The 2016 SnoBall Thank you

I want to start off by saying thank you to everyone who attended the 2016 Snoball. Its the great participants of this event who make all of the hard work and hours worth it.


To all of the sponsors who donated great items!

ICON Vehicle Dynamics- Thank you again for all of your help being the presenting sponsor. You guys make a tremendous product and give away alot at the raffles. @ICONRep

Whelen Motorsports- Thank you for the great light and helping out selling raffle tickets. Also thank you for being Heathers co-driver. @Theproperedneck

KC HiLiTES- Thank you for all of the great raffle items like always. Alot of people left happy because they won some of your great lights

Texas Motorworx- Its always great seeing you guys, thank you for the Baja Designs 60" and brackets at the raffle, also thank you for helping out and trying to get a damaged truck running again. @TEXAS MOTORWORXs


LGE & CTS Motorsports- Thank you for the swag packs, vouchers, lights, t-shirts etc @customtruckshop


WSI Offroad- Thank you for the leaf springs and side steps that where donated to the raffle. @WSI

Cactus Creek Coffee- Thank you for the 90 lbs of great coffee!!!

Bison Coolers- Thank you for the Cooler. GLRE filled up and made it a secret what was inside. There was some Whelen Motorsports lights, LGE Gift certificate and a 2017 SnoBall voucher @BisonCoolers.com

Fiberwerx- Thank you for the gift certificates for the fenders.

LVJ Motorsports- Thank you for the great switch panel. Also see below @Kmandoske

Crown Offroad- Thank you for the KC lights, switch panels etc. Also thank you for attending. @CrownOffroad @2014RubyRed

Sunset Tactical- Thank you for donating the Molle seat covers. They are great!

Freedom Motorsports- Thank you for the R1 concepts rotor gift cert. Thank you for attending. Its always great to have you. @Chris@FreedomMotorsports

Night Raptor Tactical- Thank you for donating the Pelican case and the .300 upper. @Night Raptor 1

Apollo Optics- Thank you for the vouchers! Hopefully you guys will attend next year.

G&P Motorsports- Thank you for what maybe the coolest raffle item ever. That carbon hood is a work of art. Also thank you for making the journey from Seattle.

Southeast Overland- Thank you for the soft shackles and swag.

RSI Works- For donating the shovels, beaver step, d rings etc.

Craven Speed- Thank you for the limited edition SnoBall stubby antennas

Warn Industries- Thank you for the recovery gear donated to the raffle

RPG Offroad- Thank you for attending the event and always being willing to help out. @RPG

SVC Offroad- Thank you for sending every SnoBall participant a 15% off voucher @svc

Lead Drivers-
Keith, Todd, Joe, Roger- You guys are great without you it would be one long convoy. But because of your decision making and driver skills we can break the event up into 6 more manageable groups. Thank you for guiding your group safely through the UP sometimes in white out conditions @shooterAMG @Yukon Joe

Chase drivers-
Heather, Donk, Tim/Brad, Big Red, Ted, Scott- You guys have one of the hardest jobs. Rarely does a vehicle become inoperative at the front. You guys have to do extractions, watch for hazards, communicate with other groups and so on. Its a very taxing job and you guys do it great! @Donk @svtlightning00 @bigred1097 @Scott1446

Heather, @IRONMAN, @ScrapMan- Thank you for helping out at registration and helping with the shirts

Alpha Group-
Tony, Tom, Kevin, Dustin, Joe, Nord, Jordan, Grant- You guys are great drivers. Thank you for only being in a couple of easy extractions. Hopefully we can do this again soon.

Big Blue- Thank you for making all of the jerky and donating 100% of the money brought in the the Intrepid Fallen Heroes Fund. @BigBlue

Kevin, Zack, Mike, Sam- Thank you for again swapping an IWE. Also thank you for the Squirrel Racing Hat! @BigBlueBalls

All of the Sponsors from little single owner shops to larger companies thank you very much for making the Snoball the Premier Winter Raptor Event.

If I forgot or missed you I am truly sorry.

Last but not least the State of Michigan and the Department of Natural Resources. Thank you for taking the time to talk and all of your work to make this event great.

Thank you everyone for a great SnoBall!

Jason

As always SnoBall was awesome. Even with the record number of people things went smooth.

Just next year lets hope a wedding does not snag the room from us for registration, it was hot in the hallway. lol

SilentShooter said:

As always SnoBall was awesome. Even with the record number of people things went smooth.

Just next year lets hope a wedding does not snag the room from us for registration, it was hot in the hallway. lol

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Shit, Thank you for the Tumblers they are awesome. I know I was going to forget someone.

Jason

You're welcome.... all in a days work! Lol....

I'd like to say thank you to @RaptorWifey for watching the twinkies and letting me come. I missed her this year.

Thank you to @Rico'14 for being my copilot. You brought gear we needed,filled the truck with gas at times and always helped get Night Raptor extracted when needed.

Delta group - thank for being a great group. You guys are easy to lead.
Thanks to @upscrazy8 for kicking the Bison Cooler back into the raffle so I could win it.


@bigred1097 - thanks for being a well stocked chase truck. Your wealth of knowledge was great over the weekend.

Thank you vendors. You guys donated some really awesome products.

Lastly, thank you @Kanakry, @WorldTour and Heather. You put on one hell of an event.



Yukon Joe
Delta Lead
www.runraptorrun.com

And thanks for the cool garage art


Yukon Joe
Delta Lead
www.runraptorrun.com

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SilentShooter said:

As always SnoBall was awesome. Even with the record number of people things went smooth.

Just next year lets hope a wedding does not snag the room from us for registration, it was hot in the hallway. lol

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It was hot from all the scandally clad women in the casino!

Yukon Joe
Delta Lead
www.runraptorrun.com

I wanted to make sure to thank some folks as well:

To all of the participants, thanks for helping make SnoBall IV as memorable as the first. Is it all of you and your unique personalities that make this more than just an offroading trip.

To Mother Nature. thank you again for reminding us all we’re not in charge. We can’t control you and if we try, you smack us down. Your cold was bearable, but your sheer volume of snow pushed even the most capable of trucks back on our way to MQT. Thank you for creating such an amazing place for us to 4 wheel.

To all the sponsors, thank you for your donations to help raise money for a great charity. We all love stuff, but we love helping out our Vets that need help even more.

Thank you to my Chicago crew. We always have fun together, help each other out, trade knowledge and jabs. You are the best group of folks I could have hoped for.

A big thanks to all the people I communicate with/stalk on FRF/Facebook and don’t get to see often. It was great seeing you, if even for a handshake, a hug or a sensual ass grab.

A gigantic thank you to Charlie Group. You guys did frickin’ amazing. You put up with extractions, sitting behind Alpha, a flat tire, and my ***** mouth and you took it all in stride. I am proud to say I lead the best group of people through SnoBall 2016, hands down.










Tim, thanks so much for running Chase the 1st day. Sorry you got sidelined from being under the weather. This did however allow Brad and Shauna to step up and take over the role. I can't thank you guys enough for your support and assistance. You two are a real class act and I'm sorry I didn't glowstick more than just one fig netwon!

I think my wife deserves a HUGE thank you! Thanks for supporting this thing I do, thanks for agreeing to come along, to support all the money I’ve thrown at this and for peeing outside, repeatedly. This SnoBall was awesome ‘cause I got to share it with my best friend.

And saving the best for last, a huge, triumphant, mega, massive thank you to Mark, Jason and Heather. Without your massive efforts, long hours, countless emails and weeks (months) of planning, this could not have happened. Know that your efforts are greatly appreciated. I can honestly say I am honored and privileged to have been asked to lead a group of your customers.

shooterAMG said:

I wanted to make sure to thank some folks as well:

To all of the participants, thanks for helping make SnoBall IV as memorable as the first. Is it all of you and your unique personalities that make this more than just an offroading trip.

To Mother Nature. thank you again for reminding us all we’re not in charge. We can’t control you and if we try, you smack us down. Your cold was bearable, but your sheer volume of snow pushed even the most capable of trucks back on our way to MQT. Thank you for creating such an amazing place for us to 4 wheel.

To all the sponsors, thank you for your donations to help raise money for a great charity. We all love stuff, but we love helping out our Vets that need help even more.

Thank you to my Chicago crew. We always have fun together, help each other out, trade knowledge and jabs. You are the best group of folks I could have hoped for.

A big thanks to all the people I communicate with/stalk on FRF/Facebook and don’t get to see often. It was great seeing you, if even for a handshake, a hug or a sensual ass grab.

A gigantic thank you to Charlie Group. You guys did frickin’ amazing. You put up with extractions, sitting behind Alpha, a flat tire, and my ***** mouth and you took it all in stride. I am proud to say I lead the best group of people through SnoBall 2016, hands down.

Brian, despite your following distance, I really do appreciate you as my #2. You're a voice of reason when we get into tough terrain and I feel better knowing you're back there​

Ty, thanks again for coming back to Charlie for a second year in a row. Glad to know I must be doing something right!​

Ann Lynch, glad you made it back again and kept it out of the trees!​

Jared, kudos to you for forcing a wardrobe change on Lauren!​

WG, thanks for being an awesome addition to the team. Your knowledge and experience were a wonderful addition to the group. And without fail you have the best radio in all the UP. When I couldn't hear a HT or Chase, you always came through loud and clear. Thanks so much for all your help.​

Mad props to the who TMX crew, Sam, Vanessa, Jason, Brad and Lee. You had one hell of a drive and you put up with conditions quite a bit colder than you're used to. Kudos to whoever fixed the vacuum issue we had and came up with that creative recovery technique.​

Bob, thanks for being the only one smart enough to bring a sled!​

JW, thanks for all your comment and pokes at Honey Bunny! It was great having you in the group again.​

Honey Bunny, what can I say. You have a pink Raptor with giant ears. You win, period!​

Carl and Kim, thanks for coming back doing it all over again. I love you guys and I'm so glad we had a better year at Kim's corner.​

Tim, thanks so much for running Chase the 1st day. Sorry you got sidelined from being under the weather. This did however allow Brad and Shauna to step up and take over the role. I can't thank you guys enough for your support and assistance. You two are a real class act and I'm sorry I didn't glowstick more than just one fig netwon!

I think my wife deserves a HUGE thank you! Thanks for supporting this thing I do, thanks for agreeing to come along, to support all the money I’ve thrown at this and for peeing outside, repeatedly. This SnoBall was awesome ‘cause I got to share it with my best friend.

And saving the best for last, a huge, triumphant, mega, massive thank you to Mark, Jason and Heather. Without your massive efforts, long hours, countless emails and weeks (months) of planning, this could not have happened. Know that your efforts are greatly appreciated. I can honestly say I am honored and privileged to have been asked to lead a group of your customers.

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Thanks Todd I had a great time and everyone in Charlie was great! This group worked well together and the radio chatter was really entertaining. I am already planing next year and hope to run with youall again. W.G.

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edit: I like to thank every one that offered me a ride but forgot me thanks'

A big thank you goes out to @FarFromStock for being an awesome co-driver. Handling everything so I wouldn't have to and being leveled headed enough with just the right sense of humor to perfectly offset my own silliness, you helped make it a truly memorable trip!
@Yukon Joe and @bigred1097, you guys are a couple of the most prepared and knowledgable people I know.

All the rest of Delta, you were friendly, entertaining, helpful and we all got along awesome!
@Kanakry @WorldTour and Heather, once again you put together an epic event that is still my favorite.

All the vendors, the level of participation and donatio s for the raffle were outstanding!!!

All the participants. Without you there would. Be no event.

Chris@FreedomMotorsports said:

A big thank you goes out to @FarFromStock for being an awesome co-driver. Handling everything so I wouldn't have to and being leveled headed enough with just the right sense of humor to perfectly offset my own silliness, you helped make it a truly memorable trip!
@Yukon Joe and @bigred1097, you guys are a couple of the most prepared and knowledgable people I know.

All the rest of Delta, you were friendly, entertaining, helpful and we all got along awesome!
@Kanakry @WorldTour and Heather, once again you put together an epic event that is still my favorite.

All the vendors, the level of participation and donatio s for the raffle were outstanding!!!

All the participants. Without you there would. Be no event.

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So did you get your voice back yet...

and @FarFromStock did you enjoy the beautiful sounds of just the raptor engine purring along once you departed from chris..