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.
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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.
The most well rounded skier in the game has put out another outstanding POV edit. In One of those Days 2, Candide Thovex shows that you don’t need to have perfect conditions to make the best edit. As he links cat track gaps, race course gaps, chair lift take offs and landings, Candide demonstrates his knowledge of […]
Carson Hildebrandt was a regional powerhouse this year in the 2016 IFSA Junior series. This 13-year-old CBMST athlete just put out his self-made edit with his runs from the IFSA Junior NORAM Champs up at Whistler at the end. Can’t wait to keep watching this kid improve.
Here is another awesome run from the 2014 Red Bull Rampage. Graham Agassiz laid this run down in qualifying, too be honest it probably could have won the even in the finals but that’s not how things work out sometimes. Huge run!!
Supervention was a great ski film from back in 2013 and Field Productions is back with the second serving. Showcasing a little more of the struggle to be a great athlete, these Norwegians know how pushing it can lead to amazing results and sacrifice.
We got to see this project in it’s entirety at The Meeting, and we must say that it is pretty awesome. Stay tuned for the full version. Sweetgrass Productions’ – AFTERGLOW Teaser from Sweetgrass Productions on Vimeo.
Pretty Faces: The Story of a Skier Girl made it’s world debut to a sold out and enthusiastic crowd at the Boulder Theater. It was in fact so crowded that I ended up sharing a seat. The excitement was different not simply because it was an all female film, but that it was a film […]
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The award winning Salomon Freeski TV is back, kicking off Season 8 from Iceland. It is a heavy episode, as it features the late Andreas Frannson. Sit back and get stoked for the winter ahead.
Crested Butte Mountain Resort have announced that the High Lift will open tomorrow (Wednesday, February 20th), with access to both the Headwall and Teocalli Bowl. Big thanks to Crested Butte Ski Patrol and the packers for all their work in making it happen. Keep a cool head out there, people. It’s just getting good. Beacon […]
Words by Tom Runcie When I found out I had earned a trip to spend a week with skiing icon Glen Plake in his adopted winter home of Chamonix, France, I was breathless. For nearly three decades Plake has been a true hero of the ski world, excelling in every area of the sport. From […]