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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 […]

Kye Matlock in 1st, Jon Clay Patterson in 2nd, Holden Bradford in 3rd, Seve Petersen in 4th, Marko Alling in 5th on the 15-18 Ski Male Podium. ARTICLES

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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Opening Day 2014 at CBMR

Posted  November 27, 2014  by  Edward Dujardin 2.0

Opening Day has come and gone.  Red Lady Express, Paradise Express, and Teocalli are open for shredding! Are you thankful?! We are officially under way… Opening Day 2014 from Crested Butte on Vimeo.

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WATERSHED Film Screening

Posted  January 29, 2013  by  2. Will Dujardin

Join ORE as they screen the acclaimed new film “WATERSHED: Exploring a New Water Ethic for the West”. Executive Produced and Narrated by Robert Redford and Directed by award-winning filmmaker, Mark Decena, WATERSHED tells the story of the threats to the once-mighty Colorado River and offers solutions for the future of the American West. As […]

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Making Lemonade at CBMR

Posted  December 29, 2017  by  Edward Dujardin 2.0

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 […]

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Western Mountain Sports Revelstoke Recap

Posted  January 16, 2017  by  Edward Dujardin 2.0

A crew of Western State Colorado University Mountain Sports athletes went up to British Columbia to start the Freeride World Qualifier competition circuit. They went to Whitewater, before heading to the competition at Revelstoke. Junior Zach Bare took second on the snowboard side, while freshman Grifen Moller took second on the ski side of things. […]

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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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Numinous Trailer

Posted  September 13, 2017  by  Edward Dujardin 2.0

The latest project from Dendrite Studios, Numinous, stars the likes of Kye Peteresen, Logan Pehota, Pep Fujas, Ryland Bell, Matty Richard, Dane Tudor, Wiley Miller, Chris Rubens, and Tatum Monod. Should be pretty good. NUMINOUS Official Trailer – A Ski Film from Dendrite Studios on Vimeo.

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Hoji and Ashton Show Their Whistler

Posted  November 12, 2014  by  Edward Dujardin 2.0

Whistler’s latest promo video (they have a lot to brag about) features skiing power couple Eric Hjorliefson and Jen Ashton showing the world their version of Whistler.  You get to see Hoji in his basement, working on ways to reinvent skiing, as well as former FWT champion Ashton in her element coaching Whistler’s rising generation. […]

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Summer is Here by Lightpole

Posted  June 23, 2014  by  2. Will Dujardin

This is a quick edit that will get you ready the summer if you aren’t already.  It features shots captured and edited by Noah Wetzel in Northwest Colorado near Steamboat Springs (Rabbit Ears Peak, Fish Creek Falls, Flat Tops Wilderness, Devils Causeway, Sleeping Giant, and Hahns Peak), along with Ruple Point in Dinosaur National Monument, Zion […]

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Finca Bellavista in the News

Posted  August 13, 2013  by  Edward Dujardin 2.0

In 2006, former Western State graduates and Crested Butte locals Matt and Erica Hogan set forth building a dream like treehouse community in the rainforest of Costa Rica.  Today, their dream is a reality.  Check out this recent piece on CCTV.  To learn more about Finca Bellavista, visit their website.

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Sour Steezle Starting the Party

Posted  November 24, 2012  by  Edward Dujardin 2.0

The Sour Steezle crew put together this edit from some boney conditions at Wolf Creek and the ribbon of death at CBMR.

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