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Skateboarding

  • Blogs

    April 16, 2012

    Colorado skateboard film crews hit the streets with new spring edits

    Some of our favorite local skate crews have been busy this month, dropping Spring video clips that will have you ready to take to the streets. First up... Ben Ericson and Tristan Minton's 2012 Spring Street Trash edit (above) featuring the 303 Boards team.

  • Blogs

    February 17, 2012

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

    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 Barn has a pretty sick wooden skate bowl in addition to all the foam pits, trampolines, and SnowFlex ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 8, 2011

    10 things to do for $10 this weekend, July 8-10, 2011

    ​Hot enough for you? This weekend the temperature is expected to get back into the nineties, meaning that not only are wallets tight but comfort is a high priority when deciding what to do. Luckily there are plenty of things to do this weekend for ten dollars or less -- and many of them come w ... More >>

  • Calendar

    June 30, 2011

    Of Ink and Art

    ​Hot enough for you? This weekend the temperature is expected to get back into the nineties, meaning that not only are wallets tight but comfort is a high priority when deciding what to do. Luckily there are plenty of things to do this weekend for ten dollars or less -- and many of them come w ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 30, 2011

    It's Like This: Fuck Off Zine Colorado Skate Video No. 2 premieres tonight at Tooey's

    ​The charmingly-titled local rag Fuck Off Zine is known as much for its for offend-everybody headlines like "How To Give Yourself an Abortion" and "Spitting on Bulldykes" as for its skateboard photography, and has now been potty-mouthing its way through "skateboard carnage from the bowels of C ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 25, 2011

    Today in Stoke: Local skateboard crews throw down May mayhem

    ​What to do as snowboard season finally starts winding down? Today's time-wasting video clips come courtesy of Boulder's Meta Skateboards shop, Denver's Never Summer Skateboards and Broomfield's Crisis Skateboards shop. Enjoy:

  • Blogs

    May 5, 2011

    Today in Stoke: Skateboard films take over Ones and Zeroes tonight in Broomfield

    ​Jeremy Frankovis, owner of Broomfield's Crisis Skateboards shop, is curating the selection of films for Hueso de Perro's Grindhouse "Skater Films" night tonight at 7 p.m. at the Bananelope Coffee Shop, 1405 US Highway 287. The event is part of the ongoing Ones and Zeroes Pixel Show film serie ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 9, 2010

    Today In Stoke: Grand Slam Bowl Jam skateboarding contest, Woodward at Copper

    ​If you can still stand sideways after riding in the powder all day at Copper Mountain today, stick around for the Grand Slam Bowl Jam skateboard contest in The Barn at Woodward at Copper tonight at 6 p.m. (registration and practice starts at 5 p.m.) There's a $10 cash entry fee, and prizes f ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 17, 2010

    Today In Stoke: Meta Skateboards 10th anniversary party and Lumber Jockeys premiere

    ​Boulder's Meta Skateboards celebrates its 10-year anniversary tonight at the Boulder Theater with the premiere of the new team video Lumber Jockeys and two other local videos: Properganda and With A Little Help From My Friends, plus performances by Speedwolf, The Cold North, and The Achievem ... More >>

  • Calendar

    June 10, 2010

    Looking Good in Lyons

    ​Boulder's Meta Skateboards celebrates its 10-year anniversary tonight at the Boulder Theater with the premiere of the new team video Lumber Jockeys and two other local videos: Properganda and With A Little Help From My Friends, plus performances by Speedwolf, The Cold North, and The Achievem ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 19, 2010

    Denver Skatepark: Recent beating not the only report of violence

    Courtesy DenverSkatepark.comThe Denver Skatepark at peace.​Reports of a man beaten by a group of teens at Denver Skatepark last week, resulting in a fractured vertebrae and a broken elbow among other injuries, were certainly startling. But they're apparently not unique. Westword investigative ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 16, 2009

    How to build your own skateboard bowl, featuring the Bennett DIY crew

    Work hard, play hard at Bennett's DIY skatpark​ Even as more and more cities are paying hundreds-of-thousands (or, as in the case of Denver, millions) for professionally designed and constructed outdoor skateboard facilities, many skaters still maintain that the most fun spots to ride are the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 8, 2009

    Today's featured event: Look out below! Downhill skateboarding is coming to Golden

    You haven't really experienced skateboarding until you've seen downhill skateboarding, a breakneck extreme sport requiring special longboards that are built more for speed than fancy skateboard tricks. And it takes a special kind of athlete to pilot one -- in particular, one who's addicted to adre ... More >>

  • Calendar

    June 19, 2008

    Skate or Die

    You haven't really experienced skateboarding until you've seen downhill skateboarding, a breakneck extreme sport requiring special longboards that are built more for speed than fancy skateboard tricks. And it takes a special kind of athlete to pilot one -- in particular, one who's addicted to adre ... More >>

  • News

    May 15, 2008

    Letters to the Editor

    Letters from the week of 5/15/2008

  • Calendar

    May 15, 2008

    Mega Party at the Mall

    Colorado Mills hosts band battles, BMX and more.

  • Music

    October 11, 2007

    McRad

    Meet Chuck Treece, pro-skater, session musician and old-school punk.

  • Music

    October 11, 2007

    McRad/Frontside Five

    50/50 Split
    Fivecore Records

  • Calendar

    August 2, 2007

    Ollie!

    Littleton brings out its skaters, singers — and the Fray.

  • Blogs

    June 8, 2007

    Dude! Drop In!

    Littleton brings out its skaters, singers — and the Fray.

  • News

    August 17, 2006

    On Target

    Evan Hecox takes his art to the masses, one superstore at a time.

  • Film

    December 8, 2005

    Snow Bored

    Extreme sports might be fun, but First Descent is not.

  • Calendar

    August 25, 2005

    Hey Now!

    It's a mélange of pop culture at the new Andenken exhibit.

  • News

    November 4, 2004

    Letters to the Editor

    From the week of November 4, 2004

  • News

    October 28, 2004

    Ticket to Ride

    Drop and give me ten.

  • News

    October 28, 2004

    Skate Nation

    Colorado's becoming a mecca for skateboarders. But for the best parks, you'd better head for the hills.

  • News

    August 19, 2004

    They Are the Voice

    Advocate Skateboards is on a mission from God.

  • Calendar

    August 5, 2004

    Tricks and Treats

    Advocate Skateboards is on a mission from God.

  • Calendar

    July 22, 2004

    Literary Tricks

    Skateboarders bring new views to print

  • Calendar

    April 1, 2004

    Galloping Gals

    Op Girls tour gives Bettys a chance to skate

  • News

    January 8, 2004

    On Deck

    East High's Brickyard skate crew is livin' large.

  • Calendar

    November 13, 2003

    Get Your Freak On

    Miller keeps carving the slopes on film

  • Calendar

    October 2, 2003

    This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

    Miller keeps carving the slopes on film

  • Calendar

    August 14, 2003

    Hurry Putter

    Miniature golf tourney boosts a charity

  • News

    July 17, 2003

    A Tale of Two Cities

    From a royal mess to a people's playground, Denver's parks grounded the Webb years.

  • News

    June 19, 2003

    Off Limits

    Spaced out

  • News

    April 24, 2003

    Off Limits

    Backside tailslide

  • Calendar

    March 27, 2003

    Best Free Entertainment

    Denver Skatepark

  • News

    March 20, 2003

    Life on the Rails

    Anthony Rodriguez was building his life back up. Then he was struck down.

  • Film

    May 2, 2002

    Auto Iconography

    Bad-boy skaters perpetuate their own myth in Dogtown and Z-Boys.

  • People & Places

    April 4, 2002

    Best City Councilwoman -- If You're a Skateboarder of Any Age

    Joyce Foster

  • Sports & Recreation

    April 4, 2002

    Best Cheap Skate

    Denver Skatepark
    Commons Park

  • News

    August 2, 2001

    Letters to the Editor

    From the week of August 2, 2001

  • News

    July 26, 2001

    Letters to the Editor

    From the week of July 26, 2001

  • News

    July 19, 2001

    A Tough Grind

    It took four years, but Denver's skateboarders finally have a park to call their own.

  • Sports & Recreation

    March 29, 2001

    Best Denver Park in Progress for Teens

    Skate Park

  • Calendar

    September 28, 2000

    Down Under

    Skateboard art is in a perpetual cycle of creation and destruction.

  • Culture

    August 17, 2000

    Hot Wheels

    Or: How Tony Hawk turned skateboarding into a multimillion-dollar international obsession.

  • Calendar

    June 3, 1999

    Chairman of the Board

    Or: How Tony Hawk turned skateboarding into a multimillion-dollar international obsession.

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