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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.
Francesca Pavillard Cain’s senoir year at Western State Colorado University was an eventful one. The CB native got to shred in Europe and the US, kicking ass and earning herself a spot on the 2015 Freeride World Tour. Here is her self edit.
Want to make it in competitive freeskiing? In this video, the head judge of the Freeride World Tour, Berti Denervaud, breaks down the judging criteria used on freeskiing’s biggest stage.
Check out these edits from local boy Rob Vandervoort, tearing up the resort in 2011. If the storm cycles keep continuing in our favor, and the snowpack holds (unlikely), we can hope to have these areas open in early January. Part 1 Part 2
Ten year old CB grom Brooks Hudson has had a great start to the season. We’re excited about the future of skiing in this valley. Check out his edit.
After her first FWT competition ended with a punch front tumble, Crested Butte native Francesca Pavillard Cain rebounded with a second place at the FWT stop in Kappl, Austria. Pavillard-Cain, who finished behind Austrian Nadine Wallner, adapted well to the last minute change in venue, when the contest moved from Fieberbrunn to Kappl. Kiwi Sam […]
Norwegian professional skier Oystein Braten has done the first ever flip on and off of a park rail.
This video explains the history of Corbet’s Couloir and though it is located in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, people come from all over to ride it. Check out the folks that show up with the intent of making it all the way down.
On this day five years ago, we said goodbye to a legend. We miss you everyday. CR Johnson, Seven Sunny Days, Matchstick Productions CR Johnson, John Spriggs, Tanner Hall, Every Day’s a Saturday
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 […]
Sage Cattabriga-Alosa is Teton Gravity Research’s poster boy for a reason. The style, technicality, and aggression Sage display’s on his way down the biggest mountains is among the best in the world. In Almost Ablaze, Sage worked with his home mountain of Grand Targhee to set up projected images on the snow that […]