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2012 Stories by Colin Bane

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  FEATURED STORY

  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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  FEATURED STORY

  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 >>

• This Weekend in Stoke: Make the most of Denver's dump

  published Feb 03, 2012

  To make the most of your snow day today, believe it or not, you're going to want to stay fairly close to home: Denver got more snow than most of the ski areas, and you might find more powder at your l... More >>

• X Rated

  published January 26, 2012

  Aspen is X-rated this weekend. "If you've only seen the Winter X Games on TV, you're missing an incredible opportunity to see some of the... More >>

• Something Independent's Art of Winter auction closes this weekend

  published Feb 02, 2012

  If you'll be sad to see the Art of Winter exhibit downtown conclude when it comes down on February 6 you can still get in on the auction of one-off artist works and brand gallery items from the show, ... More >>

• Snow Daze

  published January 19, 2012

  "We're rolling out the white carpet this week," says Visit Denver spokesman Justin Bresler about Mile High Snowfest, which coincides with... More >>

• Breckenridge's 12,840-foot Imperial Express, the highest lift in the U.S., opens today

  published Feb 01, 2012

  Here in Denver we like to throw the number 5,280 around a lot. Skiers and snowboarders at Breckenridge prefer a much bigger number: 12,840. That's the elevation at the top of the Imperial Express Supe... More >>

• Team Canada-Quebec wins International Snow Sculpture Championships in Breckenridge

  published Jan 30, 2012

  "Team Canada-Quebec created a sculpture that demonstrates all virtues of carving snow: clean execution, anatomically correct figures and animals, texture, balance and more," said Jenn Cram, judge coor... More >>

• Lady Of The White

  published January 19, 2012

  Feeling floozy and boozy this weekend? Break out your ruffled finery and head for the Winter Carnival at Winter Park, where everyone's... More >>

• The Art of Winter, SIA and the Winter X Games take over Colorado

  published Jan 25, 2012

  Recent powder dumps across the state couldn't have come at a better time: This week the entire snow sports industry is in town for its annual SIA Snow Show confab at the Colorado Convention Center and... More >>

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  COVER STORY

  Colorado's smallest ski companies are going big

  published January 26, 2012

  Sometimes I don't know if I should let anyone know I'm making skis in here, because I'm not sure if it makes me look cool or if it makes me... More >>

• Colorado athletes Eric Willett, Torin Yater-Wallace top Dew Tour in Vermont

  published Jan 23, 2012

  It was a big weekend for Colorado athletes on the Winter Dew Tour, with Breckenridge snowboarder Eric Willett and Aspen skier Torin Yater-Wallace each topping the podium at the Pantech Invitational in... More >>

• Give ’Em Heller

  published January 12, 2012

  As if the Republican primaries leading up to this year's presidential election weren't quite farcical enough, longtime Westword contributor... More >>

• Gear: Boulder's ZEAL Optics gets all 21st century with new iON Goggles

  published Jan 19, 2012

  This week I've been inundated with press releases from various companies headed to Denver to show off their wares at the SnowSports Industries America Snow Show, January 26-31, at the Colorado Convent... More >>

• In the Spirit

  published January 5, 2012

  Breckenridge Ski Resort has been celebrating its fiftieth-anniversary season this year, and the town's annual Ullr Fest -- which pays tribute to... More >>

• Lil Wayne drops in on the skate bowls at Copper's Woodward

  published Jan 18, 2012

  Lil Wayne dropped by Copper Mountain last week and dropped in at the skate bowls inside the Woodward Barn, home of several extreme sports training camps. Weezy loves the experience and may have left a... More >>