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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.
Western State Mountain Sports athlete Zach Bare earning the win at the 2* Freeride World Qualifer on Headwall. Zach Bare: 1st Headwall 2* from Mountain Sports Media on Vimeo.
Trailer season kicks off with Drop Everything, the latest project from local crew Matchstick Productions. The gang got a lot of flack for their artistic effort last year in Ruin and Rose. This trailer is the opposite. Looking forward to what should be a banger.
After a very sketchy spring, the snowpack has finally settled enough to get on top of Colorado’s highest peaks. So Alex Stevenson, Patrick Sullivan, Haley Tamberi, and Zach Vaughter made their way to Mt. Elbert, which at 14,440 feet is Colorado’s highest peak, and the second highest in the continental United States. They found conditions […]
Longtime crusher Pep Fujas is having a good week. First, the teaser for a Vice Sports documentary following Pep’s career, Lifted, came out. Today, Pep and longtime sponsor K2 skis reached a three year contract extension, which includes new responsibilities in product development and testing. Here’s the teaser.
Trevor Main gets after it on his snowbmobile right here in Crested Butte. He’s been pushing his skills for a while now and it is really good to see him put together a rad little edit complete with cliff drops and serious boondockin’. Great work, buddy!
Things have gotten hairy out there. Check out these large natural slides on Mt. Axtell, from below treeline all the way up to Wang Chung and Green Lake.
CBMR opens up their 4-part “Passion Within” series with Moose, a 1 year old avalanche dog with the Crested Butte Ski Patrol. Moose and his handler, Dustin, specialize in finding people who have been buried by an avalanche. Enjoy this quick 5-minute video and try to not want to get a dog. passion within: Moose from Crested […]
Iron Orchid Events put on another classic party this Saturday. Here are a few photos from the event. Turns out Santa is pretty good at skiing and snowboarding. Photos: Will Dujardin (except 1 by Trevor Bona).
Francesca Pavillard Cain is in Europe prepping for the first female stop of the tour at Chamonix. We’re excited for the Western State Colorado University athlete to throw down on the biggest stage in freeskiing. This post comes from her blog. It was a long flight but pretty easy. Some how I got three seats to […]
Bearings, the fall feature from the Blank Collective, looks like a banger.