Rose Hill Drive channels The Who in Aspen.

Rose Hill Drive the Boulder power rockers hit Aspen tonight.  The guitar shredding  Sproul Brothers,  Jake and Daniel along with Jimmy Stofer on bass and drummer Nathan Barnes formed Rose Hill Drive in High School in the Sproul's basement. They eventually got kicked out of their Boulder neighborhood due to excessive rocking.

Rose Hill Drive has toured with The Who, Stone Temple Pilots and others.  They were named by Rolling Stone as a top 10 artist to watch in 2007. 

Tonight they played tribute to The Who by covering the iconic 1971 album Who's Next.  If you closed your eyes and just listened to the music...it felt like 1971 again. Classic 70's tunes Baba O'Riley, Behind Blue Eyes, Won't Get Fooled Again and Going Mobile transcended time in Aspen as generations collided on the dance floor.   Senior citizens were jam dancing with teens at the all-ages show at Belly Up.

Pick Up My Guitar and play....just like yesterday.  It was a flashback.

Party Rockin' in Aspen for New Years

HAPPY NEW YEAR from AspenSpin.com   A Happy and healthy 2012 to y'all.  We are hoping for plenty of high times and powder snow in the  up-coming year.

Fireworks on Ajax. Photo by Juliano Sacramento. Click 4 his site.

Whew! So glad that's over. AspenSpin goes BIG all year long, so New Year's Eve is just another night for us.  Sure, New Year's is always a HUGE celebration in Aspen but we leave the super-sick, party-till-u-drop routine for the others.  Since Aspen's Bomb Threat in 08/09 NYE has never been the same.

For most people in Aspen the night consisted of 2 sets of fireworks, stumbling drunk tourists, over-priced, over-hyped parties in every available space, cheap champagne, expensive champagne and very little restraint.  We attended  2 sexy parties.  We got shut down by tons of hot chicks but we took some unbelievable pix (as always).  So click 'em.  See how some people roll for NYE in Aspen. 

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We are sooooooooo fired up for 2012. Looking forward is our M.O.  We're #tebowing hard for POWDER here in Aspen.   Where ever you are, if you love Aspen, start doing your snow-dance, keep praying to Ullr...help us out. We are even considering human sacrifice...nobody important...just a rookie ski-tech.   The Western U.S. has been mostly devoid of POW this Winter, especially in the Rocky Mountains...unless you live in Boulder.  We heard Eldora is killing it.  So we need some weather ASAP.

Go HUGE in 2012. 

PARTY/Out

Christian co-hosted the Snow Leophard Party. Happy 2012. Clcik 4 Pix.5 girls for every 2 guys...those are good odds in Aspen. Click 4 pix.Late Night at the Stolen Robe and Lingerie Party on Red Mountain. Click 4 pix.Grrrrrr, baby. this guy was texting during the pic. WTF? Click for more pix.

The Ajax Cup: Aspen's Ski Race

The 2nd Annual AJAX CUP Weekend to benefit AVSC is underway.

12 highly competitive teams are ready to compete for The Ajax Cup.  The celebrities, the Olympians, the pro racers, the adaptive racers, the amateurs and the AVSC kids have all been handicapped for time and the lineups are set. The ski racing kicks off today at 10 a.m. on the Little Nell run at the base of Ajax. You can watch the pro skiers rip super fast laps on the GS course.  

AspenSpin will be snapping and posting pix from The Ajax Cup pre-party, at the race and of course at the #1 après ski event in all of skiing.

The Ajax Cup festivities began with a Welcome Party at Caribou Club where the smack talk between racers was pretty thick.  Everybody wants to get their name engraved on The Ajax Cup and take home the prestigious Ajax Cup belt buckle. Each 8 skier team is comprised of a Head Coach (a decorated racer with National Team pedigree, the Captain (organizer), 4 competitors and 2 AVSC student-athletes. Pro athletes include Chris Davenport, Chris Klug, Casey Puckett, Jake Zamansky, David Chodounsky, Wendy Fisher, Kim Reichhelm, David Stapleton, Kristina Koznick, Katie Monahan, Chris Anthony and Gella Sutro.

The Sponsor lineup is stacked too.  Aspen/Snowmass, Kjus, Gosuch, Bombardier, Fiduciary Trust Intenational, Caribou Club and Rowland + Broughton.  The Ajax Cup is a new tradition in Aspen, but it has quickly become a de rigueur event on the social scene.

AVSC will reach 2,100 children this Winter. Skiing and snowboarding helps build self-confidence and shows kids that they can overcome challenges on and off the hill.   AVSC kids  learn core values of COMMITMENT, TEAMWORK and INTEGRITY.  Click for more info: AVSC.

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THE AJAX CUP WELCOME PARTY

THE AJAX CUP RACE  (Race Day in Aspen)

The AJAX CUP APRES SKI PARTY   (Party of the Year).

Jeff Gorsuch proudly displays The Ajax Cup, An Aspen Tradition.The Ajax Cup pro racers are ready to grab bragging rights in 2011.AVSC racers from team Casa Tua. Click for pix.The pre party for The Ajax Cup on Aspen Mountain to benefit AVSC.

 Team Go Fast with Stapes, CDY, The Bucksbaums and Coffey. Click 4 more pix.Team Caribou finished Top 10 at the 2011 Ajax Cup Race on Aspen, Mountaain to benefit AVSC Everybody was a winner at Ajax Cup. But Team Ganzi will have bragging rights for 2012.

Freestyle in Aspen

Dennis Basso Freestyle: A benefit for the Aspen Art Museum  12/28/11

Aspen, Colorado is a great place to visit during the holidays. The natural beauty and the winter sports are the most obvious draw, but the people watching is WORLD CLASS.  There is an extremely wide spectrum of tastes and styles being displayed on and off the slopes in Aspen.  From fine furs to gore-tex, from the bling of exquisite jewelry to the utility of duct tape.

Click 4 sick pix;  FreeStyle in Aspen.

The Dennis Basso Freestyle is always a highlight event on the Aspen holiday social calendar.  The guest-list reads like a who's who in the art world. Many freestylers are also the chief benefactors of the soon-to-be built Aspen Art Museum.  Like peacocks displaying their plumes, the upscale freestyle crowd waited patiently for the photogs at the step and repeat.  Glamour pix. The narcissism was palpable.

This year's event had a special glow.  The newly remolded St Regis played host to glamorous array of guests.   The hors d'oeuvre were succulent, the champagne was plentiful and the auction items were priceless.  Models, hot chicks and rich guys were everywhere.  Security was upgraded to red. AspenSpin got into the mix. We went FREESTYLE in ASPEN. We didn't bid on the $144,000 necklace but A. Party worked that room like a hard-packed  bump run.  Very carefully, at top speed and always moving forward.  We got some sick pix, we hope you agree.

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Lance was FREESTYLIN'It got FlyGarza Family FreeStyle.Dennis Basso FreeStyle.Lisa,/ Kenny / Greer

Trombone Shorty Blows the Roof Off The Wheeler

Trombone Shorty and Orleans Avenue blew the roof off The Historic Wheeler Opera House last night in Aspen.  Troy "Trombone Shorty" Andrews brought the "Supafunkrock" to the Rocky Mountains of Colorado and packed the house at The Wheeler.  

The action on the dance floor at The Wheeler was furious...that's right, the first 5 rows of seats were removed  to allow the SRO crowd to move and groove to the New Orleans inspired beats of TROMBONE SHORTY and ORLEANS AVENUE.