The LAAX OPEN 2020 is without a doubt one of the top events of the season in Europe. We are more than happy to share the first news about the event with you. The event takes place from 13th to 18th January 2020. Over the course of a week, snowboarding will take centre stage on the mountain around Crap Sogn Gion and GALAAXY mountain station. World and Olympic champions, newcomers and fans will mingle amongst one another on the journey to the valley, where freestyle will also be celebrated off-piste at rocksresort with a festival atmosphere. The closing highlights are the open-air concert from MIA. and the top-class DJ line-up at Riders Club.
The FIS Snowboard World Cup and World Snowboarding event has a prize fund of CHF 200,000 in the slopestyle and halfpipe disciplines. Victory at an OPEN event in LAAX means much more than simply scooping a large slice of the prize money. It is a great honour and it is the goal of every rider to enter into the Hall of Fame. The names of the winners are historical proof of the instrumental role they play in progressive freestyle snowboarding.
Kelly Clark, Chloe Kim, Natasza Zurek, Jamie Anderson, Arielle Gold, Enni Rukajärvi are some of the ladies who have been on the podium many times, with Peetu Piiroinen, Iouri Podladtchikov, Ayumu Hirano, Kevin Pearce among the men who have reached the podium multiple times. Then there are the riders who have scaled the OPEN peak on Crap Sogn Gion once, such as Isabel Derungs, Doriane Vidal, Silje Norendal, Liu Jiayu, Danny Davis, Andy Finch, Shaun White, Chris Sörman, Roope Tonteri, Stale Sandbech, Mark McMorris, Max Parrot, Scotty James and many more.
Down in the valley, the excitement continues. At Piazza Cafedeli, in the Freestyle Academy, in the steam bath at the rocksresort apartment, in the gym and during yoga at Riders Hotel. At the rocksresort village with food stalls, talking shop in a relaxed atmosphere, watching films on the video wall, chilling on deck chairs, enjoying hot DJ beats, all finally culminating in the open- air live performance from MIA., the famous electropop band from Berlin, on the closing Saturday, 18th at 9 p.m. This is a fitting way to follow the halfpipe night finale, the galactic sporting highlight which takes place under spotlights on Crap Sogn Gion at 6 p.m.
For more info follow these links:
Event website
Destination website
Lift ticket booking
Hotel booking
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About the LAAX OPEN
For three decades, LAAX has been playing host to world-class freestyle events and has demonstrated a treasure trove of experience, competence and passion for the sport and its snowboarders. The 5th edition of the LAAX OPEN will take place from January 13th to 18th, 2020. It is the snowboarding event highlight in Europe’s mountains and guarantees snowboarding at its finest. It includes high-quality contests in slopestyle and halfpipe for women and men, sanctioned by FIS and WS, and offers CHF 200,000 in prize money. Music, parties, culture and culinary at the rocksresort, RIDERS and GALAAXY round out the allround lifestyle experience of LAAX.
Source: Laax
Photos: Laemmerhirt / Ruggli
