Events
Summer of Death: Roughside Presented by Monster VI
SLUG’s sixth incarnation of the Summer of Death: Roughside Presented by Monster series took place over the past weekend. Roughside is a travelling contest that has mainly centered in the downtown Salt Lake area in the past. … read more
Summer of Death 2000 @ Connection Park
SLUG Mag has been producing the Summer of Death skateboarding contest series for 16 years straight. We found a box of memories with 35mm photos from our first SOD contest at Connection Skate Park (RIP) in 2000. A young Oliver Buchanan, Mike Murdock, Mike Plumb, Jared Smith and Chris Yourgalite show us what Utah skateboarding is all about. Over
Salt Lake Gaming Con – Day Two
By Robert Hudak On Friday, I arrived at the South Towne Expo Center just before noon to a pleasant surprise; better structure and a larger turnout lifted my spirits for Salt Lake Gaming Con’s three-day event. Where Thursday was the beta access, Friday felt like something closer to a full release. A few booths, Microsoft
Salt Lake Gaming Con: The PC vs. Console Panel –...
From the beginning, I struggled to see the point of this panel. I get that there are different camps of gamers and different platforms catering to those camps, but at the end of the day, we’re all gamers. I expected a degree of elitism to rear its ugly head during the “debate,” and in some ways,
Salt Lake Gaming Con 2015: Wii U Super Smash Bros....
The faint smell of sweat lingered in the air as buttons clicked rapidly and anxious onlookers judged each of the players’ meticulously calculated moves. Six rows of four TV screens spread along the right side of the middle walkway in the main hall of the South Towne Expo Center—tournaments ranged from 2v2 Modern Warfare to
Salt Lake Gaming Con – Day One
Gaming conventions have a subpar record in our backyard. The GEEX expos of 2010-11 felt more like military recruiting grounds with some new tech on display than cons. I attended GEEX in 2011 with the aspiration of winning a Gears of War tournament. Oh, how naive I was. I didn’t expect much of a turnout (and
Damn These Heels Film Festival 2015
The 2015 Damn These Heels Film Festival played at the Utah Film Center from July 10 – 12, featuring independent films that meditate on queerness, love and society. … read more
16th Annual Summer of Death Skate Contest
SLUG held the first contest of the 16th annual Summer of Death skate series on Saturday, June 20, at Banzai Skatepark in Lindon, Utah. Congratulations to Summer of Death 1st Place champion Parley Southworth! Check out Lauren Ashley’s full recap here and a gallery from the event here with photos from SLUG photographers Weston Colton and
16th Annual SLUG Summer of Death Banzai Skatepark
The 16th annual SLUG Summer of Death kicked off the first contest of the year at Banzai Skatepark in Lindon, Utah, on June 20 2015. Banzai offers a unique wood bowl feature to the Northern Utah skate landscape, and it was definitely tested by the rippe … read more
Utah Arts Festival: Fear No Film 2015 – Short Film
The 13th annual Fear No Film Festival is currently underway at the Utah Arts Festival representing filmmakers from Utah and around the world. Fear No Film is a awesome festival bringing to Utah quality short films that most people would never be able to see. … read more