CBS confirmed today that two stars of the Rocky Mountain Rollergirls’ 5280 Fight Club will be among the contestants for the $1 million prize on the 22nd season of The Amazing Race, premiering February 17. While local roller-derby fans know them best by their noms de derby, Triple Shot Misto…
This week’s submission comes from local Meta Skateboards rider JJ Jensen, (whom you’ve also seen in the teaser for Meta’s forthcoming video “The Holy Crail” on this blog), and with the video comes a sweet skate swag package from Meta. If can you guess where Jensen is throwing down this…
Denver hasn’t had enough of a snow dump this winter for a proper sledding run, much less urban snowboarding jibs, but — thanks to last week’s temperature drop and a special agreement with Denver Water to facilitate artificial snowmaking — the Ruby Hill Rail Yard ski and snowboard terrain park…
Is roller disco dead? From the looks of Down & Derby’s monthly party at Exdo this weekend, the answer is a firm, “Hell no.” That didn’t keep the group from borrowing that idea for its weekend theme, however — or drawing on disco style while doing some legitimate boogying on…
For the third installment of “Guess where I’m skateboarding…” we reached out to a local skate company that wanted to showcase a few locals shredding a fresh spot. Now, you might have to actually be “in the know” in order to get this spot (if you can’t read, that is),…
Last week we debuted the newest addition to our blog that’s focused on skateboarding. This week, we bring you a new clip with the same chance to win some sweet gear from a local company, Conkwear. We’ve scoured the spots of Colorado and will continue to bring you fresh tricks…
In a year of big ski-town anniversaries — including a 40th bash at Copper Mountain, 50th anniversaries at Vail and Steamboat and Eldora, the 75th anniversary celebration at Loveland, and the upcoming 100th anniversary of Steamboat Springs’ Howelsen Hill — the wildest party of all just might be this week…
Show and Tell has created a new weekly feature that we’re excited to share with you: Spot of the Week. Every Wednesday, we’ll post a short clip of a local skateboarder shredding at a local spot. And you can win skate swag as a result: All you have to do…
Icy objects are familiar sights in Vail, but a ten-foot-tall wall of ice used as a projection screen is definitely a first in this mountain town. The Logan Ice Theater will be unveiled tonight at the Sixth Annual Triumph Winterfest, coming alive with videos and images of the past fifty…
Although the official cast list for the 22nd season of the CBS reality series The Amazing Race hasn’t been released, Reality Fan Forum, Reality Blurred and other sources are spilling the beans early, and report that a pair of Rocky Mountain Rollergirls will be among next season’s competitors. Google away…
For some folks, the ski season doesn’t really start until they’ve seen the annual Warren Miller adventure flick. Others caught the premiere of Flow State last month, but are ready for another look at the movie. And they’ll get their chance tomorrow night, at the sixth annual Warren Miller Screening…
On Saturday, December 8, filmmaker Buck Harrison will be presenting the world premiere of One Degree Celsius, his documentary following a year in the life of the artists and athletes behind Denver-based Icelantic Skis. Harrison says he set out to make a small film about an independent ski brand with…
The burgeoning multi-media empire known as So-Gnar puts on awesome events like the So-Gnar Snowboard Camp Tour and Shred Circuit contest series, then turns around fun little video edits within days to help fuel the stoke. Last week we previewed the kickoff to the 7th annual Snowboard Camp tour at…
We’ve been championing the local shred-stick economy as it has grown over the past few years, and not just out of sheer locavore pride. This year several national media outlets have taken notice, too: In “Gear of the Year,” Men’s Journal just proclaimed that the Odin by Venture Snowboards is…
Copper Mountain’s pouring 72-cent beers from 1 to 5 p.m. and hosting a ’70s costume contest at 2 p.m. Saturday, December 8 — both nods to the the resort’s fortieth birthday, with a special appearance by Neil Diamond tribute band Super Diamond to complete the circa-1972 vibe. The resort is…
“We wanted to do a super affordable snowboard camp for kids that is all about creativity, having fun, and getting to ride with some great pros, something parents could really get behind,” says Golden-based pro snowboarder Pat Milbery, who is getting his 7th annual So-Gnar Snowboard Camp Tour underway this…
Pete Wagner of Wagner Custom Skis — one of five Colorado-based ski builders featured in our January 2012 cover story on the local “microbrew” ski scene — caught the attention of The New York Times’ Technology section over the weekend: his small factory and design shop in Placerville (near Telluride)…
Nearly a dozen of Colorado’s coolest local ski and snowboard companies are banding together for the 2nd annual Colorado Demo Days event this weekend at Copper Mountain, a showcase of locally-made planks. “We have such an awesome snowsports industry right here in Colorado, and supporting local brands supports both the…
Denver-based Icelantic Skis unveiled a new limited-edition John Denver signature ski today, produced in partnership with the John Denver Estate and featuring a portrait of the musician by in-house artist Travis Parr. The $699 skis — a variant of Icelantic’s popular Nomad shape, produced in a small batch of 100…
Breckenridge opened for the 2012-’13 ski and snowboard season today, with two lifts and forty acres of terrain, joining Arapahoe Basin, Loveland, Keystone and Copper Mountain. And with the So-Gnar Snowboard Camp Tour kicking off tomorrow at Woodward at Copper and OpenSnow.com (a Westword Best of Denver 2012 winner) dubbing…
UPDATE 11/4/2012: The Denver Roller Dolls’ Mile High Club finished third overall at the 2012 “Grits and Glory” Women’s Flat Track Roller Derby Association Championships in Atlanta after beating the Texas Rollergirls’ Texecutioners 210-199 in Sunday’s consolation round, thanks to a 44-point surge in the final minutes of competition from…
Loveland lost the annual race to open first this season to the neighbors at Arapahoe Basin, but first chair tomorrow at 9 a.m. will still be a hot ticket when the ski area marks the start of its 75th anniversary season with a top-to-bottom run on the Catwalk, Mambo, and…
