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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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Julien Lopez Caught in Massive Avalanche in FWT Competition VIDEO

Posted  February 3, 2015  by  2. Will Dujardin

This morning we woke up to some pretty incredible news that Julien Lopez had triggered an avalanche during his run at the second attempt at the Freeride World Tour stop in Fieberbrunn (the women skiers skied earlier in the week, check out Francesca Pavillard-Cain’s 4th place run here). The previous venue had been scrapped due […]

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A Game Changing Product From The North Face

Posted  February 3, 2015  by  Jeremy Moskowitz

SIA in Denver is always interesting. This product from The North Face could be a game changer.

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CBMST Freeride Athletes Schralping CBMR

Posted  February 3, 2015  by  2. Will Dujardin

We know the snow is low. A few light refreshers here and there have kept the resort skiing well. We just really need a storm! CBMST seniors Oz Scott and Peter Hunt are making the most of conditions at CBMR and finding as many trannies possible and literally making your dizzy with 360s.  Excuse the […]

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Bode Miller World Cup Super-G Crash

Posted  February 6, 2015  by  2. Will Dujardin

You might have heard Bode Milller suffered a pretty good crash at the FIS World Cup Super G at Beaver Creek on Thursday.  He underwent surgery to fix a torn hamstring tendon within hours of the crash.  He was having the fastest run of the day at the time and hooked his arm on a […]

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Craig Geipel in CB Backcountry

Posted  February 6, 2015  by  2. Will Dujardin

Craig Geipel sent us this sweet little edit from recent skiing in the Crested Butte backcountry around Irwin with buddies Ashley Davis and Scott Braun.  This high pressure and warm temperature has definitely been annoying and very frustrating when you look at the larger trend, but little reminders of fun skiing makes it tolerable. #actonclimate

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Go. Play. Winter

Posted  February 7, 2015  by  Edward Dujardin 2.0

Aspen neighbor Vital Films and the U.S. Forest Service put together this promo video celebrating our public lands.  Enjoy. It’s All Yours – Go. Play. Winter (Full) from National Forest Foundation on Vimeo. These lands are a gift. Congress began conserving these lands back in 1891 for all of us. More than 100 years later, […]

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Brittany Barefield Earns 4th Place at FJWC in Andorra VIDEO

Posted  February 8, 2015  by  2. Will Dujardin

Brittany Barefield of the Crested Butte Mountain Sports Team opened up the action this morning for the skier women at the Freeride Junior World Championships at Grandvalira in Andorra.  She laid down a smooth run from top to bottom and scored a flat 75 behind winner and fellow American Jacqueline Pollard (82.25), Norwegian Synnøve Medhus […]

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Crested Butte Freeride Athletes Stack Up Podiums on Sunday

Posted  February 9, 2015  by  2. Will Dujardin

Yesterday was a great day for Crested Butte freeride athletes across the globe.  Athletes from CB were competing the Subaru Freeride Series in Snowbird, Utah, the IFSA Regional junior event at Aspen, Colorado, and the Freeride Junior World Championships in Grandvalira, Andorra. Above Photo: Ashley Bembenek and Kele Thorsen took 1st and 2nd in Snowbird at the SFS […]

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Speedflying Terminal Triangle

Posted  February 9, 2015  by  2. Will Dujardin

Well, this video is awesome.  Locals took flight off the peak of Mt. Crested Butte through the Terminal Triangle on the south face of Mt. Crested Butte.  There are a couple of barrel rolls as they head back around towards the west facing Terminator Chutes.  Enjoy this 1 minute clip! Upon further review, some people are […]

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Snowmobiler Triggers Avalanche in Afton, Wyoming

Posted  February 9, 2015  by  2. Will Dujardin

Check out this huge slide triggered by a high marking snowmobiler up in Afton, Wyoming.  Good thing he was able to stay on top and his friends were able to get to him quickly. That was lucky!

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