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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.
Salomon Freeski just dropped an awesome video celebrating 20 years of the New Canadian Air Force and the 1080. It is a fantastic recap of the history and evolution of the sport we love and devote our lives to.
Frenchman Richard Permin has developed into an animal in the biggest of mountains. Here, Matchstick Productions gives a quick teaser into what he has been up to this season.
The WSCU Freeride Team journeyed up to Grand Targhee Resort for the first ever Collegiate Freeride Competion. This recap is provided by Dustin Eldridge of the Top o’the World Newspaper at Western State Colorado University. Above: Conor Michael airing it out for a Mason Strehl photo outside of competition; he finished 7th.. Western Freeriders Max […]
There are some insanely talented speed flying pilots out there. In this video, Mike Wilson, Triston Buchanan, and Carson Klein take advantage of awesome weather to explore Alaska’s famous peaks with their canopies. Alaska Speed flying from Carson KLEIN on Vimeo.
This is the highlight video from the Subaru Freeride Series stop at Telluride. Big shout out to local skier Mark Mikos for claiming third. Congratulations Mark!
George Rodney has continued his phenomenal rookie season on the Freeride World Tour by winning the day in Haines. Here is his run. FWT15 – Run of George Rodney (USA) Swatch… by FreerideWorldTourTV
Western State Colorado University sophomore Grifen Moller earned himself an 8th place at the Freeride World Tour Hakuba stop, staged at Kicking Horse Mountain Resort in Golden BC. After two competitions, Moller is ranked 12th in the Overall Standings. Not too shabby for a 19 year old. A post shared by Grifen Moller (@stiff_grif) on […]
Fabio Studer competed at the highest level of freeskiing across several formats this season. The 27 year-old Austrian podiumed in 2nd on the Freeride World Tour at Courmayeur, took 3rd at Nine Knights, 4th at Red Bull Linecatcher, and helped Team Europe win the Swatch Skiers Cup. Check out his edit from those events and […]
Tom Wallisch receives more publicity than any other skier out there. He’s the only freeski athlete featured multiple times in one commercial break for different products on major networks. His new nine minute short film, the Wallisch Project, is available on Itunes for $2.99. Is he worth it? Totally. We at the West Elk Project […]
Yesterday at Crested Butte Mountain Resort the lifts were spinning and the boys ‘n girls were pinning! It was a great turnout of men, women, boys and girls all embracing lift-access mountain biking in their National Forrest. From stryders and hardtails to the freshest new downhill rigs and everything in between, there was certainly trail […]