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Winter Dew Tour to hold one stop Dew Tour next season

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Pitolairas
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Alli Sports announced the next generation of the Dew Tour (both summer and winter) today. After signing a four-year renewal with Mountain Dew—the tour's title sponsor—Alli announced that the Dew Tour would become a "Beach, City, and Mountain tour," holding stops in Ocean City, MD, San Francisco, CA and Breckenridge, CO. The most marked difference for wintersports athletes is that there is no longer a tour, rather one stop. But Alli promises that this stop (along with the two summer stops) will all be "large-scale, premium and grand-slam style" events.

Bobby Brown, the 2012 Winter Dew Tour Snowbasin slopestyle winner commented that, "Obviously it's a bummer there won't be three spots, but at the same time it makes the Dew Tour have more of an X Games vibe. I think it will be awesome."

More info at http://freeskier.com/stories/winter-dew-tour-hold-one-stop-dew-tour-next-season

Thoughts?
Apr 16 2012 3:29PM
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deathcookie
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Is Xgames doing the tour thing this upcoming year? If so, I could see dew tour taking over eventually as the top contest.
Apr 16 2012 3:36PM
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joshua
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I feel like this is good news, one banger event, and then we get to see more of the comp guys in video parts I would think, since they would be spending less time going to all those stops and keeping their runs on point for that whole time period.
Apr 16 2012 3:39PM
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Huck_Norris
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Well I think it fuckin' sucks.  All of the fun of the Dew Tour is going to the mountains to see these guys compete.  Now it's just another X Games.  Yay. 

Apr 16 2012 3:45PM
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MaryO
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Goepper was the winner of the Snowbasin Dew stop...oops.

Anyway, I'm kinda bummed, and will miss the old format, but I'm glad it's the Breck stop they are keeping, as it seemed to have the best course and conditions overall. Also I enjoyed as a spectator the Breckenridge stop over the Snowbasin. Can't speak for Killington as I've never been. 

Apr 16 2012 3:48PM
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AWALLRUS.
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naw I know what you're talking about but I think they weren't going to start that until the 13/14 season.

is summer dew tour doing the same thing?
Apr 16 2012 4:08PM
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willy_baller
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rumor has it that they are adding another xgames stop, so there will be aspen, euro x, and one other.
Apr 16 2012 4:16PM
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MaryO
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I thought I heard there was going to be an Xgames in Whistler. Can't remember where I heard that.
Apr 16 2012 4:19PM
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OhioDreams
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This is disappointing. I'm sure it will be a banger event, but skiing needs MORE big contests, not less. Plus, this will make it a lot tougher for the smaller named up and comers to make a name for themselves through qualifying and then having multiple chances to compete on a high level. The great thing about Dew Tour, is that it is a TOUR. IMHO the organizers are taking away from the event by only making it one stop.
Apr 16 2012 4:32PM
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EmperorKuzco
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I thought they signed a 3 year deal with Killington? hmmmm....
Apr 16 2012 4:36PM
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benyannelli
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yeah im pissed I went to killington this year and it was so much fun
Apr 16 2012 8:20PM
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TOAST.
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So there goes the east coast's only big event. Will it still have open qualifiers?
Apr 16 2012 8:34PM
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BROBRO
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that stinks it was always fun and i looked forward to watching all three stops!
Apr 16 2012 8:55PM
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concept311
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(from Freeskier)
While the two lost stops are a big blow to the individual resorts and surrounding communities (most recently Snowbasin, UT and Killington, VT), there will be an added importance placed upon FIS World Cups and World Championships in the 2012-13 winter, as it falls within the official Olympic Qualifying period for the 2014 Winter Olympic Games in Sochi, Russia. "One winter stop of Dew Tour will be great as it'll give the athletes a greater exposure base," says Jake Largess, Ski Team Manager for Nike. "The only large exposure they get is at X Games. Also, I'm sure there will be additional events that will take the place of the two stops that will be lost."

it makes sense with the Olympic Qualifying coming up.
Apr 16 2012 10:14PM
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averyshyra
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This is not happening because of a lack of interest in skiing by Alli or anything like that, its the lack in views on the television- I heard this while doing pipe at this years breck stop and it made total sense, ive never even seen Dew on the TV, i know its there but ive never taken the time too watch it, skate or snow.
Apr 16 2012 10:20PM
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Dr.Gonzo
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this will be good for guys like russ and e-dollo so they dont have to travel quite as much, but i like the set-up they have, its gives me a little bit of comp to look forward to every 2 weeks or so, and then of course x-games is huge. now its going to be competing too much.
Apr 16 2012 10:23PM
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Tittsviller
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 i watched it, but i stopped once they started replaying the same event, it was cool to watch when a new stop came along but thats it. that could be a reason why there just making one big event.
Apr 16 2012 10:31PM
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