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Ed Dujardin Spring Shred

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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CBMST Takes Tops Spots at Freeride NORAMs – Finals Video

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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Ed Dujardin Tees Up Local Mini Golf Lines

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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Local Freeride Athletes Ride Home Field Advantage to Podium Domination

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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Fall Flow: MTB Edit from Mikey Curran

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.


 
 

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Wendy Fisher “Super Mom” Salomon Freeski TV S7 E09

Posted  February 4, 2014  by  2. Will Dujardin

We heard that Salomon Freeski TV won “Best Short” at this year’s Powder Awards for their episode “Super Mom” with local mom and all-star big mountain shredder, Wendy Fisher.  Well, the 9th episode of this season was finally dropped and it is awesome.  We are so stoked Wendy, Woody, Aksel, and Devin are a part […]

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Ski Town Homelessness

Posted  April 26, 2015  by  Edward Dujardin 2.0

Postcards from Paradise is a 14 minute proposal for a full length documentary that seeks to examine the employee housing crisis in the resort town of Jackson Hole, Wyoming.  The problem of low income housing is a problem faced by ski communities all over, especially here in Crested Butte.  The amount of houses are limited, and […]

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First Ever 69 Flip

Posted  February 2, 2015  by  Edward Dujardin 2.0

Yeah.  It’s what it sounds like.  Nice work guys.

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SFS Telluride Highlights

Posted  March 24, 2014  by  Edward Dujardin 2.0

Despite really tough snow conditions, competitors at the Subaru Freeride Series in Telluride threw down.  CB represented well.  Mary Boddington followed up her CB win with another first place finish.  Rob Vandervoort took fourth for the male snowboarders.  Mark Mikos took eighth for the male skiers.  You can find WSCU Mountain Sports recap below, written […]

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Smith Optics Women Shred Hokkaido

Posted  October 20, 2015  by  2. Will Dujardin

Former CB residents Pip Hunt and Lexi DuPont joined Amy Engerbretson and Stellar Media on a sweet trip to Hokkaido, Japan last winter.  Watch them get the goods and get stoked for winter! Life Beyond Walls: Japan from smith optics on Vimeo.

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Colin Boyd in Japan

Posted  October 28, 2014  by  Edward Dujardin 2.0

Colin Boyd is one of the smoothest snowboarders we know.  Originally from the East Coast, Colin has spent seasons all over the world.  In 2013, he was in Japan around Niseko, where he got to ride “eyeball deep” powder.  The pow at 4:00 is ridiculous. Colin Boyd : Japan from John-Jo Ritson on Vimeo.

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Nolan Blunck: December at Bridger

Posted  January 21, 2014  by  Edward Dujardin 2.0

CB native Nolan Blunck is up at school at Montana State University.  He put this edit together of his December skiing.  Looks like Bridger is doing pretty well. Bridger December from CB Shred on Vimeo.

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Ben Goertzen 15/16

Posted  November 16, 2016  by  Edward Dujardin 2.0

Ben Goertzen’s 2016 edit is fire. The up and coming junior tour graduate can send, and he has developed a great sense of self in the mountains. Ben Goertzen 15/16 from Ben Goertzen on Vimeo.

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Crested Butte Junior Athletes Stack Podiums at Snowbird

Posted  January 18, 2017  by  2. Will Dujardin

A crew of junior freeride athletes had their first IFSA big mountain competition of this snowy season at Snowbird, Utah this past weekend and they put in some serious work. Local shredder Brooks Hudson made the trip as well as 5 Crested Butte Mountain Sports Team athletes including Avery Bernholtz, Ella Haverkampf, Carson Hildebrandt, Holden […]

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The Gravity Ranch: Charter Membership Offer Expires Sunday

Posted  November 12, 2012  by  Edward Dujardin 2.0

Check out this press release from the Gravity Ranch, the action sports facility to be constructed across Highway 135 from CB South.  We covered the first announcement of the facility here on West Elk Project, when it was originally known as the Airport.  Now, fundraising efforts are rolling along, the right land has been found, and […]

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