With no powder in sight, we sent contributing photographer Fabian Schönenberger to Laax for a weekend dedicated to friends, turns and a shared passion for snowboarding. Scroll on for photos, results and his impressions from the 2023 SuddenRush Banked Slalom… From top pros to the weekend warriors, Crap Sogn Gion attracted all kinds of riders, […]
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Try Days for next season’s gear are coming up in Villars on March 4th and 5th, and Adelboden on the 11th and 12th. There is truly nothing like testing out the new tech for yourself, so we’re looking forward to taking some laps with you at one of these events. We took the opportunity to hit […]
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Every year we try to get a fresh look at the Laax Open through the eyes of an upcoming photographer. This year we tapped Jonas Gasser to cover it. Scroll on for a little interview and a lot of great photos… [aesop_image imgwidth=”100%” img=”https://www.whiteout.ch/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/laax-open-whiteout-kaishu-valentino.jpg” align=”center” lightbox=”on” caption=”Kaishu holds the record for the world’s highest […]
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We’re back in Laax for another intense week of riding, partying and world cup snowboarding. This time we’ve got one of our favorite new photographers, Jonas Gasser, shooting the event for us. After the finals, we’ll post an interview where you can get to know him better, but for now, enjoy two galleries featuring his […]
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It’s January, so once again we visited Laax for The Open. The was amazing, but we also love all of the side events. One of the highlights was the opening of Gian Paul Lozza’s new photo expo, AIR. We caught up with him to find out more… How did this project come to life? Laax […]
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The first World Cup of the season went down on home turf and we’ve got some thoughts about the event, but first let’s look back at a big gallery of our local crew sending it during the qualifications. [aesop_gallery id=”6064″] The level was crazy, the snow was tricky and quali’s amounted to a best trick […]
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What a weekend in Chur! The World Cup big air event went off and we were so happy to see Jonas Bösiger take his first big win. Congrats as well to Kokomo Murase for killin’ it in the women’s category. For now, let’s just enjoy some of our favorite photos from the event. Big thanks […]
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After a few years circling the globe, Vans finally brought their signature HI-Standard event back to Switzerland. Three years ago we joined the crew in Grindelwald and it was so much fun that we were looking forward to seeing what the Laax version of this grassroots event would be like. Unsurprisingly, it was nice… yo. […]
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We’re still recovering from an insane week at the Laax Open. We saw some amazing riding, caught up with lots of old friends, got to know some amazing new talent, and spent some time appreciating just how great snowboard events can be when they’re done right. Some of our favorite photographers were on the scene, […]
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It’s become a bit of a tradition for Pascal Imhof to finish off his season in Austria with some shredding, photos and his yearly report from Volcom’s annual banked blowout. And even though he didn’t win it this time, we’re stoked to see that his wife Murielle managed to keep one of the trophies in the […]
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