Back in February 2019 (just before covid) Shop Boss Darren was invited out to Laax for a few days riding with the European 32 Manager Dale. Conditions were on point, with plenty of power and great visibility.
If you’ve not been to Laax then you should put it on your list as it’s a great resort with awesome terrain. Anyway, shredding conditions were perfect and there was a rumour that one of the most stylish snowboarders ever – Nicolas Müller may even join us for a little ride as it was his local resort. He couldn’t make the first day riding but joined us for dinner (and brought along Terje too). Dinner was great, but it’s not the same as getting to ride together so we were stoked when he came along the next day and he got to show us around a little.
…pretty cool huh? Well, it got a little better that afternoon as we were all sat in the bubble on the way back up the hill when Nicolas asked if we minded waiting around a little at the top while his buddy Travis joined us for a shred. We didn’t mind.
So, what has this got to do with the Natural Selection Tour? Well, it appears that pre-covid they were scoping out Laax as a possible European stop on the tour and that very day we joined Nicolas Müller & Travis Rice into the backcountry to look at potential areas that could host the tour.
To be honest, I’m not sure what happened to the plans… maybe they’ve been canned or maybe they’ve just been put on the back burner for a little while?