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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 Runcie laid down a smooth run in the finals of the Freeride World Qualifier to take second this weekend at Crested Butte. Here’s the pov. Big Hourglass, CB Extremes 2014 from Tom Runcie on Vimeo.
Hannah Watt-Sax Earns 3rd in Open Women Skiercross, Brooks Hudson takes 2nd in 8-9 Boys Skiercross. Crested Butte athletes are at it again. USASA Nationals just finished today at Copper, CO. On Sunday, 15 year-old Aaron Blunck won the Open Men’s Halfpipe. Aaron outperformed a super stacked and generally older field earning himself a $1000 […]
Winter 2011-2012 has been one to remember. Epic pow records? No. Unreal backcountry conditions? Definitely no. Instead, we’ve had a notably lamer snow year that has created a mediocre (at best) to extremely shaddy snowpack (most days). These less than ideal snow conditions have lead us all to the same skin tracks over and over. […]
Check out these edits from local boy Rob Vandervoort, tearing up the resort in 2011. If the storm cycles keep continuing in our favor, and the snowpack holds (unlikely), we can hope to have these areas open in early January. Part 1 Part 2
Oz Scott is totally raising the bar for lines attainable on snow blades. I mean what can you say? When the snow isn’t that rad you just have to get radder. Thank you, Oz. Blader’s Paradise from West Elk Project on Vimeo.
Here’s a friendly reminder from Woodrow’s Media Shed to always have a plan B when you are out in the backcountry. It could save your life. Plan B from Woodrow’s Media Shed on Vimeo.
The Non Native crew has been making the most of a pretty poor season here in Crested Butte. Check out what they put together in their backyard. Big props to Pat Sullivan, who made the park happen.
Ed Dujardin has taken a leave of absence from the Crested Butte community this summer on a magnificent journey to South America. While this legendary babysitter and waitron at the Secret Stash will be missed until his return at the end of September, you can be step by step with him and vicariously live through […]
Romain Marandet, with help from the EnchoRage crew, has successfully jumped the Tour de France. Awesome stuff.
In their first ever TV advertisement, Patagonia makes a statement on public lands and encourages you to get involved.