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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.
Western State Colorado University Professor Duane Vandenbusche gave this lecture on ski history in Crested Butte last December. It’s a pretty awesome look at life back in the early 1900s.
Crested Butte Junior Athletes Represent at Taos! Led by coach Ed Dujardin and ski super mom Lisa Straubhaar Blunck, a crew of juniors on the Crested Butte Mountain Sports Team went down to Taos, NM for the Taos JETA, a national IFSA junior event. After the Junior Freeskiing Tour event was cancelled at Crested Butte, a […]
Crested Butte’s very own celebration of the bicycle known as Bike Week is back. There are the usual suspects of fun with Friday’s World Championship chainless down Kebler Pass and Sunday’s Bridges of the Butte circumnavigating the entire town. Enjoy some videos from last year’s Chainless and XC races and be sure to check out […]
Jordan Schwartz, a former marine and 29-year-old freshman at WSCU, has set an ambitious goal this winter while starting his first year at Western. Jordan will ski all the 14ers in the San Juans, the Sangre de Christos, and the Elk Mountains, totaling 31 peaks. What makes someone want to do this? Well, Jordan […]
Romp Skis athlete Dave Bunt makes Competition Cliffs look ridiculously fun and smooth when in reality this little zone off “Sock it to Me” at Crested Butte Mountain Resort is anything but that. Nice work smashing pillows, Mr. Bunt.
photos: Ed Dujardin Last Thursday, we decided to hike around Crested Butte Mountain Resort in order to see what our terrain looks like in the summer. If anyone still doubts the decision not to have a competition this year, check out these photos. It will become very apparent that Crested Butte needs more than […]
photo: Matt Leonard From sunrise to way past sundown, Crested Butte is going to be rowdy this Saturday. Teenage shredders will kick the party off with the finals of the IFSA Junior Nationals on Crested Butte’s famed North Face. Look for Matt Evans and the rest of the Mountain Sports Team to come out firing against […]
We escaped dry Colorado for four incredible days in the Tetons. Trip report coming soon. Enjoy.
Salomon Freeski TV Episode 4 features Josh Daiek, Mike Henitiuk & Kieran Nikula shredding ghost towns in British Colombia. Continuing in Salomon Freeski TV tradition, this episode is creative and well done. In the mid 1800’s, BC’s mountain towns boomed as prospectors flocked north during the great gold rush. Josh Daiek, Mike Henitiuk & Kieran […]
Once again, Sweetgrass dominates creativity in a ski movie. The Lightsuit segment from Afterglow was one of our favorite screenings during The Meeting. Not only is the segment absolutely different from anything out there, it features Pep Fujas, Chris Benchetler, Daron Rahlves, and Eric Hjorliefson. Enjoy. AFTERGLOW – Lightsuit Segment from Sweetgrass Productions on Vimeo.