In 1994, Reto Lamm won the first ever Air&Style. A lot has happened since then: venues changed, new locations were added and after experimenting with corners and quarter pipes it was back to big air. One thing, however, has not changed over all these years: Swiss riders always had a strong presence at this event. […]
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Air&Style Innsbruck with Jonas Bösiger
Jonas is a 21 year old rider from Rickenbach (Schwyz). He’s Switzerland’s reigning big air champion and already had some good results this year. At the start of the season, he placed second at the World Cup in Mönchengladbach (GER). We caught up with him in Innsbruck at the Air&Style and got his thoughts on competing […]
HappeningsBest of The Open 2 Same, same... but different.
Tired of hearing about the Laax Open yet? Before we close the book on Switzerland’s biggest snow-circus we wanted to share one more gallery from Canadian born, Zürich based photographer, Kevin Cathers. Mr. Cathers is a “real” photographer, which means his skills go way beyond snowboarding. You can see more of his work here, but first, check out […]
HappeningsBest of The Open 1 Black, white and burned...
As we began to reflect back on the good times at the Laax Open, it became increasingly clear that our photographers captured way too many amazing moments for just one post. So we’ve broken up our “Best Of” into two galleries. First up, it’s all black and white with our favorite shots from Aaron Schwartz […]
HappeningsLaax Open People 2 The experience of a promising rookie: Florian Fischer
The Laax Open always provides an opportunity for young talents to step into the spotlight. Florian Fischer is a promising sixteen year old talent from Solothurn who has really impressed us lately: 2nd place at the Winkelride Jam in Stans, 1st and 3rd places at the world rookie tour. We met up with Florian to […]
HappeningsLaax Open People 1 Slopestyle qualifications with Moritz Thönen
Moritz Thönen is the current Swiss Champion in slopestyle. This makes him one to watch at the international events as well. We decided to spend the day with him during slopestyle qualifications and got to learn a bit more about this 20 years old from Thun. As the current national champion in a pre-olympic year, […]
HappeningsLaax Open Lookback The Aaron Schwartz Galleries
The second edition of the freshly rebranded Laax Open is almost here, so it’s a good time to take a look back at some of our favorite moments from last year, through the eyes of Aaron Schwartz. Like any great event, action is only part of the story. Join us in Laax for more good times […]
HappeningsWinkelride 2016 The Mean Streets of Stans
Rain, rain and more rain was all I saw, when I had checked the weather forecast for Stans for last Saturday. On that day, the main event of the 10th annual WINKELRIDE rail contest was scheduled. Rain + photo gear is a bad combination, so I was hesitant to make the trip to Stans. I can […]
HappeningsThe Euro Tour Kick off your season with a proper hangover.
It’s September so I guess it’s officially not too early to be thinking obsessively about snowboarding. If you need your fix, then there’s no better way than an Absinthe premiere. AfterForever promises to be another classic and with eight dates to choose from in Switzerland, you really don’t have any excuse. 08 Sep. Zurich – Plaza […]
HappeningsBanking in Kaprun
The 3rd annual Volcom Banked Slalom took place on Kitzsteinhorn/Kaprun in Austria. What a great event to close the season: Not only a perfectly built course by the Kitz shaper crew but also finest spring shred conditions with bluebird, some pow and a decent park and pipe setup. Kitzsteinhorn is an ideal place for spring […]
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