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• Best Sports Quote
  The Simpsons 300th Episode
  Homer Simpson's buffoonery, Bart's pre-pubescent anarchism and the precocious wisdom of his little sister Lisa have all ripened into beloved cultural institutions, but Matt Groening's wisecracking burlesque of American family life has its way with the world beyond Springfield, too. In the... More >>
• Best Male Athlete You've Never Heard Of
  Dennis Hastings
  It may not be everybody's idea of a sporting good time, but someone's got to be best in the world, and Evergreen's Dennis Hastings is going nowhere faster than anyone else his age. Last year, he successfully defended his title as the world's best indoor stationary rower, lightweight division, in... More >>
• Best Female Athlete You've Never Heard Of
  Emily Copeland
  We're a poorer state for it, but alas, Colorado isn't usually associated with the bikini sports. That's changing, thanks to the improbable emergence of Highlands Ranch native Emily Copeland, who, despite her landlocked upbringing, has become the country's best female wakeboarder. All of eighteen... More >>
• Best Mascot
  Woolly
  Colorado Mammoth
  It's been a tough year for the furry crowd: Howler got bounced by the Avs; Rocky -- (or at least the human force inside him) -- ran into legal trouble; Dinger seems like the slow little brother of Barney; and the Broncos' Miles appears to be spooked by the four-hooved equine that prances along... More >>
• Best Bronco
  Clinton Portis
  Since the retirement of John Elway and the untimely demise of Terrell Davis, the Denver Broncos have been an offensive shambles, barely getting a sniff at the playoffs. Enter Clinton Portis, a super-quick rookie running back from the University of Miami who, after an early-season bout of... More >>
• Best Rockie
  Todd Helton
  The brain trust at Coors Field changes players faster than pit crews swap tires at a NASCAR race. Their frenzy leaves only first baseman Todd Helton as the rock upon which Rockies hope is built. There couldn't be a better one: Helton's a three-time All-Star who won the National League batting... More >>
• Best Av
  Peter Forsberg
  With or without a spleen, Örnsköldsvik, Sweden's gift to the Colorado Avalanche has been the team's most vital organ this year -- especially when captain Joe Sakic was shelved by injury. En route to another playoff appearance, eight-year veteran Peter Forsberg leads the team in points... More >>
• Best Rapid
  Pablo Mastroeni
  Starting his second year with the Colorado Rapids, stop-minded midfielder Pablo Mastroeni is a true star -- not least because of his impressive play for the U.S. National Team that shocked soccer powers like Portugal and Mexico at last summer's World Cup before their heartbreaking loss to... More >>
• Best Nugget
  Juwan Howard
  We gotta pick somebody, don't we? The only sign of useful maturity in the chaotic kindergarten that is the Denver Nuggets locker room comes from long-suffering veteran Juwan Howard, late of the league-best Dallas Mavericks. At 6-9 and 260 pounds, the big forward has the beef to muscle up on... More >>
• Best Mammoth
  Gary Gait
  No contest. A battle-hardened veteran of six teams in two professional lacrosse leagues, forward Gary Gait is the Michael Jordan of the Indians' grand old game -- the all-time record-holder for regular-season goals, assists, points and shots. Even at age 35, his skills have not eroded. As... More >>
• Best Crush
  Damian Harrell
  Things haven't been easy for the rookie CEO of the Colorado Crush, Denver's new entry in the Arena Football League. Despite sellouts at the Pepsi Center, John Elway's team has won just once in its first seven games. But the ex-Broncos legend has one thing going for him: the most prolific scorer... More >>
• Best Coach -- Professional
  Tony Granato
  Colorado Avalanche
  An awful start to the 2002-03 season cost Bob Hartley his job after almost five years behind the Avalanche bench, and young Tony Granato emerged in late December as both irritant and inspiration for a veteran club that had grown listless and stale. Granato shifted Peter Forsberg from left wing... More >>
• Best Coach -- College
  Fisher DeBerry
  Air Force Falcons
  After surprising the doomsayers and starting the 2002 football season at a perfect 6-0, the Feisty Falcons lost a huge game at home to powerful Notre Dame. From there, the rest of the season went a bit south: Air Force finished 8-5, including a 20-13 loss to Virginia Tech in the San Francisco... More >>
• Best Sports Team -- Professional
  Colorado Avalanche
  The two-time Stanley Cup champions have another shot at glory this year, thanks to a late-season surge in the Western Conference standings fueled by the play of Peter Forsberg and the return of team captain Joe Sakic. The great goalie Patrick Roy can see his sunset now, and a few of the... More >>
• Best Sports Team -- College
  Metro State Roadrunners Basketball
  Under fiery coach Mike Dunlap, Metro State's unsung, largely unseen basketball team has become the duke of NCAA Division II hoops. Led by players from Australia (where Dunlap once coached a pro team), Belgium and Colorado, the Roadrunners have won two of the last three national championships.... More >>
• Best University of Denver Hockey Player
  Kevin Doell
  The DU Pioneers did not have the greatest year in their storied hockey history; their bitter rival, Colorado College, overshadowed them all season, and they failed to earn a spot in the NCAA tournament. But senior forward Kevin Doell lit it up. The 5-11, 187-pound scoring machine led the Pi's in... More >>
• Best University of Colorado Athlete
  Jorge Torres
  Last November 25, the University of Colorado's Jorge Torres became just the third American since 1987 to win the NCAA Cross Country Championship, edging away from Arkansas's Alistair Cragg in the final strides at Terre Haute, Indiana, and finishing in course-record time. The diminutive 5-7... More >>
• Best Colorado State Athlete
  Ashley Augspurger
  Colorado State Rams senior forward Ashley Augspurger is a first-team All-Mountain West star who this year averaged 13.4 points per game, along with 4.8 rebounds and three assists. At 6-1, she's big enough to have subbed at center for first-year coach Chris Denker, yet quick enough to have played... More >>
• Best Olympic Hopeful
  Dremiel Byers
  The great David-and-Goliath story of the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney was the shocking defeat of the world's greatest heavyweight Greco-Roman wrestler, a Russian who hadn't lost a match in thirteen years, by an engaging Wyoming farm boy named Rulon Gardner. The big news this year is that... More >>
• Best New Sports Event
  Shell Grand Prix of Denver
  There were problems. The new 1.6-mile road course around the Pepsi Center was by turns too rough and too slick. The pedestrian bridges were overcrowded. A stand of young trees along Auraria Parkway blocked the view of high-rollers holding $800 tickets. But the return of Indy car racing to the... More >>
• Best Colorado Contribution to the Super Bowl
  Malcolm Farley
  Denver sports artist Malcolm Farley was hired by Pepsi to paint original art to grace the outside of 800 million soft-drink cans. The "Official 2003 Super Bowl Party Cans" sported Farley's signature along with a painting featuring a Super Bowl championship team, player or coach. Proceeds from... More >>
• Best Goofy Sports Gizmos (1 Comment)
  The Rockies' Humidor and Hyperbaric Chamber
  The entire history of Denver's hapless and benighted major-league baseball franchise has been a losing battle against the physics of altitude -- specifically, the thin air that torments pitchers trying to throw curveballs at Coors Field, and that allegedly puts Rockies batters off their stride... More >>
• Best Time Travel
  Colorado Historical Society Tours & Treks Programs
  Who knew? History can be fun. And the Colorado Historical Society's experts, who know the state like the backs of their own hands, have a great handle on how to impart that knowledge without being the least bit stodgy. Focusing on locations and themes ranging from the bowels of Denver's rapidly... More >>
• Best Look Back
  Ancient Denvers
  Denver Museum of Nature & Science
  If you've ever sat on a hillside and wondered what the land you survey looked like one hundred years ago, imagine what visions came to DMNS paleontologist Kirk Johnson and a trio of seasoned paleoartists when they looked over the local landscape. Actually, you don't have to: Johnson and company... More >>
• Best New Look
  Leprino Family Atrium
  Denver Museum of Nature & Science
  After months of construction, the DMNS finally opened its beautifully restructured three-story west atrium, featuring the museum's famous vantage-point view of City Park, downtown Denver and the mountain skyline beyond, stretching south to Pikes Peak and north to Longs Peak. Old-time Denverites... More >>
• Best Place to Smell the Roses
  Sensory Garden
  Denver Botanic Gardens
  There are several reasons that Denver's fine botanic paradise in the city was just named one of the top ten such public gardens in the nation by Country Living Gardener magazine, but here's one of the most touching: This garden takes advantage of all the senses, providing touchable, smellable,... More >>
• Best Garden Tour
  American Society of Landscape Architects Tour
  For the past ten years, the Colorado Chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects has hosted an annual tour showcasing some of Denver's finest private residential gardens. This year's tour, scheduled for Sunday, June 22, will focus on water-wise gardens and minimal sod use. The tour... More >>
• Best Way to Learn About the State You Just Moved To
  Tesoro Foundation
  Historic Lecture Series
  Sam Arnold, owner of the Fort restaurant, is a controversial character in some quarters, but the dinner/lecture series started last year by the Tesoro Foundation, which he chairs, is more likely to inform than enrage. Upcoming lecturers include Dr. Patricia Limerick, who compares the... More >>
• Best Place to Not Get Lost
  U.S. Geological Survey Map Store
  Denver Federal Center
  Maps, maps, and more maps. Wall maps, topo maps, maps of the solar system, art posters of the planet, and plenty of books and CDs and software, too, about lots of natural-resources topics, all with great-looking maps, natch. And here's a bonus: free gift wrap -- if you don't mind covering gifts... More >>
• Best Wilderness Survival Courses
  Boulder Outdoor Survival School
  Say you lack fancy gear but have an urgent need to test your survival skills in an inhospitable landscape. Before embarking on any life-threatening adventures, check out the Boulder Outdoor Survival School. Established in the late 1960s, BOSS offers different levels of training designed to make... More >>
• Best 4x4 Trail Closest to Denver
  Red Cone Trail
  For a truly white-knuckle ride, off-roaders should take U.S. Highway 285 south and west of Denver, then leave the asphalt behind two miles outside of Grant. Make your way to the Hardcart Gulch Campground; go about 100 yards west and bear right at the fork. From there, Red Cone climbs up over the... More >>
• Best 4x4 Park
  Avalanche Park
  Monster-truck rally meets Disneyland at Avalanche Park, the brainchild of experienced rock crawler Steve Rumore, who was concerned that permits to drive on public land were getting harder and harder to come by. So when his real-estate-broker wife saw this 830-acre ranch come up for sale, they... More >>
• Best Place to Kick It on Your Board
  Spaulding Bowl
  Copper Mountain
  Union and Copper bowls provide reason enough to ride at Copper Mountain, but when the wind whips up and blows snow off the top of Copper Peak, head straight to Spaulding Bowl. In a strong wind, the steep terrain there magically transforms into the waves off Oahu: It's surfing time in the... More >>
• Best Mountain Makeover for Boarders
  Crazy T'rain
  Buttermilk Mountain
  Shredders, rejoice: Aspen's Buttermilk Mountain, home of the 2003 Winter X Games, wants you to come ride the Crazy T'rain, billed as "the world's longest terrain park." This stellar park includes two miles of rolling hills, more than thirty rails, a superpipe with its own sound system, and an X... More >>
• Best Mountain Makeover for Extreme Skiers
  The Whole Bowl
  Aspen Highlands
  An in-bounds backcountry experience awaits at The Whole Bowl, a new area at Aspen Highlands. Seventy new acres of north-facing, gladed and steep mountainside -- we're talking up to 45-degrees-looking-straight-down-1,400-vertical-feet scary steep -- opened this year to anyone willing to hike an... More >>
• Best Out-of-Bounds Skiing
  The Beavers
  Arapahoe Basin
  If you have sufficient lung capacity -- and huevos -- look no further than A-Basin for backcountry thrills. Just below 13,000 feet and just outside the ski area's boundaries lies The Beavers, a hellishly steep bowl that holds more face shots than any other place we know. The area is accessible... More >>
• Best Out-of-Bounds Skiing That's Actually In-Bounds
  Silverton Mountain
  Apart from a death wish, why do you rockheads ski out of bounds, anyway? Yeah, we know: for untracked powder, empty slopes and vertical drops that would strike terror into the heart of a skydiver. But why risk getting buried under a pile of champagne powder? Instead, make the drive to Silverton... More >>
• Best Safety With Style
  Helmet Headz
  Boulder mother Mary Emerson came up with the idea of Helmet Headz after witnessing an argument between parent and child over whether the peewee should wear a helmet in ski school. To make the experience a more stylin' one, Emerson invented covers that express a wearer's inner personality: Among... More >>
• Best Local Invention, Lifesaving Division
  AvaLung
  About ten years ago, Denver psychiatrist Thomas Crowley began wondering what it would be like to be buried under an avalanche. He decided it wouldn't be very pleasant, so he started tinkering with ways to survive one. After contemplating and then discarding several plans -- wearing a SCUBA tank... More >>
• Best Religious Experience
  Shabbat Service on Skis/Boards
  The problem with the Colorado lifestyle is that it's hard to cram everything into the weekend. It's Saturday: If you're Jewish, do you trudge off to synagogue or hit the slopes to ride the freshies? Blessedly, Rabbi Jamie Korngold -- aka the Adventure Rabbi -- has found a way to blend both. Her... More >>
• Best Religious Pilgrimage
  Shrine of the Stations of the Cross
  Colorado's oldest town lies just about twenty miles from the New Mexico border and cherishes its deep Hispanic roots. Local sculptor Huberto Maestas created fifteen bronze statues -- the fourteen traditional depictions of Christ's final journey up Calvary, plus his own interpretation of the... More >>
• Best Secular Pilgrimage
  Rocky Mountain Audio Guides
  There's a whole lot of history between Cherry Creek and Coors Field. If you'd like to impress your out-of-town guests with how much of it you know, pick up a copy of the CD Walking Tour of Denver's Historic Lower Downtown (LoDo), a self-guided tour of the neighborhood where our fair city began.... More >>
• Best Place to Sweat Out Last Night's Binge
  Bikram Yoga Denver
  Instead of the hair of the dog or a big, greasy breakfast to cure your hangover, try sweating it out at an early-morning class at Bikram Yoga Denver. Just walking into the 100-degree-plus yoga studio is enough to make beads of perspiration pop up on your brow. And as you attempt to bend and... More >>
• Best Alternative to Corporate Yoga
  Samadhi Center for Yoga
  The yoga fad is at its peak, and it seems every neighborhood in Denver now has a studio that promises to turn you into a flexible new-age Gumby. But what gets lost in all the hype is yoga's roots in India, where it was developed by Hindu religious instructors -- yogis -- as a way to calm the... More >>
• Best Yoga Retreat
  Shambhala Mountain Center
  Red Feather Lakes,
  For a weekend of Ashtanga, Iyengar, Hatha or any other flavor of yoga or meditation, head for the hills about 45 minutes northwest of Fort Collins. The 600 acres of Shambhala Mountain Center have provided a setting for contemplative Buddhist retreat since 1971; after three years of expansion and... More >>
• Best Doga Retreat
  Bichon Getaway and Rescue Ranch
  This is the place for little dogs to have a big time. Most of the clients of this licensed boarding facility in Elbert County are bichons frises, shih tzus and Pomeranians. But if you're little and cute and pass the intake interview with owner Pam Knight, you can join up to fourteen of your... More >>
• Best Airborne Animals
  Colorado Disc Dogs
  Up in the air! It's a bird! It's a plane! Nope, it's Red Rocket Rider! A high-flying Australian shepherd with a penchant for catching stuff in his mouth mid-air, Rider, a consecutive five-time Colorado state champion owned by Evergreen lawyer Christi Goodman, is one of the top disc dogs in the... More >>
• Best Dancing Dogs
  World Canine Freestyle Organization
  You've done the tummy rub and played fetch at the park. How's about a little doggy dancing? Mile High Musical Tails, the Colorado chapter of the WCFO, offers you and your pet the chance to put on the dog in style. Classes are available through the Blue Springs & KatyDid Dog Training Center in... More >>
• Best Dog's Best Friends
  Denver FIDOS (Friends Interested in Dogs and Open Space)
  Here's something to howl about: An offshoot of the Boulder group, these doggie devotees are dedicated to the promotion of responsible off-leash recreation in Denver. And they're not just hollering for more dog parks: They also have an eye on the future, exploring ways to keep such spaces clean,... More >>
• Best Place to Dog-Watch on a Saturday Morning
  Fillmore St. between 2nd and 3rd avenues
  The outdoor patios along Fillmore Street are the place for Cherry Creek yuppies to see and be seen...with their dogs. The block between 2nd and 3rd avenues is a veritable dog show on Saturday mornings, when pooches of every pedigree accompany their human companions as they sip Starbucks lattes... More >>
• Best Place for an Off-Leash Puppy Party
  Chatfield Reservoir
  With endless acres, three lakes and seemingly endless walking and jogging paths, your hund will think he's died and gone to puppy heaven. There are countless things to sniff, endless muck to roll in, toys to steal, trees to pee on. And every pup, from dachshund to Dane, will love running free,... More >>
• Best Dog Toy
  Kong
  The year was 1976, and Joe Markham was working on his VW Bus. His German shepherd, Fritz, was chewing on rocks. The two had no idea that they were about to irrevocably alter the dog chew-toy world. But the moment Markham threw a chunk of the transmission to distract his dog from grinding his... More >>
• Best Boomerangs
  Colorado Boomerangs
  The 14,000-year history of the boomerang begins Down Under and continues today in Aurora with these space-age, Day-Glo toys. Handcrafted from airplane-grade birch plywood from Finland, they're the Ferraris of the boomerang industry, with style and performance that keep coming back. Boomerang... More >>
• Best Place to Play Air Hockey
  Margarita Mama's Mexican Grill & Cantina
  The superbly outfitted arcade inside Margarita Mama's is so massive - and the place so dead on most weeknights -- that we never have to wait in line to play Hot Flash and Fast Track, the venue's two air hockey tables. Hot Flash is a fun little black-light model, with the usual purple lamps,... More >>
• Best Air Hockey Pickup Game
  Broomfield Bowl & Lovin' Oven Restaurant
  Numbers are few, and it ain't the triathlon, but air hockey is a real sport. If you don't believe it, head to Broomfield Bowl on select Thursday nights and watch the area's best players (some of whom are also among the country's best) slam it out on the sole tournament-sized air hockey table... More >>
• Best Pool Hall
  Shakespeare's
  You got your brewpubs and mega-arcades with a few tables on the side, your harshly lit hustlers' dens full of smoke and reverse English, your suburban bar tables reeking of cheap beer and patchouli. For our money, though, the best and least pretentious pool-hall ambience in town still resides at... More >>
• Best Place to Play Pool Outdoors
  Emerald Isle
  When Irish guys are smiling, it's probably because the weather is good enough for a pool party. No, not the kind where you get wet -- although true competitors can work up quite a sweat covering all the angles in a tough game of pool. Come spring, Emerald Isle sets up pool tables on its covered... More >>
• Best Budget Water Park
  Splash Family Water Park
  It's a sweltering summer day, and you and the kids want to get cool but don't necessarily want to take out a loan to do it. Drive west to the year-old Splash water park, thoughtfully provided by the citizens of Golden. It may not have the latest 1.5 million-gallon tsunami scrambler, but with an... More >>
• Best Children's Character-Building Program
  Middle School Dodgeball League
  South Suburban Parks and Recreation District
  Parents, do you feel your child is getting soft and lacks the killer instinct necessary to survive today's competitive world? Well, forget Montessori and the Ivy League. South Suburban has been hosting this middle-school dodgeball league for more than a year. Games are typically held on Friday... More >>
• Best Triathlon Series
  Rattlesnake Triathlons
  June 14, July 13, August 16
  Aurora Reservoir
  USA Triathlon coordinator Jim Flint says he's seen "the good, the bad and the ugly." This year, he decided to produce his own series of tris, and it's all good. From the time-trial start -- swimmers enter the reservoir every few seconds instead of in one teeming mass -- to the rolling bike... More >>
• Best Mountain Bike Trail
  Bear Creek Trail
  Constructed and opened last year, this little-known gem runs from Pence Park, between Indian Hills and Evergreen, to Lair o' the Bear Park, outside of Idledale. Along the way, it cuts through two other Denver mountain parks, Corwina and O'Fallon. Unlike many of the trails along the Denver-area... More >>
• Best Place to Run and Gawk
  Highline Canal
  Face it: Every so often, running among the alpine splendor, majestic elk and views of the Continental Divide gets, well, boring. At times like those, it's nice to have something civilized to look at. This three-mile stretch of the Highline Canal provides a rare kind of scenery for the jogging... More >>
• Best Missing Link
  Sand Creek Regional Greenway
  When this thirteen-mile stretch of urban trail opened to the public last summer -- amid cheers from outdoor enthusiasts -- it marked the completion of a fifty-mile loop in the northeast metro area by connecting the Highline Canal in Aurora to the Platte River Greenway in Commerce City. Now you... More >>
• Best Spot on the Cherry Creek Bike Path
  Confluence Park
  Heading northwest on the Cherry Creek Bike Path out of the Denver Country Club area, you'll dodge bums, baby strollers and bicyclists, then tackle the impressive rise leading to Confluence Park. Take a moment to catch your breath and enjoy the view -- which often includes several neophyte... More >>
• Best View From a Park
  Inspiration Point Park
  From Inspiration Point, at 50th Ave. and Sheridan Blvd. in northwest Denver -- which also happens to be one of the town's best makeout locations, if you still go for that sort of thing -- you can take in the entire Front Range of the Rocky Mountains, without many of those nasty man-made... More >>
• Best Endangered View From a Park
  Cramner Park
  You don't need to look at the sundial that's the centerpiece of Cramner Park to know that time's almost up for this great view. Looking west, you see some of Denver's most elegant homes -- but beyond those homes is a hodgepodge of new construction that threatens to block much of the mountain... More >>
• Best Bathrooms in a Park
  Commons Park
  When you gotta go, you gotta go -- and there's no better place in Denver to let loose than the bathrooms at Commons Park. But then, they should look good: Like the park itself, these privies cost plenty. Made of stone, they fit nicely into the Commons' urban setting, with the Platte River in the... More >>
• Best Tribute to Hair Care
  C.J. Walker Park
  Many public parks are named after people whom time has forgotten, but the namesake of C.J. Walker Park, at East 30th Avenue and High Street, is certainly worth remembering. As related in On Her Own Ground: The Life and Times of Madam C.J. Walker, a book penned by A'Lelia Bundles, Walker's... More >>
• Best Avian Hotline
  Colorado Rare Bird Alert Hotline
  So you're tooling along through a field, and suddenly you realize there's a pair of Eurasian wigeons right there in front of you. Who ya gonna call? The Rare Bird Alert Hotline, of course. The alert system, sponsored by the Denver Field Ornithologists and Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory, has... More >>
• Best Exploration of the Natural World
  Nature Conservancy Naturalist Workshops
  Medano-Zapata Ranch
  When the sandhill cranes come back to the San Luis Valley, it's time for naturalist workshops at the 100,000-acre Medano-Zapata Ranch, a Nature Conservancy preserve four hours southwest of Denver. Throughout the spring, summer and early fall, three-day weekend workshops explore everything from... More >>
• Best Place for Geocachers (1 Comment)
  Mapsco
  Your Global Positioning Satellite unit told you the treasure you were diligently seeking was only three miles away. But it failed to mention that your raison d'être was three miles uphill. Straight uphill. The friendly staff at Mapsco is more than willing to commiserate with you about your... More >>
• Best Rocky Mountain Nature Books
  Rocky Mountain Nature Association
  It's a double-billed winner! The Nature Association's Field Guide to Viewing Wildlife in Rocky Mountain National Park won first place in the Site Publications category of the National Association for Interpretation's Interpretive Media Competition. And Trail Ridge Road Adventure Sticker and Game... More >>
• Best Excuse to Get Down and Dirty
  Volunteers for Outdoor Colorado
  Believe it or not, two-thirds of Colorado is public land. And maintaining trails, parks and open spaces so that everyone can enjoy them is no easy task. That's where Volunteers for Outdoor Colorado comes in. Established in 1984, the non-profit environmental organization is dedicated to... More >>
• Best Horse-Friendly Lodging
  Winding River Ranch & Equestrian Center
  One of the best ways to experience the stunning scenery of Rocky Mountain National Park is on horseback, and horses enjoy it, too. If you want to bring your best equine pal for extended exploring, make Winding River Ranch, two miles north of Grand Lake, your base of operations. The Colorado... More >>
• Best Way to See the Royal Gorge
  Raft-N-Rail
  Echo Canyon River Expeditions
  Echo Canyon River Expeditions offers a combo view of the Royal Gorge: from a train and from a raft. Participants can choose from two different tours; both include a ride on the Royal Gorge railroad, lunch at a scenic spot, and a raft trip. Families float through the Bighorn Canyon; more advanced... More >>
• Best Place to Learn Kupigana Ngumi
  Moyo Nguvu Cultural Arts Center
  Kupigana Ngumi, a style of African martial arts founded in the 1960s, is based on rhythmic, dance-like movements. There are three empowerment areas in the training: cultural, in which students' self-esteem and cultural understanding are increased; emotional and mental, in which students are... More >>
• Best Exotic Martial Arts Class
  Capoeira N'gola
  Mercury Cafe
  If the same old kicks and yells are wearing on you, you may be ripe for capoeira, the Brazilian dance/fight/acrobatic hybrid art form. And if you can study under Mestre Usamah Zaid, otherwise known as Baba, you'll progress quickly. Held in the Merc's spacious ballroom, the class features live... More >>
• Best Beef Museum
  Kenneth Monfort's Boyhood Home
  Centennial Village Museum
  The man who brought the world boxed beef left this world in 2001. But the house in which he was born has been moved to the Centennial Village Museum as a memorial to the contributions of the Monfort family to Weld County and northern Colorado. In addition to the 1908 structure, which was trucked... More >>
• Best Badass Bull
  Mister USA
  Some bulls are wimpy and get no respect from cowboys because they don't buck well enough to earn good scores. Others are so powerful and unpredictable that riders hate to draw them, because they know there's a good chance they'll get thrown. A perfect middle animal gives you a wild ride but... More >>
• Best Badass Brother/Sister Boxers (1 Comment)
  Terri Cruz and Arturo Cruz Jr.
  Educated in the school of hard knocks in Raton, New Mexico, Arturo and Terri Cruz have been fighting their whole lives -- in and out of the ring. One battled street gangs in Denver while the other battled juvenile delinquency, bar brawlers and tequila. Tapping into the genes passed on by their... More >>
• Best Place to Be a Badass for a Day
  EagleRider Harley Rentals
  Wanna feel the wind in your hair and bugs in your teeth? If you're born to be wild but don't have a bike to call your own, rent one for $100+ a day from EagleRider. Whether it's a Sportster, Softail Deuce or Electra Glide that gets your motor runnin', EagleRider features Harleys exclusively,... More >>