Candide Thovex, Arnaud Rougier, Adam Delorme, Tim Mcchesney, and the rest of the Faction crew crushed the slopes of France in episode 3 of “We Are The Faction Collective”. Huge natural hits, rock slides, and excellent cinematography make this an edit worth watching! WE ARE THE FACTION COLLECTIVE. #S01E03. from Faction Skis on Vimeo.
E.J. Poplawski sustained a life changing accident at the Crested Butte Tele Extremes in 2006. The Utah based athlete hit a tree, that resulted in an above knee amputation. This is the story of his recovery back to skiing. Segment from Powderwhore Films, The Pact. Words from EJ Poplawski: This is the story of my […]
Welcome to our Countdown to Opening Day series. During the 30 days leading up to opening day at Crested Butte Mountain Resort, we will be featuring a clip or edit from winter in the West Elks. This is video 26 of 30. Big Air on Elk is the annual big air competition on Elk Avenue. […]
Andrew Pollard laid down a beautiful run to jump from 4th to 1st and take the 4* Freeride World Qualifier at Crystal Mountain Resort. Video: Ouray Walker, Western State Colorado University Mountain Sports Andrew Pollard 1st Place Crystal from West Elk Project on Vimeo.
A lot of people have been taking advantage of great late season conditions to go skiing. Although he did skin up, Derek Johnson prefers to get down another way. According to Johnson, “Once your feet have left the ground, standing on solid earth no longer feels right.” Check out his recent speedflying edit from Snodgrass.
Tom Runcie put together a great edit with his fellow Precise Painting Freeride Team athletes Rob and Sydney Dickinson. It rules! With some footage from Trent Bona and last year’s Vision Quest, their trip to Fairy Meadows, BC, Sheepshead Cabin in Colorado, and trouncing our home resort at CBMR, this is a fantastic four minutes […]
Recap on the victors of the Subaru Freeride Series. Big congratulations to CB’s own Ashley Bembenek for taking top honors in the female ski category.
In this year’s Teton Gravity Research movie Almost Ablaze, Olympic gold medalist Joss Christensen, Karl Fosvedt, and Chris Laker went to Sarajevo to see, and ski, the war torn city that was home to the 1984 Winter Olympics. It is one of the more powerful ski segments ever. Teton Gravity Research (TGR) announces the release its […]
Western State Mountain Sports athlete Zach Bare is a smooth operator. In addition to finishing 3rd on the FWQ circuit this winter, Zach got more than his fair share of pow this spring. Winter ’17 from Zach Bare on Vimeo.
This video was send to us by CB native Randy Evans, who now resides in Montana. This slide occurred January 29th. The victim is buried nearly 10 minutes. Though the video ends before he is actually pulled out, you can hear the rescue underway. The victim suffers only a dislocated shoulder. Very scary stuff.