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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.
Last week’s snow was pretty exciting. If you were ready, how could you not try and get out there? We had about 2″ in town, which could mean anything from 2″ – 24″ up high, but it ended up being more on the lighter side. Matt Evans and Sierra Halverson went up to College Bowl […]
Crested Butte Junior Athletes Represent at Taos! Led by coach Ed Dujardin and ski super mom Lisa Straubhaar Blunck, a crew of juniors on the Crested Butte Mountain Sports Team went down to Taos, NM for the Taos JETA, a national IFSA junior event. After the Junior Freeskiing Tour event was cancelled at Crested Butte, a […]
In the wake of Bill Johnson’s decision to take himself off of life support, John Norton reflects on the American skiing icon and his time spent in Crested Butte. This column was printed in the Crested Butte News and reprinted here with John’s permission. Update: Bill Johnson passed away Thursday, January 21, 2016. News […]
Every vehicle in Russia is required to run a dashboard camera at all times in an effort to cut back on a national epidemic of people throwing themselves in front of cars in order to fraudulently collect insurance settlements. A secondary result of the cameras is that every insane accident and miracle that occurs where […]
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.
photo: Eben Wight This edit of Alex Else was shot over the past few seasons in Crested Butte by Kit Davidson of Whorefish Productions. Else, a native of New Hampshire, spent his years at Western escaping to the Butte, mastering a combination of billy goating and fast fluid skiing. Else took home Sickbird at the […]
The second round of 5 Pinnacle racers was another great showing of the West Elk Community of bike enthusiasts. There was a great number people showing up for free great events was spectacular again. The Left Arm Tan Band was pleasing the crowd with some good country rock, while 55 downhillers and 58 cross country […]
Clear weather and an awesome crew make for perfect trip. If you haven’t heard of Lexi DuPont, it’s about time. Lexi, a former Crested Butte resident now living in the front range to attend CU Boulder, has been making enormous strides in the skiing world, filming for Levitation Project and landing segments in Warren Miller […]
Red Bull recently released this video of Nick Goepper breaking down two tricks. One is unnatural dub cork 1260. One is screaming semen dub 900. It is unreal. Plus the editing is awesome.
The U.S. Nordic Ski Team is in Falun, Sweden for the 2015 World Championships. They made sure to have some fun first though. Which do you like more? This rendition of Uptown Funk, or the Crested Butte Nordic Team’s version of Every Time We Touch?