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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.
Tom Wallisch receives more publicity than any other skier out there. He’s the only freeski athlete featured multiple times in one commercial break for different products on major networks. His new nine minute short film, the Wallisch Project, is available on Itunes for $2.99. Is he worth it? Totally. We at the West Elk Project […]
Blade Nation is back and this one really pushes the limits for what you might watch on the internet. If you take two fringe hobby groups, Blading and LARPing, and combine them, does the hobby become even more fringe or does it just burst out on to the mainstream? We’ll let you be the judge, […]
This is not a joke. The 2013-2014 Season pass will be available from May 1st – September 27 at $599. Crested Butte Mountain Resort has just unveiled it’s new Peak Pass and Peak Pass+. The below is from CBMR’s website: “Crested Butte Mountain Resort is now offering the Peak Pass with prices for adult passes starting […]
The pipe at Copper Mountain has been good to CB halfpipe stud Aaron Blunck. Check out the teaser they put out for this year’s competition.
The Gravity Groms always put on a show at the Fourth Of July parade, and this year was no exception! Watch as the Groms catch some air and launch rockets into orbit in front of a HUGE Crested Butte crowd! What a great weekend of festivities! Gravity Groms //Freedom// from ANdrew Arnold on Vimeo.
“Barring any late season surges, we can now say that arctic sea ice reached it’s peak extent for this year’s freeze cycle on February 25th. It’s the smallest maximum coverage since we began tracking the ice pack with satellites in 1979.” – NASA Goddard.
By now, regardless of how long you have lived in the Gunnison Valley, there is a very good chance you have heard of Matchstick Productions or MSP. MSP is one of the godfathers of the ski movie industry and they are celebrating their 20th anniversary with this year’s release of their newest ski movie “Super Heroes of […]
Hurricane Marie produced some all time waves in southern California last week. Surfing legend Laird Hamilton took advantage by breaking out his SUP board to shoot through the iconic pier twice. Check it out.
Longtime Jackson Hole local Griffin Post has grown to become one of the baddest guys in the big mountain game. He is a film star, big mountain competitor, and writer. Check out his story, complete with footage from his numerous parts with Teton Gravity Research.
Dustin Eldridge put together a pretty fantastic season edit from this past snowboard season. The WSCU freerider spent a ton of time in the backcountry, and it shows in his composure. The edit, which includes an awesome homage to the Axtel’s Green Lake, is capped off by an excellently stomped mandatory air line. Impressive stuff.