Style Style Style rules at the brilliant night finale and the crowd is amazed and goes wild.
12,000 came to watch on the Crap Sogn Gion above LAAX. Spotlights on for the world’s 20 best halfpipe riders and the showdown of the 10th LAAX OPEN, the FIS Snowboard World Cup with prize money of CHF 70,000.
2017, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2025 – Chloe Kim, the 24-year-old grande dame of the halfpipe who has won everything there is to win in her sport, impresses across the board and takes her 5th LAAX OPEN title with her first run (96.50 points). Unique.
“I’ve been coming to LAAX since I was 9, and now to be here again in 2025 and to win feels very special. The development of the sport and being a part of it means everything to me.” This is exactly in line with the Laax freestyle philosophy.
US teammate Maddie Mastro finished in second place behind Chloe Kim. Mastro (24 years old) makes snowboarding history as the first woman to land two double corks in one run. The 16-year-old Korean Gaon Choi secures third place and stands on the podium for the first time in LAAX. Defending champion Mitsuki Ono misses out on the podium in 4th place.
2019, 2020, 2024, 2025 – Australian Scotty James shows nerves of steel in the men’s event. “The atmosphere here in LAAX is simply incomparable, the crowd and the pipe are always phenomenal.”
The 30-year-old halfpipe veteran impresses with an incredible second run with a Cab Triple Cork 1440 frontside grab, for which he scores 95.75 points and thus beams from the podium as the winner for the fourth time. As so often before, his main rivals were the strong Japanese. Just behind him in second place was Ruka Hirano. Compatriot Ayumu Hirano, 2022 Olympic champion and two-time LAAX OPEN winner (2016, 2022) completes the top 3.
MOBB DEEP brings the crowd to the boil once again. What a great birthday party for the 10th LAAX OPEN. Freestyle culture at its best!
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