Email Author Colin Bane

2012 Stories by Colin Bane

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  FEATURED STORY

  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 >>

• 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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  FEATURED STORY

  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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  FEATURED STORY

  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 >>

• Throwback to the Future

  published April 5, 2012

  Snowboarding has played a huge part in the fifty-year history of Breckenridge Resort, something the ski area plans to acknowledge this weekend... More >>

• Think Skateboards brings Business As Usual premieres to Broomfield and Boulder

  published Apr 11, 2012

  Broomfield's Crisis Skateboards shop is hosting the local premiere of the new Think Skateboards film Business As Usual tonight at 8 p.m., at a free screening at the shop at 6821 West 120th Avenue. Can... More >>

• Wolf Creek posts record skier attendance numbers during 2011-2012 season

  published Apr 10, 2012

  With many Colorado ski areas closing this weekend (some of them ahead of schedule) and recent headlines bemoaning this season's abysmal snowpack across the state, it's easy to lament the sad state of ... More >>

• Don't let the door hit you on the way out: Vail to begin new gondola construction April 16

  published Apr 06, 2012

  Closing day at Vail is scheduled for Sunday, April 15, and Vail Resorts will barely let the door hit this sad snow season on the ass before looking forward to next winter: The very next day, the compa... More >>

• Skier Torin Yater-Wallace milks Buttermilk's late-season terrain park for all it's worth

  published Apr 05, 2012

  Both Ski Halfpipe and Ski Slopestyle are confirmed as Olympic medal events at the Sochi Games in 2014, and it's looking increasingly likely that a Colorado local -- sixteen-year-old Aspenite Torin Yat... More >>

• Ode to the Bicycle

  published March 8, 2012

  Mary Horrocks, curator of visual art and education at the Dairy Center for the Arts in Boulder, is fascinated by the way her fellow Coloradans... More >>

• Filmmaker Anson Fogel on Colorado's stunning new tourism campaign

  published Apr 04, 2012

  This week a series of nine "Come to Life" television spots promoting Colorado tourism began airing in target markets across the country, with an emphasis on outdoor summer adventure. To get that vibe ... More >>

• Out of Bounds

  published March 29, 2012

  "How many cameras have gone to Alaska and British Columbia and places that consistently provide good skiing?" asks Boulder-based filmmaker Nick... More >>

• USASA National Championships under way at Copper Mountain

  published Apr 02, 2012

  Although this past weekend felt like the start of summer, there's still good riding to be had in Colorado -- and this week is also a prime opportunity to catch some of the country's best amateur snowb... More >>

• Skater Stories

  published March 22, 2012

  Stacy Peralta helped shape both skateboarding and pop culture, first as a '70s-era skater with the Zephyr team, and later as the man behind... More >>