Hugo Laugier recovers at high altitude an alley-oop pass from Boris Diaw.

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Luka Leroy / OT Les 2 Alpes

  • At 24, Hugo Laugier is a young retiree from freestyle skiing competition, in the disciplines of big air and slopestyle.

  • The Isère skier has chosen to devote himself to video projects, with his web series Lalodge TV, which was released on December 7 on YouTube.

  • For his first episode, Hugo Laugier saw the big picture, by sharing, this summer on the 2 Alpes glacier, freestyle skiing and basketball with Boris Diaw.

At 24 years old and 24 World Cups contested, Hugo Laugier is already a retiree from the world of freestyle skiing competition.

A member of the French big air and slopestyle teams for six years, this Isérois, licensed at the 2 Alpes club, has indeed chosen to stop at the end of last season.

“I did not take too much pleasure on the circuit, recognizes '' the Lodge '', its nickname in the French team.

It was very hard to combine competition and video, and I preferred to turn to the creativity of video, with the project of mixing my passion, freestyle skiing, and other sports that I see as hobbies. .

"

Launched into this new life with a film for his sponsor Rossignol,

Ride free-Out of minds

, Hugo Laugier distinguished himself at Semnoz (Haute-Savoie) by registering on skis… a basket of more than 30 m in

backflip

 !

"It was the third day of filming and I couldn't take the time to go and pick up my ball and walk back a hundred meters of track," he smiles.

I hit the ring on my second try but scored on the 217th attempt!

"

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"Inspired" by

The Last Dance

 during confinement

It was in full rehabilitation, in 2018 after a serious injury to the cruciate ligaments of the knee, that Hugo Laugier found himself playing basketball in a gym with his freestyle ski partner Axel Le Palable.

“From the start, we had fun trying only

tricks

, reverse shots, and then we got really good,” remembers the skier Rossignol, who took advantage of confinement this year to immerse himself in

The Last Dance

, the Netflix series dedicated to Michael Jordan.

"I love the atmosphere around this sport and I said to myself that it would be really cool to devote a video to basketball on the slopes, and this with an NBA player as a

guest

," explains the freeskier from Isère.

The Last Dance

 inspired me a lot to try things like passing between the legs.

It seemed to me that I had a video concept between skiing and basketball that was new and fresh.

"

Boris Diaw tempted by skiing in the middle of summer, plus "the raclette-fondue package"

"Great person" and "ski fan", the former captain of the Blues Boris Diaw is the lucky winner.

The former strong winger of the Suns and the Spurs landed in Les 2 Alpes, "with their size 53 ski boots and a 4XL suit", for three days of shooting.

Hugo Laugier knows that he has chosen the ideal guest to launch his Lalodge TV web series, produced by his friend Jérémy Pancras.

I wouldn't say Boris is a great skier but he still jumped, skied "switch" [back to the slope] and made passes on the skis.

He used to ski in Utah, where he has a home.

But there, the idea of ​​doing it in the middle of summer on an ice cream parlor immediately tempted him, as did the raclette-fondue package!

"

Upcoming episodes in the automotive and e-sport world

On several occasions, “Babac” launched to Hugo Laugier a “are you sure that this is possible?

», Before giving him a special alley-oop pass, about five meters above the ground, for a spectacular 

frontflip

.

"The Lodge" also takes advantage of this episode to mark after a delirious

cork

360. This funny short film allows him to project himself beyond his discipline of always.

Hugo Laugier and Boris Diaw, this summer on the 2 Alpes glacier.

- Luka Leroy / OT Les 2 Alpes

"Freestyle skiing is a small world apart, and I aim to reach a wider audience with this series", sums up the young Isérois.

Before new adventures expected for winter in the world of cars and e-sports, this first episode of Lalodge TV was viewed 13,000 times in one week on YouTube.

"You are phews, you are crazy", laughs Boris Diaw in conclusion of this one.

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