The slopestyle course in Laax, Switzerland has officially been slayed. Eleven women and 48 men had to battle wind, icy conditions, variable light and the rest of the field.

A.R.C rider Tom Wallisch from Salt Lake City moved into the final heat after winning the semifinal. In the final heat Tom impressed both the judges and the crowd with a pimp dish cooked of a hot switch 270 to pretzel 450, right 900, rodeo 900 and spiced with a switch 1080.

Only Henrik Harlaut from Sweden could beat Tom’s run, pushing Wallisch back to 2nd place. “I am superstoked on this result, Henrik had an awesome run and deserves the victory!” said Tom.

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This is Wallisch’s and Melloni’s schedule … FYI.

MEET AND GREET THE A.R.C. AT THE EUROPEAN FREESKI OPEN 2009

Winter has fully taken over our senses again and freestylers are all over our pipes & parks in LAAX !With still some time to go, we are much looking forward to the 4th edition of the European Freeski Open by Swatch in LAAX (SUI). So mark the dates March 17 – 21, 2009 for joining Europe’s flagship event of Freesking & get ready for some on- & off-slope action!

With a purse of US$ 50’000 the event offers the highest prize money on the continent. Heavily televised, it gathers the top international Freeskiers together and the next generation riders, for a challenging open contest, held in the only on-hill in-dirt Superpipe in Europe and on a high end slopestlye course, built by a shaper elite supported by pro freeskiers.

LAAX is enourmously committed to Freeskiing and continuously pushing it’s development – and so should you! So sign in for the contest on www.laax.com/freeskiopen, from January 23 – February 23, 2009 (only time window for onlineregistration) & tell your friends!