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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.
Another stellar short from the folks at Gunnison-Crested Butte, this time featuring Western State Colorado University shredder Peter Noon. Peter is a quiet assassin on both the snowboard and bike.
Fabian Lentsch’s winning run from the 4* Freeride World Qualifier at Obergurgl has gone viral. It’s not hard to see why. Fabian Lentsch winner run 4* FWQ Obergurgl 2014 from Fabian Lentsch on Vimeo.
New Nimbus En Route. This time the boys are sled skiing in British Colombia. En Route Sled BC from NIMBUS INDEPENDENT on Vimeo.
Nothing to do with the West Elks but pretty freaking cool. Maybe some kids will get this good when the Gravity Ranch is constructed.
Apparently the movie “Sharknado” was good enough to inspire a sequel. Introducing Avalanche Sharks…
Are your skiing cravings no where near fulfilled? Then check out Beartooth Basin, Montana. Located 23 miles outside Red Lodge, Beartooth Basin was orignally started by Austrians as a summer training area. Today, the area operates two t-bars that access 1000 feet of terrain featuring both steeps and park. It’s enough that every year, the […]
If Level 1 Productions takes the time to make someone’s season edit, you know two things. One, the skier is disgustingly good. Two, it’s going to be a very well done edit. If you saw Level 1’s feature Less, you’ve seen Tatum Monod double back flip, launch cliffs, and shred pillow lines. If you hadn’t heard of […]
Crested Butte local skier Nick Fesenmyer’s ski season edit.
Photo: Sarah Mah Rarick | Words: Danica Baker* | Depending upon who you talk to, the name Alison Gannett can mean a lot of things. To a ski-bumette, she is a rad skier who holds her own as a professional world-champion big mountain free skier; to us green babes, she is an innovator in the eco-friendly way […]
People say that home-field advantage has its merits, and there are few sports where it’s as true as it is in freeskiing. Familiarity with a venue can really boost an athlete’s confidence and aggressiveness (please refer to earlier competitions at CBMR this year for the adults and juniors as evidence). When the IFSA National Series […]