COMPANY RESPONSIBILITY INNOVATION MEDIA INVESTOR RELATIONS JOBS DE COUNTDOWN FOR THE LAAX OPEN 2021 Jan 11, 2021 | Press Releases Laax, 11th January 2021. The LAAX OPEN 2021 takes place from 19-23 January 2021, kicking off the FIS Snowboard World Cup Tour 2020/2021 in the disciplines Slopestyle and Halfpipe and is endowed with 140,000 CHF prize money. Top-notch, action-pumped sport and lots of excitement are guaranteed at the contests taking place around the Crap Sogn Gion in the women’s and men’s competitions. This year, audiences can only follow Europe’s most renowned snowboard contest in the media. Last weekend, the freestyle snowboarders opened the World Cup season with a Big Air at Kreischberg/AUT. The crunch result on the podium also promises pure anticipation for the first Slopestyle World Cup this winter. The Kreischberg winners – veteran Max Parrot/CAN, LAAX OPEN Champion 2017, and shooting star Zoi Sadowski-Synott/NZL – are on their way to LAAX, as are Anna Gasser/AUT, Sven Thorgren/SWE, Mons Roisland/NOR (all three were on the podium), where they are among the favourites for a place in the final. While the slopes and parks are currently open to everyone, the Snowpark LAAX shapers are expanding the pro-line especially for the OPEN. A total of six features will challenge the creativity of snowboard freestylers during the contest, including jumps with up to 18 metres of air time. The Olympic-sized superpipe (the only one in the world in permanent operation) waits enthroned in all its glory at Crap Sogn Gion mountain. 200 metres long and 20 metres wide with 7 metre-high walls, it is a royal treat for every pipe pro. Of those, some are already training in preparation for the first World Cup of the season. Among others, Queralt Castellet/SPA, Maddie Mastro/USA, Leilani Ettel/GER, Andre Höflich/GER, Pat Burgener/SUI and Jan Scherrer/SUI, as well as the LAAX OPEN Winner of 2019 and 2020, Scotty James/AUS, who stands to be the first to win the renowned Halfpipe competition in LAAX three times in a row. Several of the greats have achieved this two times in a row: Kelly Clark/USA, Kevin Pearce/USA, Peetu Piiroinen/FIN and Iouri Podladtchikov/SUI, who for the first time since the OPEN events in LAAX began (2005), is no longer causing a sensation as an active contest rider. Instead, two different Olympic gold medalists and LAAX OPEN champions as Podladtchikov are on the entry list, poised to stomp their stuff in the LAAX superpipe: Chloe Kim and Shaun White (both USA). The fact that they and over 200 riders from 25 countries will be coming to the LAAX OPEN from 19-23 January 2021 is due to the pre-Olympic season. The athlete’s urge to compete after a long break and, above all, the perfect set-up that LAAX has always offered, even in times of the coronavirus. Due to the Covid-19 protection measures, no on-site spectator crowds will line the Halfpipe at the LAAX OPEN 2021 to marvel at the riders. However, there is ample opportunity to follow the action around the globe on digital and social media channels, as well as on classic TV. All the information for this can be found at laax.com/open. The Hall-of-Fame can be downloaded here. The list of registered riders for the LAAX OPEN 2021 can be found here. LAAX OPEN 2021 PROGRAM OVERVIEW FIS Snowboard World Cup, LAAX, Switzerland, 19/01-23/01/2021 Sunday, 17/01, Monday, 18/01 10:00-14:00 Training Slopestyle all registered riders (women/men) Tuesday, 19/01 09:00 Qualification Slopestyle (men) 09:30-14:00 Training Halfpipe all registered riders (women/men) Wednesday, 20/01 08:15 Semi Finals Slopestyle (women) 09:30-14:00 Training Halfpipe all registered riders (women/men) 11:45 Semi Finals Slopestyle (men) Thursday, 21/01 08:30 Semi Finals Halfpipe (women) 10:00-14:00 Training Slopestyle (finalists women/men) 11:00 Semi Finals Halfpipe (men) Friday, 22/01 09:00-13:00 Training Halfpipe (finalists women/men) 13:15 Finals Slopestyle (women/men) 15:00 Prizegiving Slopestyle 17:30-18:30 Training Halfpipe (finalists women/men) Saturday, 23/01 17:45 Finals Halfpipe (women/men) 19:15 Prizegiving Halfpipe Media contact: Astrid Nehls, +41 79 9024216, +43 676 4314410 MEDIA CONTACT Would you like to learn more about the company or projects of the Weisse Arena Gruppe? We are looking forward to hearing from you: Media Office Weisse Arena Gruppe CH-7032 Laax +41 (0)81 927 70 26 medienlaax.com The Weisse Arena Gruppe markets the tourist offer of the destination Flims Laax Falera all year round under the two brands Flims and LAAX. During the winter season, an average of 8,000 guests per day enjoy 224 kilometres of pistes of all levels of difficulty, 4 snow parks and the world’s largest halfpipe. During the summer season, hikers and bikers enjoy 250 kilometres of hiking trails and around 330 kilometres of bike trails. Holidays in Flims Laax Falera are excitement and relaxation, adventure and distraction, enjoyment and community, sport and lifestyle. The destination in Graubünden presents itself as a modern, dynamic and family-friendly resort for holidays in Switzerland. 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