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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.
The freeride coach / town councilman / painter / waiter / ski bum, Will Dujardin, is prone to a semi-interesting edit every once in a while. In January of 2018 he went up to Golden, British Columbia with some Crested Butte folk for a hut trip at Golden Alpine Holidays’ Meadow Lodge. Needless to say […]
Derek Johnson, Matt Evans, and Peter Smith took off near sunset near the top of Paradise divide recently. This is a sweet little video that shows how much fun these guys are having speedflying. Enjoy.
Welcome to our Countdown to Opening Day series. During the 30 days leading up to opening day at Crested Butte Mountain Resort, we will be featuring a clip or edit from winter in the West Elks. This is video 5 of 30. Check out this edit featuring Crested Butte snowboard legend Clif Dimon. Clif moved […]
Our friend Francesca took an unfortunate fall in her first ever FWT at Chamonix this last weekend. No worries, though, she’s skiing pow in Switzerland getting ready for her next competition at Fieberbrunn in Austria this coming weekend. Check out these snippets from her blog, make sure to visit it yourself for more photos. Words […]
Nick Matisse, Zach Vaughter, and Alex Stevenson happened to find themselves skiing the “deepest day of their life.” It was in the Anthracites and was Febraury 7th, 2014. Watch this video, it’s freaking awesome as they choke on a lot of snow, and go get some! the glory reel from Nick Matisse on Vimeo.
Cascade Park at CBMR opened the day after Christmas. The features are awesome and the park is riding great. Chris Segal at CBMR put together this edit with the talents of Dave Sugnet, Grady Shoop, Matt Evans, Andrew Arnold, Nolan Blunck, Zach Vaughter, Ed Dujardin, Grant Spear, and Patrick Sullivan. Get out there and take […]
With Colorado going through (another) dry early season, the West Elk Project boys were getting antsy. Grand Targhee Resort, Wyoming, on the other hand, had received two feet in late November and were forecasted to receive two more. So after the workday ended on December 2nd, Will and Ed Dujardin, Tom Runcie, and Trent Bona […]
Know the rules of the park, but be prepared for people who don’t. Fortunately, everyone here turned out ok.
Take a look at this video taken yesterday up on Peeler Peak in the Oh-Be-Joyful Basin. A shallow 8″-1′ deep persistent slab broke off on some surface hoar on a N-NE slope near treeline. It puts the January snowpack in perspective. Thanks, CBAC!
Arne Backstrom was the 2010 Freeskiing World Tour champion, including a win at Revelstoke that year. He passed that same year on June 3rd, 2010 skiing in the Cordillera Blanca in Peru. This memorial edit by Tecnica Blizzard Team Manager Frank Shine has resurfaced as people recently remembered the skier Arne was and the inspiration […]