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Salt City Derby Girls
Salt City Derby Girls spill the beans about who they are and what they do. … read more
Go Skate Day?
National “Go Skate Day” may have come andgone, but I recently realized that everydayshould be “Go Skate Day.” So I rounded upsome friends and set out to get some shitdone. … read more
Park Place Skate
Looking back, most people are going to remember the 07/08 seasonas the year it never seemed to stop snowing. While it wasn’t quite arecord for snowfall, another record is shaping up. Not that long agothere were only a small handful of parks in Utah, but now they arepopping up faster than fixed gears on hipster kids.Since late last year, new cement has been poured in American Fork,Herriman, Payson, Rose Park and the newest in Midvale shouldbe opened by the time you read this. … read more
Colin Brophy is in your extended network
If you’re old like me, you probably hate all the kids at the skate park.Their attractive moms drop them off and they all wear helmets and shout”‘chout!” (short for “watch out”) at you so they can do some sort of flailfest out of the bowl. It’s annoying and I’ve heard you all complain about itwhen you’re sitting on the ledge smoking. The most annoying type of kid,however, is the one that’s actually good at skateboarding. … read more
Clifton Wallace
I first noticed Clifton Wallace similarly to how his first and former sponsor,Zumiez, noticed him when he was in sixth grade� tearing up a local skatepark.Clifton now 21, was dominating the volcano on 9th and 9th in west Salt Lake,when I asked him if I could take some photos of him. He looked puzzled, tookout his earbuds and asked, “Me? I guess if you want to?”After he landed a monster frontside flip on the volcano he looked at a fewframes, glanced at me and said “I can kickflip 5-0 that ledge over there.” … read more
The Story of Aus
It was Wednesday, December 5, 2007 when I stood dazed and confused, staring wide-eyed like a newborn child at a whole new world. I couldn’t believe that after thousands of hours pinching pennies and serving pompous idiots at fancy Salt Lake restaurants, I had finally made it to Melbourne, Australia. … read more
Pedal Pusher Film Festival
The Second Annual Pedal Pusher Film Festival of Salt Lake City will be held on May 10 at The Depot at 7:30 p.m. to celebrate cycling and how it impacts our lives. The festival and fundraiser benefits the Salt Lake City Bicycle Collective (SLCBC) and is modeled closely after the internationally renowned Bicycle Film Festival (BFF), which will be providing the screening material. … read more
West Valley Skate Park: You Can’t Fight City Hall
The other day, while I was motivating my old, fat ass to get on the treadmill in my spare bedroom, I decided to watch a classic skate video from 1995. The video was called Donut Duty and there were several skits in the video involving these fake cops who go around the city, busting skaters doing their thing. One skit in particular stood out, though. It showed the cops giving the skaters a stern talking to about wasting taxpayer dollars and how they are destroying the city (particularly a wooden bench). … read more
The Truth Behind the
David Law is one of the most soft-spoken kids in the Salt Lake skateboard scene; seriously decoding the interview tape was quite a feat, but his skills are anything but. If you have seen the new skate video release that local Ogden and North Salt Lake kids put out titled “Touch It,” you know exactly what I’m talking about. … read more