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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.
Brett Rheeder’s winning run from Crankworx at Les 2 Alpes may make you dizzy.
Crashes happen. When you’re performing the hardest moves, you take the hardest falls. Here is the spectacular crash reel from Almost Ablaze, the latest from Teton Gravity Research.
Recap on the victors of the Subaru Freeride Series. Big congratulations to CB’s own Ashley Bembenek for taking top honors in the female ski category.
By now, regardless of how long you have lived in the Gunnison Valley, there is a very good chance you have heard of Matchstick Productions or MSP. MSP is one of the godfathers of the ski movie industry and they are celebrating their 20th anniversary with this year’s release of their newest ski movie “Super Heroes of […]
In 2006, former Western State graduates and Crested Butte locals Matt and Erica Hogan set forth building a dream like treehouse community in the rainforest of Costa Rica. Today, their dream is a reality. Check out this recent piece on CCTV. To learn more about Finca Bellavista, visit their website.
The Off-Piste Ski Atlas is a guide to a variety of zones in the Crested Butte, Colorado backcountry. There was a lot of speculation and opinions circulating around its release, so we were excited to get our hands on it. The guide gives an enormous amount of helpful info. It consists of aerial photos and […]
Tim Burr was an sophomore at Western before sustaining a spinal cord injury backcountry skiing near Kebler Pass that left him paralyzed from the nipple line down. It’s been a long road, but Tim is back in school, and making the most of his life. Film by Brynn Carman.
The snow is both very exciting and very needed. Please remember to keep a cool head out in the backcountry. There will be lots of activity over the next few days. Thanks Zach Guy and Crested Butte Avalanche Center.
Micayla Gatto and friends put together an incredible parody of Kendrick Lamar’s Humble. This woman rips and is an incredible artist as well. Enjoy.
Not surprisingly, Leo’s Shack at Breckenridge was destroyed. This occurred within days of the shack appearing on Inside Edition’s “investigation” into marijuana use at ski resorts in Colorado (which by the way, was one of the dumber pieces of journalism ever. Seriously, were the snowboarders paid to be jackasses?). Be smart about use. Crazy explosion […]