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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.
KC Deane shreds both bikes and skis, probably harder than you do. He and videographer Steven LLoyd just released Green River 2.0, where KC slays big mountain lines on the spiny dirt of Green River, Utah. Check out the original Green River edit here. Keep crushing KC. KC Deane green river 2.0 from steven lloyd […]
The Stellar Media crew just dropped another trailer for their Migrations project, and it looks amazing. The project features a great team of skiers, including Crested Butte’s own Pip Hunt, shredding Chile, Iceland, Japan, Canada, Nepal, and Alaska. To learn more, visit stellaradventuremedia.com Migrations – Trailer 2 from Stellar Media on Vimeo.
Photo: Trent Bona | Sunday was a cold and breezy day at Copper Mountain, Colorado, but that didn’t stop some of the top pros and amateurs in the world of superpipe skiing from duking it out in the finals of stop #1 on the North Face Park and Pipe Open Series. Local West Elk shredder […]
The first installment of Nimbus Independent’s Compass series takes us to Russia, where ample snowfall complimented the incredible terrain. The episode unfortunately includes Eric Pollard’s broken leg, which turned out to be a complicated injury. Compass: RUSSIA from NIMBUS INDEPENDENT on Vimeo. Compass is a three part series that captures the full spectrum experience of […]
After a slow and relatively snowless early season, things are happening for the Crested Butte Mountain Sports Team. This past weekend, seven members of CBMST got out with Crested Butte Mountain Guides to take an introduction course on avalanche safety. The course consisted of two days of indoor and outdoor instruction. Students familiarized themselves with beacon function and […]
Crested Butte and Okemo win “Close But No Cigar” Awards. Ski Area Management’s (SAM) Best/Worst Marketing of 2011-2012 came out. You can read the full article here. You might not have even heard of SAM if you aren’t involved in actual resort operations or in ski industry marketing, but due to the wonderful tool that is […]
The Beans and Rice Freeride crew is back with more knee dropping, pow slashing, and sending in episode one of their new season, Nightmares to Dreams. Skiers: Jake Sakson, Luke Lubchenco, Morgan Boyles Location: The Stash Episode 1/2 (2014) – Nightmares to Dreams from BeansandRiceFreeride on Vimeo.
KC Deane and Steve Lloyd have been posting some rad edits on freeride bikes in Utah. So they went to Virgin, UT, the home of the Red Bull Rampage, and made another. These lines are fast and fully committed, so KC gets tons of props and now I can’t wait for the next Rampage. Kc […]
The High Country Citizens’ Alliance is showing the 9th Annual Winter Wildlands Alliance Backcountry Film Festival at the Crested Butte Center for the Arts this Friday, December 13th. Celebrating the “human-powered” backcountry experience through film, the Backcountry Film Festival simultaneously entertains and raises funds and awareness for Winter Wildlands Alliance and like-minded local partners like […]
The Faction Collective team knows how to ski. They recently added style master Adam Delorme to the team. This is the first webisode of their new series. Enjoy. WE ARE THE FACTION COLLECTIVE. #S01E01: COLORADO from Faction Skis on Vimeo.