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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.
A Frenchman attached a point of view camera to an eagle in Chamonix and sent it off to fly. The results are pretty cool. Makes you consider wingsuiting.
This March was one of the warmest Marches on record for Crested Butte. At least we weren’t alone. So much for miracle March. In good news, we finally got some precipitation in the form of rain. We need more or we’re in serious trouble this summer.
photo: Julie Weinberger In honor of Will’s 26th birthday, Im posting a couple edits of my older brother on a some of his adventures. also, check out the cover photo where he is going large in Revelstoke in 2009. Keyhole with Leo Ahrens KEYHOLE from Dubsatch Collective on Vimeo. Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventures An […]
Well, nothing makes you appreciate your town more than some quaint coverage on the news. You have to check this 9News Storytellers report on the KBUT Lost & Found. As the anchor says at the end, “It makes me want to go there and lose something.” Well, buddy, whatever you lose, you are welcome to do […]
Matchstick Productions is set to host three showings of their latest feature, Fade to Winter, in Crested Butte on October 24th at the Center for the Arts. Tickets are $15 and can be purchased at Alpine Orthopaedics, The Daily Dose, and the Powerstop. Showtimes: 5:00, 7:00, 9:15. Big thanks to local tour sponsors Alpine Orthopaedics, […]
In episode three of this season of Salomon Freeski TV, the crew heads to Rusutsu, Japan, home of ridiculous powder and a Travis Rice Supernatural inspired park. It’s pretty awesome.
Here is more proof that Candide Thovex is still on top of the game. Check out this edit where the former X Games half-pipe champion, Freeride World Tour champion, and ski movie star shreds his hometown resort of La Clusaz, France.
If you have ridden the Psycho Rocks trail at the Evolution Bike Park at Crested Butte Mountain Resort, you know it is awesome, scary, exhilarating, super technical, and freaking sweet all at the same time. Shelby Meinzer, local shredder and MSP employee, put together this edit of his brother Kristian on Psycho Rocks last week […]
Yesterday, on what was supposed to be the morning of the Freeride World Tour stop at Snowbird, a large avalanche ripped out during patrol’s control work. The slide, which had a 12 foot crown, has made the venue unrideable. Competition organizers are searching for a suitable alternative. Superior? FWT JOURNAL EP 23- SNOWBIRD POSTPONED by […]
I’ll admit it, it’s the end of March and I’m thinking about fishing, boating, sand and river beers watching pretty girls in sundresses. Sure, there’s still spring skiing to be had, but with recent events, the consensus around the West Elks seems to be a pretty unanimous ‘better luck next year, let’s go biking’. With […]