Three weeks to go until the 2023 LAAX OPEN

The 2022/23 FIS Snowboard slopestyle World Cup season is set to open in just a few weeks, and the first of this season’s four slopestyle World Cups will be a big one indeed as we once again visit the storied slopes of Crap Sogn Gion for the Laax Open.

This season’s Laax Open will take place from 18-22 January 2023, and for the first time in the event’s history the world-renowned park & pipe showcase will also include freeski slopestyle in its programme. Laax is equally revered within the the freeski community as it is for the snowboarders, and with reigning World Champion and five-time crystal globe winner Andri Ragettli calling Laax his home resort,

While Ragettli is one of Laax’s most famous sons, of the 250 men and women planning to take part in the Laax Open 2023, there’s a whole slew of huge names up and down the various preliminary startlists, including 2022 Olympic champions such as snowboard halfpipe gold medallist Ayumu Hirano (JPN), big air winner Anna Gasser (AUT), freeski slopestyle champions  Mathilde Gremaud (SUI) and Alex Hall (USA), and freeski big air winner Birk Ruud (NOR).

The sporting highlight of the Laax Open 2023 will be the finals on Crap Sogn Gion mountain on the weekend of 21-22 January 2023, with snowboard slopestyle and halfpipe finals on the 21st, and freeski slopestyle finals closing things out on the 22nd. The best riders from the preliminary rounds will there compete for the coveted Laax Open titles, trophies and 165,000 CHF in prize money. Live acts, DJ parties and photo exhibitions are also part of the freestyle festival.

A significant number of professional riders have named the Laax Open as their favourite stop on the FIS World Cup Tour. Aside from having unmatched competition venues, the athletes’ love for Laax is rooted in the excellence and environment of the event as a whole.

In Laax freestyle has always been a way of life: Freestyle for everyone. For example, the 200-metre-long superpipe is permanently prepped in winter and is open to everyone, as are a variety of snow parks. The barriers between idol and fan are stripped away in Laax, whether through riding the same chairlift up the mountain or learning trucks on the same features in the P60 freestyle slope.

Laax has just received the "World's Best Freestyle Resort" award for the seventh time in a row. It is the only resort to be bestowed with this Oscar of the tourism industry since the award was established. Of special value, the award is voted for by an expert jury and the public.

With just over three weeks to go before competition, now is the time to get start getting hyped up for the season’s ultimate freestyle highlight - the LAAX OPEN 2023, taking place from 18-22 January, 2023.

More information is available at  laax.com/open and laax.com as well as in the LAAX App.