WEDNESDAY / 07.23.25 THE WHITEBOARD RIP Ozzy. My skis began to drip as the snow slowly melted. Standing upright, they were basking in the Michigan sunshine adjacent to a battered, unmarked road deep in the Keweenaw Peninsula. I had just skied roughly 800 vertical feet of perfect, spring corn moguls and slush through Mount Bohemia’s ‘Extreme Backcountry’ zone, but I made a wrong turn and ended up at the road instead of the lift. No worries. Mount Bohemia runs a free shuttle that ferries skiers from the road back to the base area. Exhausted, I slumped down into an empty seat on the packed, but quiet shuttle. Just as I thought about stealing a few moments on my phone, or a quick snooze, the shuttle driver cranked up the radio. An unmistakable guitar, bass, drum, and siren began to blast from the speakers. About 50 seconds into the track, the music cuts out. *Tisk, tisk, tisk, tisk,* The cymbal rings. It’s interrupted by a brief, repeated guitar riff. “Generals gathered in their masses, Just like witches at Black Masses…” Ozzy Osbourne’s iconic voice electrified the shuttle. I looked around, and the once mundane crowd of strangers was head-banging in unison. “As the war machine keeps turning. Death and hatred to mankind. Poisoning their brainwashed minds. Oh, Lord, yeah!”The shuttle had stopped, door open, ready for us to disembark, but nobody got off. Head-banging, air-guitaring, and acting like fools, we rocked the shuttle for nearly the whole song. Thank you for this moment, and so many more, Ozzy. RIP. - Matt Lorelli Senior Editor, POWDER
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