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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.
Every vehicle in Russia is required to run a dashboard camera at all times in an effort to cut back on a national epidemic of people throwing themselves in front of cars in order to fraudulently collect insurance settlements. A secondary result of the cameras is that every insane accident and miracle that occurs where […]
The man in the orange hat talks about facets and our future snowpack when it finally starts to snow.
Salomon Freeski just dropped an awesome video celebrating 20 years of the New Canadian Air Force and the 1080. It is a fantastic recap of the history and evolution of the sport we love and devote our lives to.
This time of year it is never out of the question to play in both the dirt and snow all in the same day. Yesterday I got to do just that with a handful of CB athletes. I started the morning shooting and riding with Ryan Harter and Knolly Bikes at Hartman Rocks and finished […]
Crested Butte native Caleb Mullen recently celebrated his 40th birthday. Instead of throwing a BBQ, Caleb was at the 4* Freeride World Qualifier at Revelstoke. In this great video, he talks about why he still does it. Caleb currently resides in Sandpoint, Idaho, with his wife and son.
I’ll admit it, it’s the end of March and I’m thinking about fishing, boating, sand and river beers watching pretty girls in sundresses. Sure, there’s still spring skiing to be had, but with recent events, the consensus around the West Elks seems to be a pretty unanimous ‘better luck next year, let’s go biking’. With […]
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.
It may seem strange, but ski movie season isn’t too far off. Europe based Legs of Steel recently released the trailer for their upcoming film, “The Lost” and it looks great. The trailer features creative cinematography, big lines, huge airs, and dirty urban that leaves one feeling that this movie will be worth your time. […]
Some spring GNAR action from Drew Peterson and Jackson Bodtker in Little Cottonwood’s Suicide Chutes, on straight skis. Well done gentlemen. Straight Ski Sauciness in Suicide from Drew Petersen on Vimeo.
Tamashii, a film by Ross Reid, is a social documentary told through skiing that seeks to examine the role of social media in our lives, especially as skiers. “I wanted to make a film that people could relate to, that would encourage them to unplug and explore the great outdoors with others, getting to know […]