If you can resist the talent of John Reis then you are a stronger soul than I, and I don’t want to know you. … read more
North Face Masters Big Mountain Snowboard Tour
It has been said that lately the competitive side of the snowboard industry has been wearing blinders, focusing mostly on railjams, halfpipe contests, slopestyle events and the occasional big air contest, with little to no focus on big mountain riding. A decent percentage of every magazine, video and website feature professional riders getting nasty on gnarly terrain, but open entry big mountain contests are few and far between when compared to the barrage of railjams and halfpipe contests … read more
Park Crews
Have you ever wondered what it takes to be a member of the park crew at a resort? Well kids, today I, Helen Wade, Brighton Ski Resort park-crew member since 2006, will reveal the secrets of becoming a member of the Terrain Park Crew. … read more
Never-Never Land: A Brief Stay in Maui
The chances that I was getting on the plane were looking good as I waited for my name to appear on the “cleared” list … read more
The Boy-Legend: Everett Ruess
From the fading black and white photographs, he doesn’t come across as anything extraordinary. Everett Ruess’ soft, rounded face looks younger than his 20 years. He was still a boy when he smiled into the lens or looked off into the red rock horizon, his trusty burro in tow. But the boyish looks belied the intensity of an artistic soul. … read more
Radio Silence: KRCL and KCPW are in flux.
By now you’ve seen Juno, right? The precious independent film (from the Fox Corporation) that taught America to cheer for a knocked-up teenager (played by a 20-year-old actress) and think more openly about teaching contraception (as in science) in school instead of leaving it up to Jesus (as in fiction)? … read more
Drop Cards: Not So Much a Brave New World as Same Song, Different Key: An Interview with Jon Collins of Dropcards
Recently, an MSN.com article ruminated on the next 25 years of technology: tiny cameras in your glasses and shirt buttons that allow you to record every moment of your life, the Internet as a 3-D virtual world you interact with via nanocomputer holograms, and brain-implanted microchips that pipe the Internet, sound and music, straight into your brain. For Jon Collins, Director of Sales & Marketing of the alt-distribution company Dropcards, technological changes aren’t seen as revolutionary; they’re business. … read more
RIP DV8
“It’s definitely a burner,” said the Salt Lake City firefighter. He was referring to Club DV8 during a 1995 inspection of the X96 studios located in the adjacent Arrow Press Square. … read more
The Inversion Trawler: Sci-Fi Man – March 2008
Our first knowledge of Sci-Fi man came from Aunt Leona a good while back. She was chattering away to a friend of hers. They were discussing and comparing stories about some “totally creepy wing-nut guy.” … read more
Bellography: Meg – March 2008
Meg is Salt Lake’s answer to classic Hollywood glamour. Stunningly gorgeous, she is also intelligent, talented and possesses incredible charisma on and off stage. … read more
Mike Brown’s Tattoo Talk
So there was this Tattoo Convention thing a couple weeks ago. I was totally going to go, seeing how I have tattoos and all. I thought it would be cool to see other artists from different parts of the world with their different styles and accents and shit like that. … read more
The Art of the Game: A Profile of Video Games Live with Tommy Tallarico
A new era of entertainment was spawned with the invention of Pong, the now world-renowned “tennis simulation” game that featured not only an absolutely breath-taking monochrome color palette, but also a staggering array of two unique sounds. … read more
