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January 18-21, 2024 Are you ready for the best long weekend of the year? Whether you own a pair of Shaggy's or not, you're invited to Mount Bohemia for our fifth annual Shaggy's Family Vacation, held January 18-21, 2024. We...

"The good news is the El Nino is churning! This winter could bless some areas that have been forgotten by Mother Nature the past few years with substantial snowfall and cool temperatures."

In late March/Early April Brighton Resort and Snowbird crested their all time snowfall records and a few of the Shaggy's crew made the ski trip out to Utah to test skis in some of the deepest snowpack we've ever seen....

This Summer we had a request to make a 3lb/ski (6lb/pair) for a customer who does a fair amount of hiking with his skis in his bag, before he gets to snow to start skinning uphill. After a few conversations...

JANUARY 19-22, 2023 AT MOUNT BOHEMIA JOIN US FOR OUR SIXTH ANNUAL SHAGGY'S FAMILY VACATION AT MOUNT BOHEMIA January 19-22, 2023 Are you ready for the best long weekend of the year? Whether you own a pair of Shaggy's or...

Take a tour of Shaggy's small ski factory in Northern Michigan, USA to see how skis are made!

Date: Saturday November 12th Time: 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM Location: 100 Air Industrial Park Drive, Boyne City, MI 49712 Facebook Event: https://www.facebook.com/events/812146820129841 Come join us at the Shaggy's factory to get stoked for Winter 2023! Meet the team, tour the factory, and mingle...

If you're looking to get more adventurous with your skiing, heading off trail towards the trees is a natural progression. It's new, it's challenging, and there's always a new path and powder stash to be found! But how do you get...

Wondering what you should do with your skis for the Summer? How should you store them? Follow along as ski builder/tuner John Thompson shows you how clean up your skis after a long season and get them safely stored for...

After a great start to our ski season and a month and a half of ski demos every weekend, a few of the shop crew headed out to Big Sky, Montana for a quick ski testing trip - and even...

Shaggy's Family Vacation is a four day long trip to Mount Bohemia that we take every year with our entire staff, ambassadors, friends, customers, and anyone else who wants to join us on the snow. It's our chance to share...

On Friday, December 3rd Boyne Mountain Resort opened for the season, so our shop crew took the morning off to catch first chair and make some tracks! Follow along for invaluable ski tips/chairlift chats with your favorite ski builders!

JANUARY 20-23, 2022 AT MOUNT BOHEMIA JOIN US FOR OUR FIFTH ANNUAL SHAGGY'S FAMILY VACATION AT MOUNT BOHEMIA January 20-23, 2022 Are you ready for the best long weekend of the year? Whether you own a pair of Shaggy's or...

When you buy Shaggy’s you’re not just another customer, you become part of our family. We build lifelong connections through a sport we are all passionate about. We are Shaggy’s, custom skis proudly handcrafted in the USA Shop 2022 Skis

On this episode of the Shaggy's VLOG we build a surprise special copper infused custom pair of Ahmeek 105s for ski builder/co-owner John with a few unexpected additions. Shari (John's wife) asks to embed a few extra parts into the...

As you are probably aware, the world as a whole is experiencing major supply chain disruptions, and we are certainly not immune to these issues at Shaggy’s. For the last year and a half, we’ve been able to keep up...

Join us for our first open house at the Shaggy's Ski Factory 4.0! Date: Saturday August 7th Time: 2:00 - 5:30 PM Location: 100 Air Industrial Park Drive, Boyne City, MI 49712 Facebook Event: https://www.facebook.com/events/492765621076664/ Come join us at the Shaggy's factory...

Take a tour of our almost complete ski factory 4.0! In October 2020, we made the move into a larger (8000 sq-ft) facility to house our small ski factory. Since COVID, we've been closed to visitors, so we are extremely...

Shaggy's Family Vacation at Mount Bohemia was, to say the least, very different this season. But, with the last 14-ish months being some of the most unique in history, we assumed ahead of time that the fourth annual event would...

Skiing is all about getting on the snow and making laps with friends! The slow start to winter this year forced us to postpone Shaggy's Family Vacation at Mount Bohemia to March 11-14. So what do you do when life...

Built by Skiers: it's not just a marketing slogan, it's about who actually builds your skis. Every pair of Shaggy's Skis is built by hand, in our own factory, right here in Northern Michigan. From the initial design, to wood...