Authors: Mike Reff
Hip-Hop Live Tour Review
When I first heard about the Hip Hop Live tour, I thought to myself, Ghostface Killah, Rakim, Brother Ali in Utah with a ten-piece live band? This is going to be better than a private helicopter for grocery shopping. I rolled into Harry O’s to see Barbie dolls on the prowl, who’s who in the Utah ski and snowboard scene, popped collars trying new dance moves and the valley gangsters perusing the scene. … read more
How To Be A Megastar Tour 2.1: Blue Man Group,...
The Blue Man Group is an interesting combination of a live drum ‘n bass act and the Smurfs on acid. I had the pleasure of witnessing their act once before at their home theater in Chicago, but this time they were on tour across the country with a full band and made a stop right here in good ol’ SLC. … read more
Solo
A story of a lonely BMX dirt rider in a dry and arid landscape, on a plot of land that is terrible for building dirt jumps. … read more
Life Cycles
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}p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal { margin: 0in 0in 10pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: “Times New Roman”; }div.Section1 { page: Section1; } Often action sports films can be passed off as eye candy, or adrenaline porn, but “Life Cycles” is something different. Setting a new standard for cinematography in action sports films, this movie takes the audience on a journey of the bicycle what has claimed to be man’s “Noblest Invention” from its birth to its death. … 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
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
Candy Land Candy Jam
Brighton Ski Resort is the epicenter of all things new, hip and ridiculous in snow culture today. The resort was also the first stop of the 2009 SLUG Games. The Candy Land Candy Jam was held on Jan. 10, 2009 on a brisk, sunny day at Brighton. … read more
Red Bull Rampage
Rolling up to the event, it appeared that some type of futuristic soldiers were hurling themselves down a mountain on two-wheeled gravity sleds. Then I realized it was the Red Bull Rampage—the premier free-ride mountain bike event in the world. Since 2003, Red Bull Rampage has been bringing riders from all over the planet to the southern Utah desert to ride a remote area near Zion known as Virgin, Utah. … read more
SLUG Games: Night Riders
On Jan. 8, PCMR hosted the first stop of the 2011 SLUG Games amateur ski and snowboard contest known as Night Riders. Not only would it go down in the books as the first contest to be held in Park City’s newly redesigned night park, but also as one of the greatest SLUG Games events during the course of its eleven year legacy. … read more