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Western Regional Roller Derby Tournament coasts into Denver this weekend
This weekend, the Denver Roller Dolls and the Rocky Mountain Rollergirls have collaborated to host Denver's Derby on the Rocks, the 2009 Western Regional Roller Derby Tournament. Full Story

WEIDNER: Listening to a legend describe his life of climbing
In the early 1970s, Joshua Tree, Calif., was the winter locus of America's vagabond climbers. They were a ragtag band of dreamers and thrill-seekers pursuing a fringe activity that would have to wait more than a decade to be called a sport. A blond teenager named John Bachar was among the gang, challenging himself on J-Tree's scattered blobs of quartz monzonite. Full Story

WEIDNER: Exploring more than the vertical on first ascents
Three weeks ago, a team of four - spearheaded by the peripatetic Texan Jimmy Carse - had just finished bolting an overhanging, 1,000-foot limestone wall in the sport climbing paradise of El Salto, Mexico. Full Story

Shred it up: Rail Jam to take over Hill on Thursday
The Cricket Campus Rail Jam Tour is hitting Boulder on Thursday evening, and thousands are expected to pack the intersection of 13th Street and College Avenue, where a large ramp will be set up to allow riders to pull of their best aerial and rail-sliding tricks. Full Story

X Games: No 'I' in 'Frends'
They're "Frends," -- minus the "I" because there's no individual in this crew composed of snowboarders Kevin Pearce, Danny Davis, Jack Mitrani, Keir Dillon, Luke Mitrani, Mason Aguirre and Scotty Lago.

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Bright wins gold at Winter X Games, Clark takes second
Kelly Clark finished second in the superpipe at the Winter X Games on Friday night, losing out to Torah Bright as the Australian turned in a magnificent run. Hannah Teter wound up with the bronze. Full Story

Snowmobiler going for two at X Games
Snowmobiler Levi LaVallee has gone flippin' mad. He's consumed with mastering a double back flip on his 450-pound Polaris, treating the trick like a science project as he tries to solve all the variables

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Surfing the States: Aussies go to great lengths to surf USA
Stefan Hunt and Jonno Durrant hung 10 on a prodigious pile of sugar beets in Idaho, caught "swells" in back of a boat in a Mississippi swamp infested with alligators, and were towed by a rope through a puddle of mud behind a cowboy and his horse in Texas. Full Story

X marks the spot: Winter X Games open Thursday in Aspen
For the eighth consecutive year, some of the world's best snowboarders, skiers and snowmobilers will converge on Aspen's Buttermilk Mountain beginning Thursday for an event that's one part elite competition, one part party and a definite destination trip -- the Winter X Games. Full Story

Getting a jump on triathlon season
Boulder's Parks and Recreation Department has teamed up with 5430 Sports to present an Off-Season Triathlon Training Seminar at 7 p.m. Jan. 20 at the East Boulder Community Center. Full Story

Weidner: Eight ways to stay psyched and climb harder in 2009
Now that we're one week into 2009, you've surely thought about specific ways to improve your climbing this year â right? And you've no doubt selected some appropriate climbing goals, too. Full Story

Weidner: A winter warning for the holidays
The Christmas lights along Mapleton Avenue, the crunch of fresh snow while strolling down Pearl Street, feeling light and strong on a difficult sport route â these are a few of my favorite things. Full Story

Spot Bouldering Gym holds jammers' festival
Everybody was kung-fu . . . climbing? They might be Saturday at The Spot Bouldering Gym for its second climbing event of the season, "Night of the Rising Sun," which begins with the youth competition at 1 p.m.

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Buying in or selling out? Scrutinizing a world-famous climbing Web site
Seven or eight years ago, when I first heard about the now-popular climbing Web site 8a.nu, I cringed, as if inhaling a putrid waft of a buddy's old rock shoes. Full Story

Weidner: Footless and fancy free with Paradox Sports
"One of the crucial barriers to people with physical disabilities is inspiration," explains Malcolm Daly, executive director of Paradox Sports.

"You just think, 'Oh my God, I can't do anything.' You want to withdraw and become a couch potato for the rest of your life." Full Story

Cyclocross races bring out the pros, amateurs this weekend
Though the weather forecast calls for calm, mild weather, it's going to be all about speed, cheers and crashes as locals and professionals race through sand and grass and over pavement at the third annual Boulder Cup cyclocross races this weekend. Full Story

Weidner: I'd like to teach the world to jam ...
A glowing bonfire gained center stage when the sun went down and bellies were full. Full Story