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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.
The village of Shirakawa-go in Japan has no ski area. However, the skiing is apparently phenomenal. Check out this webisode, where Pep Fujas, Eliel Hindert, Carston Oliver, and their guide Makoto Takeishi find silly deep snow in tour only terrain.
Guerlain Chicherit was practicing for a 110-meter World Record jump in his special Monster Energy Mini in Tignes, France this morning when things went wrong. Watch the videos below without cringing and you can pat yourself on the back. Luckily, Chicherit walked away from the crash under his own power and is only “slightly injured” […]
A desire to do something new last weekend took me to the top of Precarious Peak in the Maroon Bells – Snowmass Wilderness in the Elk Mountains. It was impressive to say the least, so we’ll just start with that. What will be much harder to describe (and definitely cliché-sounding) is the constant feeling of […]
Ed Dujardin has taken a leave of absence from the Crested Butte community this summer on a magnificent journey to South America. While this legendary babysitter and waitron at the Secret Stash will be missed until his return at the end of September, you can be step by step with him and vicariously live through […]
In the final episode of Salomon Freeski TV, Mike Douglas visits the legend Scot Schmidt at his home in Big Sky to see if, at the age of 51, Schmidt still has it. We will let you decide.
I have been doing a lot of work recently with a hip hop artist that moved to Crested Butte in May. He just recorded his new album right here in the valley and it releases on August 20th. Here is the video trailer we filmed for the album. The trailer was shot in Crested Butte […]
Femalewolfpack_Teaser from rachaelburks on Vimeo. Killer Babes. The Female Wolf Pack, releasing it’s teaser video on Vimeo, just yesterday, has made a splash with ladies and men across the online social world. With strong and widely known athletes such as Michelle Parker and Suz Graham, it’s purpose is “to increase female visibility in action sports.” The teaser […]
You don’t have to go to Mt. Hood or Whistler to get lift served summer skiing. According to Newschoolers.com, the second annual Beartooth Summer Session will take place on Beartooth Pass in Montana June 20-23 The four day lift accessed event will include a big mountain/slopestyle competition, a backcountry day hosted by Beartooth Mountain Guides, […]
Ben Goertzen is another junior tour graduate who simply makes you realize you aren’t very good at skiing. Check out his season edit from 2015. Ben Goertzen 14/15 from Ben Goertzen on Vimeo.
The latest How To Be A… video from the guys at IFHT is pretty darn funny.