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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.
Our friend and CB native Pip Hunt is joining a set of women (including her mother Martha) on a sailing trip out of Islafjordur, Iceland, for unique trip to study climate change and ski first descents in both Iceland and Greenland. The team embarks March 26th, and will travel until April 19th. This is their […]
Ski movie season is around the corner. Are you stoked yet? Enhance that stoke by watching the trailer for Teton Gravity Research’s new film, Way of Life. Looks pretty sick. You can preorder the film by following this link.
Blue Mesa, Colorado’s largest body of water, has some of the best flat open water in state! Enjoy another summer installment of some bare foot water skiing on Blue Mesa from 2011. Summer is around the corner and get out to the lakes! Barefootin Sour Style from Matt Clarke on Vimeo.
Martin Lentz put together this little GoPro edit from some April fun at Whistler. This Freeride World Tour bound teenager has serious skill. Rock n Snow: April in Whistler from Martin Lentz on Vimeo.
Photo: Skullcandy Here is Brandon Kelly’s edit of the Sammy Carlson Invitational. This event had all the big names in a super laid back session. Props to Carlson for throwing one of the funnest looking events in skiing. The event also featured the long awaited return of Tanner Hall to comp skiing. Like him or […]
The highly acclaimed documentary, Before the Flood, examines the current state of climate change and the obstacles standing in our way. It’s an impactful film, starring Leonardo DiCaprio and produced by Martin Scorsese, that examines an important issue for us here in the mountains, and around the world.
On a beautiful spring day last week Trevor Bona busted his drone out to film two local paragliding pilots, Ben Eaton and Richard Kocurek, at CBMR. This is a special edit because it captures what a blue bird Colorado day at Crested Butte Mountain Resort is all about. It’s also special because we lost Zane […]
Winter 2015 wasn’t all bad. Here are a collection of POV shots from WSCU Freeride coach Ed Dujardin’s winter. Ed Dujardin 2015 Winter POV from West Elk Project on Vimeo.
E.J. Poplawski sustained a life changing accident at the Crested Butte Tele Extremes in 2006. The Utah based athlete hit a tree, that resulted in an above knee amputation. This is the story of his recovery back to skiing. Segment from Powderwhore Films, The Pact. Words from EJ Poplawski: This is the story of my […]
Tanner Hall’s 2014 season edit is nine minutes long and worth every second. Some of these pillow lines are ridiculous.