296 West Webster Avenue
Muskegon, MI 49440
USA
5:30 pm Reception | 7:00 pm Lecture by Nathan Morse and Joshua Skiles
The MMA celebrates the 50th anniversary of one of Muskegon’s great inventions with the exhibition Freestyle: The Art of Snowboards, featuring Marhar Snowboards—Michigan’s premier snowboard manufacturer. Marhar’s Nathan Morse and Joshua Skiles first took on the snowboard industry in 2008, building prototypes from the basement of their Muskegon rental home, in the town where modern snowboarding began with Sherman Poppen’s invention of the Snurfer. Today, Morse and Stiles work out of their Grandville factory and are proud of their American-made product, creating snowboards they describe as having “insane flex, control, and pop.” Morse, who graduated from the University of Notre Dame, is Marhar’s CEO, head designer, and marketing director. Skiles, a Grand Valley State University grad, is the company’s managing director.
Marhar has been called “the little brand that could,” succeeding “through true do-it-yourself attitude and undying willpower.” From design to ready-to-ride finish, Morse and Skiles engineer and fabricate all their own wood cores, shapes, and graphics, while introducing a unique take on technology into an ever-evolving snowboard market. Freestyle features more than 20 snowboards with eye-popping graphic designs that demonstrate the creative inspiration and skill that make these West Michigan boards a true art form.
