Troy Rarick, owner of Over the Edge Sports in Fruita, used to laugh as mountain bikers blazed through town with their bikes on top of their cars, on their way to better-known destinations like Moab, oblivious to the singletrack paradise they were passing by. Sixteen years ago, he decided to…
The Cherry Creek Sneak, now in its 29th year, has become one of the biggest races of the season, attracting more than 10,000 runners. Last year, Competitor magazine named it Denver’s best running event. The secret, according to race promoter Patrick Downing? Free beer. “The five-mile race is the main…
Arapahoe Basin is not only still open (one of just two Colorado ski areas still going strong), it’s 100 percent open and yesterday reported a 100″ base, its deepest base since 2003, according to spokeswoman Leigh Hierholzer, who says she and her colleagues decided to take the opportunity to celebrate…
Boulder-based adventurer Andrew Skurka estimates he’s hiked/skied/trekked at least 25,000 miles in the last decade, including a 4,700-mile Alaska-Yukon Expedition in 2010 that was featured last month in National Geographic, so listen up tonight when he tells you how to pack light for your next adventure. Skurka’s the featured guest…
Still can’t believe ski season ended yesterday at Vail and Breckenridge, the last of the Vail resorts still standing, even though it’s still snowing up in them thar hills? As we reflect on the epic season now mostly behind us, the hardcore among us can visit EpicMix.com to relive all…
Thank you, Easter bunny! Copper Mountain’s Spring Sunsation festival and 2010/2011 ski season winds up this weekend with a world record attempt on Saturday at 10 a.m. “Time to break out those swimsuits and sunglasses, because we’re going to be trying to break the world record for most people to…
It’s Always Sunny In Colorado, filmmaker Bucky O’Connell’s long-awaited ode to the local skateboarding scene, premiers next Thursday at the Bluebird Theater with 8 p.m. and 10 p.m. screenings for $8. The video, presented by 303 Boards and Toebock Media Group, features Derek Milton, Matt Kehoe, Shad Spencer and at…
Photographer Delilah Montoya spent a year documenting the lives of professional female boxers — including Denver’s own Teri “Lil’ Loca” Cruz — for the book Women Boxers: The New Warriors, portions of which are featured in Su Mirada/Her Gaze, the current exhibition at the Museo de las Américas, 861 Santa…
Aspen’s resorts have been pushing big-air progression in skiing and snowboarding this year like never before, and not just at the Winter X Games, where Torstein Horgmo’s triple back flip at Buttermilk in January raised the bar and won the gold. “We’ve been working with the core magazines and top…
“To me, the World Pond Skimming Championships represent diving into a new season and going out with a splash to celebrate the spectacular snow year we’ve just had,” says event spokeswoman Kelly Patton. Still, you won’t catch her getting her feet wet when the competition kicks off in Vail. “Oh,…
Ski season may be winding down, but Spring is prime time for film crews working on this year’s new ski porn: Many ski areas now work with the top film companies to allow private sessions on the mountain after closing day. Case in point? Poor Boyz Productions has let loose…
Without Limits Race Productions race coordinator Candy Panigutti is dropping triathlon knowledge tonight at 6:30 p.m. at Outdoor Divas, 2717 East 3rd Avenue (and tomorrow at 7 p.m. at the Boulder store, 1133 Pearl Street), to help local ladies gear up and get ready for upcoming events like the Colorado…
Beaver Creek, Silverton Mountain and Echo Mountain all called it quits for the season yesterday, but that doesn’t mean there isn’t still perfectly good skiing and snowboarding to be had: Copper Mountain, Vail, Winter Park, Aspen Highlands and Snowmass are all throwing rites of Spring bashes this week and Easter…
Rock out with your sunblock out! The Spring Back to Vail concert lineup kicks off tonight at 6 p.m. in Vail Village with Grace Potter & the Nocturnals and The Chain Gang of 1974 at Solaris Plaza (Train and Saint Motel play tomorrow night at Ford Park and The Greyboy…
Colorado-based climbers “HardCor” Cory Fleagle, Jim Turner and Thom Engelbach got in over their heads last month on an expedition to the Southern Patagonian Ice Field between Argentina and Chile, throwing “caution to the winds” on Monte FitzRoy, but still managed to live to bring home the slideshow…
If closing weekend at Beaver Creek makes you wish you had a time machine, you’ll be in good company at the Vintage SkiFest: Last year’s vintage ski race (held in conjunction with the U.S. Ski & Snowboard Hall of Fame induction ceremony) was so much fun that the resort decided…
Nancy Smith, director of Frequent Flyers Productions Aerial Dance Theater, is the only company member who was even alive during the 1960s, but that hasn’t stopped her crew of far-out choreographers and high-flying dancers from tackling the turn on, tune in, drop out decade in their new show, Fabulous Freaky…
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:…
What’s the world coming to? Yesterday Aspen/Snowmass slashed its single day adult lift ticket price to $49; take another $10 off if you have a season pass from another mountain. “Because Easter is two weeks later this year, we’re treating these two weeks as a special bonus,” says Aspen/Snowmass spokewsoman…
Last week the International Olympic Committee officially announced that Ski Halfpipe will debut as an Olympic medal sport at the 2014 Games in Sochi. That’s big news for one local ski resort: For U.S. athletes the road to Sochi will begin at Copper Mountain, host of the first Olympic qualifier…
Damn ams! The USASA Nationals competition moves from snowboarding to freeskiing this weekend at Copper Mountain, with opening ceremonies on Saturday and competition running Sunday through Wednesday, pitting amateur skiers against each other in Superpipe, Slopestyle and Skiercross events. And more Spring stoke after the jump…..
The 2011 Reel Rock Film Tour doesn’t kick off in Boulder until September 15, but if you want to see your own exploits featured this year then now’s your chance: Enter your two-minute clip by July 15 for a chance at $500 and some sponsor swag, paltry compared to the…
