Let Freedom Run

Uncle Sam wants you to make a run for it at the family-friendly Liberty Run 4 Mile Run/Walk, starting at 8:30 a.m. in Washington Park, 1000 South Downing Street, where patriotic costumes have become as integral to the annual event as the race itself. “We really try to make it…

Motocross racer Ryan Dungey dominates Thunder Valley National in Morrison

Lakewood’s Thunder Valley Motocross Park has been not-so-quietly making itself into one of the premiere destinations on the motocross racing circuit: The park has been hosting the American Motorcyclist Association’s AMA National events since 2005, and after hosting the Motocross of Nations in 2010 it’s now considered one of the…

Strange Brews

New Belgium Brewing’s Clips of Faith Beer and Film Tour comes to Boulder tonight, featuring dozens of film shorts between ten seconds and ten minutes long. “The whimsical films have a focus on sustainability and/or craft beer, and it’s a nice way of celebrating both creative filmmaking and creative beer-making,”…

Today in Stoke: Denver skateboarder Julian Christianson wins big

Earlier this month, 303 Boards’ CLFX team skater Julian Christianson won the Denver stop of the Element Skateboards Make It Count contest series at the Lafayette Skatepark, earning a trip to skate at The Berrics in California with the Element pro team and compete in the Make It Count Finals…

Today in Stoke: Top five Go Skateboarding Day celebrations in Colorado

Today is the 9th annual international observance of Go Skateboarding Day, a Summer Solstice celebration that’s just our style. The skater holiday was originally created as a marketing ploy by the International Association of Skateboard Companies, but has since been embraced by public skateparks and independent skate shops everywhere. It’s…

This Weekend in Stoke: Top 5 Father’s Day festivities

Snow’s out for the summer! Today is opening day at the Breckenridge Peak 8 Fun Park, where a $65 all-day pass ($32 for kids) buys unlimited access to the Gold Runner Coaster, SuperSlide, SuperPutt, Mountain Bike Park, Colorado SuperChair, Rockpile Climbing Wall, Mineshaft Maze, SuperBungee Trampoline, Gemstone Panning, and Ripperoo’s…

Get Wet in Salida

Native American-built kayaks kicked butt in the early days of Salida’s FIBArk Whitewater Festival, which dates back to a 57-mile downriver race from Salida to Canon City in 1949, evidence that Colorado’s wildest whitewater freaks have been getting their splash on in the Arkansas River for centuries. The tradition continues…

Eat Dirt

Downhill mountain-bike racing is as thrilling to watch as it is for the crazies who put life and limb on the line to bomb the hills, and the craziest of them will be at SolVista Bike Park at Granby Ranch through Sunday. “This year, the town of Granby stepped up…

Save the Date To Go Skate

International Go Skateboarding Day dates back to 2004, when the holiday was established by the International Association of Skateboard Companies (IASC) to help promote the sport and mark the start of summer. “Most of us skate every day anyway, so really, it’s just an excuse to have a big event…

Ultra-endurance athlete Mathew Arnold ultra-nerds out for Race Across America

Denver-based cyclist and University of Colorado grad student Mathew Arnold may be the only competitor working on his thesis in the middle of the 30th annual transcontinental Race Across America (RAAM) bicycle race from Oceanside, California, to Annapolis, Maryland, next week: Arnold and his SIMPLE Mobile Team partner David Preston…

Today in Stoke: Run Like a Mother tonight at Outdoor Divas Boulder

Five years ago, Denver-based Runner’s World writer Dimity McDowell and her Portland, Oregon-based running/writing partner Sarah Bowen Shea successfully pitched an article to the magazine, proposing to write about their post-pregnancy training in the lead-up to running the 125-mile TransRockies Run together. Then they immediately decided they wouldn’t actually be…

The Wheel Deal

After a brief high-country dalliance last year with the Leadville 100, the Rocky Mountain Bicycle Festival returns to Denver this weekend in time to catch a draft with the Denver Century Ride. Ride options range from 5 to 22 miles for the Community Fun Ride on Saturday at 10 a.m…