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Ed Dujardin Spring Shred

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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CBMST Takes Tops Spots at Freeride NORAMs – Finals Video

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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Ed Dujardin Tees Up Local Mini Golf Lines

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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Local Freeride Athletes Ride Home Field Advantage to Podium Domination

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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Fall Flow: MTB Edit from Mikey Curran

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.


 
 

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Inspire Like Matilda

Posted  November 29, 2016  by  Edward Dujardin 2.0

Atomic Skis put together this touching tribute edit to their fallen athlete, Matilda Rapaport, who passed away in a Chilean avalanche this past summer. Her presence will be missed on next year’s Freeride World Tour.

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Sammy Carlson 2015 Real Ski

Posted  October 1, 2015  by  Edward Dujardin 2.0

ESPN’s X Games Real Ski Backcountry is back.  Whether or not this is your definition of backcountry, you have to admit that Sammy Carlson is doing some ridiculous things out there.  Switch 9s into pillow lines?!? Sammy has turned pillows into his park, and he is crushing.

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Threesome College Pass Video: Awesome Marketing

Posted  November 3, 2012  by  Edward Dujardin 2.0

Check out this marketing video for the Threesome College Pass offered by Sugarbush and Mad River Glen.  It is a spoof of of the Juicy Fruit ski commercial (featured below the Threesome video).  The ad features Green Mountain Freeride member Chuck Mumford (also the CEO of Pitt Viper glasses).  By the way, east coast friends […]

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Gaper Photo Contest

Posted  March 14, 2013  by  Edward Dujardin 2.0

It’s spring break.  Ski resorts are full of hilarious/scary gape shows (see Gapers in the Park).  So we’ve teamed up with the Colorado FreeSkier for another photo contest. Simply post a picture of a gaper on the hill to the West Elk Project facebook page to enter.  You can submit via instagram with #westelkgapers.  If […]

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8inch Day for WSCU Training

Posted  March 2, 2014  by  Edward Dujardin 2.0

The month of March got off to a good start yesterday.  Western State Colorado University Mountain Sports Coach Ed Dujardin made this video while enjoying himself on the job at Crested Butte Mountain Resort. march1final from Ed Dujardin on Vimeo.

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The Big Picture

Posted  September 30, 2014  by  Edward Dujardin 2.0

Parker White and Chris Logan are two very talented skiers who found pow all over the place last year, including during our epic storm cycle last February in the Crested Butte backcountry.  Enjoy this compilation of their season. The Big Picture – Zero/Done from The Big Picture on Vimeo.

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Katie Ormerod Lands First Female Dub 10 on a Snowboard – Video

Posted  July 28, 2014  by  2. Will Dujardin

So this happened back in May but the edit by Red Bull has surfaced and is awesome.  Katie Ormerod, a 16-year old Brit, is the first woman to land a double cork 10 on a snowboard.  This edit is awesome because it shows her hard crash she takes over-rotating on her first try and then […]

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Danny MacAskill “Epecuén”

Posted  May 29, 2014  by  Andrew Arnold

Here is the newest film from the worlds best trials rider. After “Imaginate” which came out a year ago, Danny MacAskill and RedBull Media House bring us a much different short film. Danny explores the once submerged town of Epecuen, and rides some of the most insane features we have ever seen. Check it out!

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CBMST Freeriders Shine at IFSA Regional at CBMR

Posted  February 10, 2017  by  2. Will Dujardin

What a weekend at the IFSA Regional event at Crested Butte Mountain Resort! Twenty-six CBMST members registered for the event with a handful of strong local skiers and riders as well. 93 athletes descended on the famed Headwall and Sock-it-to-me Ridge venues, trying to build their line score and impress the judges with fast, technical […]

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Yeti Cycles Fall Riding in Crested Butte

Posted  December 15, 2014  by  2. Will Dujardin

This edit was recently featured on Pink Bike showing what it’s like to ride Crested Butte in the fall.  While we have definitely moved in to winter, it’s fun to reminisce on why we have some of the best mountain biking in the state and country here in CB! Take 4 minutes to watch this […]

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