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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.
Faction Skis makes a ton of banger edits. Unfortunately, those don’t come easy and sometime they crash hard. We Are The Faction Collective: #S02 Crash Edit from Faction Skis on Vimeo.
Danny MacAskill has done it again. This time, the trials genius took his talents to the rooftops of Gran Canaria. It’s a beautiful thing.
Organized by the High Fives Foundation, TRAiNS is an annual ski and snowboard contest in which the winnings from the contest are donated to the winning athlete’s favorite charities. This year, thirty competitors gathered at Alpine Meadows, CA, to take part. Charities that benefited included: Shane McConkey Foundation, the Bob Woodruff Foundation, and the Sarah […]
Two brothers skiing Rodgers Pass in BC were lucky to emerge unscathed when they were swept up in a large slide. Rogers Pass: Avalanche Crest Avalanche February 14/2016 from Dan Michalchuk on Vimeo.
Crashes happen. When you’re performing the hardest moves, you take the hardest falls. Here is the spectacular crash reel from Almost Ablaze, the latest from Teton Gravity Research.
Kevin Nichols, of Edwards, Colorado has been dominating the junior IFSA series with numerous podiums and wins over the past few years in Crested Butte and around the region. The Ski Club Vail athlete was selected to the Freeride Junior World Championships in Andorra this year after his strong performances last year and his edit picks up […]
Four members of the Crested Butte Mountain Sports Team went to Snowbird, Utah to ski in the IFSA Junior National Series. Matt Evans, Josie Byron, Brittany Barefield, and Patrick Curvin took on a stacked field of 55 men and 22 women in the 15-18 age group on Rasta Chutes and Silver Fox. Josie Byron finished […]
This is one of the cooler promotions for a snowsports organization we’ve ever seen. It doesn’t hurt to have some of the most picturesque mountains in the world. Makes you want to pack your bags for some of their spring skiing. Well done New Zealand Snowsports Instructors Alliance.
Spring offseason in Crested Butte is great. Town is empty, and the backcountry goes off. Throw in the 4/20 Townie Takeover, and you’re in for a pretty stellar day.
This summer, photographer Nicolaus Wegner shot time lapses all over the high plains of Wyoming, Montana, South Dakota, Nebraska, and Colorado. The results are pretty stunning. Stormscapes 2 from Nicolaus Wegner on Vimeo.