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Ed Dujardin Spring Shred

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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CBMST Takes Tops Spots at Freeride NORAMs – Finals Video

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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Ed Dujardin Tees Up Local Mini Golf Lines

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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Local Freeride Athletes Ride Home Field Advantage to Podium Domination

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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Fall Flow: MTB Edit from Mikey Curran

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.


 
 

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Crystal Wright 2014 Edit

Posted  November 24, 2014  by  Edward Dujardin 2.0

Crystal Wright, Freeride World Tour athlete and fitness guru from Jackson (she runs a gym), dropped a pretty darn sweet season edit.   Crystal Wright Ski 2013/14 from Brian Mulvihill on Vimeo.

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CBAC Investigates Big Mt. Owen Slide

Posted  March 17, 2014  by  2. Will Dujardin

Crested Butte Avalanche Center forecaster and Irwin Cat Skiing guide Zach Guy investigated the big south-facing Mt. Owen slide.  Check out the quick 2 minute video and stay smart out there. Our snowpack is transforming into a springtime snowpack, you can get a little bit of everything out there, so have fun and come back […]

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Will Dujardin Meadow Lodge POV

Posted  October 28, 2018  by  2. Will Dujardin

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 […]

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WSCU Actions Sports Home Video Night

Posted  December 17, 2012  by  2. Will Dujardin

Last week, a the inaugural Action Sports Home Video Night was held down at the University Center Ballrom at Western.  A handful of swag prizes were given out to the winners.  Congratulations to Matt Clarke of Sour Steezle for putting together a great edit with highlights from the 2011 season taking 1st place.  We embedded all the […]

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Kye Matlock Shredding POW from Japan to CB

Posted  September 8, 2017  by  2. Will Dujardin

Kye Matlock has graced our website before with his creative edit style and strong skiing before; the 15 year-old is back with more pow and more backflips, including a big blurry phone video send backflipping Space Rock in Spellbound at Crested Butte.  This kid has shredding in his genes and took some strong results on […]

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Tom Runcie and Friends’ First Turns of the Season VIDEO

Posted  October 24, 2013  by  2. Will Dujardin

After a couple weeks of a solid winter weather pattern that brought light snow to the high peaks around Crested Butte, winter arrived in a hurry when a big system left us with a few inches in town and several feet in the Irwin and Paradise Divide areas. (Words and video by Tom Runcie) Elk […]

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Craig Geipel in CB Backcountry

Posted  February 6, 2015  by  2. Will Dujardin

Craig Geipel sent us this sweet little edit from recent skiing in the Crested Butte backcountry around Irwin with buddies Ashley Davis and Scott Braun.  This high pressure and warm temperature has definitely been annoying and very frustrating when you look at the larger trend, but little reminders of fun skiing makes it tolerable. #actonclimate

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Neature Walks

Posted  October 5, 2013  by  Edward Dujardin 2.0

Our friend alerted us to this informative nature series called Neature Walks.  It is called Neature Walks because nature is neat.  

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Remembering Ian Lamphere and Ryan Novak

Posted  April 25, 2013  by  2. Will Dujardin

As the winter season winds down, we find ourselves facing the harsh realities of a mountain town again.  Crested Butte lost two community members in the tragic avalanche in Sheep Creek off of Loveland Pass last Saturday, April 20th. Ian Lamphere and Ryan Novak were among 5 dead, including Rick Gaukel of Estes Park, Chris Peters […]

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Turkey Ski with Sour Steezle

Posted  December 2, 2013  by  Edward Dujardin 2.0

Sour Steezle’s Mikey Curran put together a little edit from some backcountry skiing over Thanksgiving weekend.

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