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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.
Poor Boyz Productions recently released the Detroit segment from this year’s feature, Tracing Skylines. The Detroit segment was the highlight of the movie, featuring super creative jibs from Karl Fostvedt, Khai Krepela, and Max Morello set to Detroit lyricist Guilty Sampson. You can read our full review here.
Colorado native Duncan Adams is a ripper. The Faction Skis rider has pretty superb style and can shred the entire mountain. Here’s his 2015 edit. Duncan Adams 2015 from Duncan Adams on Vimeo.
The Bridger Brigade has dropped the second installment of Bomb Snow TV; this time they ventured up to the Boulder Hut in the Purcell mountains in British Columbia. This edit feautures some awesome high alpine lines and a few little jumps with the skiing of Matt Evans, Kyle Taylor, Randy Evans, Rob Raymond, Axel Peterson, […]
The third and final installment of Randy and Matt Evans’ trip to Chile and Argentina with their dad, local ski patroller Mitch Evans. In this segment, the boys make it to Bariloche for some spring skiing and a trip to Refugio Frey. Words by Randy Evans. Crossing the border from Chile to Argentina was anything […]
Some fun from the jib setup at Lake Irwin, featuring Marty, Spencer, Portia and Parker. Irwin 10-9-17 from Parker Clarkson on Vimeo.
Tom Wallisch receives more publicity than any other skier out there. He’s the only freeski athlete featured multiple times in one commercial break for different products on major networks. His new nine minute short film, the Wallisch Project, is available on Itunes for $2.99. Is he worth it? Totally. We at the West Elk Project […]
It’s game on today in Kicking Horse, British Columbia for the Freeride World Tour. After Japan was postponed due to heavy snow, the FWT will be looking to get two competitions off this week. The running order goes Male Snowboard, Female Snowboard, Female Ski, Male Ski. Good luck to all the competitors.
The search for better snow brought us south to Nevados de Chillan, Chile. Bound eventually for Bariloche, we found ourselves making a mid-way stop deep in volcanic mountains. A warm welcome at the end of a poorly maintained dirt road reminded us of our own mountain town. Words and Photos: Randy Evans At the base of […]
Its Wednesday. Here are the crashes of the week. Courtesy of Newschoolers. Back yard mountain bike jump. Snowboarder rides a sick line, then can’t control speed. HUGE. This is hilarious.
If you send us an awesome edit we’re probably going to share it. Miles Peterson sent us this one during the recent EPIC storm that has buried CB with a third of our winter storm totals so far (that’s 203″ at CBMR and 319″ at Irwin). It features Ben Armstrong, Evan Basinger, Time Mahan, and Blake Payton getting some […]