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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.
The Meeting 8 closed strong with Teton Gravity Research’s feature film, “The Dream Factory.” The film is a tribute to Alaska, skiing’s mecca and TGR’s most frequented destination since it first began exploring America’s last frontier sixteen years ago. Starting in Girdwood, The Dream Factory covers AK’s history, from the gold rush and the rise […]
Description by Snow Guardians.com: Snow Guardians™ is an immensely visual documentary on the life and work of Ski Patrol and Search & Rescue teams that respond to winter emergencies in the backcountry. The expanding interest in the backcountry has resulted in a growing number of adventurers seeking enjoyment outside a ski resort. The imperfect science […]
Introducing the new West Elk Project community video profiles presented by Turner Toyota of Montrose. These videos will introduce a new individual or company from the Gunnison valley every few weeks and follow a quick day in their life. Week 1: Heights Performance.
Internships and Volunteer Positions Available. Finca Bellavista owners Matt and Erica Hogan are in the valley, and they have some pretty cool ways you can get involved in their slice of paradise. Follow Finca Bellavista on Facebook to stay updated with these, and other opportunities at the Finca. Also, check out the recent piece on CCTV. […]
Over the past few years, Matchstick Productions has worked on what is probably the most difficult project they will ever have to do. To make a documentary on Shane McConkey, the freeskiing legend, is a difficult task in itself. To make a documentary on their friend Shane, was undoubtedly heart-wrenching. While going through old footage […]
Have you seen this yet? It is the second episode of Tanner Hall’s web series Tanner Hall’n.
Episode three of Red Bull’s Davenport project, Faces of Dav, looks into Chris’s family life. Like all skiers with family (Dav has a wife and three boys), Dav has to find the balance between being the best father he can be at home while pushing the limits while staying alive in the mountains at work.
Matt Norris, creator of the Lump People Collaborative, put together this movie featuring a crew of guys shredding snowboards, skateboards, and skis. “Dem Lumps” features some respectable urban, park, and big mountain riding from Crested Butte, Denver, Steamboat, Utah, and Argentina. Norris, a junior at Western, explains, “LPC is basically my friends snowboarding, skateboarding, and […]
With the DH season about start the DH riders on the WSCU Mountain Sports Mountain Bike Team are getting after it up at Mt. Crested Butte. The Evolution Bike Park is riding really awesome right now with daily sprinkles of rain or possible torrential thunderstorms. Mega props to the CBMR Evolution Bike Park crew […]
Since bursting onto the big stage a couple of years ago, Tatum Monod has shined. Now a Red Bull athlete, Tatum is filming with Level 1 and crushing AK. Here is her 2015 season edit by Level 1 Productions.