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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.
At the end of May, Patrick Westfeldt got after it on North Maroon. That was quite a spring in the Elk Mountains, eh? North Bell Ski from patrick westfeldt on Vimeo.
photos: Sierra Halverson The Wildflower Rush Downhill Race went down at Crested Butte Mountain Resort yesterday. The race was stop 3 of 5 of the Mountain States Cup Rocky Mountain Regional Championship Series. It was awesome to see the base area so busy over the weekend. Competitors and spectators alike had to deal with intense […]
John Spriggs was on fire in 2017, until he ended up being arrested on assault charges that grounded his professional ski career. He is six months sober now, and put together this edit from his season. To hear more of his story, listen to The Powell Movement podcast we’ve included below. Natural High from John […]
We’ve shared some antics of this beast of a freeride skier, Léo Taillefer, before, and now we are doing it again after he was feature in a GoPro contest, Line of the Winter. All we have to say is check it out! There are a couple surpises along the way. This guy knows how to […]
Chile’s Calbuco Volcano erupted twice in a few hours, forcing over four thousand Chileans near Puerto Montt to evacuate. For more information and photos, visit http://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-32425370
Big Air on Elk was another great year! The jump was questionable at the start with athletes speed checking the practice runs, but eventually there were plenty of tricks being thrown down. Check out the video by Crested Butte/Gunnison Tourism association and photos by Trent Bona. http://youtu.be/kANGpFXRZIg
This video comes from Chris Davenport and Aspen Expeditions during a Rutschblock test yesterday out Highlands Ridge on a 38 degree slope at 11,300. Be safe out there.
After a crazy editing period, the judges’ votes have been tallied and the winner has been picked. A huge thanks goes to our local sponsor partners: Kochevar’s Saloon, Crested Butte Gear Exchange, The Mountain Store, Teocalli Tamale, Izzy’s, Camp4Coffee, and Sky High Off-Road. This event could not have been done without the tireless work put […]
Having already skied all the 14ers in Colorado, Chris Davenport and friends decided to continue the list and ski the forty six tallest 13ers, in what he called the Centennial Peaks Project. At the age of forty two, the Aspen local is still crushing it.
The All Us in Winterland crew got after it on a camp ski mission on New Zealand’s Drag0nfly Peak. Conditions lined up perfectly and they produced this banger edit. Dragonfly Peak – Mons Royale from cam McDermid on Vimeo.