Team Trouble took place at the Freestyle Academy mini ramp in Laax, Switzerland. About 10 teams from England, Switzerland, Belgium, and France and other skaters from Spain, Sweden and Scotland gathered for the annual gathering of many of europe’s best ramp skaters. In the end Team Lovenskate with Jordan Thackeray, Alex Hallford, Ewen Bower and Aaron Wilmot, took 1st place, defending their win from the last edition, with Pocket Fluff in 2nd, Sam Beckett got hurt in the qualications replaced by Swedish ripper Jonathan Sjöberg and skated along side Craig Questions, Sox and Ben Broyd from England and Team Savate with Vincent Coupeau, George Poole, Chloé Bernard and Gaëtan Ducellier, in 3rd place.
All the other teams put on a good show, whether it was big moves, team skating and camaraderie or slams, and everyone both in the contest or watching had a great time during the contest and at the after parties.
First day was qualifications, second day best trick and handplant contest and final day was finals with two wildcard teams that had a second chance to compete in the finals, with a polenta, a local dish from the Lugano, Switzerland region cooked up by the Warriors… The toga party at the after party club started with a slam pit and ended in the wee hours of the morning with DJs and final goodbyes before everyone dragged themselves out of bed to take the shuttle to the airport and flew back to their countries or drove back to wherever they lived from the mountain. The rest of the stories remain untold, so check out the photos and video and show up next year for a little get away from reality and a show of skateboarding skills and party above and beyond the expected.
Photos and words by Jonathan Hay
Video by Sean Nguyen
Additional filming by Jackson Davis
Bonus photos by Alan Maag and Thibault Le Nours
Thanks to Cedi (MC and competitor), photographer Alan Maag, filmer Shawn, and the rest of the organizers for putting on a good show!
Team Trouble – Laax, Switzerland (official video)
Edited by Sean Nguyen
Team Trouble – Laax, Switzerland (un-official video)
Edited by Dominic Gilomen
Jordan Thackeray. “Skater of the weekend”. Stalefish. Team Lovenskate. Photo: J. HayAlex Hallford. Stand up frontside grind up the extenstion. Team Lovenskate. Photo: J. HayAlex Hallford. Indy air on the extension. Team Lovenskate. Photo: J. HayAlex Hallford. Floating a crail air to fakie. Team Lovenskate. Photo: J. HayJordan Thackeray. Backside air off the extension. Team Lovenskate. Photo: J. HayAlex Hallford. Backside 360 from high to low. Team Lovenskate. Photo: J. HayJordan Thackeray. Stalefish of the extension. Photo: J. HayAlex Hallford backside tailbone over Aaron Wilmot. Photo: Alan MaagAaron Wilmot. Invert. Team Lovenskate. Photo: J. HayAaron Wilmot. Mute to fakie. Photo: Alan MaagTeam Lovenskate. Triple backside blunts. Photo: J. HaySam Beckett. Blasting a frontside air. Team Pocket Fluff. Photo: J. HayBen Boyd. Slob fast plant. Team Pocket Fluff. Photo: J. HaySox. Switch lipslide. Team Pocket Fluff. Photo: J. HayCraig Questions. Boneless disaster. Team Pocket Fluff. Photo: J. HayQuestions. Fakie 360 mute. Team Pocket Fluff. Photo: J. HayBen Broyd. Texas plant roof bonk. Team Pocket Fluff. Photo: J. HaySox (three wheel burnin’) over Ben Broyd. Photo: Alan MaagJonathan Sjöberg. Backside boneless off the wall over Sox’s ollie after getting recruited by Team Pocket Fluff to replace Sam Beckett since Team Hoax failed to advance to the finals. Photo: Alan MaagBen Broyd. Layback on the ledge. Team Pocket Fluff. Photo: Alan MaagSox. Stand up frontside grind grab off the extension. Team Pocket Fluff. Photo: J. HayBen Broyd. Sad Plant. Team Pocket Fluff. Photo: J. HayVincent Coupeau. Slob plant over Gäetan. Team Savate. Photo: Alan MaagChloé Bernard. Frontside stand up grind nose grab. Team Savate. Photo: Alan MaagChloé Benard. Rock Fakie. Photo: Alan MaagGaëtan Ducellier. Boneless. Team Savate. Photo: J. HayGeorge Poole. Madonna. Team Savate. Photo: J. HaySchetg Gru Crew. Photo: Alan MaagSchetg Gru – feebles and blunts. Photo: Alan MaagSilvano Deflorin melon grab over the Schetg Gru. Photo: Alan MaagSchetg GruSchianta over Nik. Team Warriors. Photo: Alan MaagFede Boldini. One foot tailblock. Team Warriors. Photo: Alan MaagJeroen Bruggeman. Madonna. Team Jean Jaques. Photo: J. HayJarne Verbruggen. Noseslide down the escalator. Team Jean Jaques. Photo: J. HayGeorge Poole. 360 flip to fakie. Team Savate. Photo: J. HayJeroen Bruggeman. Fakie stalefish. Team Jean Jaques. Photo: J. HayJarne Verbruggen. Backside ollie in. Photo: Alan MaagJonathan Sjöberg. One foot stand up frontside grind down the escalator. Team Hoax. Photo: J. HayJoe Howard. Texas plant off the extension. Photo: Thibault Le NoursPepe Nuñez. Lien air. Team Hoax. Photo: J. HayJonathan Sjöberg. Tailblock. Team Hoax. Photo: Thibault Le NoursPepe Nuñez. Ollie. Team Hoax. Photo: J. HayJoe Howard. Fakie sweeper. Team Hoax. Photo: J. Hay
BEST TRICK CONTEST
Cedric Oost. Highest air of the week. Photo: J. HayAnother angle of Cedric Oosterhoff’s big frontside air. Photo: Alan MaagDonald Huyke. Frontside pivot grab to fakie. Photo: Thibault Le NoursPepe Nuñez. Fakie tailblock on the extension. Photo: Alan MaagEwen Bower. Gap alley oop frontside disaster. Photo: Alan MaagJordan Thackeray. Backside 540 transfer from the extension to the quarter. Photo: Alan Maag
MR. HANDPLANT and LONGEST HANDPLANT CONTEST
Jeroen Bruggemann. Mr. Handplant. Photo: Alan MaagAlex Hallford. Invert. Photo: J. HayCedric Oost. Invert. Photo: J. HayJordan Thackeray. Invert. Photo: Alan MaagJeroen Bruggeman. One foot Invert. Photo: J. HayBen Broyd. Inverted. Photo: Alan MaagJeroen Bruggeman. Invert. Photo: J. HayJeroen Bruggeman. Invert revert. Photo: J. HayMr. Team Trouble, the man behind the whole event, Cedric Romanens. Photo: J. HayTEAM TROUBLE – December 2018. Photo: Alan Maag
Team Trouble 2018 Pt. 2 – Finals (6 hour webcast)
Team Trouble 2018 Pt. 2 – Best Trick Session (3.5 hour webcast)
