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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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Countdown to Opening Day: Ahrens Doublebacks Box Rock

Posted  October 22, 2012  by  Edward Dujardin 2.0

Welcome to our Countdown to Opening Day series!  During the 30 days leading up to opening day at Crested Butte Mountain Resort, we will be featuring a clip or edit from winter in the West Elks.  This is video 1 of 30. Our opening clip comes from Dubsatch Collective skier Leo Ahrens during the 2009 […]

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Mt. Owen Avalanche POV

Posted  March 14, 2013  by  2. Will Dujardin

Our friend Chris Miller had a pretty scary moment about a month ago.  Dropping in off the top Mt. Owen, Chris triggered an avalanche.  We’ll just go ahead and say that Chris was super-lucky and we are super-happy he lived to tell the story.  Please remember to play it safe out there!  You might think […]

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Ben Goertzen 15/16

Posted  November 16, 2016  by  Edward Dujardin 2.0

Ben Goertzen’s 2016 edit is fire. The up and coming junior tour graduate can send, and he has developed a great sense of self in the mountains. Ben Goertzen 15/16 from Ben Goertzen on Vimeo.

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FWT Andorra Vallnord-Arcalís LIVE Replay

Posted  March 6, 2018  by  2. Will Dujardin

The FWT Andorra stop in Vallnord-Arcalís went off last night while we were sleeping.  Kristofer Turdell (2:02:02) won it for ski men, Arianna Tricomi (1:33:50) won Ski women with a 360, Manuela Mandl (1:12:31) took the Snowboard women, and Sammy Luebke (00:35:07) came back into form winning the Snowboard Men.  You can check out WSCU […]

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Punk Rock and Snowboarding in Utah – Rob Vandervoort

Posted  February 5, 2013  by  2. Will Dujardin

Rob Vandervoort left CB on a road trip for better snow around New Year’s.  So far his truck has broken down like 4 times, but I guess the snow has been somehow worth it.  While he is currently somewhere between Baker, Squaw, and Jackson, this little pow POV edit from Snowbird features Rob snowboarding with […]

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Record March Temperatures Across the Nation

Posted  April 11, 2012  by  Edward Dujardin 2.0

This March was one of the warmest Marches on record for Crested Butte.  At least we weren’t alone.  So much for miracle March. In good news, we finally got some precipitation in the form of rain.  We need more or we’re in serious trouble this summer.

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Blunck Wins Aspen Open

Posted  February 25, 2013  by  Edward Dujardin 2.0

Photo: Walter Wood   |    Aaron Blunck took his first career victory this past Sunday at the Aspen Freeskiing Open.  In what has become his breakout season, the 16 year old Crested Butte native has three podiums, and has made great progress towards qualifying for the 2014 Winter Olympics.  In a snowy final, Blunck’s […]

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Frenchman Completes World’s First Wingsuit Landing on Water With No Parachute

Posted  October 8, 2013  by  Edward Dujardin 2.0

Raphael Dumont of Chamonix recently became the first man to land a wingsuit flight onto water without using a parachute.  After an awesome flight, Dumont came to the water at an angle where he could spread his arms and land on the water and glide to a flawless stop.  You have to see it to […]

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2 Pile Ups in 5 Stages on Tour de France

Posted  July 8, 2015  by  Edward Dujardin 2.0

This year’s Tour de France has had a few gnarly wrecks, and we’re only five stages in. The wreck from Stage 3 was one of the worst ever seen on the tour. This crash during Stage 3 sent three riders to the hospital. This one is from Stage 5, a day that saw seven total […]

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Chasing Powder to Alta

Posted  December 28, 2012  by  Edward Dujardin 2.0

It feels weird driving away from Crested Butte in the midst of a three foot storm.  But the Wasatch was set to receive 40 inches on top of a strong base.  So I left the Butte, and after meeting TJ David in Grand Junction, drove through the night and arrived at Alta Ski Area at […]

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