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Ed Dujardin Spring Shred

Check out this shredit of Ed Dujardin getting after during the 2019 spring in the CB backcountry.  When the goods are good you should probably keep skiing them, right?!  And the CAST system rules. PS. Check his 2019 mini golf edit here. Ed Dujardin Spring 2019 from West Elk Project on Vimeo.

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CBMST Takes Tops Spots at Freeride NORAMs – Finals Video

The competitive junior freeride season wrapped up in Kicking Horse, British Columbia last week at the IFSA North American Junior Freeride Championships. Ten percent of the overall field is invited to crown the finals’ winners and overall champions. After a hard-fought season earning points to get invited, the CBMST sent 11 athletes up to champs, […]

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Ed Dujardin Tees Up Local Mini Golf Lines

If you haven’t yet seen the videos of West Elk Project co-founder Ed Dujardin teeing up some awesome lines this season on the @shredwardstomps Instagram, you should check out his mid-season POV edit.  It features a hot soundtrack from A Shadow of Jaguar and a bunch of lines from the Crested Butte backcountry, CBMR, and […]

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Local Freeride Athletes Ride Home Field Advantage to Podium Domination

Crested Butte Mountain Resort played host to an IFSA junior regional freeride competition on Saturday under a mix of cloudy skies and flat light. The classic Colorado chalky hard pack snow that we all know and love so well here in the Elk Mountains was ripping and skiers ranging from 12-18 showcased their skills on […]

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Fall Flow: MTB Edit from Mikey Curran

Mikey Curran has been putting together some awesome local content, not to mention his job for MSP Films, for more than the last few years.  He got after it with local all-around great guy, Ryan Sullivan, to make this cool, woodsy-feel edit of mountain biking in CB. Check it out! FALL FLOW from Mikey Curran on Vimeo.


 
 

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The Hoji Movie Is In The Works

Posted  January 16, 2018  by  Edward Dujardin 2.0

You knew it was going to happen, but maybe not this soon. It appears that Matchstick Productions is making a movie on living legend Eric Hjorleifson.  Though there has been no real formal announcement, MSP and its best pillow smashers have been using the hashtag #thehojimovie and digging out old clips from past movies like […]

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Grifen Moller Earns 8th at FWT Stop

Posted  February 7, 2018  by  Edward Dujardin 2.0

Western State Colorado University sophomore Grifen Moller earned himself an 8th place at the Freeride World Tour Hakuba stop, staged at Kicking Horse Mountain Resort in Golden BC. After two competitions, Moller is ranked 12th in the Overall Standings. Not too shabby for a 19 year old. A post shared by Grifen Moller (@stiff_grif) on […]

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FWT Courmayer Mont Blanc Teaser

Posted  January 7, 2014  by  Edward Dujardin 2.0

The Freeride World Tour is set to kick off January 18th 9:00am CET, 1:00 MST.  We can’t wait to watch Western State Colorado University Moutain Sports member Francesca Pavillard Cain go toe to toe with the world’s best.  GO FRANNY!

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Guerlain Chicherit Crashes in World Record Car Jump Bid

Posted  March 18, 2014  by  2. Will Dujardin

Guerlain Chicherit was practicing for a 110-meter World Record jump in his special Monster Energy Mini in Tignes, France this morning when things went wrong.  Watch the videos below without cringing and you can pat yourself on the back.  Luckily, Chicherit walked away from the crash under his own power and is only “slightly injured” […]

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More Big Mountain DH From Chris Miller

Posted  September 16, 2014  by  2. Will Dujardin

Chris Miller’s last big mountain DH edit has us pretty stoked, so this one has us even more so, or shall we say “stokeder?” Way to shred some creative big mountain lines, Chris!

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Massive Avalanche Cuts off Valdez, AK

Posted  January 27, 2014  by  2. Will Dujardin

This is a pretty crazy video from up in Alaska that shows the size and scope of a massive avalanche that occurred yesterday in Keystone Canyon on the road to Valdez from Anchorage up in Alaska.  The avalanche created an ice dam and the resulting lake is already 60 feet deep and growing.  It’s a […]

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Mike Wilson 350 Foot Rope Swing

Posted  July 18, 2013  by  Edward Dujardin 2.0

Have you ever driven through Twin Falls?  If so, you’ve probably seen the Perrine Bridge.  A lot of people use it to base jump.  Mike Wilson, in his typical fashion, made a giant rope swing.  He’s a boss.

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Julien Lopez Caught in Massive Avalanche in FWT Competition VIDEO

Posted  February 3, 2015  by  2. Will Dujardin

This morning we woke up to some pretty incredible news that Julien Lopez had triggered an avalanche during his run at the second attempt at the Freeride World Tour stop in Fieberbrunn (the women skiers skied earlier in the week, check out Francesca Pavillard-Cain’s 4th place run here). The previous venue had been scrapped due […]

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Review: The Wallisch Project

Posted  September 4, 2013  by  Edward Dujardin 2.0

Tom Wallisch receives more publicity than any other skier out there.  He’s the only freeski athlete featured multiple times in one commercial break for different products on major networks.  His new nine minute short film, the Wallisch Project, is available on Itunes for $2.99.  Is he worth it? Totally. We at the West Elk Project […]

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Blake Wilson + Discrete (Another SICK Alta Edit)

Posted  March 11, 2015  by  2. Will Dujardin

When they stop happening we’ll stop sharing them.  Blake Wilson posted an edit earlier this season that had the internet buzzing and this one is even better.  Blake puts all kind of style into is riding around Alta, including some ridiculous “screamin’-seamen” grabs on a switch cork 5 and a corked 3.  This edit rules!! Thank […]

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