Authors: Weston Colton
![Summer of Death: Roughside Presented by Monster VI](https://www.slugmag.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/westoncolton_SLUG_SOD_Roughside2015_0523_Jose_FirstPlace_Frontsmith.jpg)
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
![Skate Photo Feature: Matt Bergmann](https://www.slugmag.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/411-ED-Snow-Photo-Feature-Matt-Bergmann-Weston-Colton-Weston-Colton-1024x682.webp)
Skate Photo Feature: Matt Bergmann
Matt Bergmann takes it to the streets. Cruise along with us in this latest edition of Skate Photo Feature. … read more
![Skate Photo Feature: Kallie Lowery](https://www.slugmag.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/kallie-lowery-frontside-slasher-1024x700.webp)
Skate Photo Feature: Kallie Lowery
Kallie Lowery regularly skates bowls and ramps that are bigger than anything I ever even had the nerve to drop into, as at this abandoned pool. … read more
![Skate Photo Feature: Matt Bergmann](https://www.slugmag.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/394-ED-SK8-Photo-Feature-Matt-Bergmann-Weston-Colton-@westoncolton-1024x682.jpg)
Skate Photo Feature: Matt Bergmann
Matt Bergmann’s no-brakes approach to skateboarding perfectly aligns with the terrain of the San Francisco cityscape. … read more
![Skate Photo Feature: Ben Rothenhoefer](https://www.slugmag.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/391-ED-Skate-Photo-Feature-Ben-Rothenhoefer-Weston-Colton-@westoncolton-732x1024.jpg)
Skate Photo Feature: Ben Rothenhoefer
Ben Rothenhoefer had tried this trick multiple times. Just as we were getting kicked out, he landed and rolled away fakie with a big grin. … read more
![Skate Photo Feature: Max Offit](https://www.slugmag.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/390-ED-SK8-Photo-Feature-Max-Offit-Weston-Colton-@westoncolton-1024x470.jpg)
Skate Photo Feature: Max Offit
Skate spots are everywhere. You just have to be able to see them. Like this gem with Max Offit. It’s not obvious—it’s unique, and dangerous. … read more
![Skate Photo Feature: Christan Bourne](https://www.slugmag.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/386-ED-SK8-Photo-Feature-ChristianBourne-Backside5050-Weston-Colton-Weston-Colton-1024x683.jpg)
Skate Photo Feature: Christan Bourne
Lots of roll-ups and three tries later, Christian Bourne was celebrating the completion of his newest part in Shit Vortex by Wizard Winn. … read more
![Skate Photo Feature: Shylio Sweat](https://www.slugmag.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/361-Ed-Skate-Photo-Feature-Shylio-Sweat-Front-Crook-Pop-Over-Weston-Colton-683x1024.jpg)
Skate Photo Feature: Shylio Sweat
Coincidentally, Shylio Sweat, Jerome Farrell and I ended up in Richfield on the same weekend. While showing them my old “spots,” we went to the now-closed Kmart to check out the old loading dock. … read more
![Skate Photo Feature: Colin Sheffield](https://www.slugmag.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/357-Ed-Skate-Photo-Feature-Colin-Sheffield-Early-Grab-Boardslide-Weston-Colton.jpg)
Skate Photo Feature: Colin Sheffield
Unexpected tricks by unexpected people are the best. I had just met Colin about 45 minutes before shooting this photo. I went out to shoot with someone else, and Colin was skating with him. … read more
![Skate Photo Feature: Kaleb Hadlock](https://www.slugmag.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/349-Ed-Skate-Photo-Feature-Kaleb-Hadlock-Boardslide-Rail-Gardens-Weston-Colton.jpg)
Skate Photo Feature: Kaleb Hadlock
Kaleb Hadlock took full advantage of this cold November morning before the snow hit the valley, and the snowboarders descended on these rails. … read more