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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.
Our friend and CB native Pip Hunt is joining a set of women (including her mother Martha) on a sailing trip out of Islafjordur, Iceland, for unique trip to study climate change and ski first descents in both Iceland and Greenland. The team embarks March 26th, and will travel until April 19th. This is their […]
The Subaru Freeride Series and Junior Freeride Tour held their season finals at Big Sky Resort, Montana this past weekend. The event also closed out the Freeride World Qualifier season, where the top athletes make it through to the Freeride World Tour. The women from Crested Butte represented in the both the ski and snowboard […]
A big congratulations to Crested Butte’s own Aaron Blunck for taking second in today’s Olympic Test event in Pyeongchang, South Korea which also doubled as the culminating event in the FIS Halfpipe World Cup Season. Aaron finished behind his Aspen friend, Torin Yater-Wallace, in the event and the two repeated their podium finish as the top […]
Salomon Freeski TV has kicked off season nine with a visit to one of our favorite mountains, Taos. I can’t say it enough. Taos is the bomb. Despite it’s remote southern location in New Mexico, it has rightfully gained a reputation for some of the best skiing in the lower 48. It also has an […]
The weather this Saturday was absolutely perfect for CBMR’s annual Slush Huck Pond Skim festivities. But just because the sun was out didn’t mean the water wasn’t still freezing cold! When the wakes and waves had settled the defending world champ Gabe Martin had been knocked from his throne by CBMR Ski School’s own Gregory […]
In case you haven’t heard, Western State Colorado University as a pretty sweet Mountain Sports program. Check out webisode 1 of a series they are doing with Two Plank Productions. Western Mountain Sports Ep 1 – Intro from Twoplank Prod on Vimeo.
The Nitro Circus crew is constantly pushing their limits. You would think they would take it easy on their days off… Check out what they do instead.
Here’s some great mountain views for your Monday viewing pleasure. The Himalayas from 20,000 ft. from Teton Gravity Research on Vimeo.
The WSCU Freeride Team journeyed up to Grand Targhee Resort for the first ever Collegiate Freeride Competion. This recap is provided by Dustin Eldridge of the Top o’the World Newspaper at Western State Colorado University. Above: Conor Michael airing it out for a Mason Strehl photo outside of competition; he finished 7th.. Western Freeriders Max […]
Lindsey Vonn crashed and had to be airlifted at the World Cup Super G at Schladming, Austria due to injuries suffered to her right knee. Below is video from the crash and the current statement from the US Ski Team. Photo: Luca Bruno/Associated Press “SCHLADMING, Austria (Feb. 5) – Olympic champion Lindsey Vonn (Vail, CO) […]