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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.
Cold Smoke’s ‘Voodoo,’ built by Romp, hits the streets just in time for winter. Words by Will Shoemaker With the right tools, the job at hand can be a breeze. And when that job is slaying powder, crushing crud and carving effortless turns, what better tool than one crafted by a time-tested company? Cold Smoke Splitboards, […]
After a strong start to the season at places like Jackson Hole and Squaw Valley, the CBMST Freeride has kept the podiums in its sights with more top 10 results at A-Basin and Monarch regionals over the March 3-4 weekend and again at the Breckenridge National event this past weekend that replaced our snow-depleted venue […]
photo: Trent Bona | Welcome to our Countdown to Opening Day series. During the 30 days leading up to opening day at Crested Butte Mountain Resort, we will be featuring a clip or edit from winter in the West Elks. This is video 22 of 30. The countdown continues on Veteran’s Day (observed) with a […]
Here is a POV edit of Western State Colorado University student Morgan Haymans. He was out charging big lines all season with the team! Watch as Morgan shows us how it’s done! Morgan Haymans POV edit from ANdrew Arnold on Vimeo.
The Legs of Steel crew recently dropped the trailer for their fall feature, Same Difference. The movie explores skiing across multiple disciplines. It should be amazing, as we’ve come to expect from Legs of Steel.
It’s been snowing up in Canada, particularly in Revelstoke, since winter started. No wonder they are kicking off the 2013 Freeride World Tour there. With over a foot of new snow this week and more on the way, the competition has been on a weather-hold the past 2 days. The Mac Daddy face is waiting. […]
Sam Lee, Neil Williman, Ryan van den Meerendonk, and Ian Borgeson were in town for the Subaru Freeride Series. While that type of skiing is cool, these boys really excel at snowblading. We asked Sam how he can get so radical? He replied, “thats how it is when blading is your life.” Enjoy.
Here is an end of the year edit from Grady Shoop! This guy kills in in the park, with some of the sickest style in the valley! Watch this two minute edit of some extremely smooth park riding! Grady Shoop //Hustle// from ANdrew Arnold on Vimeo.
Going into Teton Gravity Research’s newest film, Way of Life, I was prepared for a letdown. TGR’s last movie was good, but nothing special, and we had just finished Sherpas Cinema’s Into the Mind. However, a simple message and the highest level of skiing make a great movie that could be my favorite of the […]
Banzai! This word has varied meanings. It is a traditional Japanese maxim meaning “ten thousand years.” A banzai attack would be a desperate military charge. The Banzai Drop is a wrestling move. Banzai skydiving is throwing your parachute out of the plane, then jumping after to catch it before plummeting to your demise. The Daron […]