Email Author Colin Bane

2012 Stories by Colin Bane

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  Colorado filmmakers to watch for at Mountainfilm in Telluride this weekend

  published May 25, 2012

  Mountainfilm in Telluride is celebrating its 34th anniversary this weekend, through May 28, and we're duly impressed by the the list of Colorado-based filmmakers in the mix. Here's a preview: Telluri... More >>

• All the Young Punks

  published May 17, 2012

  The crosstown roller-derby rivalry between the Denver Roller Dolls and the Rocky Mountain Rollergirls comes to a head tonight at the... More >>

• Woodward at Copper guarantees snow for summer camp, adds mountain bike camps

  published May 22, 2012

  Not ready to let go of the ski/snowboard dream and put that crummy snow season behind you, even weeks after all the resorts have closedr Neither are the coaches at Woodward at Copper, where they're ge... More >>

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  Derby Baby documentary to screen at Denver FilmCenter June 16

  published May 21, 2012

  Derby Baby: A Story of Love, Addiction and Rink Rash, the long-awaited roller derby documentary from Denver-based filmmakers Robin Bond and Dave Wruck, will get its local premiere on June 16 at the De... More >>

• Mile High Club vs. 5280 Fight Club: The crosstown roller derby rivalry heats up

  published May 18, 2012

  Although the Denver Roller Dolls and Rocky Mountain Rollergirls are often billed as crosstown rivals, their traveling all-star teams hardly ever skate against each other: The last time DRD's Mile Club... More >>

• Something's in the Air

  published May 10, 2012

  "Let's be honest: the aerial acrobatic arts do have a certain sex appeal," says Lynn Coleman, owner of the Denver-based Aerial Fabric Acrobatics... More >>

• Crisis Skateboards shop team drops crisis-filled video trailer

  published May 16, 2012

  Young filmmaker Blaine Davies's new trailer for the 2012 Crisis Skateboards team video nails the perfect mix of what everyone wants to see in a proper skate vid: It's a combination of equal parts mind... More >>

• Let the mud-slinging begin: Mountain bike season gets an early start

  published May 14, 2012

  The month of May, as any mountain biker can tell you, is mud season. Just three weeks ago skiers and snowboarders were still making decent turns at Breckenridge as the ski area closed out its fiftieth... More >>

• Back on the Chain Gang

  published May 3, 2012

  If a winter without cycling has made you stir-crazy, the end is in sight: Boulder County's BoCo Loco Bike Bash is the perfect tune-up for... More >>

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  Make Your Own Legends: Apply now for a 2012 Jonny Copp Award grant

  published May 08, 2012

  Jonny Copp's credo for the Adventure Film Festival he founded in Boulder was "Make Your Own Legends," and while the climber/artist/musician/writer/adventurer made many legends of his own before his de... More >>

• Dark Days

  published April 26, 2012

  "When I first started writing, I remember there was an ideal intended reader in my mind: Myself as a young boy, wanting to read an adventure story... More >>

• Last ski area standing: Arapahoe Basin announces early May 6 closure, last hurrah

  published May 02, 2012

  "We made a very tough decision today," reported Arapahoe Basin CEO Alan Henceroth in a dispatch sent out on yesterday. "Arapahoe Basin will close for the season Sunday, May 6. With the light snowfall... More >>

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  Novelist Paolo Bacigalupi brings The Drowned Cities to Tattered Cover and Boulder Bookstore

  published May 01, 2012

  After racking up awards -- Nebula and Hugo honors for Best Novel -- for his debut novel The Windup Girl in 2009, Paulo Bacigalupi followed up with Ship Breaker, set in an equally dismal, dystopian fut... More >>

• Of Souls+Water: Forge Motion Pictures premieres Skip Armstrong's Nomad

  published Apr 30, 2012

  Over the weekend, director Skip Armstrong and the Carbondale-based Forge Motion Pictures crew premiered Nomad and The Mother at the 5Point Film Festival in Carbondale. The films are the first in a pla... More >>

• The 500-mile Colorado Trail from Denver to Durango: Even a kid can complete it

  published Apr 26, 2012

  Hiking the 500-mile Colorado Trail from Denver to Durango is one of the most epic -- and scenic -- adventures in the state, and it's a more accessible bucket-list goal than you might think: Last year ... More >>

• GuerillaGarden Goes Big

  published April 19, 2012

  Street-style artists Jolt and Quentin "Omni" Rice will show off a series of large-scale "abstract-expressionist-meets-graffiti-futurism" pieces... More >>

• Royal Stain hits up Arvada Skate Park, a Best of Denver 2012 winner -- with David Reyes

  published Apr 24, 2012

  The new Arvada Skate Park took Best of Denver 2012 Best Skate Park honors last month, and the more time we spend there, the more we love it. This edit from local filmmaker Tristan Minton, of Royal Sta... More >>

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  Derby Baby directors turn to Kickstarter for roller derby documentary distribution

  published Apr 23, 2012

  Denver-based filmmakers Robin Bond and David Wruck premiered their roller derby documentary Derby Baby on March 31 at the Atlanta Film Festival and screened it earlier this month at the Sonoma Interna... More >>

• Snowboard Colorado presents 2013 Demo Day at Loveland Ski Area

  published Apr 20, 2012

  On Saturday Snowboard Colorado and Loveland Ski Area will co-host a demo-day event featuring next season's gear from at least sixteen different brands, including boards from Colorado companies Never S... More >>

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  Photographer Cory Richards wins American Alpine Club's 2012 Rowell Award

  published Apr 19, 2012

  The American Alpine Club announced this week that Boulder-based photographer Cory Richards has won its 2012 Rowell Award for the Art of Adventure. The $15,000 award, which will be officially presented... More >>

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  Ready for the Mile High Clubr The Denver Roller Dolls date auction is live now

  published Apr 18, 2012

  Attention, would-be skater daters: The Denver Roller Dolls' Mile High Club all-star roller derby team is putting its "Real men play with Dolls" slogan on the line this week with a "help us kick butt a... More >>

• USA Pro Cycling Challenge unveils 2012 posters

  published Apr 17, 2012

  USA Pro Cycling Challenge organizers revealed the winning design in a national poster competition yesterday, by Montrose-based artist Leanna Johnson, and this morning gave us a first look at the winni... More >>

• Colorado skateboard film crews hit the streets with new spring edits

  published Apr 16, 2012

  Some of our favorite local skate crews have been busy this month, dropping Spring video clips that will have you ready to take to the streets. First up... Ben Ericson and Tristan Minton's 2012 Sprin... More >>

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  It's a circus out there: Frequent Flyers brings Cirque de Minuet to The Dairy

  published Apr 13, 2012

  Getting a dance show off the ground in this economy can be a real circus, a delicate dance requiring high-flying financial acrobatics. Nancy Smith, the founder and artistic director of Frequent Flyers... More >>

• Get Wet at Keystone

  published April 5, 2012

  Spring sprung awfully early in the high country this year, but for the Keystone Slush Cup, that's actually a good thing. "The Slush Cup is... More >>