Mike Basich Wife Rose Basich Is Raising Two Boys In Sierra Nevada Mountains

Mike Basich wife Rose Basich is an opera singer living in the mountains of Sierra Nevada. Mike and Rose share two children named Nova and Shilo.

Mike and Rose have known each other for more than four decades. The pair go well back to when they were kids. Now the couple is looking to start a new life in the snowy mountains of Sierra Nevada, where Mike has built a beautiful cabin on 84 acres of land in an area to which he has given the code name 241.

Basich chose to live in the mountains despite having a net worth of 100 thousand dollars. He had earned the sum from his snowboarding career.

The snowboarding legend and his family recently featured in Ben Fogle’s show, New Lives in the Wild, which aired last night on January 3, 2023, on Channel 5.

The couple has had its fair share of battles that they had to face together. In 2020, the Basich family had their warehouse and farm engulfed in flames. The warehouse remodeling is going on, and that is where Rose and their two kids live.

After giving up on his snowboarding career at 27, Basich chose to ride out the rest of his life as a portrait photographer. Currently, at 51, Basich and his family hope to permanently shift to the mountains, where the snowboarder has built an airlift.

Mike Basich Wife Rose

Mike Basich snowboarder wife Rose Basich is a trained opera singer and mother of his two boys. 

In Ben Folge’s show, Rose can be seen putting her high notes to the test as she sang from the top of the snowy mountains utilising the landscape to her advantage. 

Mike and Rose with their children were interviewed by Channel 5 reporter Ben Fogle for his show New Lives in the Wild
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The snowboarder and his better half Rose were neighbours growing up together in Sacramento, California. Rose was about four years old when she first met Mike. The second time they met was in a snowy cabin. What an irony.

During his heyday, Mike Basich would make $150,000 per year and had an easy life going for him, but in the last 20 years, he substituted all of it for more of a peaceful life on top of the Sierra Nevada Mountains.

Though Mike loves spending time in the snowy caps, he needs to come back to civilisation now and then as his two sons and Rose live 80kms in the city in a warehouse, which they converted in 2020 after their homestead caught on fire. 

Mike shared a tribute post for his better half on the occasion of Valentines Day 2021
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Whilst talking to Ben Folge in their kitchen at their temporary house, Rose described her husband as a very upbeat person and someone ready for challenges. Many who probably would’ve been in Mike’s shoes would have given up after the fire, but the snowboarder has continued to remodel his workshop from the scratch. 

When Folge asks Rose if she feels scared for Mike when he is in the snowy mountains, the opera singer replies, “So much to worry about, so I just give up.” Seeing two back-to-back fires engulfing their homes was tough not only for Mike but for Rose as well. 

The cabin which Basich designed himself and made with the help of his family and friends on top of Sierra Nevada Mountains
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The California natives remain hopeful that one day, they can permanently call the cabin in the mountains their home and move in with their two young boys. The snowboarder is working on renovating his warehouse.

He had hoped that the farm, which got caught on fire three months after his warehouse was engulfed in flame0,s would be where his kids would stay until they were three to four years old. Nevertheless, one can only admire the snowboarder and his family for staying strong though they faced great losses. 

Mike Basich Children

Mike Basich shares two children both boys with his partner Rose Basich. 

Mike’s kids, Nova and Shylo, are raised in the town but visit their father and spend quality time in the mountains with their mother, Rose.

The two young boys, at their age, find the whole ordeal cool but only time will tell whether they can adjust to snowy life.

Nova Basich 

Basich older son, Nova Basich pictured when he was two in front of a snow plow
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Nova Basich was born on December 2018 and is the firstborn of Mike and Rose. Nova’s age is four years old.

An energetic and interactive kid, Nova welcomed Ben to their warehouse with great enthusiasm. The four-year-old even gave the reporter a quick tour of their house.

Later, little Nova showed his musical talent to the reporter and his family as they looked at him with awe as he played the drums. He might have inherited those musical genes from his mom. 

In 2019, Mike shared a photo of him putting his son in the front seat of their new dump truck. It might be oversized for him now, but Nova will undoubtedly make great use of it in the future. 

Shilo Basich 

Mike with his younger son Shilo Basich seen lifting him in the air on March 9, 2022
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Shilo Basich, age 2, was born in July 2021.

The former athlete shared the news of his second son’s birth with his followers on July 25, 2021. He posted the photo of him lifting newly born Shilo in the air as the father-son duo enjoyed leisure time near a river. 

Unlike his older brother, Shilo seemed to shy away from the camera and was seen trying to play the piano while sitting on his father’s lap. In the ending scenes, when all four of them are in the mountains, Mike can be seen teaching young Shilo how to snowboard. 

There’s no doubt that Shilo will pick few snowboarding skills quite quickly with a talented man like Mike to guide him in his formative years.  

Mike Basich Family Life

Mike Basich family are California natives having raised the snowboarder in the Golden State. 

Mike’s mother Donna Basich was a kindergarten school teacher and the one who helped him the most to build his dream house in the mountains of Sierra Nevada. It was his mother who introduced him to snowboarding at a young age.

Mike shared the photo of his mother on the occasion of Mother's Day in 2020
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Donna would bring tools, and one day she brought a snowboard and told Mike that he must check it out and then began the love affair with the sport that he helped pioneer. On Mother’s Day in 2020, Mike shared a sweet tribute for his mother, Donna.

Right after sharing the post, the comment section was filled by Donna’s students, who called her the best kindergarten teacher one could ask for and left many other sweet messages for the lovely lady. 

Basich pictured with his sister Tina Basich Haller as he posts tribute for her on the occasion of her birthday
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Mike grew up alongside his sister Tina Basich who has the same passion for snowboarding as him.

Tina is an artist and had previously conducted art shows where she showcased the paintings she had made on the snowboards. 

In 2021, Mike posted a sweet message for his sister, Tina, as he talked about their younger days and how she helped him when he used to suffer from epilepsy and even when he suffered a devastating loss due to fire, she was the first one to arrive with help in a couple of minutes. 

Mike Basich pictured with his two kids snowboarding Sierra Nevada on June 5, 2022
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Mike certainly needed someone understanding enough to let him pursue his passion for living in the snowy caps and also someone willing to start a family. And the snowboarder couldn’t have asked for a much better partner than Rose.

The two are now parents to a couple of young boys and are certain that one day they can transform their small cabin into a big mansion where they can live happily with the kids. Rose considers letting go to be an important part of life, and with what happened with them, they certainly had to let go of all that grief to move forward in life.

The couple said to Ben they were looking to shift to the cabin in a couple of years when their sons can find their mountain feet. It might sound almost impossible to live in a remote area like the one where Mike has built the cabin, but the former athlete is ready to pioneer an alternate living. 

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