Category Archives: Offbeat

Fly High at the Pine Mountain Ski Jumping Tournament

Every year the Kiwanis Ski Club in Iron Mountain holds the Pine Mountain Continental Cup Ski Jumping Competition, one of the best tournaments in the United world. The first competition was held in 1939, making 2012 is the 73rd annual. The event takes place the weekend of February 11-12, 2012 and will draw top US & international [...]

February Michigan Event Calendar

Iron Works #2 – Cranbrook by MikeRyu Our Michigan February Event Calendar shows that the more the weather tries to keep us holed up, the more ways we find to get out and have fun!! Of course, there’s still many, many more and we invite you to fill us in on other February events in [...]

Northern Lights a strong possibility in Michigan!

NASA’s Space Weather site is the place to go for Aurora Borealis forecasting as they help make sense of the data the space agency receives about solar flares and their impact on earth’s atmosphere. Yesterday they gave Northern Lights watchers a lot of hope with this news: This morning, Jan. 23rd around 0359 UT, big [...]

11/11/11: MSU Spartans vs North Carolina on US Navy aircraft carrier

“I can’t think of a better way to start my senior season” ~MSU Center Draymond Green Do you suppose that Tom Izzo uses lines like “I can’t offer you beaches and palm trees, but chances are you’ll be playing on aircraft carriers and on national television in March.”?? This Friday, November 11th at 7 PM [...]

Weird Wednesday: Michigan Sea Monsters

The last Wednesday of every month is a ”Weird Wednesday” on Absolute Michigan. Usually we get a feature from Linda S. Godfrey, the author that fascinating tome of Michigan mysteries: Weird Michigan. Linda is hard at work on her latest book so we’ve gone down to the vault and pulled out some watery weirdness! Stay up-to-date with [...]

Northern Lights likely over the next few days!

Here’s a very popular post from yesterday’s Michigan in Pictures! The photo was taken by Shawn Malone of Lake Superior Photo at Little Presque Isle. While this is a little technical, it basically says “We might well see some northern lights in the next few days!” Be sure to follow Lake Superior Photo on Facebook [...]

Paddle around the Marquette Ore Dock

Here’s a sweet video of a paddle around the Lower Harbor Ore Dock in Marquette on a Stand-up Paddleboard. It’s Andy & Matt Jones of the surf/skate/snow shop Casualties and the S.U.P featured is the Bark/Surftech Tuflite Construction 14′ Expedition Model and it was filmed with a Go Pro Hero HD camera. (I so want [...]

Michigan: Great Lakes Surfing Capital

Surfing Michigan by farlane We’ve pulled together a great collection of Great Lakes & Michigan surfing videos with a few links: The photo was taken on Lake Michigan at Leland. You can see more surfing photos on Michigan in Pictures and also on Northern Michigan Surf on Facebook and in the Surfing slideshow from the [...]

Weird Wednesday: Glowing Tombstones

The last Wednesday of every month is a “Weird Wednesday” on Absolute Michigan, when Linda Godfrey gives you a sample of what’s weird in the Wolverine State. You can listen to Linda’s latest podcasts and report your own strange encounters at weirdmichigan.com, follow her on Twitter at twitter.com/lindasgodfrey and also check out her books including [...]

Michigan gets a Dark Sky Park

The International Dark-Sky Association will announce today that the Emmet County’s Headlands has been awarded the prestigious International Dark Sky Park designation. The Freep reports that the 600-acre park just west of Mackinaw City is only the sixth International Dark Sky Park in the nation, which means that with minimal light pollution, it offers an [...]