AltWeeklies Wire
Snowboarder Steve Fisher Hits a Double Cork in the Road on his Way to the Olympicsnew
The U.S. Snowboarding team pays for Steve Fisher's travel, training and health care — an important factor, given the two reconstructive surgeries he's had on his right wrist since he joined the team as a rookie in 2003.
Colorado's Parkour Pioneers Are Running With Itnew
Thanks to a concrete fountain in Skyline Park and other celebrated parkour hot spots like Red Rocks Amphitheatre and the University of Colorado at Boulder campus, Colorado has become a destination for the parkour community across the country and beyond.
Llewellyn Werner Thinks Skateparks Could Get Iraq's Economy Rollingnew
Werner has many projects in Iraq, everything from the installation of fiber-optics networks to constructing several large power plants to setting up international distribution for Iraq-grown dates.
For Colorado Rapids Fans, It's Hard to be Hooligansnew
Soccer supporters groups are nearly as old as the game itself, with allegiances to squads passed down from generation to generation in the same way most Americans learn to embrace their favorite baseball or football team. For Rapids fans, it's not about the quality of play on the pitch. If it were, they would have left a long time ago.
The Wetboys Skate for Funnew
It was fun while it lasted -- but now MTV wants to mainstream Colorado's weirdest skateboarders.
Tony Krupicka Takes Ultrarunning to New Extremesnew
He ran his first marathon when he was twelve, and has since racked up close to 40,000 miles, all of it meticulously recorded in his journals or his blog. Last year he ran 5,412 miles, for an average of 104 miles a week -- but that's not quite right, since he was sidelined for almost five months of 2007 with two major injuries.
Hope for the Colorado Rockies Springs Eternalnew
A special report from spring training in Tucson.
Tags: sports & fitness
Dinger Bellnew
Big-time fan Rob Larson thinks that the mascot known as Dinger does a disservice to the Colorado Rockies.
The Colorado Rockies Mascot Must Go!new
The most embarrassing mascot in the major leagues is a fossil on the field -- Dinger should be as dead as a dodo.
Tags: sports & fitness
A League of Their Ownnew
For La Liga Latina, baseball is more than a game -- it's a way of life.
Tags: sports & fitness
Ticket to Ridenew
After thirty years, Colorado's Squaw Pass is ready to make a comeback -- as Echo Mountain Park.
Tags: sports & fitness
Chairman of the Boardsnew
With Icelantic, 23-year-old Ben Anderson is trying to revolutionize skiing.
Tags: sports & fitness
