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Letter From Iowa: The State Games, the Dew Tour and the Power of Sports

Sports play a vital economic role for destinations looking to attracting visitors. They also, in their finest moments, provide inspiring examples of humanity at its best. Over the weekend of July 29–30 in Ames and Des Moines, Iowa, two events — one amateur, one professional — spoke to each of those aspects. They also served […]

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Zion Wright competes at the 2021 Dew Tour at Lauridsen Skatepark in Des Moines, Iowa. The new venue opened in 2021 and is the largest skatepark in America. Photo courtesy of Catch Des Moines

Summer Series: Des Moines Continues to Add Large Sporting Events

(SportsTravel will be profiling destinations throughout the summer as visitors bureaus and sports commissions are operating events without nearly any restrictions for the first real time since the pandemic started. Sure, there’s been moments that feel like it, but this summer feels different. If your destination has a compelling story to share, send it along […]

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Dew Tour Returns to Des Moines

After a successful 2021 debut, the annual Dew Tour pro skateboard competition and festival will return to Des Moines, Iowa, on July 29 and 30 at Lauridsen Skatepark for the second consecutive year. The event will feature a finals only skateboard competition and a two-day festival with activities for all ages. The return of Dew […]

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2021 Winter Dew Tour to Serve as Olympic Qualifier

Organizers of the annual Winter Dew Tour have announced that the 2021 event will be staged as a U.S. Ski & Snowboard Olympic qualifying event for men’s and women’s halfpipe and slopestyle snowboarding and freeskiing. The December 16–19 event will be held at Copper Mountain in Colorado after the resort held the event in 2020. […]

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Winter Dew Tour Returns in 2021

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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The new Lauridsen Skatepark will host the 2021 Dew Tour just weeks after its official opening. Photo: Courtesy of Dew Tour

Lauridsen Skatepark in Des Moines Bowls Over Dew Tour

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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Dew Tour Moving 2021 Skate Festival to Des Moines, Iowa

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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Winter Dew Tour Adds Women’s Disciplines

The Winter Dew Tour will have a new venue for the first time in years in 2020 and the event has announced a new emphasis on women’s disciplines for the ski and snowboard competition. Mountain Dew and Adventure Sports Network Group announced three new disciplines for women’s competition—including ski and snowboard streetstyle and ski and […]

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Summer Dew Tour Returns to Long Beach

The final Olympic Summer Games qualifying event in the United States before the 2020 Tokyo Olympics will be the annual Dew Tour returning to Long Beach, California, for the fifth consecutive year. The four-day event will be a collaboration of skateboarding competitions, culture and creative activations. It will be held at the Long Beach Convention […]

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Copper Mountain to Host 2020–2021 Winter Dew Tour

The Winter Dew Tour has figured that it should not mess with success … too much, at least. The tour will stay in Colorado for the 2020 and 2021 events, with one adjustment — it will be hosted at Copper Mountain after having spent the past 11 years at Breckenridge. “Physically, our move is just down […]

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