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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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CBMST Snowboard Team 2011-2012 Highlights

Posted  April 23, 2012  by  2. Will Dujardin

This is the long-awaited CBMST Snowboard Team season edit.  It’s lengthy at 9 minutes, has an awesome soundtrack, and showcases the local shredders who are so much better than you!  Thanks to head coach Brett Conover for putting this together, check out the CBMST Vimeo Page for the rest of the snowboard team’s videos.  These […]

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Dual Sport Spring Days

Posted  April 19, 2013  by  3. Trent Bona

This time of year it is never out of the question to play in both the dirt and snow all in the same day. Yesterday I got to do just that with a handful of CB athletes. I started the morning shooting and riding with Ryan Harter and Knolly Bikes at Hartman Rocks and finished […]

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A Season Recap from the King of Soul

Posted  May 9, 2013  by  2. Will Dujardin

Its spring and everybody is churning out their end of season edits.  Well, this ski bum doesn’t have video equipment, so I’m offering a hand-written, somewhat jovial account of my season (in picturebook form!).  In true bum fashion, what this article lacks in flair it makes up for it in authenticity.  You want insight into […]

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Kokopelli Trail Race: Neil Beltchenko

Posted  May 25, 2013  by  Edward Dujardin 2.0

Crested Butte local Neil Beltchenko moved to Crested Butte after attending Western State Colorado University.  Like most people, he got on a bike.  But unlike most people, Neil discovered that he likes riding his bike for very long distances.  Earlier this year, Neil took 5th in the Arizona Trail Race 300.  Last weekend, Neil took […]

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Blunck Headed to NZ to Resume Road to Sochi

Posted  August 4, 2013  by  Edward Dujardin 2.0

Aaron Blunck is resuming his quest to represent the United States at the 2014 Winter Olympics at Sochi next February.  The seventeen year old Crested Buttian is headed to New Zealand to kick off his 2013/2014 competition season, with the overall goal of attaining a coveted spot on the U.S. Olympic Halfpipe Team. photo: Shay […]

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POV on Eagle in Chamonix

Posted  September 18, 2013  by  Edward Dujardin 2.0

A Frenchman attached a point of view camera to an eagle in Chamonix and sent it off to fly.  The results are pretty cool.  Makes you consider wingsuiting. 

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East Vail Avalanche Rescue

Posted  December 23, 2013  by  Edward Dujardin 2.0

A skier in what looks like a party of three triggered a slide and was partially buried in the East Vail Chutes.  The episode was recorded on a pov camera.  A lot of bad decisions are made in this video.  However, the way he stomps a pillow line to get to his buried friend is […]

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Wendy Fisher Becomes Executive Director of CB Snowsports Foundation

Posted  January 14, 2014  by  Edward Dujardin 2.0

World renowned skier and local supermom Wendy Fisher has just become the Executive Director of the Crested Butte Snowsports Foundation.  The program, which educates, promotes, and supports amateur snowsports in the Gunnison Valley, has greatly enhanced the Mountain Sports Team, the Nordic Team, and the Ski for PE program.  Rising ski star Francesca Pavillard Cain […]

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David Chodounsky Named to US Olympic Alpine Team

Posted  January 27, 2014  by  2. Will Dujardin

Crested Butte will have another Olympian representing our little mountain town and our country at the Sochi Olympics after Aaron Blunck was named to the US Olympic Freeskiing team last week.  David Chodounsky was named to the US Olympic Alpine Team after the conclusion of the Olympic qualifying period during FIS World Cup Events this […]

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Countdown to Opening Day: Ahrens Doublebacks Box Rock

Posted  October 22, 2012  by  Edward Dujardin 2.0

Welcome to our Countdown to Opening Day series!  During the 30 days leading up to opening day at Crested Butte Mountain Resort, we will be featuring a clip or edit from winter in the West Elks.  This is video 1 of 30. Our opening clip comes from Dubsatch Collective skier Leo Ahrens during the 2009 […]

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