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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.
Nike Snowboarding released their full length movie online this fall. Here is part two of Never Not. It is pretty great.
Chris Tatsuno and Pat Sewell went on a tour of the Mountain Collective resorts last season. For their first stop, the boys took a train to Alta where they teamed up with Chuck Mumford for some fun in the sun. While Alta has incredible terrain, this video has the feel of a gaper day edit, […]
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.
Nothing to do with the West Elks but pretty freaking cool. Maybe some kids will get this good when the Gravity Ranch is constructed.
Need some morning motivation? Look into the mind of a pro kayaker. Photo: Sweetprotection.com Check out this short 5 minute film showcasing Evan Garcia hucking an 80-foot waterfall on a kayak. Evan explains the mental preparation involved with doing stuff like this for a living and what it means to him. I love how this […]
11 year old Aspen native Kai Morris has a promising future. Growing up in Aspen’s park seems to have worked its magic. Check the double at the end.
Brittany Barefield of the Crested Butte Mountain Sports Team opened up the action this morning for the skier women at the Freeride Junior World Championships at Grandvalira in Andorra. She laid down a smooth run from top to bottom and scored a flat 75 behind winner and fellow American Jacqueline Pollard (82.25), Norwegian Synnøve Medhus […]
John Spriggs was on fire in 2017, until he ended up being arrested on assault charges that grounded his professional ski career. He is six months sober now, and put together this edit from his season. To hear more of his story, listen to The Powell Movement podcast we’ve included below. Natural High from John […]
We’re glad people were as dumbfounded by Inside Edition’s “investigation” into pot on the slopes. Some Breck locals made this movie as a response. Enjoy. You can see the original story here.
KC Deane and Steve Lloyd have been posting some rad edits on freeride bikes in Utah. So they went to Virgin, UT, the home of the Red Bull Rampage, and made another. These lines are fast and fully committed, so KC gets tons of props and now I can’t wait for the next Rampage. Kc […]