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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.
The Butte Bowl Bash is back! The event is a skateboarding competition and jam session fundraiser for the Crested Butte Skate Park. All ages welcome. Free beer, food, and prizes. The fun goes down Saturday, September 16th, beginning at 10AM. Crested Butte Bowl Bash 2015 from Trez Filmz on Vimeo.
Jake Sakson and Paul Kimbrough have been releasing some pretty rad webisodes. “10 reasons to Telemark” looks at the real reasons why these guys telemark, and it’s amazing. Take a look and get ready to laugh. Episode 2/3 (2013) – Ten Reasons to Telemark from BeansandRiceFreeride on Vimeo.
With Colorado going through (another) dry early season, the West Elk Project boys were getting antsy. Grand Targhee Resort, Wyoming, on the other hand, had received two feet in late November and were forecasted to receive two more. So after the workday ended on December 2nd, Will and Ed Dujardin, Tom Runcie, and Trent Bona […]
The highly acclaimed documentary, Before the Flood, examines the current state of climate change and the obstacles standing in our way. It’s an impactful film, starring Leonardo DiCaprio and produced by Martin Scorsese, that examines an important issue for us here in the mountains, and around the world.
This early season snow has been decent for November, huh? With recent word that Paradise will be spinning at CBMR on opening day this coming week, it’s no surprise the locals have been benefitting from the northern flow as well. Just this morning Will Dujardin snapped these photos of fellow CBMST coaches Ned Tomlinson and telemarker Mark […]
We lost our friends Jim Jack, John Brenan, and Chris Rudolph in a tragic avalanche a year ago at Stevens Pass, WA. We think about our lost friends everyday. As the head judge at countless FWT events and former head of the IFSA, Jim Jack meant so much for the freeskiing movement and family at […]
The Technica Blizzard team put out a pretty sweet promo video which is sure to get you pumped for winter. The fun and talented team crushed it last year. “Take You There” from Tecnica Blizzard on Vimeo.
On March seventh, Chris Sharma made the first ascent of El Bon Combat in a little known climbing area outside of Barcelona, Spain. This new route is rated 5.15b/c, once again proving that Sharma is still at the top of his game.
Thanks to the crew at Drift Innovation I just received a brand new HD Ghost camera for my Canada assignment this month. I took it out for a quick ride on Lupine as soon as it arrived to test out the settings and the assortment of bike-centric mounts they included for me. This is the […]
In case you haven’t heard, Western State Colorado University as a pretty sweet Mountain Sports program. Check out webisode 1 of a series they are doing with Two Plank Productions. Western Mountain Sports Ep 1 – Intro from Twoplank Prod on Vimeo.