For our Friday video this week, we’re laughing it up by watching “Klunking” by Evening Magazine. The video comes from the late 1970′s, and is hosted by Steve Fox. Strangely, it makes me think of how some mothers videotape their babies being born, and I wonder if I would ever want to witness my...
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Leave it to Utah’s otherworldly landscape. In this video, professional freeride mountain bike athlete Paul Basagoitia lands a double backflip on natural terrain. In a series of crashes that would make Mickey Mouse beam with pride (think if at first you don’t succeed, try, try again) Basagoitia attempts to backflip on his bike two...
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Anthill Films, the action sport storytellers who specialize in mountain bike movies with very high production quality, has a new movie coming out in May called, “Strength in Numbers.” The Wasatch Area Freeride Trails Association, or WAFTA, is hosting the Salt Lake City premiere of “Strength in Numbers,” at Brewvies Cinema Pub in downtown...
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Fun is at the very heart of skiing. That, and looking good. The latter point is probably why the fringe sport of ski blading has never really caught on (although I do see the occasional misguided newb wallowing in two feet of powder and hating life on ski blades from time to time.) But...
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Ever wanted to speed down an Olympic-style luge course, but didn’t have the guts (or access to the venue in Park City) to make it happen? Well, why not build you own? Karl Meltzer, a Utah ultrarunner, built his own handmade sledding luge in the Wasatch Mountains as part of his off-season training. Damn...
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The video is called, “World’s Largest Rope Swing.” Whether that is true or not is irrelevant and would probably require the folks at Guinness Book of World Records to be on hand to confirm it. Instead of that debatable title, the following video should instead be called, “World’s Most Sick Video Ever!” Imagine running...
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The latest movie from local filmmaker Bill Kerig, “Ready to Fly” will premiere on Friday, February 10th at the Gateway Theaters. “Ready to Fly” comes just in time for Salt Lake City’s 10-year anniversary celebration of the 2002 Olympic Winter Games. The film is about Park City’s Lindsey Van, a ski jumper with Olympic...
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If you ski the backcountry in Utah, then there is something you must do right now. Get on Facebook, and “like” the Friends of the Utah Avalanche Center page. There has been a lot of activity on their wall these days as several videos have been posted showing the extremely weak snowpack we have...
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If you’re a skier and you ever need justification of why you chose to live in Utah, then the latest installment of Salomon Freeski TV will not only justify, it will make you want to never leave. Season Five, Espiode 8 features Alta, Utah, and the video captures everything that’s amazing about the place...
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Will technology never cease? With the proliferation of pocket-sized cameras flooding the outdoor recreation marketplace, it’s never been easier to document your totally rad descent of Wicked Hell Peak, or show off that epic mountain bike ride through Tacky Love Canyon… so to speak. Everything from HD GoPros to our smartphones allow easy recording...
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