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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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Big Sky FWQ Finals Replay

Posted  April 9, 2014  by  Edward Dujardin 2.0

The Freeride World Qualifier at Big Sky took place last weekend at Big Sky Resort in Montana.  Despite healthy snow totals, the venue was sharky to say the least.  There were a lot of horrifying crashes.  Congrats to WSCU Mountain Sports shredder Francesca Pavillard Cain for taking the win.

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This American Land: Gunnison Country

Posted  November 11, 2016  by  Edward Dujardin 2.0

Gunnison and Crested Butte were recently featured in the PBS series, This American Land, in collaboration with the Gunnison Public Lands Initiative. The GPLI is doing great work trying to protect the public lands we use and love for future generations. Skip to 15:24 to get to the segment on Gunnison.

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Kye Matlock Shredding POW from Japan to CB

Posted  September 8, 2017  by  2. Will Dujardin

Kye Matlock has graced our website before with his creative edit style and strong skiing before; the 15 year-old is back with more pow and more backflips, including a big blurry phone video send backflipping Space Rock in Spellbound at Crested Butte.  This kid has shredding in his genes and took some strong results on […]

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Skiing in July: Augusta

Posted  July 3, 2013  by  Edward Dujardin 2.0

Words: Alex Stevenson Photos: Alex Stevenson and Julia Van Raalte So it’s summer, I get it.  But rarely a day goes by that I don’t miss skiing. Lately this website has featured mostly dirt oriented articles so I figured I would drop some knees and a trip report.  For the first time in my life, […]

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Vasu Sojitra: Out on a Limb [trailer]

Posted  October 15, 2014  by  Edward Dujardin 2.0

Need some inspiration?  Check out the trailer for a short film on adaptive athlete Vasu Sojitra, who crushes the mountains of the east on one leg.   Trailer: Vasu Sojitra: Out on a Limb from T-Bar Films on Vimeo. This trailer is for a forthcoming short film on adaptive athlete Vasu Sojitra. Vasu Sojitra lost […]

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Action Sports Facility to be Constructed in Crested Butte

Posted  August 22, 2012  by  Edward Dujardin 2.0

Plans are in the works for the construction of an action sports facility in Crested Butte South. We caught up with Doug Hudson, the man spearheading the project to hear more. West Elk Project: What’s the plan for the facility? What features will you include? Doug Hudson: The Crested Butte Air Port will be a […]

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NASA: Megadroughts Projected For American West

Posted  February 15, 2015  by  Edward Dujardin 2.0

A recent study from NASA used tree rings to examine past droughts and predict future ones.  The results are scary.

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Eliot Rosenberg’s Central States Cup Run and Crash on Captain Jack

Posted  June 30, 2014  by  2. Will Dujardin

Captain Jack is the new DH course up at the Evolution Bike Park at CBMR and hosted the Central States Cup on Sunday. The trail looks rad and “is really awesome,” according to Eliot Rosenberg. “It’s a refreshing addition to the Evolution Bike Park,” he added, “with a lot of challenging sections and off-camber and tight […]

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Community Profile: Tom Runcie

Posted  June 12, 2012  by  Edward Dujardin 2.0

Photo: Trent Bona | Born and raised in Vermont, Tom Runcie moved to Crested Butte from Las Vegas in 2008. Runcie attended Dartmouth College in New Hampshire where, working ski patrol (yes Dartmouth has it’s own ski hill), he met his wife, Laurel. Runcie is part of strong contingent of east coast skiers who moved to […]

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Stuart Scott Jimmy V Speech

Posted  January 4, 2015  by  Edward Dujardin 2.0

We don’t normally post on sports outside of the outdoor world, but this man deserves it.  After seven years of battling cancer, Stuart Scott passed away this morning.  If you watched ESPN in the last 21 years, chances are Stuart Scott became a small part of your life.  Think about the fact that for seven […]

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