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  • Blogs

    March 21, 2012

    Gretchen Bleiler's Aspen Magazine cover: X-Games marks the spot

    Denver blog posts already miss Tim Tebow. Denver Egotist on photog Tomas Zuccareno's Aspen Magazine shoot with four-time X Games gold medalist Gretchen Bleiler. Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead Broke hips us to free Red Cross training. Colorado Peak Politics: Are Obama minions bribing coll ... More >>

  • 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

    February 13, 2012

    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 >>

  • Calendar

    February 9, 2012

    Sock It To 'Em

    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 >>

  • Calendar

    January 26, 2012

    X Rated

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    January 5, 2012

    Barman Joshua Smith jumps ship at Williams & Graham and TAG to open a bar in Aspen

    "Treat everyone right, because you never know who's sitting at your bar," says barman Joshua Smith, who currently commands the beverage program at TAG in addition to slinging drinks at Williams & Graham a couple of nights a week. That lesson was hammered home for him a few weeks ago, when he scored ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 29, 2011

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    December 16, 2011

    New Year's Eve 2011 Denver: ten best family-friendly events

    ​Finding a quality babysitter any time of year can be rough, but on New Year's Eve -- when most babysitters would rather be rocking out with their friends than making sure your rugrats don't choke on dinner -- it's almost impossible. Thankfully, there are plenty of events on December 31 that w ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 15, 2011

    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.

  • Blogs

    December 14, 2011

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    November 14, 2011

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    October 10, 2011

    Rocky Mountain Chili Bowl will go from mobile to stationary in Stapleton

    In 2001, Matt Robinette sat with his wife, Roberta, brother Jonathan and sister-in-law Cristina in a Tahoe cafe, where they pondered selling Roberta's Pueblo-style green chile in California, an area of the country that wasn't familiar with the stuff. It took nearly a decade -- as well as a move back ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 2, 2011

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    July 27, 2011

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    July 1, 2011

    National Sports Center for the Disabled hosts No Barriers Summit 2011 at Winter Park

    The Explorer II Off-Road Handcycle is one of the featured technologies in the Innovation Village at No Barriers Summit 2011Redefine outdated concepts like "wheelchair" and "disability" this weekend at Winter Park​Get ready to give up any excuse you might have for not staying active and living ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 10, 2011

    This Weekend in Stoke: Top five ways to pedal, paddle and push into Summer

    ​Might as well jump! Whitewater athletes at the Lyons Outdoor Games will be making the most of peak flow on the South Saint Vrain River as this year's epic mountain snowpack melts like crazy -- don't miss the Adam Barron Memorial South Saint Vrain Creek Race on Saturday at 10 a.m. and the Kay ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 16, 2011

    Today in Stoke: U.S. Extreme Freeskiing Championships at Crested Butte this week

    ​Crested Butte Mountain Resort celebrates 20 years of hosting the U.S. Extreme Freeskiing Championships this week, a truly extreme action sports event that predates the X Games and other extremism in sports lexicography by about four years. The resort bills itself as "the birthplace of Big Mou ... More >>

  • Blogs

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    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 gold​Denver 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 >>

  • Blogs

    January 28, 2011

    EpicMix app takes hold at Vail Resorts, turning skiing into The Social Network

    ​While seeking some epic pow-pow at Breckenridge recently (read: practicing my "pizza and French fries" on the cruisin' slopes), I noticed a new phenomenon: ski dudes and dudettes whipping out their smart phones to compare stats on Vail Resorts' new EpicMix social-media app, which tracks guest ... More >>

  • Calendar

    January 27, 2011

    X Marks the Spot

    ​While seeking some epic pow-pow at Breckenridge recently (read: practicing my "pizza and French fries" on the cruisin' slopes), I noticed a new phenomenon: ski dudes and dudettes whipping out their smart phones to compare stats on Vail Resorts' new EpicMix social-media app, which tracks guest ... More >>

  • Blogs

    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 Air​More 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 >>

  • Blogs

    January 26, 2011

    Wes Selby: Colorado's X-Games underdog

    Wes Selby.​At this weekend's X-Games in Aspen, all of Wes Selby's competitors will be paid to race in the Snowmobile Snocross. Selby, however, is essentially paying to compete. Raised in Granby where he still lives, Selby is the only privateer racing in the Snocross Sunday.

  • Blogs

    January 25, 2011

    SIA Tradeshow and Denver BigAir: Things to do in Denver if you're not a pro or a badgeholder

    Britt Chester​ By now you've seen the monstrosity that's been constructed at Civic Center Park. Turns out it wasn't a mini-skyscraper skyscraper after all. It's a ramp, as you can see here in the photo taken just a bit ago from the top of structure by our always intrepid scribe and resident d ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 8, 2010

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    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 >>

  • Culture

    November 11, 2010

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

    ​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 >>

  • Calendar

    December 17, 2009

    Do the Dew

    ​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 >>

  • News

    December 10, 2009

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

    ​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 >>

  • Calendar

    January 22, 2009

    X Marks the Spot

    Watch the games or have some fun of your own in Aspen

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    January 8, 2009

    Hip Hip Ouray

    Watch the games or have some fun of your own in Aspen

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    January 24, 2008

    Get Vertical

    Watch the games or have some fun of your own in Aspen

  • Calendar

    December 13, 2007

    King of the Mountains

    Telluride's snow-sport competition and music lineup are the best of the bunch.

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