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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.
Last weekend, Matt Evans and the Crested Butte Mountain Sports Team went to Snowbird to compete in the Junior Freeskiing Nationals. Day one of the 15-18 boys was postponed because it snowed 15 inches overnight! Matt made an edit of that pow day and his competition runs that won him 10th place and the Free […]
Powder Magazine came to town to do a feature on Crested Butte for their Passing Through series. They linked up with skiers Rob Dickinson, Tom Runcie, Max Mackenzie, and Ed Dujardin for a couple of days at CBMR, and one out Kebler Pass.
Gunnison and Crested Butte were recently featured in the PBS series, This American Land, in collaboration with the Gunnison Public Lands Initiative. The GPLI is doing great work trying to protect the public lands we use and love for future generations. Skip to 15:24 to get to the segment on Gunnison.
This past Friday, Aaron Blunck got good news from Ben Verge, the newly appointed head development coach for the US Freeskiing Team. Aaron has been named to US Freeskiing Development Team, getting one step closer to his dream of representing his country at the Olympics. The US Freeskiing Team was created after the International Olympic […]
Bomb Snow kicks off their third season with a summer skiing webisode from Chile. The crew spent five weeks touring around Chile, and found some great snow despite a slow start to the season. If you have the itch to ski this summer, maybe head down to Chile. ¿Por Qué No? For the full story, […]
This edit from Sawyer Thomas is hard-charging and showcases some dang good skiing. You’ll see a lot of classic lines from the Jackson area get annihilated and he visits Canada, Montana, and Southern Utah as well. Get stoked for winter!
In our little mountain town sometimes it takes a few days for big news to be spread around, despite the advent of the Internet and 24-hour news networks. A stabbing-shooting spree at UCSB in Santa Barbara, CA on Friday has become more than your typical shooting (saying that feels disgusting) because the killer posted videos […]
Will Dujardin put together his POV footage from this summer’s Chile trip. It’s a quick 2-minute edit featuring skiing from Nevados de Chillan and a last shot from El Colorado. While most of South America had mediocre conditions, Nevados was able to do quite well. You can check out the brothers’ blog post from August […]
Early this week, soon-to-be officially named Western State Colorado University made Gunnison valley super-athlete Dave Wiens the new director of the Western Mountain Sports Team, a separate club director for Skiing and Mountain Biking teams at Western. Photo: Western Press Release Western is nationally known for it’s prime location to pursue one’s athletic passions or professional […]
Telluride Ski Resort made a ridiculously awesome video in support of the Denver Broncos Super Bowl run. Big props to skier Walter Max Kvale for throwing down in the park with a Broncos flag in hand. Well played, Telluride. GO BRONCOS! Denver Broncos Country • Telluride, Colorado • Super Bowl XLVIII from Telluride Ski Resort […]