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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.
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 8 of 30. The countdown continues with a clip from Matchstick Productions 1993 film “Soul Sessions […]
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 […]
Dem Lumpisodes continues with a quick edit from the Crested Butte Mountain Resort park. Dem Lumpisodes: 6 from Matt Norris on Vimeo.
More action from summer camp at Woodward at Copper. It’s pretty incredible that they have such a rad on snow setup and it is almost August. Check out this fun edit from Icelantic week at Woodward.
The Snowblade Extremes went down on Crested Butte’s famed Headwall venue Sunday. Last year’s champion Ben Blackwood showed why he is a snowblade master, claiming victory once again. Non Native’s Jimbo Webb took the Sickbird, front flipping at the bottom of the venue. The comp was followed by an afternoon of charging all over the […]
Crested Butte snowboarder Rob Vandervoort joined a crew of Buttians headed for the Subaru Freeride Series at Big Sky. Here is his edit. Unfortunately, Robbie blew his knee after the contest. We look forward to seeing him healthy next year.
KC Deane and Steve Lloyd have been posting some rad edits on freeride bikes in Utah. So they went to Virgin, UT, the home of the Red Bull Rampage, and made another. These lines are fast and fully committed, so KC gets tons of props and now I can’t wait for the next Rampage. Kc […]
This edit is from practice at the downhill race in Taxco, Mexico is burly. It features Brendan Fairclough and Mitch Ropelato getting to know the course, and having a good time doing it.
Photo: Trent Bona Photography Come out and cheer on local boy Aaron Blunck in his X Games Superpipe Finals appearance on the big screen at Maxwell’s tomorrow night in Crested Butte. The 16 year old took 6th in Thursday’s qualifying round, beating out the likes of Tanner Hall and Mike Riddle to advance to tonight’s […]
Check out this press release from the Gravity Ranch, the action sports facility to be constructed across Highway 135 from CB South. We covered the first announcement of the facility here on West Elk Project, when it was originally known as the Airport. Now, fundraising efforts are rolling along, the right land has been found, and […]