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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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Powderwhore Productions: Elevation [trailer]

Posted  August 28, 2013  by  Edward Dujardin 2.0

The trailers keep on coming. Here is Powderwhore Productions.   Words by Powderwhore: Before resorts, lift tickets and overpriced pizza, there was adventure in skiing. Before the mountains were harnessed with lifts, bound with ropes and scarred with designated runs, they were wild. Actions with consequences were chosen and the individual was held responsible. No […]

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13 Year Old Toby Miller Shreds

Posted  August 23, 2013  by  Edward Dujardin 2.0

Toby Miller of Tahoe is turning heads in the snowboard world.  The thirteen year old has incredible style and throws double corks in the pipe.  It is amazing to watch.  Crested Butte, see what happens when facilities like Woodward exist?  Also, that is how you use an airbag.  We look forward to seeing more from […]

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Deep CB Backcountry Edit from Splains Gulch

Posted  February 10, 2014  by  2. Will Dujardin

If you send us an awesome edit we’re probably going to share it.  Miles Peterson sent us this one during the recent EPIC storm that has buried CB with a third of our winter storm totals so far (that’s 203″ at CBMR and 319″ at Irwin).  It features Ben Armstrong, Evan Basinger, Time Mahan, and Blake Payton getting some […]

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Diaries Downunder: NZ Off to Historic Start

Posted  July 9, 2015  by  Edward Dujardin 2.0

More from the absolutely banger start of winter down in New Zealand.  The Diaries Downunder crew spent some time in Queenstown, and hit it perfectly.   Diaries Downunder | Episode 1 2015 | All-time June! from Diaries Downunder on Vimeo.

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Carbondale Native Hayden Kennedy Among Dead in Montana Fatalities

Posted  October 10, 2017  by  Edward Dujardin 2.0

Photo: Gallatin National Forest Avalanche Center The avalanche fatalities from Montana have hit closer to home than originally thought. According to various reports, 27 year old Carbondale native and renowned climber Hayden Kennedy took his own life after unsuccessfully attempting to rescue his ski partner and girlfriend, Bozeman native Inge Perkins. The two were caught […]

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Axel Peterson // A Few Lines on the Other Side of the Lens

Posted  October 1, 2013  by  2. Will Dujardin

We’ve shared a lot of Bridger Brigade stuff before and it seems like Axel Peterson’s editing/filming skills are getting better and better each time.  But you shouldn’t forget that Axel is a ridiculously bad-ass skier himself.  Since he broke his sacrum at the end of the 2012 season he has been determined to get back […]

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Trampoline Wall Gymnastics

Posted  December 10, 2012  by  Edward Dujardin 2.0

Nothing to do with the West Elks but pretty freaking cool.  Maybe some kids will get this good when the Gravity Ranch is constructed.

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Model Released image of skiers and snowboarder in the first time for the public to ski the expansion of Crested Butte Mountain, Teo2. (Photo/Nathan Bilow)
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USFS Accepts CBMR’s Expansion Project Proposal

Posted  July 23, 2015  by  Edward Dujardin 2.0

Big news from Crested Butte Mountain Resort.  The Forest Service has accepted CBMR’s Expansion Project Proposal.  Below is the official press release.  Photo: Nathan Bilow  US Forest Service Accepts Crested Butte Mountain Resort’s Expansion Project Proposal Environmental analysis to begin to look at project feasibility MT. CRESTED BUTTE, Colo. – July 21 – Crested Butte Mountain […]

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Gigi Rüf Talks About Getting Caught in an Avalanche

Posted  January 29, 2015  by  2. Will Dujardin

After getting caught in his first avalanche last year while filming for the Pirate Movie Productions film “Perceptions” in Alaska,  pro snowboarder Gigi Rüf reflects on the lessons he learned and why the avalanche happened in this short video.  The big takeaway: Don’t rush into the backcountry after heavy snowfall! We are all tempted by […]

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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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