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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.
The image says it all. Pretty ridiculous stuff here. Excellent job by Robbie Maddison making things happen.
As you may know, Jim Jack passed away in an avalanche February 19, 2012 at Stevens Pass Washington. Jim was an friend to all in the freeskiing community. From ripping lines in Matchstick movies, to guiding young skiers like myself on the Freeskiing World Tour, Jim was an inspiration. Thanks Jim Norm Jack. We miss […]
Introducing the new West Elk Project community video profiles presented by Turner Toyota of Montrose. These videos will introduce a new individual or company from the Gunnison valley every few weeks and follow a quick day in their life. Week 3: Western State Colorado University Park and Pipe team. The team competes in Freeride, Park and Pipe, Skier/Boarder Cross, Nordic, and Endurance […]
MSP took a different route for their crash segment, and it worked very well. Drop Everything will be playing at Western on November 30th, courtesy of the Mountain Sports Team, for those who havent seen it yet.
Have you seen this yet? It is the second episode of Tanner Hall’s web series Tanner Hall’n.
Montana based Radbots put together a seriously good movie featuring talented snowboarders and skiers throwing down in the backcountry. These zones are ridiculous. The RadBots embarked on an epic quest to find what there was to find. Through thick and thin they searched, boarding and skiing, sledding and skinning, splitting and hiking… until one day… […]
Twice in a week we’re posting about Andrew Pollard, this time in one awesome run at Alta with follow-cam POV from recent IFSA junior overall champion, Martin Lentz. These boys can style a 3 on anything and aren’t that bad at skiing, either. Watch out for these guys competing in IFSA and Freeride Series events […]
Check out this video from the Crested Butte Avalanche Center in a couple snow pits analyzing the recent snow. The snow pack is stabilizing, but it doesn’t mean we are 100% good to go. There has been a lot of recent wind activity and every slope is different so please look for the red flags! […]
So here is a long POV that is surprisingly worth watching. Kyle Warner took 1st on this last stage and 2nd overall at last weekend’s Big Mountain Enduro over at Keystone. The race starts a minute into the video and he hauls ass for 8 minutes straight. There is a sweet switchback then rock garden […]
The Crested Butte Avalanche Center is hosting their 10th annual Avalanche Awareness Night at the Crested Butte Center for the Arts December 14th. Doors open at 5:00pm and the show starts around 5:30ish… The night will review the Crested Butte Avalanches Center’s mission and goals for the upcoming winter avalanche season. The CBAC board and […]