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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.
We in Colorado may have just had our first real snow, and some lifts are spinning. Whistler, however, is winning. They’ve received over 210 centimeters already. That is close to our 2012 total. Yes we’re jealous.
Photo: Candace Sanders Aaron Blunck is a 16 year old Crested Butte native who moved to Vail in order to train with people who could push him and make him better. And he got better. His halfpipe competition highlights include 1st overall in USASA Nationals at Copper, 3rd representing the United States at Innsbruck in […]
Big news from Crested Butte Mountain Resort. The Forest Service has accepted CBMR’s Expansion Project Proposal. Below is the official press release. Photo: Nathan Bilow US Forest Service Accepts Crested Butte Mountain Resort’s Expansion Project Proposal Environmental analysis to begin to look at project feasibility MT. CRESTED BUTTE, Colo. – July 21 – Crested Butte Mountain […]
This is the highlight video from the Subaru Freeride Series stop at Telluride. Big shout out to local skier Mark Mikos for claiming third. Congratulations Mark!
Keep your eyes out for this American young gun on next year’s Freeride World Tour. Martin Lentz, 19 of Utah, earned himself second place in the North America FWQ series. Here is his season edit. Martin Lentz 2015 Season Edit from Martin Lentz on Vimeo.
A solid preseason allowed Aspen to open early this season. And right on time, mother nature dropped 16 inches the night before opening day. Faceshots and smiles were had.
Mikaela Shiffrin battled to defend her Slalom World Championship at Beaver Creek yesterday. She had made quite a lead only to see it slip away after the top half of the course. As you can see in the video, she turned it on and smoked the end of the course to win by a third […]
The West Elk Project boys got their first big snow storm last week at Nevados de Chillan. Between two to three feet of snow fell and set up pretty fast to create some smooth and stable conditions. Nevados de Chillan and it’s lift accessed backcountry has some pretty amazing terrain. Despite very little snow in […]
John Jackson and Red Bull are collaborating on a new series, Book of John J, which features the adventures of the Tahoe based snowboarder. Episode one features John and his brother Eric talking Tahoe, backcountry safety, and ripping a sweet zone called The Dirty Tooth.
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 […]