I was sitting in class the other day and wondered if there were training centers for us (action / adventure sport athletes) where we could go to school and train if we wanted, if so is there scholarships available?
For some back in the day a president of NMU wanted an Olympic Training Center as pat of the campus to help educate future Olympians. His failure is that then and even now there is very little money in that stuff. These Olympians of to day hold more attention of any other athletes Kass, Powers, Mosley ….maybe….probably not. Major League Sports is a whole different animal. I am thinking of the T-Hall and the Pollards, the Tony Hawks and the Shaun Palmers. I think you catch my drift. The action / adventure sports icons, winners of the x-games and such. I want to try and make a New School Olympic Training Center. Let’s just say if we pay attention to the details and toss some perspective on the details we can make this shit happen. I want to at least make a good attempt.
The link that made the idea connection above is:
At Northern Michigan University there exists the
USOEC (United States Olympic Education Center)
I am a student at NMU pursuing an Entertainment and Sports Promotion Major.
An NMU football career that went bust helped Howard Schultz '75 figure out what he wanted to do with his life. It isn't often a school can boast being in the pages of Fortune magazine, but thanks to Howard Schults, NMU is doing just that. Schultz, and his company, Starbucks, are the cover story of the January 26, 2004, Fortune magazine. And how can Schultz tell his life story without mentioning NMU? He can't. And that's why you'll find Northern Michigan University mentioned in Fortune. Granted, the article calls NMU 'one of the coldest campuses in America', which I'm not sure is all that great for recruitment, but don't they say that no publicity is bad publicity?
I happen to be the terrain park manager at the local ski area Marquette Mountain,
Marquette Mountain If you want to see cool pictures and videos of my park check these links out.
�SOUTH PAW�a photo tribute to Marquette Mountain and its riders.
Clips
MM Crew
GSP
BigTuedays.
Winter 2000
Big Garage 5 years ago
Steve Shelby Tasty Tail 369
Yeah check out the links above you will likely catch my drift.
Dream What if……..? That Terrain Park and an
Woodwardcamp type college all made into a collaborative collection of higher education? By the way NMU currently offers
Ski Area Management
$2,264,689.00 to Northern Michigan University
$1,065,000.00 to Marquette Community Foundation
$638,500.00 to Upper Peninsula Children's Museum
$506,000.00 to Y.M.C.A. of Marquette County
$150,000.00 to Student Advocacy Center of Michigan, Inc
