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Freeskiing: the season highlight of the freestyle scene

European Freeski Open 2009

March 17th to 21st 2009, Laax (Switzerland)

 

This was the event all freestyle skiers excitedly looked forward to all year long: in its fourth consecutive year, the European Freeski Open 2009 attractes once again the booming freeskiing scene to the Swiss mountains. No other freeskiing event in Europe came up with so many superlatives: the biggest prize purse, the best riders and the most exciting snow-park made the Swiss wintersports resort Laax the centre of attraction for the freestyle scene. At the thrilling slopestyle und half-pipe competitions at the Crap Sogn Gion from March 17th to 21st 2009, 200 participants competed for Europe's biggest prize-money: US$ 50,000.