Lasse Walker has been at the forefront of extreme Big Air for quite a few years now, appearing on the podium at such events as the Red Bull Megaloop Challenge and Cold Hawaii. He recently released Skywalker, a documentary about overcoming the physical and mental setbacks of his crash at Red Bull King of the Air in 2016. He discovered for instance how freediving can help him stay calm and fight fear - worth checking out if you haven’t already.
CRAIG CUNNINGHAM
Staying at the forefront of extreme Big Air is not easy and you were one of the first doing the big moves last winter in South Africa. How was the feeling last year when everyone started tossing double loops and S-loops?
I think we all were amazed by the videos of Giel Vlugt when he first did the S-loop and double loops. I’d been asked so many times if it was possible, and I guess we didn’t know until he proved it was. From then on it was just waiting on the right conditions for me. I borrowed a 7m Dice SLS from someone and visualized the
