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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.
We’ve shared a lot of Bridger Brigade stuff before and it seems like Axel Peterson’s editing/filming skills are getting better and better each time. But you shouldn’t forget that Axel is a ridiculously bad-ass skier himself. Since he broke his sacrum at the end of the 2012 season he has been determined to get back […]
GoPro’s latest promo, Alaskan Airdrop, is super impressive and creative. Nice work by Xavier De Le Rue, Ralph Backstrom, Sam Anthamatten, and everyone else involved.
After getting caught in his first avalanche last year while filming for the Pirate Movie Productions film “Perceptions” in Alaska, pro snowboarder Gigi Rüf reflects on the lessons he learned and why the avalanche happened in this short video. The big takeaway: Don’t rush into the backcountry after heavy snowfall! We are all tempted by […]
Check out local rippers Andrew Buergin and Mary Boddington ripping around the hardpack at CBMR on the new Swift from Never Summer.
Lawton “Disco” Grinter is a former Crested Butte resident and a very avid hiker. Last week we spoke on the phone for an interview aired on KBUT, the community radio station serving Crested Butte and Gunnison. CR: Disco – lets credentialize your hiking career. Could you list off some of your major accomplishments in […]
Candide Thovex hauls ass in this ridiculous grass ski edit for what turns out to be an Audi commercial. We hope this makes it on to US television as well. Candide just got paid.
So here is a long POV that is surprisingly worth watching. Kyle Warner took 1st on this last stage and 2nd overall at last weekend’s Big Mountain Enduro over at Keystone. The race starts a minute into the video and he hauls ass for 8 minutes straight. There is a sweet switchback then rock garden […]
This fall, a couple of BASE jumpers executed a successful jump of the 1,776 foot spire atop the Freedom Tower World Trade Center Monument. They were arraigned yesterday. Skip to 2:30 seconds to go directly to the jumps.
Last year’s dismal snow forced all big mountain competitions to be cancelled at Crested Butte. A full slate of Junior and Adult big mountain events are scheduled to be hosted at Crested Butte again this year, forcing Crested Butte Mountain Resort to reevaluate having the Telemark Extremes. With local CBMST Tele coach Mark Robbins gathering […]
Cool POV video from Craig Geipel from a day on the Y Chute on Mt. CB’s SE aspect.