Rock climbing legend Pat Ament began bouldering and free-climbing near Boulder in 1958 when he was a student and gymnast at the University of Colorado, and spent his formative years learning from the best of the best. His relationship with mentor John Gill helped shape his own career not only…
Lakewood’s Thunder Valley Motocross Park has been not-so-quietly making itself into one of the premiere destinations on the motocross racing circuit: The park has been hosting the American Motorcyclist Association’s AMA National events since 2005, and after hosting the Motocross of Nations in 2010 it’s now considered one of the…
Push On! In the seven months since Clayton Brown opened his Pusher BMX shop at 5777 East Evans Avenue, “Colorado’s Only BMX Rider-Owned and Operated BMX Shop” has been getting props from the likes of TransWorld Business and ESPN, doing double the business Brown projected for himself and attracting pro…
The 31st annual Crested Butte Bike Week gets underway today with Alison Gannett’s Rippin’ Chix Mountain Bike Camps for women ($35 per session; $95 for the singletrack skills workshop) and a 6 p.m. “Night at the Museum” kick-off party at the Mountain Bike Hall of Fame, 331 Elk Avenue…
Earlier this month, 303 Boards’ CLFX team skater Julian Christianson won the Denver stop of the Element Skateboards Make It Count contest series at the Lafayette Skatepark, earning a trip to skate at The Berrics in California with the Element pro team and compete in the Make It Count Finals…
Today is the 9th annual international observance of Go Skateboarding Day, a Summer Solstice celebration that’s just our style. The skater holiday was originally created as a marketing ploy by the International Association of Skateboard Companies, but has since been embraced by public skateparks and independent skate shops everywhere. It’s…
Over the weekend, we caught news of a reservoir in Portland being drained after a man was caught pissing in it, which sounds like something of a joke headline, but the whole thing is in fact very serious — so serious that it’s costing taxpayers $36,000. In light of this…
It’s official: For the first time since 1997, Arapahoe Basin has enough snow on the slopes to stay open on weekends through the 4th of July. As of this morning the ski area is reporting a mid-mountain base of 50 inches and, get this, about a half an inch of…
The Mystery Skateboards Color Theory Summer Tour comes to town tonight with a 6 p.m. autograph session at 303 Boards (1338 East Colfax Avenue), followed by a full team demo at 8 p.m. at the Denver Skatepark (2205 19th Street). The Mystery team features Denver’s own local skate hero David…
The new U.S. Freeskiing National Team announced its first official team roster today, following April’s news that Ski Halfpipe will be an Olympic medal sport at the 2014 Games in Sochi and that Copper Mountain will host the first Olympic qualifier for the event in December 2013. Three of the…
Denver-based cyclist and University of Colorado grad student Mathew Arnold may be the only competitor working on his thesis in the middle of the 30th annual transcontinental Race Across America (RAAM) bicycle race from Oceanside, California, to Annapolis, Maryland, next week: Arnold and his SIMPLE Mobile Team partner David Preston…
Five years ago, Denver-based Runner’s World writer Dimity McDowell and her Portland, Oregon-based running/writing partner Sarah Bowen Shea successfully pitched an article to the magazine, proposing to write about their post-pregnancy training in the lead-up to running the 125-mile TransRockies Run together. Then they immediately decided they wouldn’t actually be…
On Friday, the U.S. Forest Service approved plans for Breckenridge Peak 6, a proposed expansion in White River National Forest that would open 550 additional acres at the Breckenridge Ski Resort and add to the resort’s “comfortable carrying capacity” by 1,100 guests (the resort regularly exceeds its current CCC). The…
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…
Gear geeks, rejoice: Bruce Johnson brings his History of Gear project to Boulder’s Neptune Mountaineering tonight at 8 p.m. (Table Mesa Shopping Center, 633 South Broadway) for his Great Gear Pioneers of Boulder lecture, where a display of vintage gear from pioneering historic Colorado companies will stand in stark contrast…
Today Denver-based snowboard company Never Summer Industries released the first trailer for Shred ‘Em All, the second feature-length film showcasing its team riders. The world premiere will be in Denver in the Fall, but we figured the trailer was news hook enough to catch up with director Micah Cook for…
If you skipped the action in Vail this weekend at the 10th annual Teva Mountain Games, never fear: Students from the Outside Adventure Film School camp held in conjunction with the games will be getting their footage featured online shortly (click here for an hour’s worth of awesome from the…
Dive in! Red Bull Illume — “The world’s biggest action sports photography competition” — brings its touring exhibition to the Denver Performing Arts Center’s outdoor Galleria tonight through June 12 from 8:30 p.m. to 11 p.m., with massively large-format backlit prints of the top 50 finalists from 2010. Chris Burkard’s…
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…
Road trip! The 32nd annual Mountainfilm in Telluride film festival gets into full swing today at 9 a.m. with opening remarks from filmmaker Tom Shadyac and a Moving Mountains “Awareness into Action” symposium. The first screenings start tonight at 6:30 p.m. See our previous posts for the must-see action sports…
Solitaire, the new backcountry skiing and snowboarding film from Colorado-based Sweetgrass Productions and director Nick Waggoner, isn’t scheduled for its Denver premiere until September 16 when the Fall flick frenzy gets into full swing. That hasn’t stopped the company from dribbling out sweet little teaser tastes: On the Road with…
What to do as snowboard season finally starts winding down? Today’s time-wasting video clips come courtesy of Boulder’s Meta Skateboards shop, Denver’s Never Summer Skateboards and Broomfield’s Crisis Skateboards shop. Enjoy:…
