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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.
Avalanche Awareness Videos: From CBAC Here is how the Crested Butte Avalanche Center started. Take a minute and learn your local non profit organization. These videos are to remind you to come on out for the Crested Butte Avalanche Centers 10th Anniversary Avalanche Awareness Night at the Crested Butte Center for the Arts, this […]
Kye Matlock has graced our website before with his creative edit style and strong skiing before; the 15 year-old is back with more pow and more backflips, including a big blurry phone video send backflipping Space Rock in Spellbound at Crested Butte. This kid has shredding in his genes and took some strong results on […]
This weekend, competitors braved ridiculously low temperatures to take part in the USASA Southwest Colorado Series. The first of nine events took place at Crested Butte Mountain Resort’s Cascade Park. To learn more about the series, check out their website. Open Class Men 1 Marshall (John) Kratzer Gunnison, CO Open Skier Men 1 Dave Sugnet […]
Aaron Blunck joined forces with fellow young gun Lyman Currier for a day at the park at Breckenridge. Check out the edit by Matt Branum. UNIT203 from Matt Branum on Vimeo.
Crested Butte represented at Snowbird! Eight Crested Butte athletes were skiing in the finals. Tom Runcie led the charge taking 3rd place and earning the coveted Backcountry.com Sickbird Belt Buckle. Despite poor snow conditions around the Rocky Mountains this winter, Snowbird was able to put on a show for the North American Freeskiing Championships on […]
After a crazy editing period, the judges’ votes have been tallied and the winner has been picked. A huge thanks goes to our local sponsor partners: Kochevar’s Saloon, Crested Butte Gear Exchange, The Mountain Store, Teocalli Tamale, Izzy’s, Camp4Coffee, and Sky High Off-Road. This event could not have been done without the tireless work put […]
Have you heard? The Overnight Weekend is this weekend, August 24th and 25th!!! Photos and Words: CBMBA CBMBA is a building a beautiful new trail that will connect trails 409 and 409.5. The Point Lookout Trail will be an amazing addition to the Cement Creek trail system. CBMBA members have already begun the hard work of flagging and […]
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 […]
Though it may not get the best snowfall, Australia produces some talented skiers. In Red Bull’s latest edit, Russ Henshaw and his mates throw down in a sweet as park edit.
Salomon drew their sponsored riders’ names from a hat and asked them if they wanted to drop everything and go to Japan for a big storm. Chris Rubens, Tristan Knoertzer, and Stan Rey got the call and went. Seems like the right move.