Austin Colbert
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Aspen, CO, United States
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River Radamus set for Aspen World Cup super-G on Sunday
River Radamus has found his best success in technical races, notably giant slalom. But the Edwards ski racer continues to eye the super-G, including this weekend in Aspen. “This year, I wanted to branch out... → Read More
Travis Ganong in Aspen this week for final U.S. World Cup ski races before retirement
Travis Ganong is ready to chuck his ski boots. He’s earned the right after more than a decade of racing around the world. “I’m going to throw my race boots away and get some comfy... → Read More
X Games Aspen 2023: Predicting who comes out on top in skiing
Let’s make some skiing predictions. I made my X Games snowboarding predictions a day earlier and remain only mildly lukewarm in terms of confidence, but maybe I’ll feel better about the skiers. → Read More
Skiing sensation Gu returns to X Games two years after it launched her skyward
Pinpointing exactly when Eileen Gu rose to superstardom isn’t too tricky. It came two years ago in her X Games Aspen debut, when the then 17-year-old made history by winning three medals — including two gold — in... → Read More
X Games Aspen 2023: Predicting who comes out on top in snowboarding
Let’s send it. X Games is back for its 22nd consecutive year at Buttermilk Ski Area starting Friday, with many of the world’s best skiers and snowboarders set to compete in halfpipe, slopestyle, big air and... → Read More
Shaun White embraces retirement, seeks to find his new place within snowboarding
Retirement is treating Shaun White well. Most days. Driving by Copper Mountain earlier this season, he felt that blip of competition adrenaline begin to set in before realizing those days are now behind him. He... → Read More
Basalt goes to the air in playoff win over Woodland Park, eyes Eaton in next round
Calling it an air raid offense might be a stretch, but the Longhorns had little hesitancy letting Kade Schneider cut loose in the passing game. The senior quarterback led the Basalt football team’s offense to a huge afternoon in a 45-24 first-round playoff win Saturday over visiting Woodland Park. → Read More
AVSC big mountain skiers Yang, Cherney to compete at freeride junior worlds in Alps
Bodhi Yang and Orion Cherney both look up to the next generation of big mountain skiers, with their free-flowing runs that have led to a lot of success on the Freeride World Tour. And if all keeps going as it has, those skiers they admire so much could very well become peers sooner than later. → Read More
Preps: Basalt volleyball beats Aspen in league play, big games ahead for football
The Basalt High School volleyball team rallied from an early set loss to beat Aspen 3-1 on Thursday. The win avenged a 3-1 loss to the Skiers back on Sept. 13 in Basalt. → Read More
U.S. ski team announces final domestic calendar, including March return to Aspen
ASPEN — The countdown is officially on for World Cup skiing’s return to Aspen. U.S. Ski & Snowboard on Tuesday announced the final U.S. World Cup schedule, a lineup that includes the Aspen World Cup from March... → Read More
Photos: Prince Harry plays polo at Sentebale ISPS Handa Polo Cup outside of Carbondale
CARBONDALE — Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex, returned to the Roaring Fork Valley on Thursday, Aug. 25, to take part in the Sentebale ISPS Handa Polo Cup at Aspen Valley Polo Club outside of Carbondale. Sentebale... → Read More
Photos: Flight of the Ducks takes to Rio Grande in Rotary Club fundraiser
The Rotary Club of Aspen held its primary annual fundraiser, this year called "The Flight of the Ducks," on Saturday, Aug. 13, 2022, at Rio Grande Park in Aspen. Traditionally the ducks are dumped into the Roaring Fork River, but this year the ducks were dropped from a fire engine via small parachutes onto a… → Read More
Photos: Laser light show wraps up Fourth of July fun in Aspen
Aspen's Fourth of July festivities came to a close after the sun had set on Monday with a laser light show. → Read More
Aspen Cycling Club results: Prince Creek mountain bike race from June 8, 2022
ASPEN CYCLING CLUB — WEEKLY RACE RESULTSPRINCE CREEK MTB RACEFROM WEDNESDAY, JUNE 8, 2022Men's A (Long Course)1 — 0:38:52 — WILLSEY, Cooper2 — 0:38:53 — SHANKS, Cooper — Basalt Bike & Ski3 — 0:38:57 — CARPENTER, Corbin — RFC Pinnacle Junior MTB Team4 — 0:40:34 — BERRY, Lucas — RFC Pinnacle Junior MTB Team5 —… → Read More
Cheyenne Mountain powers on, beats Aspen High hockey in 4A state quarterfinals
The loss ends the Skiers’ season at 8-11-1 overall, their best campaign since going 14-5-3 in the 2017-18 winter. → Read More
Former AVSC ski racer Tanner Perkins named to U.S. squad for junior worlds
From moving by himself to Aspen when he was only 16 to train, and then later living out of his van during the heart of the pandemic last winter, Crested Butte ski racer Tanner Perkins keeps finding a way to move his dreams forward. → Read More
Faulhaber ready to ‘go big’ in halfpipe as Basalt teen makes her Olympic debut
Now that Hanna Faulhaber has set foot in China ahead of her part in the Winter Olympics this coming week, reality might have set in. But prior to getting on the plane to Beijing this past week, she was still floating around in a dream world. → Read More
Preps: Tehrani named swimmer of year for the second time, Skiers take eighth
While the Aspen High School girls swim team only finished eighth in the Class 3A state championships on Saturday in Thornton, AHS senior Kayla Tehrani still managed to win the classification’s swimmer of the year award for the second time in as many seasons. → Read More
X Games Aspen 2022 wrap-up: Seeing what predictions turned into reality at Buttermilk
And X Games is gone as quickly as it arrived. The 2022 Aspen edition was as entertaining as ever, with many of the world’s best freeskiers and snowboarders getting to compete one final time at Buttermilk before heading to the Olympics. → Read More
Sadowski-Synnott beats Anderson to win slopestyle gold behind 1080 combo
Jamie Anderson overcame a slow start to wind up on another podium, but it wasn’t enough to catch Zoi Sadowski-Synnott in the women’s slopestyle snowboard final on Friday morning, the first event of X Games Aspen 2022. → Read More