Back in July I was wondering about good snowboard parks in Europe - and about where to go this season. It's not that I don't think there are plenty of good parks in Europe, it's just that I don't know that much about them or where they are.
You see, I don't think that there's much information out there. Sure, some of the UK snowboarding magazines do a nice job of highlighting resorts with good parks, but there's only so much they can cover. I do read the WSG, but there's not enough room in it to show what a park is really like - and besides, they rated the park in Tignes which I thought was very average. Most of all though, it's the lack of online detail that seems a little crazy.
Anyway, given my lack of knowledge in this area, it's maybe not surprising that the two destinations I'm visiting this season are both from the list I made back in July: Avoriaz and Laax.
Yet it was due as much to word of mouth as it was from stuff I'd read/seen about them, that caused me to shortlist these resorts. These were just parks that I'd heard were good: talking about in passing or from reading a short paragraph somewhere.
You might say that Laax holds a pretty strong reputation for having a great park - renowned as one of the best in Europe - and you'd be right. But try googl'ing for some pictures... I haven't found any.
So I'm looking forward to finding out what these resorts and their parks have to offer. Despite the focus of this post, I like to ride around the whole mountain as much as I like to hit the park. Hopefully I'll be able to share some of what I find, here, on afterbang.
Needless to say - I can't wait!
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