For 30 years the resort of LAAX in Switzerland has built its reputation as the world’s most progressive freestyle snowboard destination. The culmination of this development is the LAAX OPEN 2016 – a snowboard contest that brought together the world’s best freestyle snowboarders and upcoming riders for halfpipe and slopestyle competitions offering also live music events, acrobatic and mystic shows as well as a pop-up restaurant in the gondola hall to make it a true mountain lifestyle affair.
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Follow the Scandinavian duo Sven Thorgren and Ståle Sandbech on their journey through the season in this new web series. The first episode captures what went down in Laax Open.
In 1924, adidas embarked on a mission to provide athletes with the best possible equipment. Since then, snowboarding became a thing, but our mission remains the same. Our athletes are the heart and soul of everything that we do here at adidas. With “Rider of The Year”, and “Video Part of The Year” nominations, this past season was a big one for our Snowboarding team. So let’s celebrate that together, even if it is just on the Internet. Here’s a highlight reel of sorts, featuring a handful of the most memorable moments caught on film—er, memory cards.
Featuring: Kazuhiro Kokubo, Louif Paradis, Jake Blauvelt, Keegan Valaika, Forest Bailey, Tommy Gesme, Derrek Lever, and Alex Sherman.