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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.
June 18th – Bolivia didn’t really work out (at first I wrote Bolivia didn’t live up to expectations, but then I realized that having expectations while traveling in developing countries is silly). Don’t get me wrong, the country is diverse and beautiful. However, despite over two weeks there, I didn’t get to see as much as I’d […]
MSP Films is releasing Mark Abma’s athlete edit from Ruin And Rose hot on the heels of his fellow Canadian, Eric Hjorleifson. You’re going to like this if you’re into big spines and huge 3s in sick terrain. You’ll probably like it if you have eyeballs and like snow. More great work from MSP Films. […]
Dubsatch is back with an edit from Italy featuring Leo Ahrens, Jacqui Edgerly, and Zach Halverson. Edit by Nate Cahoon. Check out the story below as well. Dubsatch Does Italy from Dubsatch Collective on Vimeo. When we arrived on the sunny side of Mount Blanc in the sleepy ski town of Courmayuer, Italy, our focus […]
Check out Zach Guy’s video analysis of the wind slab avalanche on Red Lady on Christmas Eve for the Crested Butte Avalanche Center. It’s a SE slope above treeline. Read the current avy report here.
Gunnison Crested Butte’s Never-Never Land continues with local ski stud Tom Runcie, who explains his love of the valley.
15-18 Boys Suspended By Weather After a stormy few days in Revelstoke, the weather co-operated just enough to allow everyone but the 15-18 boys to get through the venues on North Bowl. The storm dropped 15 centimeters for Saturday’s final, with another eight before the day was done. However, it was very wet, as the […]
Daniel McFadden is one of those seriously-skilled FWQ athletes roaming around the west shredding everything he can (he took 5th on Big Hourglass in 2014). But when he’s home in Summit County you have to shred everything you can there too. Check out some of this Faction and Giro athlete’s snowmobiling and hardpack skiing antics […]
Plans are in the works for the construction of an action sports facility in Crested Butte South. We caught up with Doug Hudson, the man spearheading the project to hear more. West Elk Project: What’s the plan for the facility? What features will you include? Doug Hudson: The Crested Butte Air Port will be a […]
With four feet of snow from the last storm and -20 degree temps this morning, it’s safe to say that winter is finally here. Video and photo proof below. This storm was perfectly timed with finals week, so Western student-shredders Matt Byrne and Sam Degenhard got after it in the backcountry and on the resort […]
Robbie Maddison has some cojones. Not only is the final world record drop massive, but there is very impressive riding in the build up. The stats on this final drop are as followed. 71 mph on takeoff. 114 meters/ 374 ft of jump distance. 185 feet of drop, which is a new world record.