Press Releases
2020 begins with a top-class event: the LAAX OPEN on 13-18 January 2020
(LAAX, Switzerland – August 16, 2019) – 2020 is coming. The LAAX OPEN, the world-famous snowboarding event, will kick off a new decade. From 13 to 18 January 2020, snowboarding will take centre stage in LAAX, Graubünden, winner of the ‘World's Best Freestyle Resort’...
Drop in: Freestyle Academy LAAX – Europe’s first Freestyle Indoor Base
LAAX, 30 July 2019 – The Freestyle Academy LAAX has undergone an upgrade: a parkour area, a five-square freestyle trampoline and an immense vert ramp breathe new life into the space where the snowflex area and kicker facility previously stood. This represents a...
World record in Laax: The world’s longest hammock chain – above the Segnesboden in Laax
Laax, 26 June 2019. It took 26 hammocks to set a new world record. The world’s longest hammock chain was created at the Grauberg cable car in Laax on Sunday 23 July 2019. Over the course of four hours, brave acrobats performed across a length of 30 metres against the...
SMALL, BUT VERY BIG: FREESTYLERS AGED 5 TO 17 CAUSE A STIR IN SUPERPIPE AND SLOPESTYLE AT THE KIDS LAAX OPEN 2019
LAAX, March 21, 2019. A great event took place last weekend with the KIDS LAAX OPEN 2019 in LAAX. Hundreds of children’s faces as well as and organizer’s and partner’s aces were beaming with joy and excitement. Everybody was a winner. Thanks to freestyle.The freestyle...
KIDS POWER: Freestyle riders aged 4 to 17 years take command of the Crap Sogn Gion mountain for the KIDS LAAX OPEN on March 16-17, 2019
LAAX, March 15, 2019. After some racing action racing with snowboard legend Terje Haakonsen through the banked course at the SuddenRush Banked Slalom last Sunday, LAAX is coming up with the next freestyle contest for kids and juniors: the KIDS LAAX OPEN. This event is...
SuddenRush Banked Slalom LAAX 2019 hosted by Terje Haakonsen and Nicolas Müller: An intergenerational snowboarding race
LAAX, March 12, 2019. The fifth edition of SuddenRush Banked Slalom LAAX (7 – 10 March) brought together professionals, legends from the past, snowboarding fanatics, rising stars and kids. 400 riders ranging from 4 to 56 lined up this weekend full of anticipation. The...