Snowboarding

Pre-Season Stoke: Keystone's A51 Rail Series kicks off tomorrow

Keystone hasn't yet fired up its snow guns in the race to open the first white ribbon of a run for early-season shred, but that's not stopping the mountain from hosting the first rail jam of the season: The A51 River Run Rail Series kicks off tomorrow, September 15 -- if you can believe it -- with a ... More >>

Don Burgeson on the Bunker Sno-Surf, circa 1939, and the world's first snowboard film

Jim J. NarcyThe Bunker Sno-Surf (center).​The Bunker Company's Sno-Surf, patented in 1939 by Vern Wicklund and brothers Harvey and Gunnar Burgeson, is the "holy grail" of the new Colorado Snowboard Archive at the Colorado Ski and Snowboard Museum, according to museum board member and Colorado ... More >>

U.S. Ski and Snowboard Association plans new Speed Center at Copper Mountain

Photo courtesy Copper Mountain ResortThe USSA announced yesterday it's bringing its early-season U.S. Ski Team Speed Center training facility to Copper Mountain​Copper Mountain's apparently not content to be merely a focal point of the U.S. Ski & Snowboard Association's freestyle Grand Prix se ... More >>

Films announced for Snowboard on the Rocks, September 16

​Tickets go on sale on Saturday at 10 a.m. for the 2nd annual Snowboard on the Rocks at Red Rocks Amphitheater. The September 16 event will feature the world premieres of three films: TB20 is the 20th anniversary installment of the Totally Board series from Standard Films, Familia 2 is the sec ... 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: Register for Colorado Freeride Championships at Snowmass

​Ready to send it off some sick cliffs "thrill of victory and agony of defeat" style? "Registration is still open for all fields of the Colorado Freeride Championships going down this weekend, February 25-27, 2011 in Snowmass," reports Aspen Skiing Company spokeswoman Meredith McKee. The event is ... 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: 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 >>

Black (Diamond) Friday

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

Showdown at the Echo Corral

Get on board with Never Summer Industries

The economy's on ice and snow sports have skidded off the rails, but Never Summer is riding high

Hit the Snow With the Pros

Do the Dew

Snowboarder Steve Fisher hits a double cork in the road on his way to the Olympics

Pipe Dreams

The Edge: A handy calendar of winter events

The Edge: Our guide to the season's best skiing, boarding and more

Five reasons to make the Ski Expo this weekend

A Flickr photo.Expo 2008.​An estimated 30,000 ski and snowboard junkies will flock to the Colorado Convention Center this weekend for the 18th annual Ski and Snowboard Expo. Here, five reasons you should be one of them:

Snowboard Bandit sentenced to prison

Rocky Mountain Safe Streets Task ForceThe Snowboard Bandits during a robbery. Michael Jason Martinez lived for kicking up out-of-bounds powder at A-Basin, Vail and Aspen -- that and robbing banks. Martinez won't be doing much of either for a while, though, since two weeks ago he was sentenced to te ... More >>

Today's featured event: Get board silly at the Design the Modern Board Competition

Have you ever wondered where those flashy images on your snowboard come from? Just check out the annual Design the Modern Board Competition, sponsored by the Design Within Reach furniture studio in Cherry Creek North, and you'll have at least one good answer. Competing artists near and far have al ... More >>

Demo Derby

Test the latest Burton gear at Copper Mountain.

Do the Dew

The inaugural Winter Dew Tour hits Breckenridge.

Denver Snowboard Bandits lived for excitement, but the FBI got the final thrill

Snowboard Style

Ticket to Ride

After thirty years, Squaw Pass is ready to make a comeback — as Echo Mountain Park.

Chairman of the Boards

With Icelantic, this Evergreen inventor is schussing the competition.

Snow Bored

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

Room & Board

Riders rest easy on The Block.

One Wild Ride

Marc Frank Montoya brought the inner city to the snow-white world of boarding.

Best Snowboarding Attitude

Jesse Csincsak

What Goes Up...

The Gravity Games have pull.

Big Heir

Jesse Csincsak gives handouts in a hand-to-mouth sport.

Pipe Dreams

Elitch's is stoked about its gnarly new ride.

The Ride of Their Lives

These women are going downhill fast.

Boys Gone Wild

Breckenridge has a bad-boy image, but is there truth in advertising?

Best Day in Aspen History

April 1, 2001

Best Youth Mountain Outreach

Snowboard Outreach Society

The Bounce-Back Kid

Professional snowboarder Chris Klug carves his way back to the top of the mountain.

Oldest Living Snowpunk Tells All

Chris Pappas takes his "hollow bravado" to the top of his profession.

The Sound and Fury

DJ Steve Blakley is king of Denver's jungle.

Powder Vroom

Board and Restless

The Edge

Westword's guide to the 1997-98 ski and snowboard season

Edge

Westword's Guide to teh '96-'97 ski and snowboard season

CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD

FOR MYRON KNAPSCHAFER, TO AIR IS HUMAN, TO SHRED DIVINE.SHRED ALERT SEVENTY-ONE-YEAR-OLD MYRON KNAPSCHAFER IS GOING DOWNHILL FAST--AND HE COULDN'T BE HAPPIER.