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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.
To celebrate the release of their fall feature, Paradise Waits, to iTunes, TGR has released Tim Durtschi’s Jackson Hole tram lap segment.
The 2013 Gravity Slave DH race took place yesterday in Mt Crested Butte at Evolution Bike Park. Unlike prior years, the race was not chainless and instead was open to pro racers and boasted a winnings purse of $2,000! There was some serious competition between both locals and out of town racers alike. Results and […]
Check out local rippers Andrew Buergin and Mary Boddington ripping around the hardpack at CBMR on the new Swift from Never Summer.
This spring, the Run Around crew teamed up with Two Plank Productions and headed to the Pacific Northwest to find the goods. Washington, unlike the rest of the continental U.S., had an above average year, which tends to be deeper than our averages anyway. The crew, which consisted of Corey and Taylor Felton, Topher Plimpton, […]
The FWT Haines live feed is up! The start order is Snowboard Men, then Ski Men, Ski Women, and Snowboard Women will close it out. After this event the FWT will take another cut to take athletes to Verbier Extreme, the FWT Championships. The action kicks off at 11:45 AM MDT: [Confirmed on March 23 […]
Sweetgrass Productions‘ third film, “Solitaire”, will be showing at Western’s University Center Ballroom on Wednesday, Dec. 5th. The doors are at 6:30. It’s $3 for students and $5 for everyone else.The event is being held to benefit the WSCU Mountain Sports Team. All proceeds will go directly to the Big Mountain, Park & Pipe, Skier […]
There are some interesting developments concerning the terrain parks at Crested Butte Mountain Resort. First, the Painter Boy and Cascade Park (the big one on Gold Link) is scheduled to open around Christmas, snow permitting. With the recent storm, work on Painter Boy has begun. At the moment, CBMR is still deliberating whether or not […]
This terrible winter has struck another blow, this time super close to home. We lost Knox Frank in an avalanche outside Silverton, CO on Friday, March 30th. Knox, 34, was the first in a party of 4 to drop in on a SE facing slope at over 12,000′ around 3:30 PM. He was caught in […]
On the other side of the Elks, Aidan Sheahan has been doing cool things in collaboration with Vital Films. Last spring they shredded the Somerset Mine in order to promote Aspen’s recycled methane gas project. Check out their latest project, which goes into Aidan’s mind as he prepares himself to ski at his highest level. […]
Tahoe based ripper Hazel Birnbaum threw together a fun edit from her time traveling and skiing on the Freeride World Tour last season. Enjoy.