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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.
Tom Wallisch receives more publicity than any other skier out there. He’s the only freeski athlete featured multiple times in one commercial break for different products on major networks. His new nine minute short film, the Wallisch Project, is available on Itunes for $2.99. Is he worth it? Totally. We at the West Elk Project […]
May 29 – Despite it being the dry season in Cusco, we woke to a rainy morning for our train to the town of Machu Picchu. The three hour train ride was pleasantly uneventful, as Amaury and I had explored Cusco a little too late for a 5am wakeup. We joined the hoard of tourists on the bus […]
This year’s Tour de France has had a few gnarly wrecks, and we’re only five stages in. The wreck from Stage 3 was one of the worst ever seen on the tour. This crash during Stage 3 sent three riders to the hospital. This one is from Stage 5, a day that saw seven total […]
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 30 of 30. For the last clip in our 30 for 30 series, we have footage […]
Things were looking pretty bleak for a while there. To the rescue came a magical southern flow with 9″ of wet snow at Crested Butte Mountain Resort Saturday night, followed by another 4″ of lighter, colder snow Sunday night. It snowed all day today (Monday) so the storm total at the resort is probably around […]
We’re stoked to see all the groms ripping around the mountain these days! So we have another contest. Post a photo of your grom tearing it up to our facebook (8th grade and younger) and they could win one of these K2 prizepacks (size small hoody, watch, sticker, mousepad, lanyard). We will be giving one to […]
Tahoe based ripper Hazel Birnbaum threw together a fun edit from her time traveling and skiing on the Freeride World Tour last season. Enjoy.
The LPC Boarding crew has a few rowdy skiers. Check out their first webisode from this winter. dem chumpisodes: 1 from LPC on Vimeo. yup, we hang out with skiiers!!!! these homies are killin it, and consistently rip. stay tuned for many more episodes from LPC DEM CHUMPS!!! ROBBIE CUSHMAN DAVE SUGNET POLLY MCGRANE […]
Here’s a friendly reminder from Woodrow’s Media Shed to always have a plan B when you are out in the backcountry. It could save your life. Plan B from Woodrow’s Media Shed on Vimeo.
After releasing that scary avalanche footage last week, Julien Lopez is back at with his season edit from last year. Julien took 3rd overall on the Freeride World Tour and it seems like he really likes throwing huge backflips. This will definitely get you stoked for winter.