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Level 1 Productions, Stept, MSP clean up at IF3 International Freeski Film Festival

Denver-based ski porn purveyors Level 1 Productions won big at the IF3 International Freeski Film Festival over the weekend in Montreal, with director Josh Berman and his team taking the top prize -- Best North American Film -- for their 2012 film Sunny, as well as Best Editing and Best Male Perform ... More >>

Echo Mountain to become private Front Range Ski Club after yesterday's auction

Echo Mountain, the tiny 226-acre ski area near Evergreen that we'd taken to calling "the little terrain park that could" in our annual winter activities guide, The Edge, apparently couldn't: Denver's closest ski area was put up for sale in June after operating at a loss for six consecutive seasons, ... More >>

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 >>

Something Independent's Art of Winter auction closes this weekend

​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, including original work by 20 local artists as well as skis and boards by some of Colorado's ... More >>

Art of Winter proves there's no business like snow business

Chill! The Snow Show has filled the Colorado Convention Center with a blizzard of activity, and the white stuff is spilling outside the facility into the 2012 Art of Winter, a snow-inspired exhibition featuring Colorado artists and innovators. At noon today and again next Thursday, the Denver Thea ... More >>

Snowmass nabs most-viewed snowboard video of 2011

It's no secret that Colorado ski areas have been embracing social media: Vail Resorts' EpicMix Photo app is the gold standard, and even the tiniest ski areas in the state now have very active Facebook and Twitter feeds. Every "impression" counts, especially when you have skiers and snowboarders shar ... More >>

Santa shreds the slopes: Six sick shots from ski country

Photo courtesy Copper Mountain Resort​Santa didn't bring much in the way of fresh snow for Christmas (apparently some of you skiers and snowboarders out there have been naughty this year) but he did manage to get some turns in after making his rounds in Colorado, shredding his way into the Fac ... More >>

New Year's Eve 2011 Denver: ten best mountain celebrations

​What better time to take advantage of this city's proximity to the beautiful Rocky Mountains -- and some of the best skiing in the world -- than New Year's Eve? Keep reading for our list of the ten best ways to celebrate New Year's, mountain-style.

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 >>

Local Boards for Locavores

In honor of Nigel Tufnel, eleven ways to turn it up to 11 on the weekend beginning 11/11/11

"The numbers all go to eleven.​In honor of Nigel Tufnel Day, we present our Top 11 picks for weekend adventure. "These go to eleven." A pair of skis pointed for the Park Lane terrain park jump line on Peak 8 for opening day of the 50th anniversary season at Breckenridge looks like an 11 to u ... More >>

Snow Porn: Flow Snowboarding brings Was Here to Casselman's tonight

Catch the local premiere of the new Flow Snowboarding team video.​The Colorado premiere of Flow Snowboarding's new team video Was Here drops tonight at 8 p.m. at Casselman's Bar & Venue, 2620 Walnut Street, where Snowboard Colorado magazine is celebrating the release of its November issue, giv ... More >>

Snow Porn: Must-see ski and snowboard movies at The Meeting in Aspen

As if the explosion of Fall color isn't reason enough to drive over Independence Pass this weekend headed for Aspen, tonight is also the NEPSA Video Awards ceremony at 7 p.m. at the Wheeler Opera House, the official kickoff of The Meeting, Aspen's 7th annual ski & snowboard film festival.

The Art of Snowboarding

This Weekend in Stoke: Snowboard on the Rocks drops in

​Mmm... totally! "We are looking forward to 10,000 snowboarders getting together to celebrate the sport and the start of the new season," says Waide Hoyt, production manager for Standard Films. The company is celebrating the 20th anniversary of its Totally Board series tonight with the world p ... More >>

Totally Rad

Denver and Boulder dates announced for The Art of Flight snowboard epic

​Red Bull Media House, Brain Farm Digital Cinema and Quiksilver have announced world tour dates for director Curt Morgan's latest snowboard film extravaganza The Art of Flight after unveiling a high-profile ad campaign promoting the film during X Games 17. The high-definition film (check out t ... More >>

Today in Stoke: Micah Cook on Never Summer's Shred 'em All

​Today Denver-based snowboard company Never Summer Industries released the first trailer for Shred 'Em All, the second feature-length film showcasing its team riders. The world premiere will be in Denver in the Fall, but we figured the trailer was news hook enough to catch up with director Mic ... More >>

And Snow it Goes

Today in Stoke: Never Summer's Heather Baroody, Class of 2011

Westword file photo by Sarah Austin, 2010Need a screw? Never Summer team rider Heather Baroody wears a couple of spares​Heather Baroody is so hardcore she wears snowboard binding screws as earrings. We last caught up with her last January as part of our cover story profile on her sponsors at N ... More >>

Beyond Thunderbowl

Today in Stoke: Top three reasons to play Spring ski season hooky this week

​Still haven't used all your sick days this season? Not quite ready to shift from ski/snowboard season to working in your garden? Here are three perfectly good excuses to call in sick and head for the hills this week:

Tall Order

Rocky Mountain High: Is John Denver headed for Colorado Ski & Snowboard Museum Hall of Fame?

​Queue up "Rocky Mountain High" for the 2011 Colorado Ski & Snowboard Museum Hall of Fame awards: John Denver (who is on a roll here -- he's also about to be inducted into the Colorado Music Hall of Fame) is among this year's candidates. As his friend and fellow musician Jim Salestrom notes in ... More >>

This Weekend In Stoke: Top six ways to put life, limb and ladies on the line

​Lights! Camera! Action! Start your weekend in stoke off properly tonight at the Paramount Theater, where they're screening films from the 35th annual Banff Mountain Film Festival World Tour, including Life Cycles, Still Motion, Miracle In The Storm, Into Darkness, Wildwater and The Fall Line: ... More >>

Today in Stoke: Snowboarder Celia Miller on board with Denver's SixEleven Productions

SixElevenProductions.com"I'm 18, so I'm totally legal," says snowboarder Celia Miller. You know, in case you were wondering.​Time for some Time-Wasting Video! Breckenridge-based Celia Miller, a star of the all-female snowboard film Let's Make Better Mistakes Tomorrow, recently joined up with R ... More >>

Over the weekend: Freerider Jeremy Jones talks about Deeper and his new line of snowboards

Photo by Britt ChesterA man who makes molehills of mountains.​In a world where 14-year-old kids are throwing double-cork 1080s, the oft forgotten path of big mountain riding gets lost in the mix or, sometimes, completely overlooked. Jeremy Jones has been at the forefront of that revolution sin ... More >>

Hickenlooper, Vidal, a Merinotaur and a bunch of crossdressers: SIA Snow Show gets weird

Photo by Colin BaneMore cowbell! Colorado Ski Country president Melanie Mills, Gov. John Hickenlooper, and Winter Park Ski Resort president Gary DeFrange ring in opening day of the SIA Snow Show​The SIA Snow Show rang in its second year in Denver yesterday with Governor John Hickenlooper rocki ... More >>

Om The Slopes

Protip: Catch an advance Denver Big Air preview on the sly at practice tonight

​It may be that the powers-that-be of Civic Center Park have Denver Big Air, which starts tomorrow, locked down tighter than a low-income high school, but that's not going to stop the determined winter sports enthusiast from seeing it for free. It is, after all, an enormous ramp in a public pa ... More >>

Can't make it to Denver Big Air? Cityvids has your back

​In less than a week now, the scaffolding will be erected and the snow packed onto the 101-foot ramp that's been going up for the last week or so in Civic Center Park, allowing a generous handful of world-class skiers and snowboarders to launch themselves to preposterous heights in the middle ... More >>

Today In Stoke: Ruby Hill Rail Yard ski and snowboard terrain park now open

Colin BaneOpening day at the Ruby Hill Rail Yard Terrain Park​Don't feel like sitting in ski traffic to ride the rails? The Ruby Hill Rail Yard Terrain Park at South Platte River Drive & Florida Avenue opened on Saturday with rails, slider boxes, jumps and open slopes for sledding and learning ... More >>

This Weekend In Stoke: Happy Winter Trails Day to you

​Need a good excuse to get out of town this weekend? Here are our six sweet reasons to head up to yonder hills.

Today In Stoke: Ruby Hill begins snowmaking, set to open Rail Yard terrain park this month

Dave Watson Photography, courtesy Winter ParkSnowmaking under way at Ruby Hill's Rail Yard terrain park in Denver​Ruby Hill Rail Yard sponsors Winter Park Resort, Denver Parks and Recreation and Christy Sports took advantage of the new snow and cold temperatures this weekend to fire up the sno ... More >>

This Weekend In Stoke: Top five mountain New Year's celebrations

Photo by Casey Day, courtesy of Arapahoe BasinRing in the New Year at 11,500 feet at A-Basin's Black Mountain Lodge​This week we brought you nearly 100 great reasons to stay in town for New Year's Eve. Here are five equally good excuses to get out of Dodge:

Get Gnarly

The Perfect Storm

Jibulation Jamboree

Ride On, Sisters

Shred the Love

Ticket to Ride

Chairman of the Board

Locked and Loaded

Anthony and Luke's excellent adventure.

Reading, Writing, Rock

Authors bring Bookapalooza to town

Painting the Town

Heartful Dodgers

The Last Good Season hits a homer

Best Big Thrift Shop

Goodwill Store

Thrills for the week