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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.
ESPN’s X Games Real Ski Backcountry is back. Whether or not this is your definition of backcountry, you have to admit that Sammy Carlson is doing some ridiculous things out there. Switch 9s into pillow lines?!? Sammy has turned pillows into his park, and he is crushing.
Here is something you are going to want to see. Watch as the pros who know how to get most sideways in the air, have a whip-off on some massive booters! Oh ya, and the winner is only 14 years old!
As you know, the snow finally happened. We received 21 inches of good base building snow. A crew of riders desperate to drop anything got after it on Tuesday. Flat landings and fun times were had. Photos: Alex Stevenson and Pat Sullivan
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, […]
CBAC forecaster Evan Ross investigates the recent slide on Schuykill than ran 1000 feet and resulted in a partial burial. Stupid dust. According to the CBAC Facebook, there was another large skier triggered avalanche from the persistent layer in the Climax Chutes. Careful out there.
Vice Sports presents part two of it’s series on Pep Fujas, Lifted. If you missed part one, here is the link.
The Alley Loop, a quintessential Crested Butte event, is this Saturday. Alley Loop Promo from Bona Productions on Vimeo.
photo: Mike Schirf Next winter, Francesca Pavillard-Cain is set to represent Crested Butte on the biggest stage in competitive freeskiing. The 22 year old Crested Butte native took first overall in the Freeride World Qualifier series for the Americas, winning events in Taos and Crested Butte while taking second at Snowbird. We recently got a […]
photo: www.oldschoolskateboarding.net Like TED Talks? Then check out this recent Ted Talk given by skateboarding legend Rodney Mullen titled “How Content Shapes Context.” For those who don’t know, Rodney Mullen is the godfather of street skateboarding. He absolutely dominated the street scene, both in freestyle competition and in film for over a decade. During the […]
photo: Eben Wight This edit of Alex Else was shot over the past few seasons in Crested Butte by Kit Davidson of Whorefish Productions. Else, a native of New Hampshire, spent his years at Western escaping to the Butte, mastering a combination of billy goating and fast fluid skiing. Else took home Sickbird at the […]