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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.
Trailer season is here!! Teton Gravity Research dropped the trailer for their fall film, Paradise Waits, and it looks pretty sweet. Enjoy.
That snow we talked about before the weekend delivered. The Irwin Media House reported 2.5′ on their deck. The snow was heavy and deep, a lot of in the valleys was on bare ground. However, the Anthracites were skiing sick! With a report from Alex Reidman on Sunday that it was blower, a few of […]
Despite the Christmas storm, our snowpack situation is depressingly bad, with little relief on the horizon. Crested Buttians, however, are still going out there to have fun and charge (even if it’s still on bike trails). Here are some highlights. Carson Hildebrandt getting rowdy on the Smith Hill drop. Flippin’ out over all this new […]
The newly organized Non-Native crew put together a pretty sweet setup for some summer skiing (and flying) on the Paradise Basin snow patch. Check out the edit. Snack-size jibs, snow-cold beer, and good times were had up in the high country this past summer. Skiers (in order of appearance): Alex Stevenson JT Ryan James […]
The Freeride World Tour is set to kick off January 18th 9:00am CET, 1:00 MST. We can’t wait to watch Western State Colorado University Moutain Sports member Francesca Pavillard Cain go toe to toe with the world’s best. GO FRANNY!
When we see things like this on the internet, we have to share them. This video was taken back in August up in Jasper, Alberta, when two mountain bikers got a little too close to a grizzly bear momma and her cub. Rider 1’s straight-down approach to running away is commendable and occurs by :45 in […]
The day after Vinotok the high country around Crested Butte was a sight to behold. You’ve probably seen tons of photos from your Instagram and Facebook feeds, but have you seen this combination of beautiful photos from Trent Bona Photography and a few SKIING photos from the Non-Native crew? Pat Sullivan and Zach Vaughter went […]
Words by Tom Runcie When I found out I had earned a trip to spend a week with skiing icon Glen Plake in his adopted winter home of Chamonix, France, I was breathless. For nearly three decades Plake has been a true hero of the ski world, excelling in every area of the sport. From […]
This summer, photographer Nicolaus Wegner shot time lapses all over the high plains of Wyoming, Montana, South Dakota, Nebraska, and Colorado. The results are pretty stunning. Stormscapes 2 from Nicolaus Wegner on Vimeo.
We try not to be political but this Winter Olympics bobsledding ad from the Canadian Institute of Diversity and Inclusion is too funny.