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like downtowns during lockdowns and curfews, Swiss mountains aren’t
exactly overrun by skaters. In winter, of course, you’ll find heaps of
snowboarders, but actually skating there? Well, thanks to climate
change, snow-covered Alps will soon be a relic of the past, which is why
the Laax ski resort is already looking for new ways of activities and
has built an indoor skatepark (where the Team Trouble contest is hosted), miniramps, pump tracks, and the Oli Buergin-designed Galaaxy skatepark
at 2,252 meters on Crap Sogn Gion. It was on that same mountain where
photographer Alan Maag looked over to the so-called “Graveyard,” where
all the snowboard obstacles are stored during summer, and thought, “Why
not skate those ramps?” Especially in times of climate change,
sustainability is an important topic. So if you think outside the box,
things can have more than one purpose.
Claudia Riera – Frontside Rock
Fede Boldini – Iceplant
Giuliano Innarella – Boneless One
Livio Gritti – Slobback
Oli Weismantel – Frontside Crooked
Silvano Deflorin – Backside Noseblunt
Silvano Deflorin – Frontside Nosegrind to Fakie
Oli Weismantel – Switch Bs Tailslide
Vincent Meynard – Bluntslide
Olie Buergin – Backside Disaster
Silvano Deflorino – Backside Smith
Lukas Bigun – 50-50
Fede Boldini – No Comply to Tailslide
Gian Jepetto – Drop 50-50
Nico Krebs – Hippie Jump
Oli Buergin – Frontside Bash
RJ Salyer – Frontside Smith
Rob Moss – Frontside Rock ’n’ Roll
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