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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.
This edit, “Imagination”, rules. Sherpas Cinema put together a feel-good display of masterful urban jibbing à la JP Auclair featuring Tom Wallisch. JP thought of the concept for Imagination before his death; the edit has a bunch of references to JP and a kid daydreaming in the back of his car on the way to school. […]
We’ll always share Isaac Freeland’s stuff. It’s pretty much always ridiculous. He got some action up with Jonnie Merrill in Revelstoke a bunch and hit up his regular stomping grounds like the LCC and Tahoe. Enjoy the doubles and sick skiing!
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 […]
Check out this press release from the Gravity Ranch, the action sports facility to be constructed across Highway 135 from CB South. We covered the first announcement of the facility here on West Elk Project, when it was originally known as the Airport. Now, fundraising efforts are rolling along, the right land has been found, and […]
Jackson Hole’s Owen Leeper had a killer season. He made a great edit to show for it.
Skiers Attempt World Record Jump A group of 30 people in Quebec have attempted a world record for the having the most people do a backflip on skis while holding hands. 30 skiers doing a synchronized backflip is just as cool as it sounds. Mogul skier and Freestyle Ski World Cup champion Mikaël Kingsbury outdid his […]
On Saturday and Sunday last weekend, college teams from around Colorado and the Rocky Mountains gathered at Crested Butte Mountain Resort to race XC, Short-track XC, Dual Slalom, and Downhill. When a collegiate race coincides with the infamous harvest festival of Vinotok, you might as well name it the Pagan Pedal. Western, a Division 2 […]
Join ORE as they screen the acclaimed new film “WATERSHED: Exploring a New Water Ethic for the West”. Executive Produced and Narrated by Robert Redford and Directed by award-winning filmmaker, Mark Decena, WATERSHED tells the story of the threats to the once-mighty Colorado River and offers solutions for the future of the American West. As […]
Lindsey Vonn crashed and had to be airlifted at the World Cup Super G at Schladming, Austria due to injuries suffered to her right knee. Below is video from the crash and the current statement from the US Ski Team. Photo: Luca Bruno/Associated Press “SCHLADMING, Austria (Feb. 5) – Olympic champion Lindsey Vonn (Vail, CO) […]
Woodward at Copper has had a great time this summer…on snow. The edits have been coming in all summer long, but this one is our favorite. One of the greatest things about working with kids is you get to act like one. CFS rider Dave Sugnet joined the Line Skis coaching crew for some silly […]