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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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Western Goes to Lake Placid Nationals

Posted  March 25, 2014  by  Edward Dujardin 2.0

The Western State Colorado University Mountain Sports Team made the trip to Lake Placid, New York, for the 2014 USCSA Nationals.  Overall, it was a successful (and frigid) trip.  In the team freestyle division, the male skiers took 2nd overall (beating CU!), while the male snowboarders and female skiers took 3rd overall.  Samantha “Bob” Maddox […]

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Beacon Brush Up: Saturday at Town Park

Posted  November 28, 2012  by  Edward Dujardin 2.0

Crested Butte Avalanche Center, Crested Butte Mountain Guides and The Alpineer team up to host event Saturday, December 1st, 11:00 am Words from cbavalanchecenter.org The Crested Butte Avalanche Center, Crested Butte Mountain Guides and The Alpineer will host a “Beacon Brush Up” on December 1st in the Crested Butte Town Park. Forecasters from CBAC and guides […]

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Making Lemonade at CBMR

Posted  December 29, 2017  by  Edward Dujardin 2.0

Despite the Christmas storm, our snowpack situation is depressingly bad, with little relief on the horizon. Crested Buttians, however, are still going out there to have fun and charge (even if it’s still on bike trails). Here are some highlights.  Carson Hildebrandt getting rowdy on the Smith Hill drop. Flippin’ out over all this new […]

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Conundrum Couloir Skiing

Posted  March 17, 2016  by  2. Will Dujardin

Packy Westfeldt and TJ David over in Aspen get after it. This little POV from last week out in the Elks on Conundrum should give you just a little taste of what it takes to get up on top of a 14er and ski a sick couloir on the way down. Nice work, dudes! Skiing […]

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Best of FWT15 Andorra

Posted  February 16, 2015  by  Edward Dujardin 2.0

Here are the overall highlights from the Freeride World Tour stop at Vallnord Arcalis in Andorra. BEST OF THE FWT15 VALLNORD ARCALIS – Andorra by FreerideWorldTourTV

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In Search of Speed: TJ Lanning’s 2006 Birds of Prey Crash

Posted  December 5, 2014  by  2. Will Dujardin

Here’s a short 3 minute clip discussing the memorable crash at the 2006 Birds of Prey Downhill at Beaver Creek. TJ Lanning was an up-and-coming US star at the time, trying to make up for past injuries, he hit a compression awkwardly and well, you should just watch this crash. Thank goodness for the fencing.

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Matt Evans 2016 Edit

Posted  February 26, 2017  by  2. Will Dujardin

Matt Evans is one righteous dude.  We’ve shared his antics plenty of times and you should definitely take a look at his 2016 edit which includes rad skiing, awesome base jumping, and a ridiculous Gothic speed wing cutaway flight. Enjoy! Action Sports! from matt skis on Vimeo.

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Bomb Snow: Take You There

Posted  December 27, 2014  by  Edward Dujardin 2.0

Bomb Snow and their partner Blizzard have provided CB natives Matt and Randy Evans with much to be thankful for over the years.  Check out the brothers, along with partner in crime Kyle Taylor, overcoming obstacles and crushing the mountains (as well as Eldo doors) in this edit, Take You There. “Take You There” w/ Bomb Snow […]

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Adventures in Transition

Posted  April 15, 2015  by  Edward Dujardin 2.0

Adventures in Transition’s “Home on the Range” is an edit everyone can relate to, even if you don’t have the talents of Banks Gilberti. A I T – Home On The Range from Adventures In Transition on Vimeo. Description from Adventures in Transition: Sun Valley – Home. No big-budget trips to AK were had in […]

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CBMST Defends CBMR on the Podium at IFSA National

Posted  March 11, 2015  by  2. Will Dujardin

This past weekend came and went in a flash, and if you didn’t notice the scores of junior freeride athletes terrorizing the Hawk’s Nest and Headwall over the weekend then you were missing out.  The bar of possibility was once again raised at CBMR as ski clubs from the western US descended on Crested Butte. […]

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