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A Winter Rush: Check out the Annual Midwest Snowkite Jam

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Novak will welcome registered riders on Friday, Jan. 31, with a party to kick off a weekend of snowkiting goodness. The tentative plan (weather dependent) for Saturday, Feb. 1, is to set up on Lake Mitchell by mid-morning, with freeriding the rest of the day. It’s a chance for experienced riders to celebrate the sport, and for new riders to safely get into snowkiting. Spectators often bring chairs, coolers and fire pits for the show, and Novak noted that the Lake Mitchell parking lot should be plowed for easy access.

You might be wondering … why Lake Mitchell? Novak says the jam started about a decade ago with a group of guys who just wanted to get together, demo new gear and, of course, snowkite. The event officially began in 2014 on Traverse City’s East Bay, but moved to Lake Leelanau due to the inconsistency of the bay freezing over. In 2022 they pivoted to Cadillac, and they’ve been there ever since. “We were overwhelmed by the support of the Cadillac Visitors Bureau and the community,” Novak says.