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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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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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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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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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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.
Martin Lentz was going for it last week in the Freeride World Tour at Fieberbrunn. He had to send it if he wanted to qualify for the Alaska stop, and send it he did. He actually dislocated his shoulder on the first big hit, relocated it, spun a 3, and then went a little too […]
Crested Butte Avalanche Center forecaster and Irwin Cat Skiing guide Zach Guy investigated the big south-facing Mt. Owen slide. Check out the quick 2 minute video and stay smart out there. Our snowpack is transforming into a springtime snowpack, you can get a little bit of everything out there, so have fun and come back […]
We have a lot of awesome wilderness here in Colorado. Peter McBride put the words from famous environmentalists Edward Abbey, Aldo Leopold, Ralph Waldo Emerson, John Muir, and Wallace Stegner to some awesome shots of some mostly Colorado wilderness areas in celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Wilderness Act. Our favorite quote was from Edward […]
The Crested Butte Mountain Sports Team finished their season at the 2014 IFSA North American Championships at Snowbird Ski & Summer Resort in Utah this past weekend. Ten team members out of 12 qualified and 9 attended, saying a lot about our little program considering about half of all IFSA members were invited. It was […]
Sponsored by Alpine Orthopaedics and Powerade photo: Sierra Halverson This Wednesday, July 11 marks the start of the Powerade Pinnacle Race Series. The series will consist of five action packed evenings at Crested Butte Mountain Resort. Each event will have a kid’s race, an endurance race, and a gravity race. CBMR is encouraging riders to […]
In the 3rd installment of Aspen Snowmass’s Rejuvenate: Mind Body Spirit episode, snowcat driver and park builder, Mark Pinter, explains why he loves building jumps for the park crew and how the terrain around Aspen lets people work on their tricks in the park and take it off-piste. Enjoy! Rejuvenate: Mind Body Spirit | Episode […]
Watch here and see what Dave Sugnet’s GoPro captured this season! The Paradise backflip is insane! Nice work Dave!
The NZ season is wrapping up. But spring does bring out the best in skiing. Enjoy this one minute mono board edit from the boys at All us in Winterland. Vive Le Mono from cam McDermid on Vimeo.
Oakley released footage of badass snowmobiler/skier Dan Treadway sending a hundred foot natural air in the Whistler backcountry. He is the man.
Banzai! This word has varied meanings. It is a traditional Japanese maxim meaning “ten thousand years.” A banzai attack would be a desperate military charge. The Banzai Drop is a wrestling move. Banzai skydiving is throwing your parachute out of the plane, then jumping after to catch it before plummeting to your demise. The Daron […]