40 men and 20 women, with top riders from around the world, took their best to advance into the finals, which will take place on Friday. With a score of 90.50, Japan’s 17-year old superstar Ayumu Hirano was the only one with a score over 90 at world’s biggest halfpipe. Olympic gold medalist Torah Bright from Australia landed in top position at women’s competition after heated battles.
After holding freestyle contests for nearly 30 years, the LAAX OPEN 2016 signals a new era in snowboarding events at Europe’s leading freestyle destination. From January 18 to 24, 2016, Laax is going to crank it up: up on the mountains and down in the valley, the freestyle feeling is taking over. Top-notch snowboarding competitions, powder runs, lifestyle, cultural and culinary delights – with something for everyone, the LAAX OPEN is in a class of its own.
At the end of every year, the professional surfing community migrates to Hawaii’s seven mile miracle on Oahu’s North Shore to test their surfing skills and bravado on some of the best, most challenging, and most dangerous waves on the planet.
Some go for title races, some go for the Wave of the Winter, while others go just for a chance to jockey for a spot in the line up.
This first of three edits by Rockstar Surf, that features; Keanu Asing, Jack Freestone, Balaram Stack, Bede Durbidge, Nat Young, Yadin Nicol, Mitch Crews, Reef McIntosh, Danny Fuller, and Granger Larsen, shows just why this seven mile stretch is surfings Winter Wonderland.