Today in stoke: Castle Rock ‘n’ Rollers roller derby league joins WFTDA

The Women’s Flat Track Derby Association announced yesterday that it has accepted eight new roller derby leagues from its apprentice league program, including Colorado’s Castle Rock ‘n’ Rollers (catch them in action on June 11 at the Douglas County Fairgrounds, skating against Greeley’s Slaughterhouse Derby Girls). For those of you…

Today in Stoke: Must-see action-sports porn at Mountainfilm in Telluride

The 32nd annual Mountainfilm in Telluride festival kicks off tomorrow night with free outdoor screenings at the Base Camp Outdoor Theater in Telluride Town Park; the full festival runs through the three-day weekend. While the festival has come to embrace documentaries about the environment, global politics, and personal responsibility (see…

Today in Stoke: The ski season that won’t quit

Today I’m headed for the slopes at Arapahoe Basin, where it has snowed more than 23 inches in the last three days and where, as I reported last week, the season has officially been extended through at least June 19 (seven days a week through June 5, then three-day weekends…

This Weekend in Stoke: Top 5 antidotes for rapture fever

Watch out for the Libyans! Who cares if the world is ending tomorrow when you can fire up the Flux Capacitor, hit 88 miles per hour and travel to happier times at tonight’s Bike to the Future Bike Prom at 8 p.m. at Casselman’s, 2620 Walnut Street? Tickets are $20…

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

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 Never Summer, and it turns out she’s been busy since then: Last month she won both the Women’s Slopestyle…

Today in Stoke: Arapahoe Basin extends ski season to June 19

How about this weather we’ve been having? Local skiers and snowboarders fantasizing about 4th of July fireworks at Arapahoe Basin just might see their dreams come true this season: On Friday the ski area announced it will remain open seven days a week through June 5 as planned and then…

Today in Stoke: Loveland’s Chair 4 lottery

Retired chairlift chairs are a hot commodity around here, where hardcore skiers and snowboarders like to turn them into porch swings or mountain cabin decor: When Arapahoe Basin offered its old Expedition seats last year to make way for the new Black Mountain Express, the chairs went for $450 and…

Today in Stoke: Last chance to register for the Adventure Xstream Series

Regular old marathons, triathlons and century rides not grueling enough for you? The Adventure Xstream Series comes to Colorado on May 14 for AXS Buena Vista, and registration ($135-$235 depending on the race option) is still open through May 11. The event will send competitors whitewater kayaking, mountain biking, trail…

This Weekend in Stoke: Top five wicked ways to celebrate Mother’s Day

Lookout, mom! The Pagan Downhill crew (“sickest longboarding events in the world”) is dropping bombs on Lookout Mountain this weekend for the 2011 Buffalo Bill Downhill Bloodspill, a skateboarding race pretty much guaranteed to live up to its gruesome name as 120 of Colorado’s craziest skaters careen down a 1.1-mile…

Beltania camping festival kicks off summer in the mountains

Christianity has Easter and Judaism has Passover — and there are dinners and ritual events widely available for both those celebrations. And for the pagan-centric religions, there’s Beltania, the annual camping/music/spiritual festival in the mountains near Florence, Colorado, which kicks off festivities tomorrow (you can still purchase tickets for the…