THREE DAYS AND THREE NIGHTS of live music, theater, art, film, dance performances and fireworks downtown.
EVE happens at Gallivan Center, Temple Square, The Gateway,Rose Wagner Performing Arts Center, Pierpont Avenue, and other downtown locations.
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Some great Salt Lake City jibbing here.
Chill is the program begun by Burton Snowboards to give inner city kids a chance to learn how to snowboard and in-turn enjoy the mountains and nature. I know first hand what a great program this is. I went through it with a great kid from my neighborhood. Here is a video that I shot during last seasons Chill program.
The Chill Program deserves your support so you might as well give them $5 and go to a fun party at the Circle Lounge on March 26th. That way Joe and Nick can keep showing the Chill kids that there’s a whole big world out there besides what surrounds them in the city. See you there.
This Saturday is the third annual Fat Flake Festival at the Gallivan Center in Salt Lake City. We’ll be celebrating the beginning of winter with music, a ski boot race, DJ’s, a photo contest and more!
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4:30 |
Registration for Boot Race east of the ice skating rink |
| 4:45 | DJ Uprok |
| 5:00 | Welcome and Official Opening of FFF |
| 5:00 – 9:00 | Powder Lounge (Athlete Poster Signing) |
| 5:15 – 6:00 | Junior Giant (Main Stage) |
| 5:30 | First-ever Ski Boot Race |
| 6:00 – 6:15 | DJ Uprok |
| 6:15 – 6:45; | Cavedoll (Main Stage) |
| 6:45 | Photo Contest Winner Announcement |
| 7:00 – 7:30 | Cavedoll (Main Stage) |
| 7:30 – 7:45 | Ceremonial Offering to the Snow Gods |
| 7:45 | Vintage Ski Outfit Contestants Meet at FFF Tent |
| 7:45 – 8:30 | Bastard Sons of Johnny Cash (Main Stage) |
| 8:30 | Vintage Ski Outfit Contest & DJ by Uprok |
| 9:00 – 9:45 | Bastard Sons of Johnny Cash (Main Stage) |
| Ice-skating available 12:00 – 11:00 p.m. Two-hour sessions. $5 ages 12+, $4 ages 11 and under. Skate rental $3. | |
Apparently it’s now illegal to have a mini-ramp in Salt Lake City. Sign the petition and help keep minis safe, legal, and in the privacy of your backyard.
On September 20th come on down to the Gateway and witness three great new movies. Come on down to the Depot, have a few drinks, watch some movies, listen to our boy DJ Knucklz spin some beats, and have some fun. All these movies are sure to feature lots of Utah action and hot jibbing. See you there.
On Saturday night I took Jake and Kristian over to the Tower Theater to watch the World Premiere of the new Absinthe flick “Ready”. By the time the doors opened I was really ready, because we’d been crammed in outside the theater on a hot night for like 45 minutes. But, all those sweaty teens just made me more ready than ever to watch some cool winter action.
The movie was great. Not too much jibbing, but, what there was was pretty heavy. Big consequence on some burly rails and wallrides were the order of the day. But, as usual what really stood out for me was the freeriding. Lots of big hits, big lines, and deep powder. Exactly what I’ve come to expect from Absinthe. The movie was pretty much snow porn with little narrative, but, the action was fierce. It seemed like Nicolaus Muller was clocking more screentime than anyone, but, he deserved it. You could tell he was getting after it last season.
My only gripe with the whole thing was the projection. Who knows what kind of projector the Tower has, but, it was pretty damn fuzzy and I thought my eyes were going to catch on fire after about 20 minutes of squinting at the screen. I’d like to see a shred movie on the big screen just once with some real stunning projection, that would give the movie the premier that it deserves.
Anyway, the movie really made me yearn for cold snow on my face, down jackets, and squeaky chairlift rides in a whiteout. With today’s change in weather, it’s raining and even hailing in SLC today, I’m feeling like winter really is right around the corner. Bring it on.
If you’ve been following this blog, you know that I spent 6 weeks this winter with the Burton Chill Program and my 13 year old neighbor Jake. Burton’s Chill Program takes at-risk and inner city youth to the mountains and provides them with all the gear, transportation, and instruction that they need to snowboard. The Chill Program was a great experience for both of us. Jake got to experience the mountains and learn how to snowboard, and I got the joy of sharing something that I love and in the process get reminded why snowboarding means so much to me. Here’s the video. Let me know what you think.
Music by Salt Lake’s own:
Special thanks to: Burton, Brighton, Chill, Derek, Joe, Nick, and Jake.
Well, Chill is winding down for the season and everyone has been having a great time and really developing as shredders. Over the past 5 weeks we’ve watched these kids go from total beginners to blooming shredders. With Jake it seems like he’s really derived a lot of self-confidence thanks to the Chill Program. At the beginning of the program he didn’t really talk to anyone and would often just freeze up in situations where he felt unsure of what to do. Now he’s confidently cruising the mountain and lapping the terrain park.
Throughout the program I’ve been shooting video and I’m beginning to work on editing a video about Jake and my experiences in Chill. I should have it ready in the coming weeks.
This Thursday is our last night out and that really kind of bums me out. I’ve met a lot of really cool kids, the coordinators of the Chill program Joe and Nick have been super and going out shredding at nights really takes me back to the days when I was a kid back in Virginia, getting out of school and heading straight to the hill to ride until the lifts stopped running. It didn’t matter that it was cold and snowing and dark. All that mattered was that you were riding, working on that new trick, and chasing your buddies down a dark mountain. If growing up means quiting this kind of stuff, I’ll stay a kid forever. Thanks to everyone at Chill, Burton, and Brighton for doing every for these great kids.
