Tag: sport
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Through the ups and downs of life, father and son have climbed on
Craig Richard and his father, Ron Smith, share a deep bond rooted in their love of climbing, starting when Craig was just 5 years old at Garden of the Gods. Ron, an accomplished mountaineer who once summited Colorado’s highest peaks and North America’s Denali, now supports from the ground as Craig continues their legacy, climbing…
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Monument resident building new indoor pickleball complex at Colorado Springs mall
Pickleball is coming to a mall near you. Peak Pickleball, a 24-court complex that its owner says will be the nation’s largest privately owned, indoor pickleball facility, will take over the vacant Burlington department store at the Chapel Hills Mall, northeast of Academy and Briargate boulevards in northern Colorado Springs. Monument resident Scott Wilson, a…
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New indoor pickleball complex with 24 courts planned at Colorado Springs mall
Pickleball is coming to a mall near you. Peak Pickleball, a 24-court complex that its owner says will be the nation’s largest privately owned, indoor pickleball facility, will take over the vacant Burlington department store at the Chapel Hills Mall, northeast of Academy and Briargate boulevards in northern Colorado Springs. Monument resident Scott Wilson, a…
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New indoor pickleball complex with 24 courts planned at Colorado Springs mall
Pickleball is coming to the mall. Peak Pickleball, a 24-court complex that its owner says will be the nation’s largest privately owned, indoor pickleball facility, will take over the vacant Burlington department store at the Chapel Hills Mall, northeast of Academy and Briargate boulevards in northern Colorado Springs. Monument resident Scott Wilson, a former Dillon…
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LIFE | Mountain Unicycling in Colorado
Mountain unicyclists are a strain of mountain biker, preferring the same rough and steep terrain while ditching one wheel. They are, as The New York Times once observed, “putting an extreme twist on the most whimsical of devices.” They’re a rare breed, says unicyclist Rob Urban, who often rides with his son in Colorado Springs…
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LIFE | Archery School of the Rockies
Archery has deeper meaning at the Archery School of the Rockies in Colorado Springs. The range offers open range 3D and target shooting and classes for anyone that wants to shoot a bow, from Olympic-bound athletes to veterans to people with disabilities. (Video by Skyler Ballard)
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LIFE | Colorado Springs pogo stick rider has pioneered the niche extreme sport
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Get to know Tone Staubs, a professional and extreme pogo stick rider in Colorado. (Video by Skyler Ballard)
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VIDEO: Fountain-Fort Carson tennis welcomes new players
Fountain-Fort Carson High School welcomed nine new athletes from the Trojan football and boys’ soccer teams who otherwise would not have had the opportunity to compete this fall thanks to season postponements due to the COVID-19 pandemic. (Video by Skyler Ballard)
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VIDEO | Climbing Colorado
Jimmie Dunn, a rock climbing legend who got his start in Colorado Springs, has become known by some as one of the Pikes Peak region’s most important living pioneers of the sport. He’s often best remembered for his landmark mission in 1972, when he became the first to scale a new route solo on El…
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Jacks Axe Throwing
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Madison Bos took up the hot, new ancient sport late last year. Bos now plays in the USA Axe Throwing league as a member of the team sponsored by Black Forest Brewing. (Video by Stephanie Earls)