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May 16, 2012
Crisis Skateboards shop team drops crisis-filled video trailer
Young filmmaker Blaine Davies's new trailer for the 2012 Crisis Skateboards team video nails the perfect mix of what everyone wants to see in a proper skate vid: It's a combination of equal parts mind-blowing, technical, holy-shit skateboard prowess and people wrecking themselves over and over again ... More >>
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May 1, 2012
What type of Wash Park fitness weirdo are you?
It's pretend summer in Colorado! You know, that time of year (read: every single month) when it gets up to 80-plus degrees for a few days, long enough to make you forget that it's probably going to still snow-out your cousin's wedding in June? Last week, when we experienced one of those first gorgeo ... More >>
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April 24, 2012
Royal Stain hits up Arvada Skate Park, a Best of Denver 2012 winner -- with David Reyes
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 Stain Design, which features 303 Boards team rider David Reyes and The Denver Shop team riders Ryan Lyb ... More >>
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April 11, 2012
Think Skateboards brings Business As Usual premieres to Broomfield and Boulder
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't make it? Boulder's Meta Skateboards is presenting the film tomorrow at 8 p.m., with a free showin ... More >>
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March 29, 2012
Reader: Republicans can skateboard, too!
Skateboarding legend Stacy Peralta came to Auraria on Monday, where he talked about movie-making, skateboarding and politics, telling the crowd, "When parents tell me their kids are skateboarders, I tell them, sorry, your kids are Democrats." But Milton puts the brakes on that:
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March 27, 2012
Stacy Peralta: "When parents tell me their kids are skateboarders, I tell them, sorry, your kids are democrats."
Stacy Peralta -- legendary professional skateboarder, founder of the Powell Peralta skateboard company, documentary filmmaker and commercial advertising mogul -- visited the Auraria campus yesterday to speak with students on the art of being creative. "When kids tell me their kids are skateboarder ... More >>
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March 26, 2012
Five reasons to go see skateboard legend and filmmaker Stacy Peralta today
Stacy Peralta, a '70s-era skateboarding legend in his own right -- and co-founder of the Powell Peralta Bones Brigade skateboarding team that included Tony Hawk, Steve Caballero, Lance Mountain, Tommy Guerrero, Mike McGill and dozens of the top pro skaters of the '80s and '90s -- will be the feature ... More >>
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March 22, 2012
Skater Stories
Stacy Peralta, a '70s-era skateboarding legend in his own right -- and co-founder of the Powell Peralta Bones Brigade skateboarding team that included Tony Hawk, Steve Caballero, Lance Mountain, Tommy Guerrero, Mike McGill and dozens of the top pro skaters of the '80s and '90s -- will be the feature ... More >>
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February 27, 2012
Colorado skaters, filmmakers, skateshops put their heads together for Malfunction
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 from filmmakers Brandon Greer, Corey Miller, and Travis La featuring skaters James Batcheller, Dan Hu ... More >>
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February 23, 2012
Fort Collins' Launch: Community Through Skateboarding hosts Create A Skate workshop
Launch: Community Through SkateboardingIf 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, starting on Friday, February 24 at 4:30 p.m. The $60 w ... More >>
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February 8, 2012
Paraplegic skier Josh Dueck learns Sit Ski backflip at Woodward at Copper
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 freestyle skier before a T11 spinal chord injury in 2004 -- won bronze in the Mono Skier X event last we ... More >>
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January 26, 2012
X Rated
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 freestyle skier before a T11 spinal chord injury in 2004 -- won bronze in the Mono Skier X event last we ... More >>
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January 25, 2012
The Art of Winter, SIA and the Winter X Games take over Colorado
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 related Mile High Snow Fest events all over town, all the top pros are in Aspen for the Winter X Ga ... More >>
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December 9, 2011
The ten worst skateparks in Colorado
The November issue of Thrasher included the results of a contest in which the magazine had asked readers for the worst skateparks in their towns for a list titled "Certified Piece of Suck: Doo-Doo Skatepark Construction." One of these pieces of suck is located in Colorado.
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November 23, 2011
Slam! Greatest misses from Royal Stain, Never Summer, No Love Skateboarding
If your favorite part of any skate or snowboard video is seeing people fall down and get hurt, then we've got a treat for you: This week, we found three locally-produced clips full of brutal bails, courtesy of the new Royal Stain H-DTS Down to Skate promo, Never Summer Smash! (a compilation of great ... More >>
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October 10, 2011
Skating the suburbs: New skateparks set to open in Thornton and Westminster
Right on the heels of the really-fucking-big-deal opening of the Don Anema Memorial Skatepark in Northglenn -- which rivals (if not outdoes) the Denver Skatepark for biggest park in the state -- come two more hot skate spots in the northern suburbs: the Trail Winds Skatepark in Thornton, set to open ... More >>
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October 3, 2011
In Colorado, it's boarding season all year long
We've been getting ahead of ourselves with all the recent snowboard video premieres going down -- and opening day still at least a month away at most Colorado resorts -- but some of our favorite local film crews have been reminding us of an important fact: It's still skateboarding season. Aft ... More >>
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September 26, 2011
Ten best features at the new Don Anema Memorial Skatepark
Dylan FergusonThe number-ten feature at Northglenn's new skatepark.Situated in the far corner of the E.B. Rains Jr. Memorial Park lies the new Don Anema Memorial Skatepark. Commissioned to Team Pain Skateparks, a company known for its innovative and strategic skateparks, the park was designed ... More >>
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September 19, 2011
Angie Arrington of 5280 Fitness will kick-fit your ass to a better ski season
Britt ChesterAngie Arrington of 5280 Fitness, in front of the center's Bruce Lee mural.What has been the former home for a six-foot skateboard mini-ramp, a thrift shop and the coolest garage sale you've ever seen now houses 5280 Fitness. Located in the neighboring building of Thrifty Stick Bo ... More >>
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September 12, 2011
Launch: Community Through Skateboarding Creative Center coming to Fort Collins
Launch: Community Through Skateboarding and the proposed Launch Creative Center in Fort Collins are ready to drop in, thanks to money raised at the All Hands On Deck art show and a fully-funded Kickstarter campaign that concluded last week, surpassing its fundraising goal by more than $1,000 ... More >>
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August 5, 2011
All Hands On Deck auction to benefit Ft. Collins' Launch: Community Through Skateboarding
Andy Weiss (former owner of the Market Skateshop in Fort Collins), Alison Alter (an art teacher at Fort Collins High School), and Justin Hocking (co-editor of Life and Limb: Skateboarders Write From the Deep End) called in some favors and brought out some heavy hitters for tonight's All Hands ... More >>
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July 20, 2011
Grand opening of Trestle Bike Park at Barnum Park North delayed to August 6
Commuters passing Federal on 6th Avenue on their way into Denver may have noticed construction on what is shaping up to be an epic new mountain bike and BMX skills park, designed by Gravity Logic and pro rider John Cowan. The park will be operated by Winter Park's Trestle Bike Park crew in pa ... More >>
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July 8, 2011
This weekend in stoke: Top five ways to work out and work it out
Gimme a Breck! The Babes in the Backcountry babes are leading by-women/for-women mountain bike skills clinics today at 10 a.m. as part of the Breck Bike Week festivities (meet at the Expo village at Blue River Plaza, $35 suggested donation). Afterwards, the International Mountain Bicycling As ... More >>
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July 7, 2011
Skate or Die
Gimme a Breck! The Babes in the Backcountry babes are leading by-women/for-women mountain bike skills clinics today at 10 a.m. as part of the Breck Bike Week festivities (meet at the Expo village at Blue River Plaza, $35 suggested donation). Afterwards, the International Mountain Bicycling As ... More >>
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July 7, 2011
Girls Gone Wild
Gimme a Breck! The Babes in the Backcountry babes are leading by-women/for-women mountain bike skills clinics today at 10 a.m. as part of the Breck Bike Week festivities (meet at the Expo village at Blue River Plaza, $35 suggested donation). Afterwards, the International Mountain Bicycling As ... More >>
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June 27, 2011
Motocross racer Ryan Dungey dominates Thunder Valley National in Morrison
Photo courtesy AlliSports.comRyan Dungey on his way to a win in Moto 2 and an overall win at the Thunder Valley NationalLakewood's Thunder Valley Motocross Park has been not-so-quietly making itself into one of the premiere destinations on the motocross racing circuit: The park has been hosti ... More >>
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June 22, 2011
Today in Stoke: Denver skateboarder Julian Christianson wins big
Denver's Julian Christianson, center, won the Element Skateboards 2011 Make It Count international contest seriesEarlier this month, 303 Boards' CLFX team skater Julian Christianson won the Denver stop of the Element Skateboards Make It Count contest series at the Lafayette Skatepark, earning ... More >>
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June 21, 2011
Today in Stoke: Top 5 Go Skateboarding Day celebrations in Colorado
Today is the 9th annual international observance of Go Skateboarding Day, a Summer Solstice celebration that's just our style. The skater holiday was originally created as a marketing ploy by the International Association of Skateboard Companies, but has since been embraced by public skatepar ... More >>
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June 16, 2011
Save the Date To Go Skate
Today is the 9th annual international observance of Go Skateboarding Day, a Summer Solstice celebration that's just our style. The skater holiday was originally created as a marketing ploy by the International Association of Skateboard Companies, but has since been embraced by public skatepar ... More >>
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June 15, 2011
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 >>
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April 28, 2011
Today in Stoke: Bucky O'Connell's skate flick It's Always Sunny in Colorado premieres tonight
It's Always Sunny in Colorado, Bucky O'Connell's love letter to the local skateboarding scene, premieres tonight at the Bluebird Theater with screenings at 8 p.m. and 10 p.m. The film, presented by 303 Boards and Toebock Media Group, features countless recognizable spots around town and nea ... More >>
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March 30, 2011
Urban mountain bike course on track in Denver after discovery of illegal trail in Boulder
Parks rangers with Boulder County have shut down an illegal mountain bike trail built down a steep face on the north side of Flagstaff Mountain, after someone now identified as professional mountain biker Mike West was cited for using it. Luckily, extreme mountain bikers will soon have a new ... More >>
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February 9, 2011
Today in Stoke: Live your Winter X Games dreams at the Aspen/Snowmass Open
The park and pipe crew at Buttermilk is a well-oiled machine after a decade of hosting the Winter X Games, making crazy stuff like Torstein Horgmo's triple flip, Kelly Clark's 1080 and Shaun White's tight pants possible, year after year. And the best part? Each year, Buttermilk's left with a ... More >>
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January 31, 2011
Over the weekend: The Winter X Games wrap up at Buttermilk
Sebastian Toutant's decision to skip Denver Big Air pays off in X Games goldDenver Big Air organizers at the Denver Sports Commission and the LG FIS Snowboard World Cup were right to be upset that top riders like Canadian Sebastian Toutant (aka "Seb Toots") stood them up in favor of getting i ... More >>
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January 27, 2011
X Marks the Spot
Sebastian Toutant's decision to skip Denver Big Air pays off in X Games goldDenver Big Air organizers at the Denver Sports Commission and the LG FIS Snowboard World Cup were right to be upset that top riders like Canadian Sebastian Toutant (aka "Seb Toots") stood them up in favor of getting i ... More >>
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January 27, 2011
Last Night: American snowboarders get trounced at Denver Big Air
Photo courtesy US Ski & Snowboard AssociationZach Stone (Canada), Rocco van Straten (Netherlands), and Michael Macho (Austria) on the podium at Denver Big AirMore than 14,000 snowboarding fans turned out for the LG FIS Snowboard World Cup Big Air competition on the Denver Big Air ramp in Civi ... More >>
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November 30, 2010
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 >>
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June 24, 2010
All the Young Dewds
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 >>
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June 14, 2010
Parkour paradise: Ryan Ford and Matt Marshall to open world's largest parkour gym -- again
Ryan FordLast year, Colorado parkour pioneers Ryan Ford and Mat Marshall opened APEX Movement, the world's largest parkour gym, in downtown Denver. Now that the record's been overtaken by other locations, they've moved to a new spot in Englewood that, after the grand opening celebration this ... More >>
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April 8, 2010
Race to the Top
Ryan FordLast year, Colorado parkour pioneers Ryan Ford and Mat Marshall opened APEX Movement, the world's largest parkour gym, in downtown Denver. Now that the record's been overtaken by other locations, they've moved to a new spot in Englewood that, after the grand opening celebration this ... More >>
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January 28, 2010
Let It Snow
Ryan FordLast year, Colorado parkour pioneers Ryan Ford and Mat Marshall opened APEX Movement, the world's largest parkour gym, in downtown Denver. Now that the record's been overtaken by other locations, they've moved to a new spot in Englewood that, after the grand opening celebration this ... More >>
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January 21, 2010
Hit the Snow With the Pros
Ryan FordLast year, Colorado parkour pioneers Ryan Ford and Mat Marshall opened APEX Movement, the world's largest parkour gym, in downtown Denver. Now that the record's been overtaken by other locations, they've moved to a new spot in Englewood that, after the grand opening celebration this ... More >>
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December 17, 2009
Do the Dew
Ryan FordLast year, Colorado parkour pioneers Ryan Ford and Mat Marshall opened APEX Movement, the world's largest parkour gym, in downtown Denver. Now that the record's been overtaken by other locations, they've moved to a new spot in Englewood that, after the grand opening celebration this ... More >>
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December 10, 2009
Board Meeting
Ryan FordLast year, Colorado parkour pioneers Ryan Ford and Mat Marshall opened APEX Movement, the world's largest parkour gym, in downtown Denver. Now that the record's been overtaken by other locations, they've moved to a new spot in Englewood that, after the grand opening celebration this ... More >>
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September 24, 2009
The Wheel Deal
Ryan FordLast year, Colorado parkour pioneers Ryan Ford and Mat Marshall opened APEX Movement, the world's largest parkour gym, in downtown Denver. Now that the record's been overtaken by other locations, they've moved to a new spot in Englewood that, after the grand opening celebration this ... More >>
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May 29, 2009
The other Birdman is coming to Nederland tomorrow
The Birdman cometh! No, not Chris Andersen, you fairweather, bandwagon Nuggets fans. I'm talking about the original Birdman, Tony Hawk. It's not every day that the most famous skateboarder in the world shows up at a mellow, hippie enclave like Nederland. Hawk and and members of his Birdhouse skat ... More >>
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May 28, 2009
On a Roll
Nederland doesn’t have a skateboard store, but it has a skatepark.
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May 7, 2009
Look Out Below!
Nederland doesn’t have a skateboard store, but it has a skatepark.
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December 23, 2008
Lance Armstrong's Colorado girlfriend is pregnant...without sperm doping!
Is there anything Lance Armstrong can't do? Not only has the 37-year-old cyclist won the Tour de France a gazillion times, but now CNN is reporting that his steady girlfriend, Anna Hansen, is pregnant without the involvement of medical fertility procedures. Quite a feat for the testicular cancer s ... More >>
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December 11, 2008
Board Room
AIGA Colorado melds skateboarding, graphic design and a mentoring program.
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