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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.
A few years ago, Carter McMillan took fourth place and earned himself the North Face Young Gun Award at the Crested Butte FWT comp. This year, the Canadian hung around British Colombia to ski some incredible snow. Check out his mid-season edit. You’ll see he has balls.
As we finally see our first real storm cycles of the year, the backcountry is proving to be very active here in Crested Butte, and throughout the state. Two skiers were caught and injured in an avalanche on Mt. Schuylkill’s Birthday Bowl. Enormous props to Crested Butte Search and Rescue, who responded to the injured skiers, […]
Join Nick Matisse for a ride down Oh-Be-Joyful he took on Memorial Day. A great little 2.5 minute edit, if you haven’t gone to spectate and seen the kayaking at Oh-Be-Joyful in person, you should probably go check it out. Have fun out there! Oh Be Joyful from Nick Matisse on Vimeo.
A healthy early season and incredible work by the Crested Butte Ski Patrol and snow packers has allowed CBMR to open, wall to wall, for the first time since 2011. Huge thank you to everyone who made it happen. Check out this video of ski patrol at work and the rippers who got to benefit […]
After weather delayed the event for a week, the Freeride World Tour stop at Courmayeur Mont Blanc finally went down yesterday morning with the American Sammy Luebke taking the snowboard title and FWT rookie Frenchman Loic Collomb-Patton earning top honors for the ski men. Check the highlight video and full results below. Big shout out […]
Pretty Faces: The Story of a Skier Girl made it’s world debut to a sold out and enthusiastic crowd at the Boulder Theater. It was in fact so crowded that I ended up sharing a seat. The excitement was different not simply because it was an all female film, but that it was a film […]
Hurricane Marie produced some all time waves in southern California last week. Surfing legend Laird Hamilton took advantage by breaking out his SUP board to shoot through the iconic pier twice. Check it out.
Our friend Drew Petersen just dropped a sweet little edit from a trip to Sentry Lodge in the Esplanade Mountains of British Columbia. If you want to see more from Drew, check out another edit where he crushes Crested Butte after a small storm. Savoring The Simple // Drew Petersen from Drew Petersen on Vimeo.
Alaska native and Western State Colorado University student Morgan Haymans had a great season competing and shredding. Check out his season edit. Winter is not too far off now… Footage taken at: Alyeska, Snowbird, Brighton, Jackson Hole, Teton Pass, and Crested Butte
The Freeride World Qualifier at Big Sky took place last weekend at Big Sky Resort in Montana. Despite healthy snow totals, the venue was sharky to say the least. There were a lot of horrifying crashes. Congrats to WSCU Mountain Sports shredder Francesca Pavillard Cain for taking the win.