Right, I think. I don’t have to land this jump perfectly. I just have to turn it around, in order to honour its name, the backside 180.
“You have to plan for progression, not for results,†Lesley McKenna, ace British snowboarder, tells me, standing patiently at my side. It is the end of a long afternoon’s training, and the alpenglow lights up her face, reflecting the fire in her eyes.
I set up for what is possibly the smallest kicker on the mountain. Laax, Switzerland, is known for consistently creating the best terrain parks for snowboarders and freestyle skiers in Europe… More info