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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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Huge Crystal Mountain Controlled Avalanche

Posted  March 11, 2014  by  Edward Dujardin 2.0

Check out this large controlled slide at Crystal Mountain.  It seems like the avalanche danger is silly high everywhere but in our backyard.  If it does go, however, it can go like this.  )

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Words of Wilderness from Peter McBride and Vital Films

Posted  September 12, 2014  by  2. Will Dujardin

We have a lot of awesome wilderness here in Colorado.  Peter McBride put the words from famous environmentalists Edward Abbey, Aldo Leopold, Ralph Waldo Emerson, John Muir, and Wallace Stegner to some awesome shots of some mostly Colorado wilderness areas in celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Wilderness Act. Our favorite quote was from Edward […]

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FREE CONCERT – Coral Thief at Butte 66 this Thursday

Posted  December 17, 2013  by  3. Trent Bona

The “Best Reggae Band in Denver,” as voted by Denver’s Westword magazine, will be filming their latest music video and performing a free concert this Thursday afternoon on the Butte 66 deck at CBMR. Come out and pack the deck for drink specials, free reggae and a music video cameo with Coral Thief!  

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Irwin SheJumps Retreat

Posted  March 23, 2013  by  Edward Dujardin 2.0

SheJumps held a retreat in Crested Butte this past weekend.  They capped off their stay with a trip to Irwin, where they took advantage of Irwin’s plentiful snow (341 inches to date).  Some rad skiing happened.

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2013 Chainless Race

Posted  June 29, 2013  by  Edward Dujardin 2.0

Once again, the Chainless World Championships was incredible.  Crested Butte and visitors for Bike Week came out in force, in an event that sold out with over two hundred fifty participants.  Crested Butte is home to the oldest Chainless Race in the world, and probably the most fun around. Participants loaded five buses, bound for […]

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Evolution Bike Park Open for the Season

Posted  June 9, 2017  by  2. Will Dujardin

The Crested Butte Mountain Resort Evolution Bike Park opens this weekend! Here’s a quick promo video put together by Bona Productions with Evolution Bike Park Manager Alyosha Paden talking about some changes and updates this season. Evo | Early Season from Bona Productions on Vimeo.

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Subaru Freeride Series Wraps Up at Snowbird

Posted  April 15, 2013  by  2. Will Dujardin

Ian Borgeson and Sasha Dingle Win 4-Star Event, Borgeson and Francesca Pavillard-Cain Win Overall FWQ Region 2 Freeride athletes from around North America rolled into Little Cottonwood Canyon, Utah, to ski at the final stop of the Subaru Freeride Series at Snowbird Ski and Summer Resort.  The 4-Star Freeride World Qualifier (FWQ) event served as […]

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Adventures in Transition

Posted  April 15, 2015  by  Edward Dujardin 2.0

Adventures in Transition’s “Home on the Range” is an edit everyone can relate to, even if you don’t have the talents of Banks Gilberti. A I T – Home On The Range from Adventures In Transition on Vimeo. Description from Adventures in Transition: Sun Valley – Home. No big-budget trips to AK were had in […]

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Afterglow: Full Film by Sweetgrass

Posted  October 20, 2014  by  Edward Dujardin 2.0

After wowing people beyond the ski world with the teaser, Sweetgrass Productions has released the full 12 minute film Afterglow. Not only is the lighting idea one of a kind, it features Pep Fujas, Chris Benchetler, Daron Rhalves, and Eric Hjorliefson.  Congrats to Nick Waggoner for persevering and making his one of a kind visions a reality. AFTERGLOW […]

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Trampoline Wall Gymnastics

Posted  December 10, 2012  by  Edward Dujardin 2.0

Nothing to do with the West Elks but pretty freaking cool.  Maybe some kids will get this good when the Gravity Ranch is constructed.

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