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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.
Johan Jonsson, the Sh*t F*ck Like Bomb Euro, is back for more. “As a junkie searching for the next fix, we travelled the alps searching for bad snow.” Try as he might, he couldn’t find the proper conditions.
Crested Butte’s Rob Vandervoort joined a crowd of Buttians headed to Telluride for the Freeride World Qualifier stop. Here is his edit and writeup. Congrats to Rob for taking fourth, as well as Mary Boddington for topping the podium again. From March 20 through March 23 Telluride, Colorado hosted the Subaru Freeride Series, an […]
Arne Backstrom was the 2010 Freeskiing World Tour champion, including a win at Revelstoke that year. He passed that same year on June 3rd, 2010 skiing in the Cordillera Blanca in Peru. This memorial edit by Tecnica Blizzard Team Manager Frank Shine has resurfaced as people recently remembered the skier Arne was and the inspiration […]
After last week’s snow, the North Face Lift started spinning on Friday. There was a lot of awesome snow and a lot coreshots had throughout the afternoon. TechnicaBlizzard team rider Rob Dickinson brought his Drift HD Ghost POV camera along with him and captured what Crested Butte is all about. Huge thanks to CB Ski […]
15 year old Finn Iles grew up shredding Whistler’s bike park, and it shows. Check out the young man-child slaying, this time at Morzine in France. Finn Iles from Kuba Gzela on Vimeo.
On Saturday and Sunday last weekend, college teams from around Colorado and the Rocky Mountains gathered at Crested Butte Mountain Resort to race XC, Short-track XC, Dual Slalom, and Downhill. When a collegiate race coincides with the infamous harvest festival of Vinotok, you might as well name it the Pagan Pedal. Western, a Division 2 […]
Tim Burr was an sophomore at Western before sustaining a spinal cord injury backcountry skiing near Kebler Pass that left him paralyzed from the nipple line down. It’s been a long road, but Tim is back in school, and making the most of his life. Film by Brynn Carman.
Just in time for winter, Powder is teaming up with Matchstick to bring you footage from Days of my Youth. First up, the lovely Michelle Parker.
Here’s a quick rad edit from the Monarch Crest trail system by Trent Bona. He went out there with racers Becky Garner and Shea Jordan out of Salida. With Kristian Meinzer getting some drone shots and Trent’s brother, Trevor, on some cinematography, they all had a great time.
You probably caught some of the pow action that Oz Scott and Will Dujardin experienced with the Basecamp Farellones crew back in August. After catching that ridiculous cycle, the boys were able to get their hands on a Wicked Camper to check out some lesser-known backcountry spots without getting too far from Santiago. Joining them were […]