form25
Exchange in Skateboarding
4 - 6 December 2025
Form25 is an international exchange in Laax with a focus on skateboarding, centered around the topics of mediation, sustainability, and development.
Form25
The event is dedicated to building a network between culture, science, media, and organizations.
The goal is to create a foundation for the sustainable and healthy development of skateboarding – with a special focus on non-urban regions.
Experts and the public are invited to participate in workshops, lectures, and skate sessions. Form25 offers space for reflection, knowledge exchange, and the development of new ideas.
Program
Workshops, lectures, exhibitions, project presentations, film screenings, talks – and of course plenty of skateboarding.
Thursday, 04 December 2025
6:00 pm: Meet & Greet @ Riders Lobby
7:00 pm: Movie night @ Riders Lobby
"Mountain High, Valley Low" with Madars Apse by Yves Marchon
"And in Between There is Light" by Irene Schweizer
"I Love You, I Leave You" with Dino Brandão by Moris Freiburghaus
9:00 pm: Film talk @ Riders Lobby
"Embodied knowledge and bonding climate: From skating on camera to creating together as protagonist and director" with Dr. Kirsty Smith
10:00 pm: Ambient Session with Dino Brandão @ Riders Lobby
Friday, 05 December 2025
16:00: Keynote "Skateboarding – a school subject, learning tool and means of personal development." by John Dahlquist @ Snake Bar
5:00 PM: Keynote "An overview of Skate Malmö and the Love Park Project." by Gustav Edén @ Snake Bar
18:00: Queenpin Miniramp Session, everyone is welcome – sweets for tricks @ Freestyle Academy
7:00 pm: LAAX Vert Jam 2025 @ Freestyle Academy
Young and old – bring your pads
Saturday, 06 December 2025
11:00 am: Career Talk – Riders Lobby
"Twenty Years in the Mix" with Madars Apse
11:00 am: Swiss Skateboard Open, training and registration @ Freestyle Academy
12:00 pm: Exhibition „Is it Skateable?“ @ Riders Club
1:00 pm: Swiss Skateboard Open, qualification – Freestyle Academy
1:00 pm: alk "Exploring form, space and shapes. Where is skate architecture heading to?" by Rich Holland @ Riders Club
2:00 pm: Talk "How participatory appropriation of urban space contributes to well-being and territorial development" by Julien Glauser and Jérôme Heim @ Riders Club
3:00 pm: Talk “Wonders Around the World: Experiences from Zimbabwe” by Elliott Russell and Name Surname @ Riders Club
16:00: Q&A "What does the development of healthy and sustainable skate spaces need?" @ Riders Club
5:00 PM: Swiss Skateboard Open, Finals @ Freestyle Academy
5:00 pm: Lobby tunes by Josie @ Riders Lobby