
Surfboard -Patagonia 5'11" Quark
Hyperlite High Performance Kneeboard :)
Old Giant Mountain Bike
K2 Temptation 151 Snowboard with Burton Custom Bindings
Womens Vans Snowboard Boots (size 9)
Mens DC Snowboard boots (size 9)
An assortment of old Burton, Patagonia, and North Face Jackets :)

We are looking for this stuff....if you have it to sell/trade:

Kiteboarding gear
Old windsurf sails to make a skateboard with a sail
Kayak
Mountain Bikes

See ya in NC!

It's a sad day to write this, but our departure date is March 29th... Brennon and I are moving south to Wrightsville Beach, NC. We will dearly miss all of our SAMA friends here in the great Midwest!!! Please come visit us anytime....seriously anytime!! We are going to miss all of these great Midwest adventures, but have no worries that this will be the end of them...

We promise not to wimp out and only surf warm water...and we will proudly be representing the SAMA down south. Which means we should probably order those tee-shirts finally.

Hoping to get everyone together before we leave... Maybe this Thursday or Friday??

Brooke & Brennon

Hatteras 08 booked!!

All I have to say is, WE STILL HAVE ROOM!!!! I am so stoked!!!

This is our pad for spring break this year, April 5th through the 12th! Oceanfront and rockin it out!! We still have 1 full bedroom available, and it would be approximately $200.00 for the 7 full nights per person! Anyone interested?

Click on the Hatteras 08 booked title to view all the details about the house!

Hatteras 2008 is going to be Great!!

Samanation! April 5th-12th

It is time once again for the Hatteras Trip! We are looking for some really cool people like yourselves to have a great Hatteras Trip this year! I received a letter yesterday in the mail from Hatteras Realty asking us if we were interested in coming back to the islands for spring break. Of course, my answer was YES!


So crew, please take a few minutes to check out the link below, I had one of the best vacations of my life there last year, and we hope put another memory in the SAMA book of epicness this year again! Check it out, and come on down for the fun of surf, sun, kiting, fishing, and just a great all around time with your friends!

http://www.hatterasrealty.com/index.htm

Wasatch Mountains to Crystal Mountain in 5 Days

Crew,

In pure SAMA style, I followed up my Wasatch Mountain trip (elevation 11,000') with a trip to Crystal Mountain (elevation 750'). Sunny and I took 8 high schoolers and met up with Mitch and Natalie for some fun Michigan-style riding. We all had fun and didn't lose any of the kids... as far as I know...

Samanians,

Last week I snuck out to Utah to snowboard with my buddy Keto and his crew for a couple days. We rode at Brighton on Tuesday and Snowbird on Wednesday. I was back at work Thursday morning and no one was the wiser. Good crew, reasonably good conditions, lots of fun.

Simonation: SAMA Next Generation

Announcing the arrival of Simon! Prepare to meet your nemesis. Simon is approximately 20 inches long, weighs 6 lbs. and eats more milk than all of you combined. So keep a look over your shoulder the next time you drop into an empty wave, a powder-filled NOMO bowl, or smell something funny. IT COULD BE THE SIMONATOR!

Peace,

Simon Sispera's Dad