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.
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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.
The first stop of the Freeride World Tour went off in Andorra today, after the Chamonix comp was cancelled due to conditions. Crested Butte local Mark Mikos took 12th in his first event (Mark’s run occurs at 1:10:45). “On a day filled with 3 venue switches, unknown snow conditions, guides sluffing out line after line, […]
The Faction Collective team knows how to ski. They recently added style master Adam Delorme to the team. This is the first webisode of their new series. Enjoy. WE ARE THE FACTION COLLECTIVE. #S01E01: COLORADO from Faction Skis on Vimeo.
GoPro recently featured FWT/FWQ athlete Mickael Bimboes from France with this multiple POV line from Courchevel, France. The rearview might get annoying but this line is super rowdy and he caps it off with a double back. Enjoy.
Alta had it’s first series of closing weekends last Sunday and Frank’s went off. If you don’t know what Frank’s is, think a stunt show combined with classic 80’s and 90’s flare and the Little Cottonwood Canyon’s best local skiers throwing down for your spectating pleasure. The results are fantastic so check out the highlight […]
Check out four year old twin brothers crushing skateparks on their BMX bikes. The end of the edit features the boys as toddlers learning to jump on striders. These Kiwi kids rip.
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.
I’ll admit it, it’s the end of March and I’m thinking about fishing, boating, sand and river beers watching pretty girls in sundresses. Sure, there’s still spring skiing to be had, but with recent events, the consensus around the West Elks seems to be a pretty unanimous ‘better luck next year, let’s go biking’. With […]
Our friend Drew Petersen just dropped a sweet little edit from a trip to Sentry Lodge in the Esplanade Mountains of British Columbia. If you want to see more from Drew, check out another edit where he crushes Crested Butte after a small storm. Savoring The Simple // Drew Petersen from Drew Petersen on Vimeo.
For 35 years, several companies have unsuccessfully tried to mine one of the world’s richest deposits of molybdenum. It is located on Mt. Emmons, locally known as The Red Lady, just above and upstream from the town of Crested Butte. The latest mining company at the site, US Energy, is considering walking away from the […]
Crested Butte native Pip Hunt, Mckenna Peterson, and Amie Engerbretson recently returned from a trip to Murren, Switzerland, where they were filming for K2 Skis and Pretty Faces, an all female ski film spearheaded by Lynsey Dyer. Obviously they had a great time. Words and photos by Pip Hunt: “This is backcountry, not freeride. Don’t show […]