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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.
This is a heavy 17-minute video filmed a week before Shane’s untimely death in 2009. It shows Shane just being a normal guy, cracking jokes, talking about about his daughter and rocker skis. Take a look back at how Shane McConkey was just Shane.
The Crested Butte Snowsports Foundation Ski Swap is your chance to get used gear at a sweet price and support the most important scholarship providers for snow sports athletes in the valley. Junior Skiers, Snowboarders, and XC skiers alike receive important funds the CBSF to compete through the winter season. The ski swap is an […]
Here is the final video from practice at the Mont Sainte Anne UCI DH race #5. The course looks crazy! Check out all the race action today (Saturday) on http://www.redbull.com/us/en/bike/stories/1331645092595/watch-uci-mountain-bike-world-cup-2014-live at 12:15pm to see who is going to take it!
photo: Trent Bona Photography MSP Films is currently running a contest where you vote on your favorite re-edit from four of their most recent movies, and by doing so, are entered into the running for a pair of K2 Pettitors. The re-edits are Sean Pettit in The Way I See It, Mark Abma in Superheroes of […]
Since bursting onto the big stage a couple of years ago, Tatum Monod has shined. Now a Red Bull athlete, Tatum is filming with Level 1 and crushing AK. Here is her 2015 season edit by Level 1 Productions.
For 35 years, several companies have unsuccessfully tried to mine one of the world’s richest deposits of molybdenum. It is located on Mt. Emmons, locally known as The Red Lady, just above and upstream from the town of Crested Butte. The latest mining company at the site, US Energy, is considering walking away from the […]
The folks at the Eleven Experience have put themselves in a perfect position to take advantage of all that Crested Butte has to offer. The luxurious Scarp Ridge Lodge is located in one of the oldest buildings in historic downtown Crested Butte. Their cat skiing operation up at Irwin receives the most snow in Colorado. […]
Crested Butte native Pip Hunt, Mckenna Peterson, and Amie Engerbretson recently returned from a trip to Murren, Switzerland, where they were filming for K2 Skis and Pretty Faces, an all female ski film spearheaded by Lynsey Dyer. Obviously they had a great time. Words and photos by Pip Hunt: “This is backcountry, not freeride. Don’t show […]
Canadian ripper Tatum Monod threw down an impressive segment in the Level 1’s latest feature, Habit. Tatum Monod HABIT Movie Segment from Level 1 on Vimeo.
This Thursday, October 26th, the WSCU Freeride Team is holding a premiere of Rogue Elements, the fall feature from Teton Gravity Research. Tickets are $10, $5 for students. The movie begins at 7:00. Doors open at 6:00.