by itadmin | Mar 4, 2020 | SPRING, Trailblazers
Herm Hoops took the river less paddled and found his purpose By Jared Blackley If you ever met Herm Hoops on the river, you’d remember. He was the river guide wearing a baseball cap with an oversize toucan beak on it. His expansive smile, irreverent wit and crass...
by itadmin | Jan 2, 2020 | Trailblazers, WINTER
Extreme skier Julian Carr’s record-breaking cliff jumps have led him to a larger life By Geoff Griffin and Kathleen Curry Setting world records for flying high on nothing but skis requires a love of altitude. For Julian Carr, altitude is a place and state of mind...
by itadmin | Jan 24, 2019 | Trailblazers, WINTER
As one of Ogden’s unsung sons, it’s time to give Bernard DeVoto his due Let’s begin à la Jeopardy. Category: Utah Literati. Here are five prompts: One of his history books won a Pulitzer Prize in 1948; another, a National Book Award in 1953. He was a recognized...
by Paul Brophy | Nov 3, 2016 | Trailblazers
A pro-snowboarder embraces the challenge of a life-altering injury. “Sit on it!” At 40 years old, Tim Ostler is just old enough to remember that classic comeback line from the ’70s TV show Happy Days, never thinking when he watched as a kid, it would apply literally...
by Liz Galloway | Aug 29, 2016 | SUMMER, Trailblazers
The Tao of a cross-country mountain bike racer turned best-selling author From the age of 16, mountain-bike racer Brock Cannon has worked to carve out a niche as an ultra-endurance cyclist, and he’s found success both on and off the trail. Today, he feeds his...
by Colby Frazier | May 30, 2016 | Trailblazers
Utah’s celebrated kayaking expert wrote the book on Utah river running. Every spring, Utah’s snowpack melts and tumbles down a million rivulets, into thousands of creeks that form hundreds of rivers—an annual procession—the velocity and magnitude of which is noted on...
