MUSKEGON, MI - A native Californian is making the most of the Michigan winter by taking his favorite sport outdoors.

Nick Smith, 37, of Muskegon, mentioned to a neighbor that there should be a bowling lane in the Shandy Acres community pond last week. A few hours later, he found two lanes, along with the traditional hockey rink.

A raw video was posted on social media on Wednesday, Dec. 27, and received such good reaction - over 500,000 views so far - that Smith and some friends decided to produce a full video.

Smith, digital media manager for Brunswick, teamed up with Ryan Mouw, who also works for Brunswick, Cathy Bragg, and 730 Eddy Studios of Grand Haven to make the video that was posted on Friday, Dec. 29. It has more than 27,000 views so far.

"When 730 Eddy Studios and Mother Nature get together, we make #IceBowling happen!" Smith said in the post.

MLive posted the video on Facebook on Wednesday, Jan. 3, and it has more than 150,000 views so far.

The video includes a line from Mouw: "Yeah, real athletes don't get cold on days like this. They have some Tenacity and rise up."

Mouw was referring to the Brunswick Tenacity bowling ball, which becomes available for sale on Jan. 9.

The temperature during filming on Friday morning was about 10 degrees. Smith and the other bowlers drilled large finger holes in the balls so they could leave their gloves on.

Smith also drilled holes in the ice to add color markers for pin placement.

Smith is already planning to take ice bowling to the next level by making a bowling ball out of ice. He plans to make a short video of the making of the ball to throwing a strike on the ice lane.

No word yet on ice bowling pins.