Rems - Back on track from Remi Meum on Vimeo.

It was a fun night of riding and no riders were injured during this event. 

- DC

We were riding our usual favorite spot for this time of year,  The Boat Launch on South Lake Leelanau.  We sailed all over the south lake from our launch spot.  This included a expedition to the very south end of the lake in search of deeper snow.   We found a great stash that was slightly deeper that allowed us to carve up the white canvas with great arcing turns. 

In addition to the kiting we also had a Iceboat out with us that day.  After my legs were dead from hours of kiting I decided to give it a try.  So I swaped my skis for the tiller and went for a romp around the lake.  Here is a small sample of the video I shot that day.  More to come soon. 

- DC

Great Lake Surfing from Theophil Syslo on Vimeo.

7 Day Outlook:  Another warm spell is set to begin this evening and is expected to last for 48 hours.  Only light rain and drizzle is currently in the forecasts, but as always its a wait and see what it will do to our snow cover.  Colder temps return Wednesday with a slight chance of new snow.  So hopefully we will have conditions worth kiting by the weekend. 

- DC

The fresh snow didn't go unappreciated though,  we got up and scored a pow day at Schuss Mountain.  The man made snow base is thick at the ski hill and the pow filled in deep in a few spots due to the wind. :)   Michigan pow days can be found, just get up early and go get it!

More winter is coming, just keep your fingers crossed that it sticks around for a bit. 

- DC

Now for the bad news,  the current conditions in the Greater Traverse City Area:  patchy snow cover with no base.  No lakes are frozen with any snow cover.  I have heard reports that Little Glen lake is frozen but has no snow cover.   Lake Skegemog has partial ice, but no one is fishing meaning the ice is unsafe.   Also the Ice Yacht Club is reporting no safe ice in the area.   We have temps in the mid 40s for the next few days so beware of any ice that you find. 

Outlook for the season,  this isn't our first bad winter start.  The lakes are cooling off and will freeze quickly if we get a week of calm cold nights.   We are going to need a lot of snow to try and ride inland.  with out any base from our previous snow events, we need a solid 18 inches to lay down enough base to coat the ground.  If we get ice on the lakes that number drops to 6 inches.   I think we will be game on for some good snow kiting in two to three weeks.  Until then our Ski Resorts are making snow and have decent conditions even with the lack of natural snow.  Boyne invented snow making and has a good base along with Crystal and Schuss mountains.  So go ride the lifts and get in some practice on your board. 

If things improve I will post and spread the word. 

- DC

Many recent sessions have been logged including riding the shoal at Platte River and many downwinders along the coast.   As usual the core crew has been representing in good numbers, which is a good thing as its been a bit big to ride solo.   Most recent sessions have been in the 25-30knt range with several days of double overhead waves.  One of the storms had the south lake buoy reporting wave heights in excess of 23' headed toward the south end of the lake.   Nothing up here that big but a few 12-14' waves have been caught and sucessfully ridden. :D

Here is a little video that Farley posted.  Check it out, More videos to fallow when I can catch up on my editing. 

- DC

Welcome to the new website,  lots going on to move the content over from the old site and upgrade how things work.  The forum won't be comeing back but look for us to soon be on facebook and twiter more often.   I have a lot of great ideas and content and now that the season is winding down it should steadly apear over the next few months.  

- DC