Email Author Colin Bane

2010 Stories by Colin Bane

• USASA Rocky Mountain Snowboard Series this weekend at Copper Mountain

  published Mar 05, 2010

  Ready to live out those Dew Tour dreams and X Games fantasies and begin your Olympic odysseyr Your journey begins here: The United States Snowboard Association brings its 23rd annual Rocky Mountain Se... More >>

• Steve Fisher hosts Sims Pro-Series Snowboard Camp at Echo Mountain this weekend

  published Mar 03, 2010

  Local hero Steve Fisher's been a busy dude since we last caught up with him for our Westword cover story at the beginning of the US Snowboarding Grand Prix series: That double cork got him in the end ... More >>

• Get Wild With Dave Eggers

  published March 4, 2010

  Fifteen years ago, after picking up an issue of Might Magazine and laughing my ass off, I set off on the Herculean collector’s... More >>

• Buy Hannah Teter's Maple Blondie ice cream, get in her Sweet Cheeks panties

  published Mar 02, 2010

  The International Olympic Committee goes hard on athletes marketing products during the games, but now that it's a wrap you'll be seeing more and more of them cashing in. We think snowboarder Hannah T... More >>

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  Wax your junk tonight at Satellite Board Shop with Boulder Snowboarding Group

  published Feb 23, 2010

  After the Boulder Snowboarding Group's happy hour tonight at the Installation Shoe Gallery, head to Satellite Board Shop at 7pm for a Wax Your Junk tuning clinic, swag giveaways, and 20 percent off sa... More >>

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  Shaun White 'stomps the shit out of it' at the Olympics

  published Feb 18, 2010

  Any subsequent broadcasts of Shaun White's victory lap in the Men's Halfpipe Finals from Vancouver will assuredly be bleeped out, but anyone watching live last night heard the final instructions from ... More >>

• Copper Mountain's new pimp makes lurid play for swingers

  published Feb 18, 2010

  We predicted that POWDR Corp's recent purchase of Copper Mountain would be for the best, and if this new "swingers" campaign is any indication, then the "corporate vision" for the company's newest mou... More >>

• Dream Big at KidTopia

  published February 18, 2010

  So far so good: My seven-year-old son and five-year-old daughter seem to be sharing my lifelong love of snow sports and all things wintry, and... More >>

• The BSG loves Big Booters and it cannot lie: Snowboard big air contest this weekend at Vail

  published Feb 12, 2010

  The Boulder Snowboarding Group is singing the praises of Vail's big booters this Valentine's Day weekend, taking its BSG crew to the 20, 25, and 30-foot hits in Vail's Golden Peak Terrain Park for its... More >>

• Throw in the Snow

  published February 11, 2010

  The Pagosa Springs Nordic Club is billing its WinterFest events as “Olympics in Pagosa,” with 1K, 5K and 10K classic... More >>

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  Snow Porn: Colorado snowboarder Clair Bidez strips down with Lindsey Vonn, Hannah Teter, Lacy Schnoor for Sports Illustrated Swimsuit 2010

  published Feb 09, 2010

  We've been following Clair Bidez all season on the U.S. Snowboarding Grand Prix and Winter Dew Tour, but apparently we hadn't seen everything yet: The 22 year-old snowboarder from Minturn, Colorado is... More >>

• Rocky Mountain Underground graphic design contest: See your scribbles on skis

  published Feb 09, 2010

  Heads up, artsy types: Rocky Mountain Underground is running a contest to design the top sheet for the Guyot backcountry skis in its 2011/2012 line. Winner gets a pair of the skis, serious bragging ri... More >>

• Ridin' with Biden: On the slopes at Beaver Creek with the Vice President

  published Feb 08, 2010

  Okay, so, I never did actually see Joe Biden on the slopes, even though the Vice President's family was allegedly rolling 14 deep and their ski vacation at Beaver Creek happened to coincide with the r... More >>

• Summit County represent: JJ Thomas, Simon Dumont win big at Winter Dew Tour's Toyota Championships

  published Feb 08, 2010

  Breckenridge team rider JJ Thomas beat out Brennan Swanson and Steve Fisher to win the Men's Snowboard Superpipe Finals at the Toyota Championships this weekend at Mount Snow.With a McTwist, a 1080, a... More >>

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  Breck local Bobby Brown wins Dew Tour Freeski Slopestyle at Mount Snow

  published Feb 05, 2010

  Bobby Brown won the Freeski Slopestyle Finals at the Toyota Challenge with a double cork 1260 in his run this morning at Mount Snow in Vermont, beating out Andreas Hatveit and Tom Wallisch for the top... More >>

• Stake a Claim at the Frisco Gold Rush

  published February 4, 2010

  Summit County's gold rush days may be long gone (and this season hasn't exactly been an epic one for the snow rush, either), but the Frisco... More >>

• Tits over tips: Pamela Anderson's PETA x NKD Snowboards collab steals the show at SIA

  published Jan 30, 2010

  The hottest product at the SIA Snow Show this yearr Pamela Anderson stopped by the Colorado Convention Center last night to unveil her new snowboard collaboration with NDK Snowboards, benefiting Pe... More >>

• Five lessons from the SIA Snow Fashion Show

  published Jan 29, 2010

  Overheard at the SIA Snow Fashion Show: "On the lookout for FYB, blue steel, and the assured unintentional comedy" - Jonny Burns, proprietor of SouthOfTheNorth.com and, ahem, FuckYeahBro.com, irrevere... More >>

• Believe it: Colorado skier/snowboarder visits are UP

  published Jan 28, 2010

  The news keeps getting better: For one thing it's actually snowing up in them thar hills this week, and for another -- economyshmonomy -- visits to Colorado ski resorts are up this year, according to ... More >>

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  Twenty-five years of snowboarding history give the edge in Breckenridge vs. Keystone supremacy battle

  published Jan 28, 2010

  On Tuesday Vail Resorts hosted a media shindig at Earl's downtown, part of the kickoff for the SIA Snow Show in town this week, and I took the opportunity to rib Keystone PR rep Katie Adamson about my... More >>

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  SIA Party Planner: Five fab Friday fiestas

  published Jan 28, 2010

  The SIA Snow Show's in town this week, and we'll be helping you sort through the swag:  On Friday, start at the Fillmore for the 11th Annual TransWorld Snowboarding Rider's Poll Awards ($17). The... More >>

• Snowboarding gold medalist Ross Rebagliati torches up, passes joint in Olympic torch relay

  published Jan 27, 2010

  What's the one thing most people remember about the introduction of snowboarding to the Winter Olympics twelve years ago in Nagano, JapanrReefer madness.To the delight of sports page headline writers ... More >>

• The economy's on ice and snow sports have skidded off the rails, but Never Summer is riding high

  published January 28, 2010

  Tim Canaday keeps an old wooden snowboard in his office at the Never Summer Industries factory as a reminder. The board, fit for a history... More >>

• 'Welcome to Fabulous Denver': Best press release of the SIA Snow Show

  published Jan 27, 2010

  This week we'll be reporting from the SIA Snow Show at the Colorado Convention Center, January 28-31. It's the first time the annual SnowSports Industries America trade show is in Denver, kicking off... More >>

• Let It Snow

  published January 28, 2010

  If you’ve ever gone to Buttermilk for the Winter X Games, you probably ended up watching them on the JumboTron like everybody else,... More >>