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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.
Here are your crashes of the week. Tour de France 2011 Crash Trampoline Crash
Sam Lee had a few good runs during the K2 Chill Series in New Zealand back in August this summer. He crashed in the finals during the K2 Big Mountain held at Craigieburn Valley but managed to win the next event, the Black Diamond Big Mountain at Temple Basin, both of which at FWQ 2-star events. Not […]
The earthquakes that devastated Nepal caused an a fatal avalanche on at base camp on Mt. Everest. German climber Jost Kobusch had his camera rolling for the earthquake, which captured the terror when the avalanche debris reached base camp.
Things were looking pretty bleak for a while there. To the rescue came a magical southern flow with 9″ of wet snow at Crested Butte Mountain Resort Saturday night, followed by another 4″ of lighter, colder snow Sunday night. It snowed all day today (Monday) so the storm total at the resort is probably around […]
Cam Zink shocked the wold by landing the biggest backflip ever on a mountain bike during the latest Red Bull Rampage. Zink took third overall, but the backflip stole the show. Here it is.
Crested Butte, along with local athletes Aaron Blunck and Wendy Fisher, is set to featured in Warren Miller Entertainment’s fall feature, Here, There & Everywhere. A lot of locals remember our best terrain staying closed a little longer than it should have after a fantastic storm cycle. Hopefully it paid off.
The Freeride World Qualifier series is rolling in to town this weekend with skiing and snowboarding across 3 days as riders try to qualify for the Freeride World Tour. There are two events on tap with the 2-star going down on Friday, the 4-star on Saturday and Sunday, with a weather day on Monday. The […]
Ed Dujardin has taken a leave of absence from the Crested Butte community this summer on a magnificent journey to South America. While this legendary babysitter and waitron at the Secret Stash will be missed until his return at the end of September, you can be step by step with him and vicariously live through […]
Dubsatch Collective publishes final edit from Alaska Wow these Alaska trips are making us jealous. Little Cottonwood based Dubsatch Collective wrapped up theirs. Check it out.
For over ten years, Vermont-based Meathead Films has produced movies that make east coasters proud to call their humble hills of the Appalachian Mountains home. In their eleventh film, the Meatheads had to work hard and be creative to overcome the record warm winter that plagued practically the entire country (except the PNW of course). […]