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Northern Exposure: The 15th Annual Summer of Death Skate Contest...
SLUG’s Summer of Death contests have served as a springboard for countless Utah skaters. This summer’s first installment of SLUG’s 15th annual Summer of Death series took place at Ogden’s Crossroads Skatepark on Go Skateboarding Day on June 21. Split pants and busted shoes abounded, as the contestants in the amateur and open divisions vied for First Place. Lucky Stables and Austin Ramirez won the amateur and open, respectively. After First, Second and Third place titles were awarded, local band Sunchaser played their signature multi-layered dirge while people kept ripping through the park. … read more
SLUG Summer Of Death 2014
On Go Skate Day—June 21, 2014—Utah’s best up and coming street athletes gathered at Crossroads Skatepark to participate in SLUG Magazine’s 15th Annual Summer of Death skate contest. … read more
Summer of Death: Go Skateboarding Day
The Summer of Death contests have served as a springboard for countless Utah rippers to go from snot-nosed kids who anihilate local spots and parks to permanent fixtures in the skate community, including local all-star Lizard King, who earned a spot at the Tampa Am for his win at a Summer of Death Contest when he was knee-high to a grasshopper. This summer’s first installment of SLUG’s 15th annual Summer of Death skate series took place at the indoor Crossroads Skate Park in Ogden on June 21.
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Derby Bout Recap: Rollin’ Rebellion Beats the Daughters of Anarchy...
On Saturday, June 21, skaters clad in black or purple rolled up on the Hive’s track for what would surely be an exciting bout between two teams of Utah County’s Happy Valley Derby Darlins (HVDD). The Daughters of Anarchy are known as “the lawless ladies of HVDD” while the Rollin’ Rebellion skaters are famous for “wreaking havoc on the track.” Sound like a good slice of roller derby? You can bet your skates on it. … read more
Ring Rats Anonymous: UCW-Zero TV Taping @ UCW Arena 05.31
Signs with South Park characters on them to those who trekked out, and a 30-hour loop of Michael Cole explaining how to use the WWE app to those who didn’t. … read more
Salt City Derby Girls Season Opener: Wrist Guards vs Razor...
When most people think of derby, many think of the old school ‘70s era of roller derby, where there was no true scoring system, they just skated round and round the track, and pulled off some groovy vintage skating tricks. Compared to derby today, especially banked track roller derby, it’s a night and day difference. … read more
Skate Photo Feature: Colt Bowden
Colt Bowden is always on the lookout for interesting spots. I met up with this former Utah local last month, and he took me down a drainage ditch near his house to this crazy transition. I think it’s a requisite that his spots are hard to skate. … read more
Aiden Chamberlain: The Northern Light
It happened that I skated with Aiden Chamberlain once before at a spot with rails set against a white-brick building. We skated those for a while until someone decided that we’d check out a hulking rail that was just across the street. Only two of the group of about eight had the guts to huck themselves down the green, daunting monster. One of those kids was Mr. Chamberlain. … read more
Second Annual SLUG Cat Presented by Metro 05.24
On Saturday, May 24th, SLUG held it’s second annual SLUG Cat alleycat race through the streets of Salt Lake City. Various spots spanning from downtown to Sugarhouse were used as checkpoints for riders on all different types of bikes. … read more
Ring Rats Anonymous: UCW-Zero TV Taping @ UCW Arena 05.10
An Undertaker-debut-at-Surivivor-Series-1990 entrance to the fans who came out and a Shockmaster-debut-at-Clash-of-the-Champions-XXIV to those who didn’t. … read more