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Show Me Those Spirit Fingers: JCRD Hosts ‘Spirit Night’ Double...
Junction City Roller Dolls, Ogden’s resident derby league, hosted a rather exciting night of their notorious double-header derby action. The first bout set JCRD’s Trainwrecks against the very far-from-home Calgary Roller Derby Association All-Stars. The second bout was to be JCRD’s LOCO-Motives against Boise’s Treasure Valley Roller Girls River Rollers. … read more
Almost Ablaze: Teton Gravity Research Film Screening
Opening up the film is lead female skier Angel Collinson. Perched atop a pristine Alaskan peak, she secures her pack and drops into thin air. The next 3,000 vertical are a high-speed smoke show as she rips the icy face to pieces. … read more
Summer of Death: Roughside of the TRAX 5
The Summer of Death skate series wrapped up this past weekend with SLUG’s annual Roughside of the TRAX contest. Using TRAX as our transportation and the city as our skate park, the contest is unique, with new spots and features each year. … read more
SLUG Magazine Presents: Roughside of the Trax
The second half of SLUG Magazine’s 15th annual skate series, the 5th Annual Roughside of the Trax contest took to the streets on Saturday, Sept. 13! Registration began at 1 p.m. at Fairmont Park, then we hit the road to reveal secret spots. … read more
BMX Photo Feature: Trent Steel
Trent is that dude that always makes me regret those times that I don’t bring my full photography kit with me for a day of riding. He is basically a walking photo op. … read more
Skate Photo Feature
Dirk’s skateboarding is full of unconventional tricks. He comes up with some pretty harebrained ideas and, somehow, pulls them off with style and ease. Look at that last frame. … read more
Gravytrain on Biscuit Wheels: Blue Plate Diner Video Premiere 08.17...
A restaurant producing a skate video is a strange idea to wrap your head around, but it totally makes sense when you look at the crew that works there. “Every skater who has a full part in the video also works at the diner,” Joe Mandl, co-owner of Blue Plate Diner let me know at the beginning of the night. … read more
Outdoor Retailer Summer Market: A Blessing or a Curse
As I was walking to the Salt Palace on the city’s main streets, I even thought to myself, “This is kinda fun. It kinda reminds me of how I feel in NYC.” I stress ‘kinda’ because earlier that morning I was kinda irritated with the constant stop-and-go traffic on my way to work. … read more
BMX Photo Feature: AJ Alviso
Every neighborhood has that one kid. The young kid who, upon getting his first bike, decides to lean a piece of wood against a cinder block, pedal at it as fast as he can, and see what happens. … read more
Skate Photo Feature: Tyson Bowerbank
Finding a new line at an old spot is always nice—no flip-in, flip-out stuff here. Tyson kept it clean and simple … … read more
JCRD Military Appreciation Double Header 07.09
The rough, almost hour-long drive to Ogden, which is currently riddled with construction, isn’t the greatest trip to make, especially in the blazing heat we get during the summer here in Utah (add in the nonexistent A/C in my car and you have a recipe for disaster). But the ladies of Junction City Roller Dolls promised a night of double header derby action, which made the trip much more bearable. … read more
Battle at the Rez: Death Pitts Skate Competition 07.05
Over the fourth of July holiday weekend in Salt Lake, I could have seen a hobbit on turntables, LARPing at the Salt Palace or even the new Jonah Hill movie. Instead, I jumped at the chance to help support a cause that is close to my heart—substance abuse prevention. The Ute Tribe Alcohol/Substance Abuse Prevention Center held the Death Pitts Skate Competition at the Fort Duchesne skate park in order to get people off their couches and doing something productive. … read more
