Action Sports
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
Subaru US Freeskiing Nationals at Snowbird
For the past eleven seasons spring time at Snowbird Resort means goggle tans, tall boys and the Subaru US Freeskiing Nationals. For eleven years people have been welcoming spring by hucking their meat right here at our very own Snowbird Resort. … read more
Hipsters Unite
On March 22nd, SLUG Magazine presented “The Paparazzi Hipster Jam”, a competition not only for the riders but also a competition for up and coming photographers. … read more
A New Visionary
Did you ever have that one friend growing up who possessed a natural talent beyond comprehension? I think everybody has had that experience at least once in their life and Skylar Seabrook is that kid, only now he’s all grown up. … 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
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
Mike Brown interviews Zane Miller
I had recently sworn off doing any more interviews for SLUG or anyone else for that matter. Not that I really write for anyone else, but if GQ had somehow resurrected my favorite author William S. Burroughs and was going to pay me in high-priced hookers to ask him a bunch of fucked-up questions and finally find out if he really killed his wife so he could become a homosexual junkie and such, I’d probably still say no. … read more
I Love the Smell of Fresh Cut Wood in the...
The SLUG Games Lumberjack Jam is by far one of my favorite contests to be a part of for a number of reasons, but mostly because I’m a patriot, and lumberjacks are about as American as apple pie … read more
Autumn Garage:Putting the Fun Back Into Spending Your Money
As I walked into Autumn Garage for the first time, I was relieved not to be accosted by a sales predator. Instead, I met the friendliest, most down-to-earth employees I could ask for in a retail environment. … read more
New Kids on the Block: Cam Pierce Spotlight
I was first introduced to Cameron on the Digger bus at Windell’s. It was a warm early summer morning and we were all slumming our way to the bus. … read more