Coming up soon: Paddlefest and BV Pro Rodeo 2009! Check out the website and videos and get ready for some fun…

A local high schooler posts about soccer and life:
“My body feels like a fragile piece of glass. If any one punched me right now I would shatter, into a thousand lethal pieces of glittering glass. And the odd thing about the predicament I find myself in, is that I like this feeling. It is serving [...]

Great job tonight, Demons! For those of you who missed the game, BV came back in the fourth quarter from 13 to 36 to tie it up with two minutes left 36 -36. (nice onside kick and conversions). Unfortunately, in those final two minutes, Steamboat Springs scored twice winning 49 to 36. Great game, great [...]

We could not help but post today about the recent declaration by Buena Vista Mayor, Cara Russell, of today, September 12, 2008, being Dustin Urban Day. This is in honor of Dustin’s recent achievement at winning the bronze medal in the World Cup of Freestyle Kayaking competition held last month in Europe. The proclamation states:
Whereas, [...]

After three weeks of competition and 32 competition rides, South Main Kayak Team’s Dustin Urban has placed third in the World Cup of freestyle kayaking. He finished 5th Sunday at the final event in Thun, Switzerland after winning the previous World Cup event in Augsburg, Germany. Jed Selby paddled well, making the quarter finals at [...]

Lee H. writes:
Buena Vista/South Main kayaker Dustin Urban is in second place overall after his first place finish this weekend in Augsburg, Germany during the World Cup of freestyle kayaking. Urban topped the podium with 816 points, followed in second place by Slovakia’s Peter Csonka, 787 and four-time World Champion Eric Jackson in third place [...]

I’ve really been enjoying my time watching the Olympics this month. No matter your feeling on the fact that the venue this time around is in China, the Olympic spirit sweeps you away into a space of international goodwill and impassioned competition.
However, lest we forget…. While we are watching Michael Phelps clean up in the [...]

The countdown clock on NBC.com reads less than 24 hours ’til the games begin! With the usual bout of controversy over the host country’s politics and the added interest in what it takes to get blue skies over a city that hasn’t seen them in a decade (The US cycling team got a lot [...]

I find that competing well has just as much to do with the mental game as technical ability. Before my winning ride at Vail, all I told myself was “Go out there and have the ride you are fully capable of having.” This set me up to have one of my best rides ever, but [...]

As one of the best sunsets of the summer faded over Mt. Columbia last night, the lights came up on what should be a great new warm weather tradition in Buena Vista. BV’s newest night spot, Daughters Bar, (next door to and affiliated with Mother’s Bistro) partnered with Colorado Kayak Supply to start bringing [...]