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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.
Hey guess what? Another Alta edit. This one features Sage Cattabriga shredding around with a mega posse of teenagers who grew up at Alta, including Grant Howard, Andrew Pollard (who just took 1st and 3rd respectively at the SFS Snowbird), and Seth Klein to name a few. Enjoy.
Aaron Blunck is resuming his quest to represent the United States at the 2014 Winter Olympics at Sochi next February. The seventeen year old Crested Buttian is headed to New Zealand to kick off his 2013/2014 competition season, with the overall goal of attaining a coveted spot on the U.S. Olympic Halfpipe Team. photo: Shay […]
If you haven’t heard, the snow in Taos was amazing. However, it was five feet of very light powder on a small sugary base. While exploring West Basin, Ed Dujardin hit something under the snow that nearly sent him on a gnarly tumble. Close Call in Taos from West Elk Project on Vimeo.
Brittany Barefield of the Crested Butte Mountain Sports Team opened up the action this morning for the skier women at the Freeride Junior World Championships at Grandvalira in Andorra. She laid down a smooth run from top to bottom and scored a flat 75 behind winner and fellow American Jacqueline Pollard (82.25), Norwegian Synnøve Medhus […]
Brandon Clabaugh and the boys got after it again this weekend. These guys found some snow up around Paradise Divide and had some fun. There was some decent snow out there and a hilarious slash fail at the 1:17 mark. Winter is getting closer and closer! SELEKTAH-Rocktober-FILTH from SELEKTAH VISUALS on Vimeo.
This time lapse from “El Teide”, a volcano on the Canary Islands and the highest mountain in Spain, is worth a watch. It was filmed in 2011 by TSO Photography and a sand storm had passed over the area creating some sweet effects on the Milky Way. Enjoy! The Mountain from TSO Photography on Vimeo.
MSP’s resort segment in “Days of My Youth” is probably the most fun segment of the year. While everyone can inspire to skiing huge lines and the deepest pow, just getting laps in at the resort can sometimes be all that you need. This segment with Cody Townsend, Banks Gilberti, Richard Permin, and Sander Hadley […]
Supposedly the Tahoe area just got snow, and man, do they need it. But hey, at least when you don’t have snow you still have tons of fun, right?! Example A: Xander Guldman. This IFSA Junior athlete from Sugar Bowl Freeride is the top American going in to the North American championships this week at Grand […]
A recent study from NASA used tree rings to examine past droughts and predict future ones. The results are scary.
Sam Lee, Neil Williman, Ryan van den Meerendonk, and Ian Borgeson were in town for the Subaru Freeride Series. While that type of skiing is cool, these boys really excel at snowblading. We asked Sam how he can get so radical? He replied, “thats how it is when blading is your life.” Enjoy.