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Racers pass a green during the Utah State Cyclocross Championship on Saturday at Mount Ogden Golf Course in Ogden.

Popular European sport comes to Ogden

OGDEN -- Not a single club was in sight as hundreds of athletes from around the state converged on Mount Ogden Golf Course for the Utah State Cyclocross Championships.

Race to the Bottom: organizers hope underwater scooter racing is the next sky surfing

MIAMI -- At 5-foot-7 and 130 pounds, Michael Vivona has never excelled in sports. But that changed last weekend when the 56-year-old engineering supervisor for an Orlando television station earned a championship in an emerging extreme sport: underwater scooter racing.

(Photo courtesy of Junction City Roller Dolls)
Members of the Junction City Roller Dolls' Trainwrecks squad battle with Salt City Derby Girls (yellow) during hard-hitting tournament action at the Davis Conference Center on Saturday.

Teams battle for derby supremacy

Teams battle for derby supremacy

Special to the Standard-Examiner

LAYTON -- Utah's first roller derby tournament, Saturday's Mountain Throwdown, brought together three of the state's four flat-track women's roller derby leagues at the Davis Conference Center provided epic battle to find the best in Utah.

The tournament was followed by a free after party, open to all skaters and guests.

The Mountain Throwdown featured O-Town Derby Dame's "25th Street Brawlers" (in pink), Junction City Roller Doll's "Trainwrecks" (in teal), and Salt Lake's Salt City Derby Girl'

(Photo by RACHEL BADALI/Electronic High School/rachel.bad@hotmail.com) Tyler Glenn, lead singer of the band Neon Trees, performs during Dew Tour 2010 at EnergySolutions Arena in Salt Lake City.

Dew Tour 2010 delivers great vibes, sights, sounds

Salt Lake City was totally thrashed when Dew Tour 2010 took over downtown's EnergySolutions Arena and two surrounding blocks.

Dew Tour makes a popular stop in SLC

SALT LAKE CITY -- The Dew Tour returns to Salt Lake City for the fourth consecutive year for the Toyota Challenge, which will run today through Sunday at EnergySolutions Arena.

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