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meowshred
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I was wondering who goes to school here? and if anyone knows any good info about the school and more importauntly the skiing, thanks peeps

Jul 14 2010 1:48PM
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VanMelle
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Dont go there personally, been up there a few times. Great area in Marquette especially if your the outdoorsy type. It is very scenic up there. The skiing is good at Marquette Mt and Mt. Bohemia only a little drive away. School itself dont know a whole lot of except they have a lot of snow cows haha. Hope I was of some help....
Jul 14 2010 7:05PM
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JKill
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Marquette has a pretty good park (Some of the best jumps in the Midwest if you ask me). They get a good amount of snow too.

Jul 14 2010 7:07PM
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meowshred
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ok ive heard of Mt. Bohemia, how sick exactly is it?
Jul 15 2010 2:05AM
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Mkvackay
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hey guys

i go to school here. im from the suburbs of chicago and marquette is a great place. love it in the fall and even more in the winter. here are a few videos i shot and edited last year at marquette mountain.


this one is shot on campus:


this one is shot at marquette mountain



Jul 17 2010 12:45PM
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MichSteeze
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those where sick. do you guys sometime ride at boyne mountain? i feel like i have seen you guys there.... does anyone go to michigan tech? if so, do they have a lot of good strret rails and how is the mountain there?
Jul 18 2010 2:17PM
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Mkvackay
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im from illinois so ive never been to boyne before. some of the skiers in my video have im sure seeing as how they are from downstate.
Jul 18 2010 4:05PM
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MichSteeze
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ya. okay. cool
Jul 18 2010 4:23PM
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meowshred
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word im from chicago too man, and ya looks pretty dope up there
Jul 18 2010 7:16PM
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J.DUKE
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I go to school here. Im majoring in SKi Area Business management. I wouldn't go to school anywhere else. NMU is by far my favorite university that Ive been to. Super fun in the summer, dumps in the winter, and everyone loves to party, and the girls are super under rated. MQT mountain is 5 mins away and Bohemia is worth the drive up north.

Definitely check us out
Jul 20 2010 12:17AM
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MichSteeze
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yeah NMU looks cool. me and my cousin might take a trip up there or either MTU this winter to get some riding in, and to "look" around the campus and college life up there.
Jul 21 2010 1:53PM
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Mkvackay
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sounds good. im a digital cinema major so ill be out there most days filming
Jul 21 2010 2:49PM
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meowshred
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word well im pretty much down to 5 schools and this is looking to be one of the better ones right now
Jul 21 2010 8:52PM
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Pinguu
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I go to Northern and you should to. Sweet skiing, great summer around the lake and trails here. Really fun town. I wouldn't be anywhere else...
Jul 21 2010 9:17PM
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SkiMQT
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I also went to school at NMU for Ski Area Business Management,   and now I own THE COMPOUND Ski Shop.  We are a freestyle ski shop only , we sold 100 pairs of twins last year,   and I bring this up because the freestyle scene is THICK up here.   Always cool people to ride with, lots and lots of Urban riding, (specially since I just bought a Wakeboard/ Urban winch for easy tow-ins.

As far as the school goes, great program in the SAM classes, and even better it is super easy to balance ride time with school because you can ski until 10 min befor eyour class and still make it there on time... campus is 5 miles from the Ski hill!
Jul 28 2010 6:22PM
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Mkvackay
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yea ive been to the compound a bunch and i met you a couple times. great business you got there

marquettes where its at
Jul 29 2010 11:36AM
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shagglesiam
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Really, forget NMU. 1) Marquette mountain may be a good place to ride, but you still have to buy a season pass. 2) NMU IS A CLOWN COLLEGE. SKI AREA MANAGEMENT IS NOT A REAL MAJOR, NEITHER IS OUTDOOR RECREATION OR ANY OTHER BOZO BS THEY WILL SLAP ON YOU. IT IS A WASTE OF A LIFE (not just hating). 3) The Huron mountain club fucks you over on all the good back country crushing you could do.

Tech has your lift pass to Rips included in the tuition, plenty of peaks in the Keweenaw with runs cut down them if you know where to look, and we're only a 45 minute from Bohemia.

Oh yah, one more thing: NMU GIRLS ARE ACTUALLY COWS. NONE OF THEM ARE REMOTELY GOOD LOOKING AND IF THEY ARE, THEY'RE INSTANTLY SNATCHED BY HOCKEY PLAYERS FOR THEIR TEAM.

Do yourself a favor: go to Tech and don't waste your life.
Jul 30 2010 9:48PM
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Pinguu
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woooo calm down broo. The mountain is sick, especially for a 5 minute drive... People can take any major they want, it's their choice, why the fuck do you care? There are plenty more programs at Northern that are just as good or better than tech. You do have better BC but we have some pretty good stuff and a better park as well.. Finally Northern has girls, Tech does not. Enjoy the sausage fest, and cheer up!
Jul 31 2010 11:38AM
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J.DUKE
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Damn, You MAD.

I love how "students" from tech go out of their way to rip so hard on NMU. NMU/Marquette is a great community/school to live and learn. I can understand that its easy to be jealous. Houghton doesn't have too much going on.

And by the way, NMU's Ski Area Management program attracts students from across the country, and produces some of the most successful individuals in the industry. I suggest you keep quiet about an industry you probably know very little about.

Additionally, the land the Huron Mtn Club controls is so out of the way it is really a non-factor. Its beyond the average skiers desire to tour all the way out there.


Take your hate somewhere else.
Aug 1 2010 11:00PM
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meowshred
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....wow a whole season pass, you know what im just paying for out of state tution i should probably go to a school where i can save what 300? than that way i could also be with what sounds like a bunch of haters, no thanks

Aug 12 2010 12:24PM
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MNjoedirt
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you idiot, tech is like 70% dudes. Northern is a cool place to be
Aug 22 2010 10:39PM
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meeesh
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Hi. I am a girl... I went to Northern... I am not a SAM or an outdoor rec alumni. I am not a cow & NEVER dated a hockey player (or soccer or rugby for the sake of argument). I worked for Marquette Mountain, never once paying for a season pass.

Northern was the best years of my life. I worked for skibmc for most of them and met some of the best people and friends for life. The beaches are amazing. Mountain biking and surfing in the summers. The university is not top rated but its small and humble. I studied geography and my professors still keep in touch with me.

Aug 23 2010 5:22PM
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J.DUKE
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i can vouche for this.
Aug 24 2010 2:09AM
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SkiMQT
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I would like to respond to the idiot from TECH that is such a hater!

First off,  the General Manager of Mt. Ripley, Nick Sirdenis, is a former Ski Area Management Graduate,

Secondly,  The NMU guy to girl rate is 40% guys 60% girls, that came from NMU's enrollment numbers last year.    

So enjoy your sausagefest at Tech,  I am sure you will enjoy your lack of women in HOEtown, and enjoy yourself (pun intended) in HANDCOCK


Aug 31 2010 7:33AM
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noodle
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Hahaha, there are TONS of hot girls at NMU. I just graduated in art and design from there. Most of the ladies don't hang with the hockey crowd anyway. MM is SICK and so is all the rest of Marquette. You should go there, the last 4 years are the best I've ever had. I wouldn't have changed a thing!
Aug 31 2010 4:20PM
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Reed.
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When I went to NMU, a lot of Tech kids came to MQT every chance they could to party with our girls, and ski marquette mountain. There also wasnt any hate between the colleges?

I live in Colorado now, but would love to move back to Marquette. It's honestly a great place to go to school. I've always aid if I wont he lottery I'd spend my winters out here and summers in Marquette, best summer town I;ve ever been to.
Sep 1 2010 12:35AM
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meeesh
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Amen.

I get to go back for a week this month and its already breaking my heart thinking of leaving... and I'm not even there yet.

Sep 4 2010 4:37PM
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soulskier
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woah, just passing through here and i think the waffle fries at vangos are reason enough to come here
Sep 24 2010 4:36PM
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IRockLizzys
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Techfags always rip on the NMU girls yet they always magically show up on the weekends to hit on them. You see, girls at Tech are like parking spots, all the good ones are taken and the rest are handicapped.
Sep 29 2010 2:13PM
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meeesh
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I just visited. My liver hurts and my voice is gone. This town is really where its at... I missed the surf though for a wedding :( the ONLY downfall in my trip. Oh and for the girls, I forgot how many hot men are around this town as well...
Sep 29 2010 4:05PM
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J.DUKE
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^ This GUY
Sep 30 2010 1:41PM
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meeesh
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haha.
Sep 30 2010 2:46PM
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jibmanji
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just got accepted to NMU stoked to come "visit" this winter
Oct 10 2010 11:39PM
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AlexC
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Don't base which school your going to completely on the location. I was first looking at Northern but they didn't offer the major I wanted to go into so I decided on Tech. I still go down to Marquette a few times during the winter to ski and then a couple more in the summer to mtn bike. So just base it off what you want to major in. I will admit that if you want to party, northern is the place to be. Tech is more of a drinking school than a party school. Also don't listen to shagglesiam because someone obviously pissed in his cherrios.
Oct 11 2010 7:35PM
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dhoiska
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I'm a local been here most of my life, been to both MTU and NMU. Both schools are good depending on your major. What major you thinkin? Skiing is awesome and I'm always skiing between classes and last year if you got out for first chair you would get first tracks in the park daily. Come here!
Oct 12 2010 8:45PM
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armadaman09
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woah, just passing through here and i think the waffle fries at vangos are reason enough to come here.-SoulSkier

Now that is what I am talking about, hahahahaaha. I looooooooooovvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvveeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee Vangos, you should also try their Chicken/Beef Nachos. They are to die for and delic.

Oct 27 2010 10:41PM
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