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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.
It’s Level 1’s turn to drop their trailer, and this movie looks really fun and awesome. These jib-centered films from Level 1 always have some of the most creative shots and their big mountain segments get better every year, so we’re stoked. less official trailer from Level 1 on Vimeo.
Check out this Matchstick Productions edit of mostly 2012 shots intermixed with some older footage. The edit features everything, from ridiculously deep powder at Chatter Creek to Vinotok festivities in Crested Butte.
Here’s a short 3 minute clip discussing the memorable crash at the 2006 Birds of Prey Downhill at Beaver Creek. TJ Lanning was an up-and-coming US star at the time, trying to make up for past injuries, he hit a compression awkwardly and well, you should just watch this crash. Thank goodness for the fencing.
Oz Scott and Will Dujardin have been in Chile for about a month and entered the Flux Veho Mountain Film Festival with their recently-found travel companion from Québec, Patrick Desjardins. The filming and editing window happened to be during one of the best storms Chile had seen in years. The team was formed as the […]
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 […]
The first stop of the Freeride World Tour went down in Andorra today. Crested Butte representatives Francesca Pavillard Cain (1:58:10) and Max Durtschi (3:26:20) skied solid, staying on their feet and taking 10th and 15th respectively. “I struggled a bit with choosing a line but learned alot for next time as far as what the […]
Another incredible Raw 100 second edit, this time with Brendan Howey on the bike. Edit by Rupert Walker.
Our friends to the south at Venture Snowboards put together this promo video for this upcoming winter. We cant wait to get down to the San Juans this winter. Hopefully mother nature cooperates with the goods and a healthy snowpack.
Crested Butte native Caleb Mullen recently celebrated his 40th birthday. Instead of throwing a BBQ, Caleb was at the 4* Freeride World Qualifier at Revelstoke. In this great video, he talks about why he still does it. Caleb currently resides in Sandpoint, Idaho, with his wife and son.
Photos and text by Nick Matisse After spending a day around camp with zero visibility, the weather popped and we woke to bluebird skies and little wind. All lines shown are accessed from the Worthington glacier. Despite warm weather at the parking lot, above 3000 ft the snow was dry, soft, and supportive on northerly […]