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A Not So Rough Life at Roughside III
2012 marks the third annual Summer of Death skate contest in collaboration with Roughneck Trading Co. Johnny Roughneck and his crew traveled from San Francisco to Salt Lake City to rip up the streets and bring a small piece of the BART Tour to us. This year’s Roughside Contest, presented by Scion, was held on Saturday, Sept. 8. It started at Fairmont Skate Park and traveled to multiple secret, scouted spots around the city. … read more
Matchstick Productions: Superheroes of Stoke @ Cliff Lodge 09.29
The premise of this film chronicles the ascendance of the sport and the colorful cast of talent that make the impossible possible. The O.G. superheroes like Dean Cummings, Doug Coombs and Mike Douglas show off their skills and perform acrobatic feats on skis longer than your couch. … read more
WRD: Midnight Terror vs. Rat City 09.23
Last Saturday I had the interesting pleasure of being at the Derby Depot, minus all the live derby action. Since the fabulous Midnight Terrors were able to make it to the Western Regional Playoffs, Salt Lake folks had the pleasure of watching the live feed of the Terrors play against Rat City of Seattle, Wash. … read more
Powderwhore: Choose Your Adventure @ Brewvies 09.26
Choose Your Adventure is a play off of the young-readers books that focused on multiple endings to a story. Several plot lines intertwine in this film from various locations around the globe. From Utah to Norway, on down to Chile and Antarctica, no line is left unskied. … read more
Nintendo Airstream Preview Event
Last week, Nintendo of America began their coast to coast tour giving lucky press members time to try out the Wii U and some of the newly announced content. SLUG had the chance to check out The Wonderful 101, Zombi U, and the latest installment of the Pokemon series. … read more
Teton Gravity Research: Jeremy Jones’ Further @ U of U...
For the past several winters, Jones and his crew of athletes have been traveling the world in search of the most remote mountain ranges. His team is composed of a wide swath of talent that includes Ryland Bell, Lucas Debari, Terje Haakonsen and local hero Forrest Shearer. … read more
Duck Beach To Eternity @ Tower 09.22
Hitting close to home, the screening of Duck Beach To Eternity was definitely the most interesting of the films I saw at the festival over the weekend. The documentary follows four Mormon singles who travel to Duck Beach, North Carolina for the annual “Mormon Spring Break” … read more
Better Than Something: Jay Reatard @ Brewvies 09.22
This film is a great documentary of Reatard’s life, showing his transformation from a wild 19-year-old punk, to a 29-year-old man coping with a relentless lifestyle of touring and recording. … read more
Intro @ Tower Theatre 09.22
It only seems right that for a man of few words, such as David Williams, a documentary of the local musician would feature the same. … read more
Children of the Stars @ Tower Theatre 09.22
I don’t think this documentary was intended to be a comedy, but the members of the California cult, Unarius, are so fucking crazy, you can’t help but laugh at times. … read more