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.
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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.
Check out this jib park edit from opening week by CBMR Park Crew member Sumner Patterson.
Once again, the West Basin of Taos delivered for the Freeride World Qualifier. Crested Butte and Gunnison were well represented, with a number of podiums and even more top ten finishes. Check out this video put together by the good folks at Taos.
Want to make it in competitive freeskiing? In this video, the head judge of the Freeride World Tour, Berti Denervaud, breaks down the judging criteria used on freeskiing’s biggest stage.
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 […]
Eider Team Athletes Tom Runcie, Anton Sponar, Adrien Coirer, and Laure Vailly met up in Utah to make a short film about the love of skiing called “Wide Angle Life”. It’s 13 minutes long and leaves with that feeling you get after a pow day or a good day in the backcountry friends; sure skiing […]
Colorado native Duncan Adams is a ripper. The Faction Skis rider has pretty superb style and can shred the entire mountain. Here’s his 2015 edit. Duncan Adams 2015 from Duncan Adams on Vimeo.
Our friend Francesca took an unfortunate fall in her first ever FWT at Chamonix this last weekend. No worries, though, she’s skiing pow in Switzerland getting ready for her next competition at Fieberbrunn in Austria this coming weekend. Check out these snippets from her blog, make sure to visit it yourself for more photos. Words […]
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 […]
Despite the Christmas storm, our snowpack situation is depressingly bad, with little relief on the horizon. Crested Buttians, however, are still going out there to have fun and charge (even if it’s still on bike trails). Here are some highlights. Carson Hildebrandt getting rowdy on the Smith Hill drop. Flippin’ out over all this new […]
Rider: David Bunt Location: West Elk Mountains, Colorado, USA Fellow West Elker Dave Bunt took a hike with his big bike yesterday and found a fun way back down the 2,500+ feet he had just slogged up. I caught up with him on the ride out from his adventure and he was all smiles. Instead […]