AltWeeklies Wire
A Screwball Crew of Gearheads Retool the Outlaw Cross-Country Car Racenew
Just like the madcap Cannonball Run races of three decades ago, the idea is to go as fast as you fucking can. And if that means doing 115 mph in a junky old police cruiser, rigging up auxiliary gasoline tanks, subsisting on beef jerky and peeing into plastic bags to save time, well, so be it. Welcome to the "twenny-nine-oh-four."
Riverfront Times |
Nicholas Phillips |
12-01-2009 |
Recreation
Idaho's Rafting Industry Has Taken a Hit, but it's Still Afloatnew
While Boise-based companies Maravia and Aire both have strong international reputations, what happens when the economy falters and a new $4,000 raft just isn't in the budget?
Boise Weekly |
Deanna Darr |
08-26-2009 |
Recreation
New Mexico Disc Golf Course Offers Rare Vertical Challengenew
Ski slopes are no joke when it comes to objects capable of rolling and gliding a long distance.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Matthew Schniper |
08-20-2009 |
Recreation
For the Society for Creative Anachronism, Playing with Swords is Part of a Lessonnew
Don't call them geeks, call them history lovers. Members of the Society for Creative Anachronism often get pegged as Renaissance fair actors, but they prefer to think of themselves as experiential learners who happen to wear armor.
Boise Weekly |
Deanna Darr |
08-19-2009 |
Recreation
Chicago's Bloomingdale Trail: Urban Oasis or Devil's Playground?new
Despite easy access and great publicity, the 2.7-mile stretch of abandoned rail bed isn't slated to open as a park till at least 2016. Whose job is it to secure it until then?
Chicago Reader |
John Greenfield |
08-17-2009 |
Recreation
Why Cafe Racers are the New Kings of Speednew
The cafe racer is minimal and slim-lined, unlike the mainstream Harleys and those angular sport bikes you're used to seeing on the road.
Metro Times |
Travis R. Wright |
08-04-2009 |
Recreation
Pet Psychic Gets Friendly With Dolphinsnew
A few weeks ago, a pod of dolphins was swimming around the surfers and I thought I would challenge myself to make friends with them.
Santa Barbara Independent |
Laura Stinchfield |
08-03-2009 |
Recreation
Take a Seat: How the Adirondack Chair Became a Classicnew
What started as a regional, functional craft is now mass-produced in countries thousands of miles from the Adirondacks and bought by people who couldn't locate the majestic park on a map. But this emblem of rural industry still means something to the people whose lifestyles inspired the chair more than 100 years ago.
Seven Days |
Lauren Ober |
07-31-2009 |
Recreation
Outdoor Clothing Companies Go Greennew
New materials are giving outdoor gear a green hue as companies look to bamboo and recycling clothing to meet consumer demand for environmentally friendly options.
Boise Weekly |
Deanna Darr |
07-15-2009 |
Recreation
Meet the Powder Creek Cowboys: The Fastest Guns in Lenexanew
Dennis Ryan has been a Leavenworth County paramedic for close to 30 years, treating wounds from car crashes and farm accidents but almost never gunshots. At Powder Creek, he's just Croaker -- one of the fastest guns in east Kansas and the man who won the Prince of Pistoleers last year.
The Pitch |
Peter Rugg |
07-07-2009 |
Recreation
Bowfishing: Catching Carp With a Bow and Arrownew
As partisan bickering over Minnesota's budget bubbled over in the Legislature this season, a little-known bill sailed through without controversy. It amended laws crafted during WWII and opened up pretty much all lakes and rivers to nighttime bowfishing.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Bradley Campbell |
07-01-2009 |
Recreation
The Sometimes Illegal and Often Dangerous Sport of Urban Explorationnew
Urban exploration, or "urbex," is about seeking out forgotten stories, about searching for the places of which we know nothing, about turning down the dirt roads we’ve never before noticed and, above all, trying to understand them.
Weekly Alibi |
Ty Bannerman |
06-09-2009 |
Recreation
Tags: urbex, Albuquerque
Birminghamians Embark on the BABE Rallynew
Imagine for a moment that you have the chance to participate in a real-life version of Cannonball Run, traveling across the country with friends in a race across America's highways. Now take away the beautiful cars, and replace them with vehicles that must have been purchased for under $500. Still sound like fun?
Birmingham Weekly |
Kenn McCracken |
06-02-2009 |
Recreation
Tags: Birmingham, BABE Rally
Outdated Rules Threaten the Life of San Fran's All-Ages Clubsnew
The livelihood of San Franciso's best-known all-ages venues is under siege based on issues that have nothing to do with public safety, but rather on archaic views of how a nightclub should operate.
SF Weekly |
Jennifer Maerz |
05-27-2009 |
Recreation
East St. Louis Nightclubs Are Under Siegenew
East St. Louis mayor Alvin Parks decided late last month not to curtail the 6 a.m. closing time for bars and nightclubs, but the controversy is far from resolved.
Riverfront Times |
Keegan Hamilton |
05-22-2009 |
Recreation
