Vail Resorts Inc. closed the deal today to buy out the remaining 30 percent share of Specialty Sports Venture (total consideration, $31 million), which means Ken and Thomas Gart – best known around these parts as the Gart Bros. – are effectively out of the sports retail game. The SSV…
After much back and forth over the last few months, including a showdown in the middle of the Winter Olympics, Intrawest has repaid its lenders and completed a new loan. Locally, that means Winter Park and Steamboat may be staying the course until at least 2014, though the $107 million…
The first films for the 32nd annual Telluride Mountainfilm Festival were announced today. The festival will be held May 28-31.Louie Psihoyos’s Oscar-winning documentary The Cove is the highest-profile picture of the bunch. The National Geographic film follows Flipper star-turned animal rights activist Ric O’Barry as he attempts to stop the…
Fruita’s 15th annual single-track extravaganza kicks off on Thursday with a VIP party at El Tapatio Mexican Restaurant, followed by three days of rides on the local trails, a bike expo, concerts, and boozing with event sponsor New Belgium.VIP Pass registration for the Fruita Fat Tire Festival is $35, which…
David Reyes from Minh Thong on Vimeo.Here’s some new footage of David Reyes, one of our local faves, chewing on some familiar scenery in downtown Denver, courtesy of local lensman Minh Thong and 303 Boards (our Best of Denver pick for Best Skate Shop Skate Team). Reyes was recently featured…
Beaver Creek won top honors last week at the National Ski Areas Association (NSAA) 2010 National Ski Area Safety Awards, marking the seventh year in a row Beaver Creek’s Skier and Snowboarder Responsibility Program has held the Best Overall Safety Program title.The resort’s 2009/2010 safety initiatives included Beaver Creek Safety…
Echo Mountain takes bragging rights seriously: It may be one of the smallest ski areas in Colorado, but it’s also the closest to Denver, has one of the best terrain parks, and is keeping the party going long after most of its Front Range competitors have closed up for the…
When Outdoor Divas set up shop in Cherry Creek and Boulder looking to outfit women for a world of adventure, the divas had role models like Kellie Erwin specifically in mind. Find out why on Wednesday night (Aprll 21, 6:30pm) when Erwin stops by the Cherry Creek store to share…
Tonight the American Prairie Foundation presents a free preview screening of American Serengeti at 7 p.m. at the Denver Flagship REI store, with APF representatives on hand to discuss the project.The new film from National Geographic documents the creation of the American Prairie Reserve on more than 3 million acres…
Here’s some inspiring news snowboarders around the world have been waiting for: Kevin Pearce officially checked out of Craig Hospital this week, four months after suffering a traumatic brain injury in the halfpipe on December 31. He’ll remain in Colorado for a few weeks of outpatient treatment, but is expected…
There should be some prime skating, spectating and people watching at the Denver Skatepark this Friday when the Bones Wheels team rolls into town.Pro skaters on the trip include Jake Duncombe, and Danny Cerezini, with ams Boo Johnson, Felipe Gustavo, Nick Tucker, Kevin Romar, Matt Berger, and Nathan Fantasia is…
Next week is the National Park Service’s annual National Park Week, which means free entrance to all 392 parks in the national park system, plus special promotions at many of the parks: A perfect excuse, as if you need one, to explore the four national parks and six national monuments…
By all rights, Colorado should have hosted the Winter Olympics by now. Alas, we blew our big chance: Colorado voters balked at the bill and rejected the award after winning a bid for the 1976 games, and we’ve been trying to get back in the International Olympic Committee’s good graces…
Some things never get old. Case in point? Winter Park closes out its seventieth anniversary season today with the 42nd annual Spring Splash, and the spectacle of skiers and snowboarders hucking themselves over an icy pond and into the drink in full gaper gear is still hilarious. “Though most end…
On June 2, 2006 Ben Bradley set out from his home in Tabernash, CO with a rare Never Summer split snowboard, some winter gear, his thumb, and not much else, hitchhiking his way to Jackson, WY to meet friends for some late-season snowboarding. He never made it, and his body…
The Denver Roller Dolls throw down for their second bout of the season this weekend (April 17) at the 1st Bank Center, but first they’ll be taking center stage tonight at Benders Tavern for the Karaoke Gong Show. Each $3 donation to the Roller Dolls (a non-profit organization, the Dolls…
STOP…Hammertime! Try Again Teaser from SixEleven on Vimeo.Colorado snowboard film crew SixEleven Productions dropped a new trailer for its forthcoming flick STOP… Hammertime! this week, and while the film itself promises hammers galore, this clip’s all about the less glorious side of putting in work with a video crew. Ouch!…
This week Copper Mountain and the United States Snowboard Association (USASA) close out a week of snowboarding and freeskiing competition with the winter events of The Alt Games College Action Sports Championships on Saturday April 10 in the Catalyst Terrain Park.Colorado colleges represented in the event include University of Colorado,…
The American Motorcyclist Association (AMA) brings its Lucas Oil Motocross Championships back to Lakewood’s Thunder Valley on June 26 for the fifth of eleven stops on the 2010 AMA schedule, and tickets went on sale this week at ExtremeTix.Thunder Valley — Westword’s Best of Denver 2010 pick for Best Motocross…
In November we reported that Aspen Mountain, Buttermilk, and Aspen Highlands nabbed the three highest scores in Colorado in the Ski Area Citizens’ Coalition environmental report card rankings, with Aspen Mountain and Buttermilk taking two of the top three spots out of all U.S. resorts (just behind Squaw Valley).This week…
While most of the other Colorado ski areas close up for the season or shift over to summer activities, Arapahoe Basin is keeping the dream alive until June 6. It’s the same spirit of endurance that has kept the mountain’s annual Enduro event going for 21 years. A true test…
Jack Benedick’s life flashed before his eyes during a 1969 land-mine explosion that claimed his legs. A soldier on his second tour of duty in Vietnam, he tried to imagine what things his future would hold. Being inducted into the U.S. Ski Hall of Fame 41 years later was not…
