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A Custom Lifestyle
Strictly an original, the legendary Bo Huff has been customizing cars and throwing vintage car show shindigs for 16 years now. This winner of the Grand National Roadster Show, operates out of East Carbon, Utah—close to where his automotive tinkering began in the ’50s. His annual events in East Carbon, and the more sporadic shows put on in southern Calif., have always been successful and, in recent years, have grown more popular. … read more
Format Perspective: European Skateboard Photography
Format Perspective is a film documenting the work of six skateboard photographers in Europe. Filmmaker Philip Evans spent time following the photographers in their home countries as they went out to shoot photos of skateboarders. … read more
Go Skateboarding Day @ Annex, Blindside, Skate4Homies 06.21
In celebration of the annual Go Skate Day, SLUG sent a few of our skate writers out to events put on by local skate shops and organizations. Check out what you missed. … read more
The Utah Arts Festival: Tolstoy Would Approve
According to Russian author and beard enthusiast Leo Tolstoy, art “is a means of union among men, joining them together in the same feelings, and indispensable for the life and progress toward well-being of individuals and of humanity.” … read more
Fred Conlon: Garden Art That Doesn’t Suck @ Utah Arts...
I’m staring at a seven-foot tall skeleton with four arms. Fred Conlon, the mad scientist behind this towering creation has a gift for turning discarded tools, military helmets and scrap metal into garden art for those who are tired of plastic gnomes and pink flamingos. … read more
Natalie Wall & Kellie Murphy: Viva Revoluccia! @ Utah Arts...
Natalie Wall and Kellie Murphy of Revoluccia are around to provide handcrafted leather bags and accessories that will be sure to show your artistic side while leaving your reputation intact. SLUG had a chance to talk to these two talented ladies about life, leather and staying inspired despite all the haters out there. … read more
Milo Skate Comp @ South Jordan Skate Park 06.16
Little groms like Josh Roland were killing it, doing little front side airs, but when the big guys stepped up to the plate, the bowl got destroyed. … read more
Dave Borba: Dogs, Devils and Da Vinci @ Utah Arts...
From the minute that I set foot inside Utah artist Dave Borba’s booth at this year’s Arts Festival, I was transported into a vaudevillian carnival populated by terriers wearing cowboy hats, devils dressed like 1950’s hoodlums, and a flock of hearts that have sprouted wings. … read more
Electric Daisy Carnival: The Party Continues
From June 8-10, I attended one of the biggest electronic music festivals in the world—Insomniac’s Electric Daisy Carnival in Las Vegas. I’m still trying to process everything that happened in those three days. … read more
HVDD’s Molly Morbids Host Junction City B-Train 06.16
Junction City built a strong defense from the start, relying on starting jammer Pickle’s speed and agility to get through the pack unassisted, and letting blockers focus on HVDD’s Cookie. Suddenly, I was hungry. … read more