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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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TYW Self Edit: Hood and Stuff

Posted  October 5, 2013  by  Edward Dujardin 2.0

This is the latest self edit from Aspen local Torin Yater Wallace.  It features random footage from the season, as well as footage from his summer season at Mt. Hood.  As long as he stays on his feet at the qualifier event, he is basically a lock for the U.S. team headed to Sochi.  Despite this, TYW […]

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Tucker Vollbrecht: Dead End Send

Posted  February 15, 2017  by  Edward Dujardin 2.0

Western State Colorado University athlete Tucker Vollbrecht sent it huge in Dead End during the Freeride World Qualifier, earning himself a 5th place in the event. Tucker 4 Star from Mountain Sports Media on Vimeo.

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Sammy Carlson 2015 Real Ski

Posted  October 1, 2015  by  Edward Dujardin 2.0

ESPN’s X Games Real Ski Backcountry is back.  Whether or not this is your definition of backcountry, you have to admit that Sammy Carlson is doing some ridiculous things out there.  Switch 9s into pillow lines?!? Sammy has turned pillows into his park, and he is crushing.

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2013 Chainless Race

Posted  June 29, 2013  by  Edward Dujardin 2.0

Once again, the Chainless World Championships was incredible.  Crested Butte and visitors for Bike Week came out in force, in an event that sold out with over two hundred fifty participants.  Crested Butte is home to the oldest Chainless Race in the world, and probably the most fun around. Participants loaded five buses, bound for […]

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Deep CB Backcountry Edit from Splains Gulch

Posted  February 10, 2014  by  2. Will Dujardin

If you send us an awesome edit we’re probably going to share it.  Miles Peterson sent us this one during the recent EPIC storm that has buried CB with a third of our winter storm totals so far (that’s 203″ at CBMR and 319″ at Irwin).  It features Ben Armstrong, Evan Basinger, Time Mahan, and Blake Payton getting some […]

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You Just Moved Here: 5 Tips for Living in Our Ski Town

Posted  November 5, 2012  by  Edward Dujardin 2.0

Photo: Trent Bona | Welcome to the coolest place in Colorado.  The mountains are incredible.  The weather is amazing.  The town rocks.  Here are a few guidelines to living and riding here.   1. You don’t always have to talk about skiing and riding. I’m glad you had an epic day. If today’s powder made for […]

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Francesca Pavillard Cain Takes 3rd in Andorra

Posted  February 13, 2015  by  Edward Dujardin 2.0

For the first time this season, Francesca Pavillard Cain earned herself a spot on the podium!  Francesca followed up a strong 4th place finish at Fieberbrunn with a 3rd in Andorra.  This result goes an enormous way towards securing Francesca an invite to the Alaska stop (which is invite only).  Way to go Fran!

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Pretty Faces: Unicorn Picnic’s First Web Epsiode

Posted  January 13, 2015  by  Jeremy Moskowitz

Pretty Faces and Unicorn Picnic released an inspirational first web episode chronicling a six year old sit-skier working with Challenge Alaska. Watch as the youngest member of this organization, an eleven year old, helps this little girl push past her disabilities.  

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No off days for Nitro Circus

Posted  January 21, 2015  by  Jeremy Moskowitz

The Nitro Circus crew is constantly pushing their limits. You would think they would take it easy on their days off… Check out what they do instead.

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Dane Tudor: A Bump In the Road

Posted  November 21, 2013  by  Edward Dujardin 2.0

Dane Tudor dislocated his hip last season.  This season, he’ll be back stronger than ever.  Considering the way he dominated CB freeride competitions and opening segments in the movies, that says a lot.  We look forward to what he has in store.

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