Role Models, Spinning, The Kid & Straight Airs:The Laax Open Report
Although returning to Laax Open bears some expectable delights, like some insane snowboarding, the good coffee at NoName or the stunning snowpark; every year is different. This time finals got postponed and even cancelled. Also, traditionalists feared that by including Freeski to the Open, the contest might not be the same anymore. Well, it wasn't – but not for the worse. Buckle up for some nostalgia, the queens of snowboarding and a sobbing old man.
Straight Talk: Private Parks – good or bad for Snowboarding?
Every year our social media is awash with incredible footage coming out of Saas-Fee and The Prime Sessions. The riders that are there obviously enjoy it but does that just give the pros an unfair advantage over the riders that can’t afford it? We wanted to know what the snowboarders that ride these private parks think about it, so we spoke to Rene Rinnekangas, Torgeir Bergrem, Sebbe De Buck, Jesse Augustinus and Ethan Morgan to get their views.
