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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.
Parker White, Chris Logan, and friends have teamed up for a webisode series. This is what they did in January. The Big Picture – Zero/One · Zero/One from The Big Picture on Vimeo.
Photo: Trent Bona | Community, meet Zach Guy. Zach moved from Bozeman, Montana to Crested Butte in November 2011 after finishing his graduate degree in Snow Science with a thesis on spatial variability within snow packs. His snow science smarts landed him a gig as an intern guide at CS Irwin. More recently, you may […]
Erik Hilb has been featured on the site before for good reason. This senior from Vail loves Crested Butte and absolutely destroyed it between various IFSA and JFT competitions this year. His season edit showcases why I think he will be one of the top contenders competing against the adults next year. Way to crush, […]
Freeskier John Spriggs likes to fly fish. He put together this edit using a remote controlled heli on the Madison River in Montana this summer. The shots, set to Cali P, are pretty cool.
Freeride star Markus Eder grew up in a pretty special spot in the Italian Alps. When his father recently bought and renovated an old farmers hut in a nearby zone, Eder began exploring and crushing his new playground.
Join us for the return of the Randonne Town Race Series with race # 2 Tomorrow January 15th at 7am up at Crested Butte Mountain Resort. The race is presented by Griggs Orthopedics, Crested Butte Builders and Crested Butte Mountain Resort. January 15- 7AM STARTS AND FINISHES AT BASE AREA Course Director Kevin Krill says […]
My first trip down the Axtel’s Pencil Chute ended in a decently scary sluff lesson that I was super fortunate to ski out of. It was a humbling reminder that the mountain is in charge out there. Footage from April 27, 2015. Pencil Sluff Lesson from West Elk Project on Vimeo.
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.
The competitive freeride world descended on Taos for the 4star Freeride World Qualifier. Western State Colorado University alum Matt Clark joined his former team to help out and explore Taos. In 5 days, over 48 inches fell. We were only able to get one competition run off, and skied powder the rest of the time. Here […]
As a sneak peek for “One of Those Days 2”, Candide posted some shots from his last run of the year at La Clusaz. Maybe the longest dirt skiing run yet? Either way, we are stoked for the second installment of One of Those Days, remember the first one?