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2012 Stories by Colin Bane

• Mountainfilm in Telluride announces 2012 Moving Mountains Symposium roster

  published Mar 28, 2012

  Population is the theme of this year's Moving Mountains Symposium on Friday, May 25, kicking off the 34th annual Mountainfilm in Telluride film festival, which runs through May 28 over Memorial Day We... More >>

• Colorado Mountain Club brings Mountain Fest to American Mountaineering Center

  published Mar 23, 2012

  "This year the Colorado Mountain Club is celebrating its hundredth anniversary, and it's also a big anniversary -- the tenth -- for our annual Mountain Fest outdoor education event," says CMC spokeswo... More >>

• Snap Shots

  published March 8, 2012

  "Photography is the most immediate medium for making an artistic statement," says Terri Bell, founder of the tbellphotographic studio & gallery.... More >>

• Vail celebrates 30th anniversary of Korbel American Ski Classic celebrity event

  published Mar 22, 2012

  The Vail Valley Foundation's 2012 Korbel American Ski Classic gets underway today at 4:30 p.m. with the Volvo Legends of Skiing Giant Slalom competition on Vail's Golden Peak, followed by a free conce... More >>

• Go Old-School at Eldora

  published March 15, 2012

  "Retro Day has really become a tradition here, and everybody loves to break out their best back-in-the-day costumes to celebrate spring,"... More >>

• Colorado skaters Windsor James, David Reyes close out Mystery Skateboards' video series

  published Mar 21, 2012

  Windsor James and David Reyes, two local skaters on the 303 Boards shop team, are blowing up big this month with the release of the final segment of Mystery Skateboards' Color Theory video series. Jam... More >>

• Origin Snowboards caters to Colorado's youngest groms

  published Mar 19, 2012

  I've written about almost all of Colorado's homegrown snowboard companies over the last year or so, but Highlands Ranch-based Origin Snowboards wasn't even on my radar until earlier this month when my... More >>

• Take a Powder

  published March 8, 2012

  After eight years of revving up snowmobile charity events around the country, Michigan-based nonprofit Pink Ribbon Riders is bringing its first... More >>

• Mr. President, meet Amanda Jamitinya: Roller derby champs want White House welcome

  published Mar 12, 2012

  Seven of Colorado's most colorful sports personalities could be headed for the White House if representatives of Team USA Roller Derby -- the 2011 Roller Derby World Cup champions -- get their way. Ov... More >>

• The Incredible Lightness

  published March 1, 2012

  Local light artist Collin Parson has been stepping into the limelight with hip-to-be-square works like his recent "Square Variations," featuring... More >>

• Dane Tudor, Rachael Burks win Red Bull Cold Rush at Silverton Mountain

  published Mar 08, 2012

  This week we've been following the Red Bull Cold Rush at Silverton Mountain from afar, and today we have the results in after the athletes voted last night in the peer-judged competition.Dane Tudor ca... More >>

• Red Bull Cold Rush concludes at Silverton Mountain; Cliff Day competition canceled

  published Mar 07, 2012

  Set your DVR to record the Red Bull Signature Series on March 24 at 11 a.m. MST, when NBC will air footage from the Red Bull Cold Rush freeskiing competition. The event concluded yesterday at Silverto... More >>

• Freeskiing competition continues despite an avalanche at Silverton Mountain

  published Mar 06, 2012

  Skiers competing at the Red Bull Cold Rush this week at Silverton Mountain got their first reminder of just how hardcore the venue is yesterday when an early morning avalanche wiped out a third of the... More >>

• Moving Mountains

  published February 23, 2012

  The Banff Mountain Film Festival in Canada is an annual tribute to mountain culture, the mountain environment, and mountain sports and adventure,... More >>

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  Terri Bell, Mark Sink present Chance: A Photography Show

  published Mar 02, 2012

  Tonight, photographer Terri Bell opens her tbellphotographic studio & gallery up to a group of seventeen Colorado artists she met, quite by chance, after issuing an open call and inviting Mark Sink to... More >>

• Colorado skaters, filmmakers, skateshops put their heads together for Malfunction

  published Feb 27, 2012

  Collaboration is the new competition, and eight of Colorado's coolest local skate shops and skateboard brands are banding together in an unprecedented partnership to release Malfunction, a new video f... More >>

• Fort Collins' Launch: Community Through Skateboarding hosts Create A Skate workshop

  published Feb 23, 2012

  If you -- or your kid -- have been dreaming of making your own custom skateboard decks, don't miss this week's three-day Build Your Own Skateboard Workshop at Art Lab Fort Collins, 239 Linden Street, ... More >>

• Andrew Skurka unpacks The Ultimate Hiker's Gear Guide

  published Feb 22, 2012

  The greatest adventures are always more about the journey than the destination, but that truism can be easy to forget when you can't wait to get that heavy pack off your back. If the actual hiking isn... More >>

• Woodward at Copper hosts $5 skateboarding clinic with skate legend Andy MacDonald

  published Feb 17, 2012

  If you still have decent legs under you after hitting the slopes this weekend, stop by the Barn at Woodward at Copper on Sunday at 5 p.m. to get a session in with pro skateboarder Andy MacDonald. The ... More >>

• Sock It To 'Em

  published February 9, 2012

  If you've been known to wear sandals with socks in the winter, this one's for you. After a decade of hosting the Teva Mountain Games in the... More >>

• Venture Snowboards ventures into skinnier snow boards

  published Feb 15, 2012

  In January we reported on a handful of homegrown Colorado ski companies making handcrafted and custom skis that stand up to or surpass anything else on the market. If we'd waited a few weeks, we could... More >>

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  Do Ask, Do Tell: Telluride Gay Ski Week reaches out to active military service members

  published Feb 14, 2012

  "This is the first Telluride Gay Ski since the defeat of the marginalizing 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' policy for our LGBTQ U.S. military service members," says Reichen Lehmkuhl, celebrity host of Telluri... More >>

• BMX star Chad Kagy wins Best Trick Bike at new Winter Teva Mountain Games event

  published Feb 13, 2012

  The first annual Winter Teva Mountain Games went down this weekend at Vail, and some of the first video edits are already popping up. Not surprisingly, the flashiest are from the Telemark Big Air & Bi... More >>

• Paraplegic skier Josh Dueck learns Sit Ski backflip at Woodward at Copper

  published Feb 08, 2012

  Salomon Freeski TV's clip of paraplegic skier Josh Dueck hucking the first-ever Sit Ski backflip has us as stoked as any other trick we've seen filmed this season. Dueck -- formerly a competitive free... More >>

• Mountaineering legend Fred Beckey, 89, signing books tonight at Patagonia Boulder

  published Feb 06, 2012

  Fred Beckey, author of more than a dozen mountaineering guides, has made more first ascents than any other North American climber -- and possibly more than any climber anywhere. And that's not just be... More >>