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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.
If Level 1 Productions takes the time to make someone’s season edit, you know two things. One, the skier is disgustingly good. Two, it’s going to be a very well done edit. If you saw Level 1’s feature Less, you’ve seen Tatum Monod double back flip, launch cliffs, and shred pillow lines. If you hadn’t heard of […]
Crested Butte will have another Olympian representing our little mountain town and our country at the Sochi Olympics after Aaron Blunck was named to the US Olympic Freeskiing team last week. David Chodounsky was named to the US Olympic Alpine Team after the conclusion of the Olympic qualifying period during FIS World Cup Events this […]
Winter in the West Elk’s ended with a whimper. Not so up in Montana, where the Bridger Brigade took advantage of 20 inches of fresh, laying down lines that make us salivate. After some impressive skiing, they ended the season the way we all do, with one pieces and beer. SKEASTER SUNDAY – 4/8/2012 from […]
Trailer season is here!! Teton Gravity Research dropped the trailer for their fall film, Paradise Waits, and it looks pretty sweet. Enjoy.
Sweetgrass Productions pillow stud Eliel Hindert just put together his season edit from last year. It has a slow two minute intro consisting of footage from Valhalla’s forest segment, but then picks up with a TON of sick shots. Enjoy. Occasionally we find ourselves cut adrift from the normal and known. Drifting from one moment […]
Are your skiing cravings no where near fulfilled? Then check out Beartooth Basin, Montana. Located 23 miles outside Red Lodge, Beartooth Basin was orignally started by Austrians as a summer training area. Today, the area operates two t-bars that access 1000 feet of terrain featuring both steeps and park. It’s enough that every year, the […]
Erik Hilb has been featured on the site before for good reason. This senior from Vail loves Crested Butte and absolutely destroyed it between various IFSA and JFT competitions this year. His season edit showcases why I think he will be one of the top contenders competing against the adults next year. Way to crush, […]
Locals knew that the spawn of PJ and Krista Hildebrandt were going to be good at skiing. Carson Hildebrandt has been pushing his skills on the Crested Butte Mountain Sports Team for 3 seasons now, taking 5th Overall in the 2016 IFSA North American Junior Series, and delivering another top 10 season this year. Follow […]
For the third consecutive year, Crested Butte will have a representative on freeskiing’s biggest stage, the Freeride World Tour. Mark Mikos, a Western State Colorado University graduate and CB resident, took 1st place overall in the Freeride World Qualifier series, placing 3rd at Crested Butte, 2nd at Taos, and 1st at Crystal Mountain. Soft-spoken and […]
In Denver, CO December 8th? It would probably be a good idea to check out “One Degree Celsius: The Story of Icelantic”. This documentary by BuckNaked Visual Works will be shown at the Icelantic HQ at Battery 621 on Saturday, December 8th at 7 PM. You’ll find that at 621 Kalamanth St. Denver, CO. Support […]