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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.
Parker Pastures Burgers and Bluegrass Summer Concert Series begins Tuesday, June 11 with Simpler Times Bluegrass. If you like Bluegrass and delicious burgers in an awesome setting, check out the Parker Pastures Burgers and Bluegrass Summer Concert Series on Tuesdays at the IBar Ranch in Gunnison. The I Bar Ranch, recently revamped and renovated by […]
The Non-Native crew will actually ski on snow in most conditions, despite what a recent trending video might tell you. Enjoy this 10-minute edit featuring the local talent of Pat Sullivan, Jimbo Webb, Alex Stevenson, Ed Dujardin, Bryan Mazaika, Zach Vaughter, Will Dujardin, Jonathan Taylor Thomas Ryan and others while the crew hits up Berthoud […]
Teton Gravity Research released their crash reel from the filming of Way of Life. It’s a good one. When you charge as hard as these guys do, the crashes are pretty spectacular. Check out our review of Way of Life by following this link.
The finals of the Freeride World Tour went off at Verbier this weekend. The best of the best displayed their stuff on the famed Bec des Rosses, with Reine Barkered, Pia Nic Gunderson, Ralph Backstrom, and Elodie Mouthon taking top spots in their respective divisions. Colorado 2o year old Ian Borgenson 360’d one of the […]
The Non-Native crew had their winter hype party this past weekend, where they premiered their 2016 short and partied down to benefit the Crested Butte Avalanche Center. The dance party was for the snow gods, hopefully the snow starts flying soon and we all can start playing. Creature Features from Non-Native on Vimeo.
Tom Wallisch receives more publicity than any other skier out there. He’s the only freeski athlete featured multiple times in one commercial break for different products on major networks. His new nine minute short film, the Wallisch Project, is available on Itunes for $2.99. Is he worth it? Totally. We at the West Elk Project […]
Parker White, Chris Logan, and friends have teamed up for a webisode series. This is what they did in January. The Big Picture – Zero/One · Zero/One from The Big Picture on Vimeo.
Winter 2011-2012 has been one to remember. Epic pow records? No. Unreal backcountry conditions? Definitely no. Instead, we’ve had a notably lamer snow year that has created a mediocre (at best) to extremely shaddy snowpack (most days). These less than ideal snow conditions have lead us all to the same skin tracks over and over. […]
Questionable music, awesome skiing.
I got out on Psycho Rocks trail at Evolution Bike Park with Ryan Harter and Eliot Rosenberg last week to test out the video capabilities of the new Nikon D800. Here is a quick edit from the day…