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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.
Around 30 uphillers, dogs, former and current CBMR employees all met yesterday, Wednesday morning, after getting their local Camp 4 Coffee in The Lodge at Mountaineer Square to discuss the evolution of uphill travel at Crested Butte Mountain Resort and where it will be heading into 2013 as the US Forrest Service has asked CBMR […]
Crested Butte Olympic hopeful Aaron Blunck made an enormous statement this Friday, taking second at the U.S. Grand Prix at Copper. Despite horrible weather conditions, Blunck’s put down a run that included a huge double cork 1260. Photo: Torin Yater-Wallace “I can’t believe it,” Blunck said of his podium. “I was just so happy to have […]
Ashley Bembenek Takes 2nd, Jack Weise Cracks the Top 5, Ryan Hoynacki and Ciera Glenn Win the 2-star Event Photos: Eben Wight / MSI After the low-snow hiatus last year, the Crested Butte Extremes returned this year as part of the Subaru Freeride Series (SFS). The SFS is a series of 4-star Freeride World Qualifier […]
Vice Sports presents Part 1 of Lifted, a documentary on one of skiings most influential and iconic skiers, Pep Fujas. With skiing going the way of dayglo snowsuits and spread eagles, it took a farm boy to bring power and style to the sport. In Part 1 of VICE Sports’ three-part series, we see Pep […]
MSP updated their Skyfilm Cineflex Elite Reel. In addition to ridiculous ski shots, it features a lot of Crested Butte scenery, as well as Emma Coburn tearing up local trails. Enjoy. SkyFilmElite Cineflex Reel 2014 from MSP Films on Vimeo.
Our friend and CB native Pip Hunt is joining a set of women (including her mother Martha) on a sailing trip out of Islafjordur, Iceland, for unique trip to study climate change and ski first descents in both Iceland and Greenland. The team embarks March 26th, and will travel until April 19th. This is their […]
The rivers are flowing strong and the sun is shining warm rays on the Gunnison valley lately. Some friends and I recently grabbed a few stand up paddle boards from the Colorado Freeskier’s downtown location at the Crested Butte Gear Exchange next to Mark’s Automotive for an afternoon float on the Slate River. Go rent […]
photo: http://wildfiretoday.com Watch this 5 day timelapse of the Waldo Canyon Fire. It’s lengthy at 16 minutes but worth a watch. It gets crazy around 6 minutes in. Scary stuff. Dont let your guard down because we got a little rain. Be smart. Thank you firefighters. Video by Steve Moraco. 5 Day Timelapse – Waldo […]
Fabio Studer competed at the highest level of freeskiing across several formats this season. The 27 year-old Austrian podiumed in 2nd on the Freeride World Tour at Courmayeur, took 3rd at Nine Knights, 4th at Red Bull Linecatcher, and helped Team Europe win the Swatch Skiers Cup. Check out his edit from those events and […]
Western State Colorado University will have a representative at the World University Games Winter Universiade in Trentino, Italy this coming December. Dave Sugnet, 23, originally of Durango, Colorado, was recently asked to join the team after he took 1st place at US Collegiate Nationals at Sun Valley, ID in March, 2013. We’ve featured Dave here […]