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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.
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 […]
Oz Scott and Will Dujardin have been in Chile for about a month and entered the Flux Veho Mountain Film Festival with their recently-found travel companion from Québec, Patrick Desjardins. The filming and editing window happened to be during one of the best storms Chile had seen in years. The team was formed as the […]
Aaron Blunck just laid down his best competitive pipe run earlier today at the Park City US Grand Prix taking 1st with a 94.20! His cleanliness on his landings and grabs kept him above the rest of the field leading Benoit Valentin and Kevin Rolland in 2nd and 3rd respectively. Check out the run below. […]
CB local Ed Dujardin took home the Sick Bird at this year’s Taos Freeride World Qualifer. Video: Peter Noon / Western State Colorado University Mountain Sports Ed Dujardin Taos Sickbird from West Elk Project on Vimeo.
This video from an avalanche in France was taken a week ago. It’s scary. It caught the 5th skier on the slope, typical of a persistent slab avalanche, and propagated large enough to take 4 people out who thought they were in a safe zone: Looks like the viewer made the video private. Sorry. In […]
Bona Productions was on hand for the start of the 2016 Grand Traverse. Congrats to all the participants. 2016 Grand Traverse Start from Bona Productions on Vimeo.
Check it out! Mt. Crested Butte will be the finish for stage two from Aspen with McClure and Kebler passes included in the route. Gunnison will play the start to stage 3 as the route ascends Monarch Pass, goes down to Salida, and returns to Monarch Mountain. With two stages so close, there will be plenty of opportunities […]
Here is episode one of Tanner Hall’s new web series. If you’ve got a few minutes, this is video is worth a watch.
Fourteen year old Jackson native Daniel Tisi crushed his breakout segment for Teton Gravity Research’s latest movie, Way of Life. This edit, which consists of TGR footage, was put together by Daniel’s brother Jackson of Two Five Productions.
Lindsey Vonn crashed and had to be airlifted at the World Cup Super G at Schladming, Austria due to injuries suffered to her right knee. Below is video from the crash and the current statement from the US Ski Team. Photo: Luca Bruno/Associated Press “SCHLADMING, Austria (Feb. 5) – Olympic champion Lindsey Vonn (Vail, CO) […]