Event Recap: Reopeing of the Laax Freestyle Academy
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Event Recap: Reopeing of the Laax Freestyle Academy

If you needed another reason to go to Laax, then the newly reopened Freestyle Academy might just encourage you to book a vacation. The Academy got a huge upgrade, making it a pinnacle skateboarding location. We headed to the opening to find out more.

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The Crap Show 2024 – Episode 2
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The Crap Show 2024 – Episode 2

When Mia and Emily take a few laps down P60, you can be assured that no rail, box or any kind of obstacle will be left unridden. These two girls kick things off in our latest episode of The Crap Show and absolutely rip P60!

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My Turn, Season2 – Snowboarding and Sustainability Rule This Resort
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My Turn, Season2 – Snowboarding and Sustainability Rule This Resort

High in the Swiss Alps, you’ll find LAAX—one of the most snowboard-friendly resorts in Europe. For nearly four decades, Resort President Reto Gurtner has transformed LAAX into a freestyle hotspot, hosting Europe’s biggest and most progressive contests and terrain parks. More recently, he and the entire LAAX community have turned their attention toward what it means to be a sustainable resort. With the help of another Reto, Reto Fry, and the team at LAAX, they are pioneering a new approach to sustainability (called GREENSTYLE) in hopes of inspiring real progress at mountains worldwide.

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Laax Open 2024: Save the Date!
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Laax Open 2024: Save the Date!

When world record holder Valentino Guseli flies over the halfpipe into the night sky and snowboard ace Mia Brookes masters the slopestyle park elements with youthful ease, when thousands of fans cheer enthusiastically, shred to the valley themselves, and everyone parties together to live music ... then you know it's LAAX OPEN time.

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Laax Fillet
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Laax Fillet

4 days of park boarding in Laax packed in between a hectic competition season turned out some damn good clips with good friends and good vibes.

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Role Models, Spinning, The Kid & Straight Airs:The Laax Open Report
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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.

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