In the small town of Beaver, Utah, the second Saturday of July can only mean one thing; it’s time for another invasion of those crazy bike racers for the Beaver County Travel Council Crusher in the Tushar, presented by DNA Cycling, which has been organized by former pro cyclist Burke Swindlehurst, who grew up in […]
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Crusher in the Tushar 2016 Race Report
Originally published on the web by Cyclocross Magazine and in print in the August 2016 edition of Cycling Utah. BEAVER, UT (7/9/2016) – Nestled in the Tushar Mountains, above the idyllic agricultural town of Beaver, Utah, are the roads that make up one of the most brutal events now commonly called a “gravel grinder”. Each […]
Crusher in the Tushar 2015 Preview
Originally published on CyclingUtah.com on July 9, 2015 BEAVER, UT: On Saturday, July 11, 2015, 600 riders, including some of the nation’s best road, mountain, and cyclocross racers will descend on the small southwestern Utah town of Beaver for the Fifth Annual Crusher in the Tushar, presented by DNA Cycling. The 69-mile course through the […]
Open Letter to Utah Restaurant Owners
Dear Utah Restaurant Owners: If your employees work for tips, Utah & Federal law allows you to pay them a wage of only $2.13/hour, but as a former tip worker, I know for a fact that tip income is never guaranteed. I had nights where I made $70 in tips, and I had nights where […]
2012 Crusher in the Tushar
BEAVER, UT (07/14/12): They came, they saw, and they crushed. In the small southwestern Utah town of Beaver, a town originally settled by Mormon pioneers in 1856 just west of the Tushar mountains, also known as the birthplace of both the notorious outlaw Butch Cassidy and inventor of the television Philo T. Farnsworth, grey skies […]
Stepping back a bit …
I just had a very long and what I think is a productive conversation with Amy Dwyer at KRCL 90.9FM. I explained my (and what I believe to be “our”) point of view about what is happening at the station. She explained the station’s point of view. I do believe that the station does care […]
