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Snoloha pint glasses & water bottles are here!

Our first Snapshots & Scenery winner is Andy Baumann. Andy recieved a Snoloha Hoodie for his Crater Lake, Oregon photo. We will pick another winner next month, so upload your photos for a chance to win.

According to Beer Business Daily, Corona Extra will no longer sponsor Jimmy Buffett’s tour.

Buffett has teamed up with Anheuser-Busch to launch Land Shark Lager.

As excited as I am to try a new beer, I have to admit I’m a bit sad about the break-up. Corona and Buffett went together like Abbott & Costello, Bert & Ernie, Dumb & Dumber, Brad Pitt & Jennifer Aniston…oh…uh…um, well, it’s still sad.

But I’ll give the new beer a chance. It’s like when you have a friend bring a new girlfriend around, you are obligated to be nice to her and give her a chance before passing judgement, right, isn’t it just like that?

Well, Land Shark lager, you have some big shoes to fill because Corona has always been a really cool girlfriend before you. I mean what was he thinking letting her go? She was always fun to hang out with. Always put you in a better mood. Always there when you had a bad day. Always there on those hot and sticky summer days when you needed a cold one. Always accompanied you to the beach, on the boat, or at a backyard barbeque.

We are still talking about beer aren’t we?

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Great song and great lyrics from Jerry Jeff Walker.

“I don’t think I’m ready for the world waiting for me back there….
I need me just….
One more morning on the long boat dock,
Drinking coffee as the sun comes up,
Drinking bilikin beer in the big deck chair.
Late night dancin’ in a front street bar,
Makin’ love under the stars,
Man it’s like some dream we live down here….
Walking home underneath the stars,
Hearing voices from that empty bar,
Man it’s like some dream we live down there….
We’ve been here a week or so,
Now it’s finally time to go.
Can’t believe how quickly time as flown.
Packin’ up the bathin’ suits,
gettin’ out the cowboy boots,
That’s a sign we must be goin’ home….”

We have 10 of these Snoloha Island Silhouette T’s left.  They are one-of-a-kind.  If you were to compare it to the one available for sale on the site, you will notice this one has no sunset.

Well, we are offering the remaining inventory for free with the purchase of any other Snoloha shirt (excluding the $10.00 clearance shirts).  So purchase any shortsleeve, longsleeve, or hoodie and get a free Snoloha t-shirt.

Again, there are only 10 of these left (2 small, 5 medium, and 3 large).  If you decide to take advantage of this offer, during the checkout process (Step One) simply indicate in the “Special Instructions or Comments About Your Order” box the size you would like in the Snoloha Freebie T.

In honor of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. -

“The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.”

“Some people never find it, some only pretend. But me, I just want to live happily ever after, every now and then.”

- Jimmy Buffett, Happily Ever After

Mauna Kea is a dormant volcano, and one of five volcanic peaks, that together, form the island of Hawaii. It is the tallest mountain in the world when measured from base to peak, its base being some 19,678 feet under the surface of the Pacific Ocean, which would bring its total height to 33,474 feet. In Hawaiian, Mauna Kea means “white mountain” – it is regularly snow- or frost-capped during the northern hemisphere winter.

However, the significance behind Mauna Kea, according to Hawaiian legend, is that of two goddesses, Pele the Fire Goddess and Poli’ahu the Goddess of Ice and Snow, and their fight over a man, Aiwohikupua.

According to Danny “Kaniela” Akaka, because of the oppositeness of their particular loves, (Pele’s being volcanoes and eruptions and Poli’ahu’s being cold and snow), they could never reconcile.

“They represent an ever-shifting balance of nature,” he tells us, “and we need both opposites. Pele’s volcanic activity creates land, and Poli‘ahu’s snow tempers it.” Poli‘ahu breaks down what Pele creates — the snow melts into water and cuts the lava;” what Pele creates, Poli‘ahu modifies.

He goes on to say that the Hawaiian way of explaining these two women is as two opposites who never got along. And they personify them in fire and ice, eternal enemies, eternal opposites, in an eternal clash. Pele would try and start her fires at her fire pit in Mauna Kea; Poli‘ahu at times would cover it up with snow and ice, and often prevail.

He says there’s a constant battle, which explains why Mauna Kea’s been dormant, and that it doesn’t mean it’s dead. It’s inactive and could still go off. Maybe Pele’s waiting for the perfect opportunity to erupt again but it seems for now Poli‘ahu prevails.

SnoMon is alive! Well, in the screen print sense anyway.

I wanted to give everyone a “sneak peek” and keep you in the loop regarding Snoloha’s progress.

However, he will not be available on the site yet, but he will be available at Boyne Country Sports in Novi and in Traverse City probably sometime in February.

Remember, if you have an idea for a Snoloha design, then email us.  If we are interested in using it, we’ll hammer out the details with you, then you’ll get the credit and the gear.

It’s a nice enough day out, so I decided to get out from behind this computer screen for a quick walk down to the beach (one of the nice things about living just a few blocks from the bay).

It is January in northern Michigan and all I needed to wear on my walk down to the water was a Snoloha Hoodie. No fleece. No long-underwear. No Snoloha beanie. No winter coat.

Pictured is West Grand Traverse Bay on January 3rd at 3:00 in the afternoon with a temperature of 46 degeress. The picture doesn’t do the weather justice. The sky is actually clear as can be with the sun shining bright. Normally during this time of year, the sun rarely makes an appearance.
Surprisingly, there were no boats in the water. I thought for sure I’d see someone taking advantage of these very mild winter days.

Still, some snow would be nice!

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