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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.
Crested Butte woke up to an over performing storm that dropped eight inches and gave relief to what has been a dry month. Here’s a quick realtime recap of skiers Ed and Will Dujardin playing in the new snow. Sleeper 8 Inches from West Elk Project on Vimeo.
Let’s admit it: rollerblading has gotten the short end of the stick in terms of attention in action sports. Just as in any sport, there are going to be some badasses that you will respect no matter what your friends think. Chris Haffey is one of these people. What do your friends know anyway?! He […]
The North Face Freeski Open went down this weekend at the Remarkables in Queenstown, NZ. As usual the kiwis threw down some fantastic lines. Check out the highlights.
This video comes to us from Alberta National Parks, and it’s hilarious. For bears, certain trees make better scratching poles than others. It gets comical at the one minute mark. First one bear, then four. This video also includes elk and some mountain lions. Nature rules.
The trailer from Teton Gravity Research’s fall feature, Rogue Elements.
The first stop of the Freeride World Tour went down in Andorra today. Crested Butte representatives Francesca Pavillard Cain (1:58:10) and Max Durtschi (3:26:20) skied solid, staying on their feet and taking 10th and 15th respectively. “I struggled a bit with choosing a line but learned alot for next time as far as what the […]
After a couple weeks of a solid winter weather pattern that brought light snow to the high peaks around Crested Butte, winter arrived in a hurry when a big system left us with a few inches in town and several feet in the Irwin and Paradise Divide areas. (Words and video by Tom Runcie) Elk […]
The most fun, rowdy, and reckless competition wrapped up in Sun Valley this weekend. The event resembled a giant college more than it did a park skiing event. Costumes, bowling, broomball, and some impressive skiing went down despite a silly amount of drinking (kids, not a smart thing). Check out the wrap up video.
Need some inspiration? Check out the trailer for a short film on adaptive athlete Vasu Sojitra, who crushes the mountains of the east on one leg. Trailer: Vasu Sojitra: Out on a Limb from T-Bar Films on Vimeo. This trailer is for a forthcoming short film on adaptive athlete Vasu Sojitra. Vasu Sojitra lost […]
As usual, Chris Miller has taken advantage of early season low tide conditions to tackle a few rad lines. Here, he gets on Owen’s South Face for some nice turns.