DJ Z-Trip Invades Colorado

America’s Best DJ (DJ Times and ClubDistrict.com) Z-Trip blazed through Colorado in a whirlwind weekend with a Friday night show in Denver, a quick flight back to Los Angeles to accept the 2009 Spike Video Game Award for DJ Hero on Saturday, then turned around and flew back to get some shred on at local Summit County resorts Copper Mountain and Keystone Resort. It’s the life of a man on the move, and with Z-Trips schedule, there’s no time to spare.

Z Trip headlined the sold out show at the Ogden Theater with a worthy opening act in misty Canadian DJ Kid Koala, creator of graphic novels, soundtracks, album and, as he puts it, “new tours including but not limited to: a puppet musical about a robot who works at a cookie factory (complete with turntable orchestra pit), a quiet-time headphone/beanbag tour for the non-dancing listeners, and a hilarious Roller-rink tour which should be fun for the whole family.”

Southern Colorado Super Storm

Southern Colorado is finally getting the early season snow they are known for—Wolf Creek has received over 7 FEET of new snow since December 6th. Back to back storms brought the entire SOCO region up to speed, as October and November were a little drier than usual in terms of average snowfall. Well, all that is forgotten as Wolf Creek is now up to an 82 inch base with 168 total inches of snowfall so far.

When Wolf Creek gets hit, there’s only thing to do: Road Trip. All in hopes of seeing this the next day.

In storms like this the drive that normally takes 5 hours from Denver can take even longer. The roads can be treacherous and filled with all kinds of packed snow, blowing snow, wet snow, ice or a combination of everything. Truckers pull over for the night, cops patrol the highways for deadly accidents and 99% of people simply stay home. But as snowboarders who live for these moments, being blinded by winter conditions on the drive only brings smiles of anticipation for the fresh powder that awaits.

Don’t Trust Anyone in Venice, CA

If you’ve ever watch Rob Dyrdek’s Fantasy Factory on MTV, chances are you’ve seen him wearing some t-shirts from Los Angeles-based Rogue Status. Originally founded by snowboarder/skaters/sneaker heads Jo Esbensen, Jasper Watts, and Rex Hollway, the brand got a huge boost when Dyrdek and Famous Stars and Straps founder and Blink 182 drummer Travis Barker signed on as partners. Soon after, the Rogue Status crew opened a flagship store on Main Street in Venice, CA, proudly reppin’ AWOL status all day everyday.

After starting out small the brand, quickly gained notoriety with their infamous Gun Show Print, voted #9 by Complex Magazine’s Top 100 T-Shirts of the 2000s. Today the Easy Company boys have their hand in everything from snowboard clothing to a full-blown motor sports division, and have become fixtures in the Gumball 3000 rallies.