The coronavirus outbreak has forced difficult decisions for the sports-event industry. Nearly every major sporting event has been canceled, moved or postponed. Here is a look at where things stand. Click here for the latest on COVID-19’s Effect on the Sports-Event Industry. COLLEGE FOOTBALL: Cal and USC Postpone Game Over COVID-19 Outbreak Posted: November […]
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ESPN’s X Games 2021 will return to its roots in Southern California, with BMX, skateboard and moto X competitions at three athlete training venues from July 14–18. The event will be staged without spectators. X Games was set to play out its final year of a multiyear deal in Minneapolis last year before the event […]
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Street League Skateboarding has announced the return of its flagship competition tour, following the sport’s Olympic debut in Tokyo. Elite skateboarders will compete on the circuit, rebranded as the SLS Championship Tour, which will feature three events over four months. The tour will begin in Salt Lake City on August 28 followed by a stop […]
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The Winter Dew Tour will return to Copper Mountain, Colorado, this year after the 2020 was canceled because of the COVID-19 pandemic. MTN DEW and Accelerate360’s ASN: The Adventure Sports Network Group announced that the event will be staged December 16-19, 2021. The Winter Dew Tour is expected to include the world’s best male and […]
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Greg Edwards wasn’t sure how this site visit was going to go. As the new Lauridsen Skatepark in downtown Des Moines, Iowa, was under construction last winter, Dew Tour representatives came to see firsthand what would become the largest skatepark in the country. But winter being winter, the weather was not cooperating. “Here come all […]
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The 2021 Monster Energy AMA Supercross series will go to one of the more unique setups in series history when it races in the infield at Atlanta Motor Speedway in Hampton, Georgia, starting April 10 and continuing for a full week. The April triple-header will be a first for the speedway and a first for […]
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The annual summer Dew Tour skateboard competition and festival will be moving from Long Beach, California, to Des Moines, Iowa, and will be held May 20-23 at the brand new Lauridsen Skatepark while serving as the only U.S.-based global Olympic skateboard qualifying event for 2021. Lauridsen Skatepark’s Street and Park courses have been approved as […]
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As the demand for spaces to host sporting events continues to grow with an eye toward sports-related travel in a post-coronavirus world, destinations across the country are examining their inventory, identifying needs and building accordingly. Here are 15 new sports complexes to keep an eye on in 2021. Midway Central Station Bedford Park, Illinois OPENING: […]
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The Spikeball Roundnet Association has released its 2021 tournament schedule with 10 national events scheduled throughout the country. The national events will be held in a two-day format in the advanced and premier divisions with smaller pools of teams and best-of-3 matches, with the best teams in each pool earning spots in the divisional brackets. […]
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Twenty years ago, Micah Desforges launched Ripper Skateboards, a project that began as a passion play of sorts for the Montreal native who was a skateboarder and action sports enthusiast. Over the course of a decade, the brand grew in popularity, generating a social media following that still boasts nearly 70,000 followers on Facebook even though […]
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