A NIGHT WITH INGRID BACKSTROM AND KRISTI LESKINEN

A NIGHT WITH INGRID BACKSTROM AND KRISTI LESKINEN Last Saturday the MiSkiReport crew headed to Birmingham for an opportunity to hang with a couple of influential skiers.  Big mountain ripper Ingrid Backstrom and freestyle skier Kristi Leskinen made the trip to the mitten for Matchstick Production’s premier of...

Michigan Ski Resort Update, 2011 Season

Michigan Ski Resort Update, 2011 Season Temps are dropping, reports of snow are coming in across the Upper Peninsula and even down into the northern lower portions of Michigan this week.  The NWS forecast is looking prime for the upcoming season and resorts across Michigan have prepped all summer in...

2011/2012 Michigan Season Ski & Snowboard Pass Deals

2011/2012 Michigan Season Ski & Snowboard Pass Deals You have enjoyed summer too long… it’s time to think about winter.  September turns into October and next thing you know it’s December and you should be making tracks somewhere.  Check out some of the season pass deals we’ve scoured up for the...

Mitten Media Presents One gLove

Mitten Media Presents One gLove No doubt last season was pretty solid.  From good early season powder to fairly consistent weather that kept the stoke going all winter long, we had nothing to complain about.  Somewhere in the mix of things, a group of guys passionate about skiing, filming...

Mt. Mancelona | A Man and His Mountain Documentary

Mt. Mancelona | A Man and His Mountain Documentary Somewhere during the fall of 2009, one of our follower’s on Twitter reached out to me and brought up a unique property in Northern Michigan that I might be interested in checking out and suggested I get in touch with the owner, Joe Omness.  Through a number of phone...

BOYNE SPRING BOARD MEETING RECAP

BOYNE SPRING BOARD MEETING RECAP Last weekend was the annual Spring Board meeting at Boyne Highlands and the MiSkiReport street team was out taking in the festivities.  Contributor’s Matt VanSteenis and Jason Hyde were on the scene all weekend. Matt VanSteenis – Grand Ledge, MI Spring...

Excellent Northern Michigan Spring Skiing & Snowboarding Conditions

Excellent Northern Michigan Spring Skiing & Snowboarding Conditions Many in southeast and southwest Michigan woke up to the realization that their local skill hill is closed for the season.  Areas in southeast such as Mt. Holly, Alpine Valley and now Mt. Brighton, are all reported to be closed for the season.  The same can be said for...

Marhar Snowboards Interview

Marhar Snowboards Interview Based out of Grand Rapids, Marhar Snowboards is a small company doing big things.  We originally met co-owner's Josh Skiles and Nate Morse in 2010 at The BOB Rail Jam downtown Grand Rapids and finally had an opportunity to catch up with them for an interview...

2012 SKI & SNOWBOARD PREVIEW

2012 SKI & SNOWBOARD PREVIEW We recently returned from Boyne Mountain for the annual Midwest Reps Association Test Fest.  Here we had an opportunity to scope out some of the gear that will be headed your way for the 2012 season.  Similar to last year, we wandered around inside and checked out the...

Otsego Club Welcomes Back Olympic Snowboard Teams

Excellent Northern Michigan Spring Skiing & Snowboarding Conditions The Olympians are headed back to Otsego Club for some great mid-season training at The O-Park. Snowboard teams from all over the globe are headed back to train at The O-Park on February 28th.  Otsego Club is currently anticipating the following teams to show up....