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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.
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.
As the winter season winds down, we find ourselves facing the harsh realities of a mountain town again. Crested Butte lost two community members in the tragic avalanche in Sheep Creek off of Loveland Pass last Saturday, April 20th. Ian Lamphere and Ryan Novak were among 5 dead, including Rick Gaukel of Estes Park, Chris Peters […]
This winter is off to a terrible start for skiing. The tiniest silver lining is that the ice, from Blue Mesa to Taylor Park, was incredible. Elevate the Media (Trevor Bona) went out with a few friends and captured another incredible morning. Ice Skating on Taylor Resevoir from Elevated Perspective Media on Vimeo.
We’ve been posting Blake Wilson’s POV edits from Alta all winter and he just topped his last one with a sick double back flip, a corked 10, more sick combos, and it’s only 1:26 long. It’s going to go down at Franks at Alta Ski Area this weekend, Blake is the defending champ!
On the other side of Mt. Blanc from Courmayeur, the Chamonix Freeride World Tour event went down yesterday with Loic Collomb-Patton taking back to back titles in the ski men’s division. Emilien Badoux of Switzerland took top honors in the men’s snowboard while Americans Shannan Yates and Jackie Paaso each one the women’s snowboarding and […]
Some crashes to get you through the week Haha Ouch You could see this coming
Candide Thovex hauls ass in this ridiculous grass ski edit for what turns out to be an Audi commercial. We hope this makes it on to US television as well. Candide just got paid.
If you ever doubted that the youth is the future, I present to you Jonclay Patterson’s 2016-’17 season edit. This dude is going to be junior at CBCS this year on the CBMST Freeride crew. He’s coming off a massive season where he finished first in the overall IFSA Junior rankings for 15-18 ski after winning […]
UpSki is a Colorado company that makes para sails for wind mountaineering. In this video Kevin Passmore uses the UpSki to ascend Torreys Peak on the front range. Pretty neat.
Introducing the new West Elk Project community video profiles presented by Turner Toyota of Montrose. These videos will introduce a new individual or company from the Gunnison valley every few weeks and follow a quick day in their life. Week 3: Western State Colorado University Park and Pipe team. The team competes in Freeride, Park and Pipe, Skier/Boarder Cross, Nordic, and Endurance […]