LAKE EFFECT, A MICHIGAN SKI FILM [2023] | A FILM BY MIKE KING

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  • Опубликовано: 31 янв 2025

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  • @facepillownap
    @facepillownap Год назад +124

    Gosh it’s refreshing to see a ski film that’s not just Bros and their $10,000 Heli days.

  • @KevinBauman
    @KevinBauman Год назад +165

    I've lived in Michigan, Wisconsin, Oregon, Colorado, and Montana. I never loved skiing more than I did as a kid in Michigan, skiing Pine Knob, Mt. Holly, Mt. Brighton, and Alpine Valley. A big trip was up to Boyne or Nub's Nob.

    • @kelenroman7127
      @kelenroman7127 Год назад +1

      This. So much nostalgia for me too :)

    • @gunreal8153
      @gunreal8153 Год назад +2

      I mean pretty much all those places you listed are terrible, Holly is awful it’s legit a garbage dump that they turned into a ski hill, pine knob is okay at best, nubs and boyne at least are worth it, glad you have fond memories though

    • @KevinBauman
      @KevinBauman Год назад +33

      @@gunreal8153 I didn't say it's good skiing, but what I get, after 40 years, is that it's not so much the location as it is my mindset

    • @mikeking2662
      @mikeking2662 Год назад +4

      Love this! thanks for sharing!!! Hoping for more snow now!

    • @golfingelk
      @golfingelk Год назад +13

      @@gunreal8153 any day on the slopes is a good day, even at a SE Michigan dump hill! I've gotten 2 days in at Pine Knob already this year, and even with the garbage winter we're currently having I've had a blast ripping some turns both times!

  • @fieldworkcreative
    @fieldworkcreative Год назад +23

    The amount of blood, sweat, heart, and tears that Mike put into this film is remarkable. Thank you Mike for seeing this through, from one Michigander to another.

  • @stacyinthesnow
    @stacyinthesnow Год назад +37

    This movie is pure GOLD. Saw it at the premier in Grand Rapids and it absolutely represents the soul of Michigan skiing/riding

  • @jordanfalvey2862
    @jordanfalvey2862 Год назад +42

    Growing up skiing in NH, and then moving out to UT and MT for 6 seasons, it was hard for me adjusting to skiing on the east coast again. This video represented the way I’ve felt countless time. Raw, inspiring, and funny. Well done TGR! Most ski movies make me feel FOMO. This helped me realize when the grass looks greener somewhere else, water your own lawn! Like most things in life, things are what you make them!

    • @mtadams2009
      @mtadams2009 Год назад

      I get your point but there is plenty of good snow and terrain to be had. The Whites are awesome. It loaded with endless backcountry adventure. Have you ever watched Andrew Drummond? His is an East Coast backcountry legend. Take care and welcome back.

  • @paulkrause272
    @paulkrause272 Год назад +4

    Thanks for including the late John Dee! RIP Rev. Snowflake!

  • @finnracing99
    @finnracing99 Год назад +4

    Ohh man, all I can say is this film gets right down to the roots of being a skier from Michigan. And how we are in the never ending search for the best vertical we can find and the most fun we can find within our awesome state of Michigan!! We make the best of what we got and it is truly an awesome feeling. I’m an older dude now at 52, but I still love to shred and carve turns skiing fast down the slopes of Boyne, Boyne highlands, Nubs nob, caberfae, crystal mountain, mt Brighton, mt holly, etcetc. And too many golf course hills from back in the day lol 😂. Thank you Mike for the awesome film made here in Michigan. I would love to make turns and rack up the vertical feet with a crew like yours! Best of luck to you and all your endeavors 👍 Keep sking fast, stay safe and have a blast!! 😊

  • @greggoldman893
    @greggoldman893 Год назад +4

    As a 65yo former Michigander living out west for over 40+ years, thanks for the stoke!!!!

  • @keim3548
    @keim3548 29 дней назад

    Wonderful film. Joy is from the inside

  • @sleepingbearsurf8045
    @sleepingbearsurf8045 Год назад +13

    What a beautiful expression, Mike. Thanks for bringing so much STOKE! This is what it's all about - "makin' the best with what you've got"!

  • @dakotakupp2586
    @dakotakupp2586 Год назад +5

    2strokedonny is a legend !

  • @arwreece
    @arwreece Год назад +2

    As a Michigan Skier & Surfer, this film hit the nail on the head. During Covid, life was hard, and we all dug down deep into our roots to enjoy what this beautiful state has to offer.
    Great job!

  • @lindadavidson7328
    @lindadavidson7328 Месяц назад +1

    Wow I love Michigan, I’m in Ohio but I have done many trips up to UP especially still need to hit the keewani peninsula

  • @campb3llls0up
    @campb3llls0up Год назад +6

    Incredible. Being "out west" is not the penultimate ski experience and this truly captures the essence of enjoying what you have. Unbelievable good. Thank you for this.

  • @frankaboy
    @frankaboy Год назад +4

    Sheeeesh this was good 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

  • @DonaldGeoffrey
    @DonaldGeoffrey 21 день назад

    Awesome film!

  • @rufusmcclintock1197
    @rufusmcclintock1197 Год назад +4

    Mike,
    As a son of Leelanau County, who grew up listening to Journey blasted from the speakers of Mt. holiday, and left for the west a generation before you, that was special. Really special. Thank you.

    • @mikeking2662
      @mikeking2662 Год назад

      Yes! Thanks for sharing, I am glad you enjoyed it!

  • @Korean_Jesu5
    @Korean_Jesu5 Год назад +3

    michigan represent!!!

  • @matthewdearshow
    @matthewdearshow Год назад +1

    I just went to Jackson Hole, followed the channel and come home to Ann Arbor and find this video. Michigan skiing kept us sane and active during Covid. I grew up in Texas and learned to ski alongside my kids at Boyne Highlands, Crystal Mountain, Mt. Brighton & Alpine.
    We go as much as we can every winter and now love the sport so much.
    We’ll venture west as skiers soon, but will always have Michigan to thank for sparking the flame.
    This film captures all of this so well.
    Thank you!

  • @adventuringandy945
    @adventuringandy945 Год назад +3

    Moved to Utah from Michigan twenty three years ago. Never once considered skiing there again until i watched this film. Always thought the dunes could be a backcountry spot.

    • @mikeking2662
      @mikeking2662 Год назад +1

      Hah I was in the same boat! Thanks for sharing!

  • @joelleblanc-km9cm
    @joelleblanc-km9cm 4 месяца назад

    Beautiful! Thank you for your work.

  • @andrewdr13
    @andrewdr13 29 дней назад

    Great video.

  • @chancepoulos4183
    @chancepoulos4183 Год назад +1

    Yewww from Michigan!!! Mt Bohemia in the UP is one of the raddest places to ride even after riding in Colorado and Utah, super unique terrain and lake effect goes nuts

  • @trevorprice3718
    @trevorprice3718 Год назад +16

    Congrats Mike. You’re living the dream we had as teenagers. Those kids at Mt Holiday remind me of us. School, ski, sleep do it all over again. I wish mental health didn’t take me out. I’d be right there with you like it originally was.

    • @mikeking2662
      @mikeking2662 Год назад +1

      Love you brother! Lets connect soon!!

  • @mikeking2662
    @mikeking2662 Год назад +4

    AYY THANK YOU TGR!!

  • @cycleoflife7331
    @cycleoflife7331 Год назад +1

    Keeping it real in the UP of M. Hope to ski it soon. There’s mountains there people don’t know of.

  • @ajboven2037
    @ajboven2037 Год назад +4

    Forever favorite film
    Brings so much joy

    • @mikeking2662
      @mikeking2662 Год назад

      This comment means everything to me! Thank you!

  • @gunreal8153
    @gunreal8153 Год назад +5

    This is an absolute masterpiece

  • @jrockin9221
    @jrockin9221 11 месяцев назад

    Congratulations on another film 💚👏🏼 ….Soooo proud of you Michael and your adventurous , super talented and sweet self!❤️
    It’s been a pleasure watching you grow up and doing what your heart tells you to do … now on the professional level.
    You have an AMAZING family that we love dearly ! Can’t wait to see what comes next for you 💚💚💚!

  • @benjaminfox-shapiro4032
    @benjaminfox-shapiro4032 Год назад +1

    Best ski movie of the year

  • @scottgodkins2017
    @scottgodkins2017 Год назад

    WTH?!? Winter surfing in friggin Michigan?? Craaaaaaaazzyyyy 🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽💪🏽

  • @mdood9299
    @mdood9299 Год назад +1

    Relate to this on so many levels. COVID made me go wide on my game here in Michigan. I've had the time of my life the past few years, surprised we didn't bump into each other. Here's to 23/24!

  • @scottsandquist5381
    @scottsandquist5381 Год назад +1

    Just finished the film. Excellent just excellent. The music, the quality, the narration everything. If you get a chance come over to Gogebic county. Plenty of places to explore and find a place to put down tracks. Right on Lake Superior too. There's some great places right on the hills/ shores of the lakes. Lots of water falls , Copper Peak ski flying Hill sits on some awesome rock. I'm 65 now , I used to be in a 'shingles' club. Finding good buildings to ski off of. Skiing between chimneys and steam stacks and avoiding the owners... Also a lot of old mine sites with iron ore stocks etc... Your show was fkn awesome!

  • @M22detailing
    @M22detailing Год назад +2

    Tough to listen to the lake effect snow portion. 50 degrees on Christmas Day today. Wish our lake effect snow machine would turn back on

  • @michaelsleep8762
    @michaelsleep8762 Год назад +2

    Thanks Mike for showing that you dont have to have big mountains to be so pumped up about skiing. I love every day that im out and it doesnt matter if it is 300 vert or big mountains. The midwest is the heart of american skiing.

  • @lavapix
    @lavapix Год назад

    Glad this popped up in my feed. I grew up in MI and learned to ski there. My first time was night skiing at Pine Knob in 1980. Spent the next ten years skiing everywhere one can in the US and Canada but somehow missed heading to the UP. That was some great backcountry stuff. You should come ski Hawaii sometime.

  • @HersheSquirts
    @HersheSquirts 15 дней назад

    Awesome movie and great skiing! Gotta get back up to Bohemia. Icing on the cake was Graham and the go rounds tracks throughout.

  • @kennyp507
    @kennyp507 Год назад +1

    I'm nowhere near a pro skier, but its the hunger that keeps me coming back for more, the drive that on a hot sunny day in the summer I can look at a mountain and envision the line I would take to get down, sure anyone can probably do it, but when I can do it, its a feeling greater then anything else.

  • @StevenSnow-ln4qo
    @StevenSnow-ln4qo Год назад +1

    Truly amazing movie. Mike, his family and friends could be my family, my friends and me. He absolutely captured the challenge, the heart and soul, the amazing comradeship, the outdoor beauty of winter sports in the Great Lakes region. Thank you.

  • @mtadams2009
    @mtadams2009 Год назад

    I love skiing out West but I love my friends and family more. Vermont will do and that’s what jets are for. I know this video took a lot of effort, thanks. My friends are well into our 60’s and we ski the hardwoods of Vermont all winter long, you will be fine but yes you will need to slow it down.

  • @orionhogan7874
    @orionhogan7874 Год назад +1

    Dude I cried watching this movie!! Fucking nailed it , thank you so much! I hope I get to meet you and trade ski stories, this is the holy grail of Michigan ski movies!

  • @skibum3113
    @skibum3113 Год назад +6

    Such a unreal movie! Makes me appreciative of the smaller mountains and the heart and soul of the ski/board community! Much love

  • @DurandNixon
    @DurandNixon Год назад +9

    So good! Mike and Ty skiing the dunes got me fired up. I think every Michigander has wanted to do that!

    • @mikeking2662
      @mikeking2662 Год назад +1

      Ayy thank my brother!!! Means a lot!

  • @RGatGala
    @RGatGala Год назад +1

    so sick

  • @jjordyyall
    @jjordyyall Год назад

    This film is 10/10. The soundtrack is 20/10

  • @veronicapaulsen
    @veronicapaulsen 11 месяцев назад

    Wow!! What a heartwarming story. Incredible film, great work Mike!!

  • @Dolbee49277
    @Dolbee49277 11 месяцев назад

    Mike is awesome! He gave me a free apple during one of the festivals in Charlevoix a few years ago.

  • @peter1234930
    @peter1234930 Год назад +3

    Amazing stuff - great to see a Midwest project! Midwest represent!!!

  • @YooperBanjo
    @YooperBanjo Год назад

    The feeling really is forever.

  • @RobertKussart
    @RobertKussart Год назад +1

    I grew up in Wisco skiing Tyrol Basin as often as I could, and would impatiently wait for my trips to the UP and out west each year. All paid for by working my ass off each summer, some of it farming. I also fondly recall watching the Schrab brothers at my local hill and watched their videos each year. I eventually slid on snow at Hood and Mammoth for a living before life called me in a different direction. I’m 40 now and this movie brought me back to my days of skiing anything with snow on it;) Great movie. Thanks for putting this novelty together!

  • @mcfuzzypooh0923
    @mcfuzzypooh0923 Год назад +2

    Loved growing up skiing at Mt Holiday. Nice to see it in a TGR vid!

    • @tetongravityresearch
      @tetongravityresearch  Год назад

      We can't take any cine credit ... just stoked that @mikeking2662 trusted us to help him share his vision with the world.

  • @bonefishboards
    @bonefishboards Год назад

    Fun surf

  • @chuckhutchens8017
    @chuckhutchens8017 Год назад +1

    Great film! As a kid growing up in Northern Wisco we lived for weekends in the Hurley/ironwood area. After the lifts closed for the day we used to hike and ski the tailings piles from the mines in that area in the 80's. When I heard of this new place called Mount Bohemia in 2000 I made a trek alone just so I could check it out! I've been making that trek whenever life allows the seven hour drive for a weekend in Midwest heaven! Now that the kids are older I can even chase the storms on occasion! I also appreciate the tribute to John Dee. A great soul and treasure to Lake effect snow chasers taken way too soon. Thank you for this inspiring film. Love what you have in front of you!

  • @sdenhof11
    @sdenhof11 Год назад +4

    Great job Mike and company. I have been in Wyoming for 10 years and Patrol at a small, but kick ass mountain called Pine Creek in Cokeville WY. We are feeling the tug of home and are about ready to head back to Michigan, live on a lake and ski in the Boyne Falls area:) I will Patrol some at BOHO so maybe we will meet some time:) Congrats on the movie!

    • @stacyinthesnow
      @stacyinthesnow Год назад +2

      I’ve been wanting to hit up Pine Creek with a group of friends for a while. Gotta get it figured out!

    • @mikeking2662
      @mikeking2662 Год назад

      Heck yes, thank you!!! Lets get some laps!

  • @dcarmich1692
    @dcarmich1692 Год назад +3

    What a cool movie. Great tribute to skiing in Michigan and a passion for the sport. Well done!

  • @drewvandegrift177
    @drewvandegrift177 Год назад

    This film is Pure Michigan baby! Stormy kromers, Shaggys skis, and The Go Rounds music! Getting after it!

  • @jacquespougnet2986
    @jacquespougnet2986 Год назад

    Pure Michigan baby!! Also I know that pastie was hitting 😮‍💨

  • @josephgiannunzio4711
    @josephgiannunzio4711 9 месяцев назад

    It’s refreshing to see such a down to earth ski film illustrating such depth and local culture. Really appreciate the reflection on the potential life altering risks and injuries relative to what’s most important in life. This film should be submitted to some indie film fests, including Sundance as I think there may even be an audience beyond skiers for this. Great Work!

  • @manexclsv
    @manexclsv Год назад +2

    sick one! making me miss michigan

  • @paulamato7880
    @paulamato7880 Год назад +3

    Great Movie Mike. It just goes to show people that there is so fun to be had wherever we live!!!!

  • @JollyLamaCom
    @JollyLamaCom Год назад +5

    Love all the Go Rounds music. Great playlist! Great video! As a Michigan lifer whose trying to hit every hill in the state you're doing us proud and making us look really cool in the process!

    • @mikeking2662
      @mikeking2662 Год назад +2

      Heck yes thank you! The go rounds are so good and greatly enhanced filmed!!

  • @RichardWing4130
    @RichardWing4130 Год назад

    Love this film. I'm originally from down south by lansing and i now live in Cheboygan. Seeing movies like this from Michigans elite athletes is awesome. This movie seriously made me cry with its nostalgia. I'm not even a skier but just remembering all the sledding and those few times i did get on a snowboard was something to be cherished. Bravo. I hope you get to do more here in our home state.

  • @BigDersFishingLife
    @BigDersFishingLife Год назад +4

    Kinda like you, I grew up in Minnesota and headed west for baker, however, I had never skied before. Something inside just knew I would fall in love with it. 3 years and 100 days up there later, I have just as much fun going home now and skiing small resorts in the Midwest. Although there’s very little crazy terrain and gnarly drops, something about the passion on display here gets me just as stoked. If not more so. Seeing people hike miles in thick glades and wait all year for the right storm, just to hit some hidden backcountry lines, is just so sick. Love this shit

    • @mikeking2662
      @mikeking2662 Год назад

      Thanks for sharing! I appreciate it, and I love baker!!! Enjoy it!!

  • @maxx-e7k
    @maxx-e7k Год назад

    One of the best ski movies i’ve ever seen.

  • @RKelleyCook
    @RKelleyCook Год назад

    I'm in my 50s and have skiied all my life.
    I think you have made my favorite ski story movie of all time.

  • @jakeklein836
    @jakeklein836 Год назад

    Mike and his family are the realest, my first job was shaking tarts at King Orchards when I was 14. Keep going Mike!! We’ll support you all the way

  • @brentedwards2606
    @brentedwards2606 Год назад

    This is hitting me heavy, I'm 47 and in the past 2 months I've have an ACL reconstruction and had a full tear rotator cuff repair on my right shoulder.
    No winter sports this year, no skiing with my son, nothing but therapy.
    But that's this year! Next year I'll be back with a vengeance! Lol...I'll slay those groomers!

  • @timothybateman4844
    @timothybateman4844 11 месяцев назад

    Great video showcasing Michigan skiing ... You are a hardly lot the surfing was nuts!

  • @TeachMrsAM
    @TeachMrsAM Год назад +4

    Breathtaking, beautiful, and nostalgic. Your talent on the hill and on film are both beyond measure. Thank you for sharing this wondrous journey of home, Mike. I felt this in my soul. 🫶

  • @mattcooley1613
    @mattcooley1613 Год назад

    Thank you so much for this, Mike. This resonates at such inexplicably deep frequencies of being, appreciating all of this and all that is you wholeheartedly 🙏

  • @getwildwithevan
    @getwildwithevan Год назад

    Amen Mike! Way to come back to your roots thrive!

  • @robertjones7170
    @robertjones7170 Год назад

    Gorgeous representation of the UP

  • @dallasknoy3871
    @dallasknoy3871 Год назад +1

    Well made video guys.

  • @charlessito4985
    @charlessito4985 Год назад

    Right on brother! Live in NE Ohio I feel ya. I love boarding the lake side hills and watching the monster waves roll in.

  • @Fluflo83
    @Fluflo83 Год назад +1

    WooW, such a cool video and story you put togheder. Lovely 👍❣️

  • @5Bolts
    @5Bolts Год назад +2

    Sweet movie, well done! Good mix of story telling and sweet ski shots. that was smart of you to avoid the “climate apocalypse “ message so many adventurers films are pushing these days.
    I’d still like to get a hard copy of this to put on the shelf, it’s an instant classic.

  • @ianzinner
    @ianzinner Год назад

    Seize the carpe, carpe the diem! And Mt Bohemia FTW!

  • @garyandert9530
    @garyandert9530 Год назад

    With the 2023/2024 Winter not yet here, this film made my day! Outstanding film!

  • @mikeobryan16
    @mikeobryan16 Год назад +3

    Loved this. Well done, and making me miss Michigan. Some of my fondest snowboarding memories were up in Boyne & Nubs. Thank you!

  • @kevinobrien1310
    @kevinobrien1310 Год назад

    Mike, thank you, thank you, thank you! This was such an enjoyable film to watch. I am an editor and avid skier. This made me smile in both aspects. My 18yr old son is a Gilson sponsored snowboarder in MI and he loves making runs out of anything he can find. He will also love this film. Keep on keeping on my friend, this is a great creation.

  • @whitewalls4409
    @whitewalls4409 Год назад

    Fantastic! Midwest stoke is real!

  • @hankski
    @hankski Год назад +1

    YES FINALLY

  • @TheBritcher
    @TheBritcher Год назад

    I loved every second of this film. Great work guys!

  • @ryankutcher1
    @ryankutcher1 Год назад +3

    nice work and props for making this from a fellow michigander. It's awesome to see a story about northern michigan and the UP and what it has to offer... especially on this channel.

  • @maxbolenkab
    @maxbolenkab Год назад +2

    🤙🏼 loved it!

  • @bradleybacon
    @bradleybacon Год назад

    Graham told me to check this out and I'm so glad I did-its a great taste of a culture I've never been apart of. Thank you for making this.

  • @nicholascarver1
    @nicholascarver1 Год назад

    Its cool seeing some of the classic drops at Bohemia

  • @michaetsully87
    @michaetsully87 Год назад

    Well done mike that was an amazing watch

  • @wehatedodey6791
    @wehatedodey6791 Год назад

    KING ORCHARDS?!? 2 minutes down the road from my house. Hell yeah! Sick video guys!

  • @rufusTfirefly67
    @rufusTfirefly67 Год назад

    As a kid who grew up skiing in Michigan, this is amazing!

  • @nomadicnewbie
    @nomadicnewbie Год назад

    Delightful!

  • @TomHolliday9
    @TomHolliday9 Год назад

    Wonderful! Thanks for posting this..

  • @francoisbeaulac1276
    @francoisbeaulac1276 Год назад

    A+

  • @MOWFWDU
    @MOWFWDU Год назад

    2 thumbs up, great movie! I have lived in Chicago and now Minneapolis, while I predominantly ski out west, in Canada and occasionally in Europe I have done plenty of skiing in Illinois, Iowa and the UP and many trips to Mnt Bohemia with my kids and alone. Pretty soon my wings are going to be clipped for the big & $$$ trips, but I will skill get plenty of skiing and winter outdoors back home!

  • @landoneilar5967
    @landoneilar5967 Год назад

    Bro beautiful. As a Michigan boy myself thank you. I just moved to CO to chase my ski dreams so inspiring seeing this coming from my home state

  • @BrianDensow
    @BrianDensow Год назад

    In my backyard. LOVE the U.P. BC❤

  • @Lemonsack1
    @Lemonsack1 Год назад +1

    Great stuff!!

  • @samvoigt21
    @samvoigt21 Год назад

    This is such an awesome video coming from a Midwest skier. So cool that you know the Ransoms'. Scott (Race) was my coach for a long time and now I'm coaching, but as a high school kid it always felt so embarrassing when he'd either run faster than us in dryland training or beat us to the bottom on a powder day. Really awesome family and a neat connection to the small town ski vibes that the Midwest has.

  • @YeahRightWm3
    @YeahRightWm3 Год назад

    Shout out from CO, raised in MI! Love MI. It's a beautiful place! Go Green!

  • @johnroden3431
    @johnroden3431 Год назад +2

    Great video! Thank you for sharing. I'm in the same boat, striving to move out west as soon as my kids grow up and dont need ole dad to support them lol. Got to check out Boho last winter and we loved it. Snow conditions were not good but we still had a blast!

    • @mikeking2662
      @mikeking2662 Год назад

      Sick where will you go??

    • @johnroden3431
      @johnroden3431 Год назад

      Western MT, Northern ID or Eastern WA. Anywhere in the mountain range and affordable land and housing lol. I really like the Flathead Lake area in MT or the Cascades in WA. 8 to 9 years and hopefully can move, KY dont get much snow lol!