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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.
Winter Biking With the current sad status of the snow pack I know of a few people traveling to the desert for their bike rides in search of the early spring. Recent trips to Moab by athlete Ray “Danger” Harter and athlete Stew “Monster” Gross to Fruita have proved spring riding has potentially made a […]
photo: Devon Balet | 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 11 of 30. The countdown continues with West Elk Project writer Ed […]
Salomon drew their sponsored riders’ names from a hat and asked them if they wanted to drop everything and go to Japan for a big storm. Chris Rubens, Tristan Knoertzer, and Stan Rey got the call and went. Seems like the right move.
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 17 of 30. This edit was a teaser for “The Rest is History,” a 30 minute […]
Here’s a quick video to jump start your week. Check out Tim Burr doing some good, old-fashioned meat-hucking over a classic CB line pioneered by Seth Morrison. And yes, he held on to the landing.
Francesca Pavillard Cain dropped her season edit. The Crested Butte native and Western grad has turned into a force on the Freeride World Tour. Looking forward to watching her next season! season edit from Francesca Pavillard-Cain on Vimeo.
Fat biking is catching on fast. Check out Rocky Mountain Bicycles riders Geoff Gulevich, Wade Simmons, Brett Tippie, Andreas Hestler & Fraser Vaage riding their new model, the Blizzard. It’s pretty sick, and may make you want to start fat biking. Fat Free: Fat Bike Freeriding on a Blizzard from Rocky Mountain Bicycles on Vimeo.
Check out Zach Guy’s video analysis of the wind slab avalanche on Red Lady on Christmas Eve for the Crested Butte Avalanche Center. It’s a SE slope above treeline. Read the current avy report here.
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 9 of 30. Check out CBMST members Matt Evans, Nolan Blunck, Aaron Blunck, Oz Scott, James […]
Winter is coming, and with it, another competition season. Check out the Freeride World Tour teaser video. We’re also excited to see local girl Francesca Pavillard Cain compete on the biggest stage in free skiing.