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Afterglow GoPro POV

Just when you though you had enough of Sweetgrass Productions’ Afterglow, GoPro released the POV from the groundbreaking short film. The pillows and the spines from Golden, BC and Alaska are ridiculous, and it doesn̵...
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Brittany Barefield Earns 4th Place at FJWC in Andorra VIDEO

Brittany Barefield of the Crested Butte Mountain Sports Team opened up the action this morning for the skier women at the Freeride Junior World Championships at Grandvalira in Andorra.  She laid down a smooth run from top to b...
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Final Slashes – CB Fall Mountain Biking

Just when you thought you wouldn’t see a mountain biking post for a while, this Slippery Stone Productions video, “Final Slashes” from the Evolution Bike Park at CBMR popped up in our feed.  Join Jay Trautman...
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Freeskiing on “Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel”

Tomorrow night on HBO’s “Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel,” the focus will be on freeskiing.  It will be interesting to see, given the tragedies this year.  Will it portray us in a negative or positive light? ...
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GROWLER RACE WEEKEND

photo: www.gunnisontrails.com Its Growler Race Weekend! Tomorrow, Saturday May 26th, the half Growler will take place in Gunnison at Hartman Rocks.  The 32 mile single lap race will begin at 9:00 am.  An entry fee of 75$ gets...
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Jeremy McGee, Paraplegic Skier, Bloody Couloir, TED Talk

Jeremy McGee inspires us.  Check out his TED talk describing his story preparing, climbing and skiing the Bloody Couloir by Mammoth Lakes, CA.  Starting with a short introduction, this really gets into what it means to be det...
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Pretty Faces: An All Female Ski Film

SheJumps.org has been blazing the way for women’s action sports for some time.  Now, partnered with some of the biggest names in the industry, the women are in the process of making a full length feature.  It looks awes...
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Winter arrived in Crested Butte!

With four feet of snow from the last storm and -20 degree temps this morning, it’s safe to say that winter is finally here.  Video and photo proof below. This storm was perfectly timed with finals week, so Western studen...
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North Face Opens! Rob Dickinson POV

After last week’s snow, the North Face Lift started spinning on Friday.  There was a lot of awesome snow and a lot coreshots had throughout the afternoon.  TechnicaBlizzard team rider Rob Dickinson brought his Drift HD ...
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Ian Borgeson’s Spring Edit

The snow in Colorado this spring has been pretty ridiculous.  Ian Borgeson, the 19 year-old who recently qualified 1st on the FWQ for the Freeride World Tour, not only won the Enduro at A-Basin with his buddy Drew Petersen in ...
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