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Absinthe Films: The Joy of Snowboarding
Get ready for Ready––Absinthe Films’ new projectthat features some of the best snowboarders in thebusiness. This year Absinthe will kick off its thirdyear of The Sphere of Influence Tour. This tour willmake its way through 21 major cities, with Salt LakeCity being the first banger stop! So seriously… getready. You’ll be left astounded and wemay even have to peel you out of thetheater––the riding is going to be thatgood. … read more
Salt City Derby Girls
Salt City Derby Girls spill the beans about who they are and what they do. … read more
Go Skate Day?
National “Go Skate Day” may have come andgone, but I recently realized that everydayshould be “Go Skate Day.” So I rounded upsome friends and set out to get some shitdone. … read more
Park Place Skate
Looking back, most people are going to remember the 07/08 seasonas the year it never seemed to stop snowing. While it wasn’t quite arecord for snowfall, another record is shaping up. Not that long agothere were only a small handful of parks in Utah, but now they arepopping up faster than fixed gears on hipster kids.Since late last year, new cement has been poured in American Fork,Herriman, Payson, Rose Park and the newest in Midvale shouldbe opened by the time you read this. … read more
Colin Brophy is in your extended network
If you’re old like me, you probably hate all the kids at the skate park.Their attractive moms drop them off and they all wear helmets and shout”‘chout!” (short for “watch out”) at you so they can do some sort of flailfest out of the bowl. It’s annoying and I’ve heard you all complain about itwhen you’re sitting on the ledge smoking. The most annoying type of kid,however, is the one that’s actually good at skateboarding. … read more
Clifton Wallace
I first noticed Clifton Wallace similarly to how his first and former sponsor,Zumiez, noticed him when he was in sixth grade� tearing up a local skatepark.Clifton now 21, was dominating the volcano on 9th and 9th in west Salt Lake,when I asked him if I could take some photos of him. He looked puzzled, tookout his earbuds and asked, “Me? I guess if you want to?”After he landed a monster frontside flip on the volcano he looked at a fewframes, glanced at me and said “I can kickflip 5-0 that ledge over there.” … read more