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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 West Elk Project boys got their first big snow storm last week at Nevados de Chillan. Between two to three feet of snow fell and set up pretty fast to create some smooth and stable conditions. Nevados de Chillan and it’s lift accessed backcountry has some pretty amazing terrain. Despite very little snow in […]
Here’s is a recent snowboard edit Rob Vandervoort made. It’s a quickie, so get in there and enjoy this pow shred!
“Higher” is coming out this fall and Jeremy Jones was recently featured on 60 Minutes to promote it. This interview on 60 minutes looks at some of the places Jeremy has been and the direction he is going on the mountains he climbs. It also shows a little bit of the dynamic between Jeremy and […]
Non-Native is out with another rad summer edit. They hosted the first annual Non-Native Formal and went camping up Slate River valley and found some snow. They threw down a bunch of sweet jibs and Derek Johnson went for a speed fly and landed in the party! Sights & Sounds of the Upper Slate River […]
Kiwi Sam Smoothy laid down this run to take 1st at the Freeride World Tour in the men’s freeski category today at Andorra. Considering the low tide and relatively firm snowpack, this line is super creative and definitely took some guts. Check out this run! Run of Smoothy Sam (NZL) – Swatch Freeride… by FreerideWorldTourTV
It’s Wednesday. Crash of the week goes to our own Trent Bona, who nails an aspen tree. The crash occurs at 3:15. He is fine. Enjoy.
Yesterday, on what was supposed to be the morning of the Freeride World Tour stop at Snowbird, a large avalanche ripped out during patrol’s control work. The slide, which had a 12 foot crown, has made the venue unrideable. Competition organizers are searching for a suitable alternative. Superior? FWT JOURNAL EP 23- SNOWBIRD POSTPONED by […]
Downhill mountain biker Aaron Gwin pulled off an extraordinary feat today at the Leogang World Cup Downhill Race in Austria. The American broke his chain moments after departing the start gate, and still managed to take first place by nearly a half second. Amazing riding.
“Claim Your Moment” is the second installment of the Aspen Snowmass webisodes, Rejuvenate: Mind Body Spirit, featuring former Olympic snowboarder and bronze medalist, Chris Klug and his family. The sweet cinematography from Harrison Buck and Daniel Kelly Brown continue from our neighbors on the other side of the Elk Mountains. Enjoy! Rejuvenate: Mind Body Spirit | Episode […]
It is touchy out there! CBAC forecasters Zach Guy and Evan Ross investigate the crown of a slab avalanche that occurred around 12/22/14, and demonstrate the current persistent slab problem.