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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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2012 Gravity Slave Chainless DH Race

Posted  September 10, 2012  by  3. Trent Bona

Photo: Trent Bona | A big West Elk Project congratulations to all the winners in yesterday’s Gravity Slave Chainless race at Evolution Bike Park. At the end of the day Nicole Digate and Red Mcintosh took home the hand-made trophies for Expert Women and Men respectively. Racers had no chain so pedaling was not an option as […]

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Racer Chases Bike Down the Course

Posted  July 10, 2014  by  2. Will Dujardin

Has this ever happened to you?  This is too funny!

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Celebrating 20 Years of Twin Tips

Posted  January 23, 2018  by  Edward Dujardin 2.0

Salomon Freeski just dropped an awesome video celebrating 20 years of the New Canadian Air Force and the 1080. It is a fantastic recap of the history and evolution of the sport we love and devote our lives to.

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Review: Sherpas Cinema’s “Into the Mind”

Posted  October 8, 2013  by  Edward Dujardin 2.0

Two years ago, Sherpas Cinema blew everyone else out of the water with their movie All. I. Can.  As a result, expectations were unfairly high going into the premiere of this year’s feature, Into the Mind.  Overall, the movie is definitely worth seeing.  The skiing is absolutely phenomenal.  It features the best skiers in the […]

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Countdown to Opening Day: Tom Runcie in the Backcountry

Posted  November 13, 2012  by  2. Will Dujardin

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 23 of 30. Tom Runcie gets the goods in the Crested Butte backcountry during the 2010-2011 […]

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Dave Sugnet “Uninvited” from US Collegiate Team at 2013 Trentino University Games

Posted  October 25, 2013  by  2. Will Dujardin

If this headline doesn’t grind your gears, it should.  We reported back in early September that WSCU student-athlete Dave Sugnet had been selected to the US Collegiate Freeskiing Team (USCFST). Now, we received word the USCFST recently contacted Dave to tell him that he was, in fact, not on the team.  This goes completely against […]

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Black Diamond TV: 178 Backcountry Skiing

Posted  October 1, 2015  by  Edward Dujardin 2.0

Black Diamond has begun their own adventure video series.  In their first episode, follow skier Henrik Westling in his quest to ski all 178 summits in the Jamtland region in Sweden.  “You don’t exist to work… It’s about balance. You’ve got to enjoy the time right now.”

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GROWLER RACE WEEKEND

Posted  May 25, 2012  by  Edward Dujardin 2.0

photo: www.gunnisontrails.com Its Growler Race Weekend! Tomorrow, Saturday May 26th, the half Growler will take place in Gunnison at Hartman Rocks.  The 32 mile single lap race will begin at 9:00 am.  An entry fee of 75$ gets you an awesome ride, stocked aid stations, a t shirt, and a post race party in Gunnison […]

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POW & Plus M Productions: Momenta

Posted  October 14, 2013  by  Edward Dujardin 2.0

Description by Plus Productions: Momenta is a film and movement founded to educate, raise awareness, and activate communities to stop all proposed coal exports in the Pacific Northwest. We are dedicated to rethinking fossil fuels, their impact on climate and environment, and accelerating the clean energy revolution. It is a movement driven by a band […]

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Nov 15th Storm Pow Gallery

Posted  November 18, 2013  by  2. Will Dujardin

It snowed a lot this weekend. On Saturday, Rob Dickinson, Tom Runcie, Sydney Dickinson, Will Dujardin, and Jack Weise took some laps up in Cinnamon trees. It was windy and white, and the next day was a super sketchy ski day on similar slope and aspects elsewhere. Check out these photos from Will Dujardin.

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