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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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Freeride World Tour Fieberbrunn Replay

Posted  March 16, 2013  by  Edward Dujardin 2.0

The Fieberbrunn stop of the Freeride World Tour took place this Saturday morning from Austria.  A decent amount of snow finally made the venue rideable, and competitors who can ski firm conditions were rewarded.  Congrats to everyone who took part.  Final stop takes place in Verbier! Final results Ski Men: 1. Silas Chickering-Ayers USA 2. […]

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Martyn Ashton Rides Bike Again After Breaking His Back

Posted  July 7, 2015  by  2. Will Dujardin

This should put a smile on a face even if you just stepped in dog crap.  Martyn Ashton put together some great footage a couple years ago on a road bike in “Road Bike Party”, but broke his back filming the second installment.  He got back on the bike with his buddies Danny MacAskill, Chris […]

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Blake Wilson + Discrete (Another SICK Alta Edit)

Posted  March 11, 2015  by  2. Will Dujardin

When they stop happening we’ll stop sharing them.  Blake Wilson posted an edit earlier this season that had the internet buzzing and this one is even better.  Blake puts all kind of style into is riding around Alta, including some ridiculous “screamin’-seamen” grabs on a switch cork 5 and a corked 3.  This edit rules!! Thank […]

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Sam Lee: Jackson Hole Aye

Posted  May 29, 2013  by  Edward Dujardin 2.0

Our Kiwi friend Sam Lee is fast becoming a frequent contributor to our site.  His “Blade Nation in Crested Butte” and “Dirt” edit were hilarious and awesome.  Now watch him ski seriously.  He spent this North American winter traveling and skiing the Freeride World Tour Qualifier series.  Check out this edit from Jackson Hole.  It […]

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RIP Knox Frank

Posted  April 1, 2012  by  2. Will Dujardin

This terrible winter has struck another blow, this time super close to home.  We lost Knox Frank in an avalanche outside Silverton, CO on Friday, March 30th.  Knox, 34, was the first in a party of 4 to drop in on a SE facing slope at over 12,000′ around 3:30 PM.  He was caught in […]

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Treadway and Windstedt: Lets Go Get Small

Posted  November 1, 2013  by  Edward Dujardin 2.0

Lets Go Get Small follows Dave Treadway and Henrik Windstedt on their search of new terrain in the Coast Range of British Colombia on snowmobiles.  The adventure culminates with the first ski descent of Mt. Monmouth. Description by Peak Performance: ‘Let´s Go Get Small’ features freeskier Dave Treadway as he, together with Henrik Windstedt, venture […]

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Crested Butte Junior Athletes Stack Podiums at Snowbird

Posted  January 18, 2017  by  2. Will Dujardin

A crew of junior freeride athletes had their first IFSA big mountain competition of this snowy season at Snowbird, Utah this past weekend and they put in some serious work. Local shredder Brooks Hudson made the trip as well as 5 Crested Butte Mountain Sports Team athletes including Avery Bernholtz, Ella Haverkampf, Carson Hildebrandt, Holden […]

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Skateboarding “Street League”

Posted  May 16, 2012  by  Edward Dujardin 2.0

Make sure you check out the 1st stop of this year’s 2012 Street League DC Pro Tour this weekend on ESPN2. This is the third year of Street League, a project that was the brainchild of reality tv star and pro skater Rob Dyrdek. This weekend’s contest will be held in Kansas City, followed by […]

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Tom Runcie’s Trip to Chamonix with Glen Plake and Team Julbo

Posted  March 27, 2013  by  Edward Dujardin 2.0

Words by Tom Runcie When I found out I had earned a trip to spend a week with skiing icon Glen Plake in his adopted winter home of Chamonix, France, I was breathless.  For nearly three decades Plake has been a true hero of the ski world, excelling in every area of the sport.  From […]

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Pre-Thanksgiving Backcountry Storm Gallery

Posted  November 25, 2013  by  2. Will Dujardin

The resort opens this week, but the November snow has had locals getting after it all month.  We visited the Anthracites and went back to Purple Ridge for another installment in our impromptu early-season gallery series.  Bryan Mazaika, Peter Smith, Alex Norton, Rob Dickinson, Tom Runcie, and Will Dujardin found some deep, creamy, and even […]

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