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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.
Tanner Whiteford had a hell of a summer, from the mountains and rivers of Colorado to the beaches of Hawaii.
It’s Wednesday. Crash of the week goes to our own Trent Bona, who nails an aspen tree. The crash occurs at 3:15. He is fine. Enjoy.
Dose was on the red carpet at the Tribeca Film Festival premiere of “McConkey,” the full length feature by Matchstick Productions and Red Bull. They got a chance to speak with J.T. Holmes, Sherry McConkey, and Scott Gaffney about Shane and the film. Needless to say, we are very excited for when this one comes out. […]
The resort opens this week, but the November snow has had locals getting after it all month. We visited the Anthracites and went back to Purple Ridge for another installment in our impromptu early-season gallery series. Bryan Mazaika, Peter Smith, Alex Norton, Rob Dickinson, Tom Runcie, and Will Dujardin found some deep, creamy, and even […]
Since the dissolution of the Mountain States Cup, only local races have graced the fine trails of Crested Butte Mountain Resort. That’s all going to change when the Central States Cup comes to town during Crested Butte Bike Week June 27-29. Check the press release from CBMR below. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CENTRAL STATES CUP ANNOUNCES […]
A desire to do something new last weekend took me to the top of Precarious Peak in the Maroon Bells – Snowmass Wilderness in the Elk Mountains. It was impressive to say the least, so we’ll just start with that. What will be much harder to describe (and definitely cliché-sounding) is the constant feeling of […]
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 […]
image: Elevated Image Photography In collaboration with Shreddy Times, the 91 Octane crew released the trailer for their upcoming webisode series. The crew consists of high profile Tahoe skiers including J.T. Holmes, Tim Dutton, Cody Townsend, and Mat Jackson, with editing by Conor Toumarkine. It has nothing to do with our region, but this series […]
Happy New Year’s from the Colorado Freeskier.
The finals of the Freeride World Tour went off at Verbier this weekend. The best of the best displayed their stuff on the famed Bec des Rosses, with Reine Barkered, Pia Nic Gunderson, Ralph Backstrom, and Elodie Mouthon taking top spots in their respective divisions. Colorado 2o year old Ian Borgenson 360’d one of the […]