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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.
After closing it’s doors this fall, Voleurz is back for one last edit. These guys have the most fun in skiing (check out their last short film, Kill Your Boredom). It has us wondering if this is the first of multiple comebacks. If that’s the case, we dont care. We will keep watching.
During yesterday’s Enduro World Series, a competitor incurred a serious injury during a crash on 400. “William Dean Olson, 40 of Edwards, Colorado, a competitor in the event was fatally injured in a mountain bike accident and died as a result of his injuries at the scene,” according to the Mt. Crested Butte Police Report. […]
The Freeride World Tour is back. Once again, the Gunnison Valley will have some representation, with Western State sophomore Grifen Moller trying his hand after qualifying 3rd last year. We’re also stoked about Aspen local and former FWT Champion George Rodney returning to the tour. Be on the lookout for Rachel Croft. The big swinging […]
Jesper Tjader is killing it. Last week his enormous double backflip made our jaws drop. This switch triple front flip isn’t so bad either.
The inaugural “Spin the Doctor” race was held this Sunday on the Doctors Park Trail. The event, put on by Flow Farm Dirt Productions, brought a new level of intensity to the mind-blowing 5.8 mile downhill singletrack. Fred Maxwell of Salida beat out local young gun Colin Pickett by less than 2 seconds in a […]
Chris Miller is always getting after it. With the early season snow and good conditions, locals in Crested Butte were skiing lines that are normally skied at the end of the season. Check out this gallery with Chris and his friends Frank Konsella, Scott Krankala, Drew Holbrook, Josh Shifferly, Zach Guy, and Starr Jamison skiing […]
I have been doing a lot of work recently with a hip hop artist that moved to Crested Butte in May. He just recorded his new album right here in the valley and it releases on August 20th. Here is the video trailer we filmed for the album. The trailer was shot in Crested Butte […]
Last weekend was pretty busy. Unless you were completely clueless, you probably noticed the big jump on Elk Avenue with skiers and snowboarders getting towed into it Saturday evening. As usual, Big Air on Elk brought out the crowds as people packed the sidewalks between 2nd Street and 3rd Street to get a glimpse of […]
Words and photos by Alex Stevenson After a few of the rainiest days Crested Buttians can remember, Alex Stevenson and friends set out to ski some of the area’s best south facing aspects. Here is a quick recap of three peaks and 7000 vertical feet of alpine shred. If you haven’t been getting after it, […]
Another stellar short from the folks at Gunnison-Crested Butte, this time featuring Western State Colorado University shredder Peter Noon. Peter is a quiet assassin on both the snowboard and bike.