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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 Elk Mountain Grand Traverse enjoyed its 15th year where skimo (ski mountaineering) skills are put to the test between the valleys of Crested Butte and Aspen traveling over Star and Taylor Passes totaling over 40 miles and 8,000 feet elevation gain in the pristine West Elk backcountry wilderness. This review is to help shed […]
Four members of the Crested Butte Mountain Sports Team went to Snowbird, Utah to ski in the IFSA Junior National Series. Matt Evans, Josie Byron, Brittany Barefield, and Patrick Curvin took on a stacked field of 55 men and 22 women in the 15-18 age group on Rasta Chutes and Silver Fox. Josie Byron finished […]
Sean Pettit and the Super Proof crew have been traveling the globe chasing pow and filming for their fall project, The Masquerade. The is webisode one of a series that will give glimpses into the Sean’s winter. Stay tuned for more, as rumor has it the Super Proof squad were in town in March filming out […]
A crew of junior freeride athletes had their first IFSA big mountain competition of this snowy season at Snowbird, Utah this past weekend and they put in some serious work. Local shredder Brooks Hudson made the trip as well as 5 Crested Butte Mountain Sports Team athletes including Avery Bernholtz, Ella Haverkampf, Carson Hildebrandt, Holden […]
Check out Yeti Cycles’ edit “Fall to Spring.” The edit begins trailriding Vail’s back bowls during the fall season and finishes with a neat segment on Doctor’s Park in West Elk’s Taylor Canyon during June. The cinematography is great and details the joys of riding in each of the seasons. When you are riding in the […]
Western State Colorado University riders Andrew Arnold, Grady Shoop, and Hunter Knoll took advantage of Ullr’s return to Crested Butte for the 2014 season. Here is their season edit. Season Recap 2014 from ANdrew Arnold on Vimeo.
A few years ago, Carter McMillan took fourth place and earned himself the North Face Young Gun Award at the Crested Butte FWT comp. This year, the Canadian hung around British Colombia to ski some incredible snow. Check out his mid-season edit. You’ll see he has balls.
Watch out for this IFSA junior athlete from Vail. Max Pierce, or also affectionately known as Little Bitz, loves throwing backflips and stomping big airs. You couldn’t ask for a better attitude and all-around love of the sport from a 14 year-old. Yea, I said 14. Keep crushing it, Max!! Max Pierce season edit from […]
Michelle Parker and Matchstick Production put together another great segment for MSP’s fall feature, Drop Everything. Parker, who was coming off a major injury, gave a nice rundown of her experience. “2017 will forever be a stand out year for me. While I was coming off and injury and had a late start to my filming […]
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.