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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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Rob Vandervoort 2011 Edits

Posted  December 22, 2012  by  Edward Dujardin 2.0

Check out these edits from local boy Rob Vandervoort, tearing up the resort in 2011.  If the storm cycles keep continuing in our favor, and the snowpack holds (unlikely), we can hope to have these areas open in early January.   Part 1 Part 2

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Sweet 401 MTB Edit from Eric Larsen

Posted  September 15, 2014  by  2. Will Dujardin

Zeal Optics Ambassador Eric Larsen put together a sweet edit from one of our valley’s best trails, the iconic 401.  Eric really does a good job capturing the feeling you get after the epic descent from up above Schofield pass in the high alpine down into the aspens of the upper East River Valley.

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Alex Riedman’s Chile Trip 2013

Posted  June 23, 2014  by  2. Will Dujardin

Want to get stoked for skiing pow this summer?  Watch Alex Riedman’s rad edit from her trip last year.  Alex took 5th in the Chilean Freeskiing Championship, a 4-star FWQ event and skied a bunch of backcountry powder while she was down there.  Way to get after it, Alex! We’re pumped to see what goes […]

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Dubsatch: Hakuba

Posted  November 12, 2013  by  Edward Dujardin 2.0

The Dubsatch boys have produced another awesome short.  This time, the boys go to Japan.  The alpine terrain in the second half is ridiculous.   Follow Dubsatch as they ski the deep powder and big lines of the Japanese Alps. Location: Hakuba, Nagano, Japan Filmed by: Nate Cahoon Edited by: Nate Cahoon, Sam Cohen Photography: […]

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Trailer – Mountain Flyer Presents “BC or Bust”

Posted  September 11, 2013  by  3. Trent Bona

Trent Bona and Colin Pickett spent the month of June riding their bikes on amazing trails throughout southern British Columbia on assignment with Mountain Flyer Magazine. Here is the trailer for the 2 part web edit that will be releasing this Fall. Trailer – B.C. or Bust (A Journey to CaGnarnia) from Trent Bona Productions […]

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The Lifts Are Spinning at Evolution Bike Park in Crested Butte

Posted  June 10, 2012  by  3. Trent Bona

Yesterday at Crested Butte Mountain Resort the lifts were spinning and the boys ‘n girls were pinning! It was a great turnout of men, women, boys and girls all embracing lift-access mountain biking in their National Forrest. From stryders and hardtails to the freshest new downhill rigs and everything in between, there was certainly trail […]

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Top 10 Posts of 2013

Posted  December 31, 2013  by  Edward Dujardin 2.0

Here are the most viewed posts from 2013.  Thanks for all the support this year.  Please let us know what we can do better.  Huge thanks to Noah Wight, Eben Wight, and the Crested Butte Avalanche Center for helping us out.  Good luck in 2014! 1.  Remembering Ian Lamphere and Ryan Novak 2.  Ice Bar […]

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Enormous Glacial Collapse Caught on Film

Posted  February 2, 2013  by  Edward Dujardin 2.0

Check out this glacial collapse the size of Manhattan happen on film.  Despite the remote location of the event, the repercussions for this and events like this are global. This video is awe inspiring and scary. Trailer for Chasing Ice, the movie.

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Profile: Pro Kayaker Jakub Nemec

Posted  June 3, 2012  by  Edward Dujardin 2.0

Photo: Meg Smith Design World, meet Jakub Nemec. Originally hailing from Pilsen, Czech Republic, the twenty four year old Crested Butte resident is one of the best kayakers in the world. Jakub kayaks for Sweet Protection, Pyrahna Kayaks, Werner Paddles, and Astral Buoyancy Company. Jakub recently got 6th in the Teva Games and is on […]

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Massive Controlled Avalanche at Stevens Pass

Posted  February 28, 2014  by  Edward Dujardin 2.0

February was a snowy month, even by Pacific Northwest standards. Big snow equals big avalanches.  Ahhh the power of nature.

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