{"id":498,"date":"2019-03-11T20:46:21","date_gmt":"2019-03-11T19:46:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/boardgeneration.ch\/?p=498"},"modified":"2019-07-31T22:03:52","modified_gmt":"2019-07-31T21:03:52","slug":"21-steilkurven-zum-gluck","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/boardgeneration.ch\/en\/21-steilkurven-zum-gluck\/","title":{"rendered":"21 steep turns fortunately"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time: <\/span> 3<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span>\n

For the fifth time the snowboard icons Terje Haakonsen and Nicolas M\u00fcller called the riders to Laax for the SuddenRush Banked Slalom at the beginning of March. Due to the winter of the century, snow was not in short supply and the weather also played its part to some extent, so that 400 riders between 4 and 56 years followed their call and thus a great atmosphere and lots of fun were guaranteed.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Pascal Kesselmark<\/a> | board generation<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The\nSuddenRush is a three day happening, which will take place with the Pros and Masters at\nFriday, on Saturday with the Open Classes (the mortals among us who are\nof the week ...) and the youth is carried out on Sunday. And\nalthough on Friday the who-is-who of my snowboard generation was on the way\n(Bauer, Fernandes, Hasler, Hauser, Pl\u00f6tzeneder, Brunschwiler and many more), I have\nthis year consciously decided to be on site at the Open on Saturday. That a\nPeter Bauer, when he heats through the course, delivers cool photos is probably clear,\nbut we deliberately wanted to get in front of people like you and me. We\nwere trying to take the fun out of driving, and in my view, that has\nworks very well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Julia Kesselmark<\/a> | board generation<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The whole\nBanked Slalom was held below the Grap Sogn Gion next to the regular slope\nwith the help of Terje and Nicolas and consisted of a total of 21\nSteep turns. The fastest pros needed just over a minute for the\nincredibly long run with a sensational view and others never came\nat the finish line... at least the time was no longer counted. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Pascal Kesselmark<\/a> | board generation<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Pascal Kesselmark<\/a> | board generation<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

One thing I immediately noticed on the spot: In all the countless competitions I have participated in myself or followed as an editor for years, I have never seen so many beaming drivers driving through a course. Either Banked Slalom is really that much fun or it was the vegan tobacco, whose sweet smell poked me in the nose a few times during the day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n