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2011 Stories by Colin Bane

• Colorado Creative director unveils new Luis Contreras mural tonight in Five Points

  published Oct 25, 2011

  Maia Stone, executive director of Colorado Creative and founder of the Giving T.A.B.L.E. (Teen Arts & Business Leadership Experience) program, wants to see new opportunities for young artists in Fiv... More >>

• Bamboo Bike Studio brings its DIY bike frame workshops to Denver, Boulder next month

  published Oct 24, 2011

  If building a custom bike frame is on your DIY to-do list, you'll be able to cross it off next month. The Bamboo Bike Studio, with locations in Brooklyn and San Francisco, is taking its popular bike-b... More >>

• This Weekend in Stoke: Make the '80s Ski Party last all weekend

  published Oct 21, 2011

  Come out of the closet, gapers! Hot pink and electric blue ski and snowboard gear from the 1980s lives forever thanks to events like tonight's 8th annual 80s Ski Party at Mile High Station, 2027 West ... More >>

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  What would Jesus dor He'd go snowboarding in Colorado!

  published Oct 20, 2011

  When the Son of God books his Second Coming tour, members of the Denver chapter of Snowboarders and Skiers for Christ like to think he'll head to Colorado for some sliding on frozen water. He'd certa... More >>

• Run Yourself Rugged

  published October 13, 2011

  “This race is much more than just running around and splashing through some mud,” says Brad Scudder, the man behind the Rugged Maniac... More >>

• Bike porn! Heather Irmiger wins mountain bike gold at 2011 Pan American Games

  published Oct 19, 2011

  We recently noticed an uptick in traffic to our December 2010 post about the 2011 Cyclepassion calendar, featuring Boulder's Heather Irmiger wearing considerably less than she'd typically wear on her ... More >>

• Colorado ski areas dominate Ski Magazine's 2011-2012 resort rankings

  published Oct 18, 2011

  Eleven of the twenty resorts profiled in Ski Magazine's reader's choice list of the top twenty ski resorts in the Western Unied States this year are from Colorado, including six of the top ten. And wh... More >>

• Opening day awesomeness at Wolf Creek, Arapahoe Basin, Loveland Ski Area

  published Oct 17, 2011

  The season of winter stoke is upon us: Wolf Creek, Arapahoe Basin, and Loveland Ski Area were all open over the weekend and, this being the 21st century, we found some sweet video coverage -- includin... More >>

• Goodwill has the neon stretch pants you need for the 80s Ski Party

  published Oct 14, 2011

  The party so bright you've gotta wear shades! Don't be caught with your bib-pants down when the EPIC Foundation's eighth annual 80s Ski Party rolls into town next week: This year every Goodwill store ... More >>

• Like a Rolling Stone

  published October 6, 2011

  “Who wouldn’t want to be entertained and encouraged and distracted while running 13.1 or 26.2 miles?” asks Ron Bostwick,... More >>

• Loveland Ski Area opens Friday, the latest in a string of early-season openings

  published Oct 13, 2011

  The 2011/2012 ski season is officially upon us: Arapahoe Basin opened this morning and Loveland is opening tomorrow. Each will be open daily until well into the Spring skiing season."The race to open ... More >>

• A-Basin opens tomorrow, October 13, for the 2011/2012 ski season

  published Oct 12, 2011

  This morning, Arapahoe Basin announced it will open tomorrow, October 13, at 9 a.m., for the season. The ski area is reporting an eighteen-inch base after a week of snowmaking and several inches of na... More >>

• Was the IFSC World Cup Lead Climbing competition an Olympic sneak peekr

  published Oct 11, 2011

  Austrian climbers dominated both the men's and women's competition this past weekend, before a sold-out crowd at Movement Climbing + Fitness in Boulder for the 2011 International Federation of Sport C... More >>

• Lights, Camera, Lots of Action!

  published October 6, 2011

  The world-famous Banff Mountain Film Festival in Canada’s Banff National Park begins on October 29 and is well worth the cost of a plane... More >>

• Wolf Creek had a record opening day, and the snow is still falling

  published Oct 10, 2011

  Intrepid explorers who chased the storm out to Wolf Creek Ski Area for the first lift-served Colorado shred of the season were rewarded handsomely: In addition to the 36-inch dump we reported on Frida... More >>

• T. rex, O.G.

  published September 29, 2011

  Dinosaur paleobiologist Dr. Philip J. Currie has news for you in case the terrifying Tyrannosaurus rex fossils at the Denver Museum of Nature &... More >>

• Powder day! Wolf Creek Ski Area opens tomorrow with 36 inches of new snow

  published Oct 07, 2011

  "It would be sad to see this much snow not being skied on at a ski area," says Elesha Goad, ticket office supervisor at Wolf Creek Ski Area, where they're opening this weekend to take advantage of the... More >>

• True Colors

  published September 22, 2011

  What’s the first step to improving the quality of your photographs? Head to Telluride amid the explosion of fall colors this week and start... More >>

• Be a Lumberjack and Be Okay

  published September 29, 2011

  "What we’re shooting for is to give people a reason to get up here in the fall and pretend to be lumberjacks,” says Adam Williams,... More >>

• Battery 621 celebrates The Launch of Winter and The Business of Fun

  published Oct 06, 2011

  "Your job should be something you're pumped on," says Preston Strout, co-owner of the High Cascade Snowboard Camp. He's the guest moderator at The Business of Fun, a free event starting at 6 p.m. toni... More >>

• Snow Porn: Think Thank and Pirate Movie Productions bring it tonight at Casselman's

  published Oct 06, 2011

  Tonight's October Snowboard Colorado Magazine release party at Casselman's Bar & Venue ($10) features the "official" North American premiere of Bottom Line, from the Austrian crew at Pirate Movie Prod... More >>

• Dash Your Brains Out

  published September 29, 2011

  The month-long lurch towards Halloween begins on Saturday with the Zombie Dash, an urban race that provides a perfect training ground for... More >>

• Flylow Gear wins first annual Something Independent Snowsport Entrepreneur Award

  published Oct 05, 2011

  Flylow, a Denver-based gear company specializing in skiing outerwear and accessories, won the first-annual Something Independent Snowsport Entrepreneur Award last night, presented at the Sypder Showro... More >>

• Snow Porn: Poor Boyz Productions brings The Grand Bizarre to Boulder Theater

  published Oct 04, 2011

  Poor Boyz Productions' 2011 ski epic The Grand Bizarre got its Colorado premiere over the weekend in Aspen at The Meeting ski and snowboard film festival; it comes to the Boulder Theater, 2032 14th St... More >>

• In Colorado, it's boarding season all year long

  published Oct 03, 2011

  We've been getting ahead of ourselves with all the recent snowboard video premieres going down -- and opening day still at least a month away at most Colorado resorts -- but some of our favorite local... More >>