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Vail and Burton Snowboards confirm rumors: Burton US Open is coming to Colorado

Vail Resorts and Burton Snowboards yesterday confirmed rumors -- first reported earlier this month by the Breckenridge-based Angry Snowboarder blog -- that the Burton US Open is moving to Vail after thirty years in Vermont -- 27 of them at Stratton Mountain. The 31st annual Burton US Open will be he ... More >>

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

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 Yater-Wallace -- could win them both. He won SuperPipe gold in the Winter X Games event in Tignes, Fran ... More >>

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

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 & Biking Best Trick contests. Chad Kagy -- a BMX star best known for dominating events like the X Games ... More >>

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

Alli SportsBreck rider Eric Willett tops the Dew Tour podium in Killington, VT​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 Killington, VT ... More >>

Scorpions, slams, and faceplants: Female snowboarders go hard

The ice ceiling in snowboarding has led to inequalities for female competitors on the Winter Dew Tour and other professional events. It has also led to a near dearth of women's parts in this season's crop of snowboarding films. That point is something Peepshow is aiming to address with its new all-f ... More >>

Shaun White wows on Winter Dew Tour: Top moments from Breckenridge

Alli SportsShaun White sends it in Superpipe finals on Saturday at the Nike Open at Breckenridge​Shaun White's tight pants: After just four days on his snowboard this season, White dominated the Superpipe semifinals on Friday with a nearly perfect score of 98.00. In finals on Saturday he launc ... More >>

Happy Birthday To Breck

Telluride hosts FIS Snowboardcross World Cup this week

www.TellurideWorldCup.com​Governor John Hickenlooper and others who are eager to put together a Colorado bid for a future Winter Olympics Games must be making a case study out of our state's worldliness this month. Since Thanksgiving, Colorado has hosted the Aspen Winternational FIS Women's Wo ... More >>

Reader: Stoked to see Kevin Pearce get back on board

​Two years after a traumatic brain injury knocked him out of the 2010 Winter Olympics, Kevin Pearce is back on board -- and will be riding one in Breckenridge today, before he moves behind the mic for this week's Winter Dew Tour's Nike Open. Pearce emceed the U.S. Grand Prix at Copper Mountai ... More >>

Kevin Pearce wants to you to ride with him Tuesday at Breckenridge

​After two years of watching his Frends and fans sport "I Ride 4 Kevin" stickers on their boards in tribute, snowboarder Kevin Pearce is asking them to join him on Tuesday at Breckenridge, where he's planning to take his first runs since the traumatic brain injury that kept him out of the 2010 ... More >>

The Edge: Westword's winter activities guide helps you sort out the 2011-2012 season

​Welcome to the online version of The Edge 2011-2012, Westword's annual insider's guide to winter activities. This season has already seen plenty of snow, and that's just the beginning, as the 25 resorts profiled below have added new terrain, lifts, features, events and restaurants. To sort it ... More >>

Colorado Snowboard History Museum: The Westword exhibit

​This week's cover story on the new Colorado Snowboard Archive collection at the Colorado Ski & Snowboard Museum, and the history of the effort by snowboarders to get respect alongside skiing, sent us digging through our online archives dating back fifteen years as we covered the subject from ... More >>

Vail Resorts sways Shaun White with an Epic Pass in undisclosed (probably epic) deal

Photo courtesy Vail Resorts​Shaun White picked up his Epic Pass yesterday after signing on to make Northstar-at-Tahoe his home resort and agreeing to represent all six of the Vail Resorts properties (including Vail, Beaver Creek, and Breckenridge here in Colorado) in what Vail Resorts CEO Rob ... More >>

Local BMX legend in coma after Dew Tour accident in vert competition

Jay Eggleston photo by Jared Souney, via AthleteRecoveryFund.org​Denver-based BMX star Jay Eggleston, 37, was rendered unconscious during competition at the Dew Tour's Pantech Open in Ocean City on Saturday, and was sent to a nearby trauma center where a coma was medically induced. The Egglest ... More >>

Three Colorado athletes named to first-ever U.S. Freeskiing National Team

​The new U.S. Freeskiing National Team announced its first official team roster today, following April's news that Ski Halfpipe will be an Olympic medal sport at the 2014 Games in Sochi and that Copper Mountain will host the first Olympic qualifier for the event in December 2013. Three of the ... More >>

Today in Stoke: Breck snowboarder Eric Willett throws down at Burn River Jump TTR in Italy

Photo by Eleonora Raggi, courtesy TTR Press OfficeEric Willet soars to second place at TTR Burn River Jump event in Livigno, Italy​Breckenridge local Eric Willett finished second behind Norwegian Aleksander Ostreng at the Burn River Jump contest this weekend in Livigno, Italy, part of the Swat ... More >>

Colorado's top skiers and snowboarders rock Winter Dew Tour in Utah

AlliSports.comBreck Freeride team member Eric Willet, center, wins Men's Snowboard Slopestyle at the Toyota Challenge in Ogden, UT​Breckenridge Ski Resort is getting a good return on investment from its Breck Freeride Team and its stepped-up park & pipe programs: Yesterday, Breckenridge snowbo ... More >>

This Weekend In Stoke: 'One time, at snowboard camp...'

​If you're looking to try something new, this is the weekend for you: January is Learn to Ski & Snowboard Month and Winter Trails Month, it's been dumping in the mountains and there are more camps, demos and competitions this weekend than you can shake a snowboard at. Here are a bunch of good ... More >>

A Free Ride

Today In Stoke: Forecast calls for snow all week

Photo via SkiCB.comGreetings from Crested Butte, reporting nearly a foot of new snow this morning.​If you're planning a holiday ski vacation, you might want to go ahead and start it early: It snowed all weekend at most Colorado resorts, and it's expected to keep coming down until Thursday, whi ... More >>

This Weekend In Stoke: Top five events to administer a dose of adrenaline

Photo courtesy AlliSports.comBreck local JJ Thomas boosts his way to the 2010 Dew Cup championship​Looking to get your blood pumping this weekend? Any of these should do the trick: 1. Winter Dew Tour at Breckenridge. Breckenridge is hosting the Nike 6.0 Open this week to kick off the 3-stop ... More >>

Today In Stoke: Winter Dew Tour returns to Breckenridge

​Breckenridge is hosting the first stop of the Winter Dew Tour this week for the third year in a row, and the event's Peak 8 festival village opens today. All of the main-event finals action will happen on Saturday and Sunday, but head up today anyway: The format for the Nike 6.0 Open lets new ... More >>

Today In Stoke: Behind the scenes at the Winter Dew Tour in Breckenridge

Photo by Sarah AustinBreck Freeride team rider Colby West tests out the Dew Tour superpipe​This week, Breckenridge is hosting the first stop of the Winter Dew Tour for the third year in a row. The Nike 6.0 Open runs December 16-19 and, since they've completely redesigned the Freeway terrain pa ... More >>

Today In Stoke: Top 5 must-see films at The Summit Action Sports Film Fest in Breckenridge

​Yet another reason to head for the hills this week: The new Summit Action Sports Film Festival in Breckenridge opens tonight at 5 p.m. at Brooklyn's Tavern, 500 South Main Street, with screenings of the People Crew's Cheers and five other ski and snowboard films. The festival continues tomorr ... More >>

Today in Stoke: Metro Denver Sports Commission rethinks prices on Denver Big Air tickets

​Earlier this month we joined Boardistan and others in bitching about the pre-sale prices for the Denver Big Air contests coming to Civic Center Park January 25-26. This week, the Metro Denver Sports Commission announced new lower prices: Tickets for the Nature Valley Challenge Big Air Freesty ... More >>

Prime Element cameos in new People Under the Stairs video shot in Boulder and Fort Collins

​A few weeks ago, we joked about Prime Element cats, uh, getting prime exposure with the Dew Tour. But seriously, at this point, the dudes might want to just go ahead and change their name once again to Prime Exposure. In addition to the notice they're sure to attract with the Dew Tour, the cr ... More >>

Prime Element gets, ahem, prime exposure

​Looks like Prime Element - the outfit formerly known as 3 the Hardway - has been getting some prime exposure since linking up with Kamikazi Airlines last month -- or it's about to, we should say. Since joining the Kamikazi roster, the group has signed a license agreement with Alli Sports, t ... More >>

Today In Stoke: Skylar Holgate throws some pow on the cover of Snowboard Colorado

​Nobody's reppin' the local scene as hard as the new Snowboard Colorado magazine, and the third issue hit core snowboard shops this week. To pick up your free copy, look for the brand-new magazine racks made from Colorado beetle-kill wood. That's Skylar Holgate on the cover carving a big turn ... More >>

Today In Stoke: Denver Big Air tickets on sale -- for a hefty price

​The good news? Tickets are on sale this week for the Denver Big Air ski and snowboard competition in Civic Center Park, January 25-26, a two-day event sanctioned by the U.S. Ski & Snowboard Association (USSA) and the International Ski Federation (FIS). The Denver Big Air contests will include ... More >>

The Edge: Westword's Winter Activity Guide 2010-2011

The Snow Flies at Wintervention

All the Young Dewds

Hit the Snow With the Pros

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The inaugural Winter Dew Tour hits Breckenridge.