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Ed Dujardin Spring Shred

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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CBMST Takes Tops Spots at Freeride NORAMs – Finals Video

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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Ed Dujardin Tees Up Local Mini Golf Lines

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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Local Freeride Athletes Ride Home Field Advantage to Podium Domination

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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Fall Flow: MTB Edit from Mikey Curran

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.


 
 

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Upper Loop and Lupine trails are OPEN!

Posted  May 13, 2013  by  3. Trent Bona

I just got back from a dreamy, dry ride on the Upper Loop this evening. The Upper Loop, Divine Trail (connector to golf course), Tony’s, 435 1a (connector to Upper Upper), and Whetstone Vista are all dry with only a few micro snow plugs. Upper Upper still has too much snow to ride and is […]

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CBMST Freeride Takes on Snowbird

Posted  January 23, 2013  by  2. Will Dujardin

Four members of the Crested Butte Mountain Sports Team went to Snowbird, Utah to ski in the IFSA Junior National Series.  Matt Evans, Josie Byron, Brittany Barefield, and Patrick Curvin took on a stacked field of 55 men and 22 women in the 15-18 age group on Rasta Chutes and Silver Fox.  Josie Byron finished […]

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Aaron Blunck Big Bag Invitational

Posted  January 1, 2013  by  Edward Dujardin 2.0

CBMR Base Area 4:00, Wednesday, January 2nd Come on out tomorrow for the Aaron Blunck Big Bag Invitational at Crested Butte Mountain Resort’s new BagJump. Tomorrow’s event marks the first time the 50 x 50 x 11 Bagjump will be used for skiers and snowboarders.  Aaron will be joined by Dave Sugnet and members of the […]

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Community Profile: Michael (Hansee) Hans

Posted  December 24, 2012  by  3. Trent Bona

By now, regardless of how long you have lived in the Gunnison Valley, there is a very good chance you have heard of Matchstick Productions or MSP. MSP is one of the godfathers of the ski movie industry and they are celebrating their 20th anniversary with this year’s release of their newest ski movie “Super Heroes of […]

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RIP Knox Frank

Posted  April 1, 2012  by  2. Will Dujardin

This terrible winter has struck another blow, this time super close to home.  We lost Knox Frank in an avalanche outside Silverton, CO on Friday, March 30th.  Knox, 34, was the first in a party of 4 to drop in on a SE facing slope at over 12,000′ around 3:30 PM.  He was caught in […]

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Mica to Greenland [Full Film]

Posted  November 17, 2014  by  Edward Dujardin 2.0

Sherpas Cinemas and the North Face have released their short Mica to Greenland, in it’s entirety.  The 22 minute movie features Lucas Debari, Johnny Collinson, Hilaree O’Neil, and Ralph Backstrom exploring new zones in Greenland.  But first, you get to watch Lucas and Johnny training in the mountains of British Colombia. Filmed and edited by […]

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Live Unbound: Thank God I’m Alive

Posted  June 13, 2012  by  Edward Dujardin 2.0

Check out this video from the folks at Live Unbound. It’s similar to the people are awesome movies. Just some inspirational clips on people pursuing their dreams and living their lives to the fullest. Awesome visual effects and the athletes are unreal. Check out their facebook at: https://www.facebook.com/LiveUnbound

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Next stop was a place called Sospel. Located about 45 minutes from nice by car and about 2 hours in the camper. Sospel is Fabian Barel's stomping ground but surprisingly there was very little info or riders to be seen. The map that you can find at the tourism office ended up being very helpful and the trails were some of the best that we got to experience. Steep and exposed would be the best terms to describe the trails in the area. The trail pictured was one of the longer tours and the descent started from a world war two camp that was littered with bullet holes and was really cool to see.
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Off-Season DH Mountain Biking in France With Colin Pickett

Posted  November 30, 2015  by  2. Will Dujardin

The lifts might be spinning but we know some people are still thinking about mashing some dirt.  Colin Pickett and Johnny Warren took a trip to France last spring to check out the stomping grounds of the French DH World Cup champions.  Knowing that Fabian Barel, Nicolas Vouilloz, and Loic Bruni all live around Nice clued […]

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MSP Films: Fade to Winter Trailer

Posted  August 18, 2015  by  Edward Dujardin 2.0

MSP Films dropped the trailer for their fall feature, Fade to Winter. Enjoy and be stoked. Winter is coming. FADE TO WINTER official trailer – 4k ultra high definition from MSP Films on Vimeo.

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Dave Sugnet “Uninvited” from US Collegiate Team at 2013 Trentino University Games

Posted  October 25, 2013  by  2. Will Dujardin

If this headline doesn’t grind your gears, it should.  We reported back in early September that WSCU student-athlete Dave Sugnet had been selected to the US Collegiate Freeskiing Team (USCFST). Now, we received word the USCFST recently contacted Dave to tell him that he was, in fact, not on the team.  This goes completely against […]

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