Dew Tour Dates
Photo Courtesy of Allisports.com- Peter Olenick doubled the blind in ski superpipe last winter when he unveiled his new alley-oop double flatspin at the Winter Dew Tour.
The Winter Dew Tour has announced host resorts and dates for the 2010-2011 competition season. Showcasing the top winter athletes competing in freeskiing (slopestyle and superpipe) and snowboarding (slopestyle and superpipe), the Tour begins at Breckenridge Ski Resort in Breckenridge, CO, Dec. 16-19, 2010, continues to Killington, Vt., Jan.20-23, 2011, and concludes at Snowbasin, Utah, Feb. 10-13, 2011.
This winter the high-flying action of the Winter Dew Tour comes to Breckenridge, CO, Killington, VT, and Snowbasin, UT.
The winter sports season kicks off at Breckenridge Ski Resort and will host the world's top talent in action sports. The Colorado resort will also be the stage for the Open Qualifiers where rising ski and snowboard stars will compete to earn their spots on the remainder of the Tour. As the race for the Dew Cup intensifies so will the size of the pipe, with athletes competing on 22-foot superpipes at Killington Resort and at the Toyota Championship at Snowbasin.
"The top portion of a halfpipe has an approximately rectangular cross-section," said 8th grade algebra teacher Sybill Marston. "If the pipe this year is 22 feet tall instead of 20 feet, and the pipe is 400 feet in length, how wide can the deck be if there are 3000 more cubic yards of snow available to build the pipe than there were last year?"
"22 feet is exceptionally tall," said industry analyst Christian Sirianni. "If you attached a basketball hoop to the coping, not even Michael Jordan could dunk on it. Although, the computer graphics in Space Jam were cutting-edge for their time."
All three stops of the Winter Dew Tour will be televised Live on NBC with additional broadcasts on USA Network, MTV2 and Universal HD. In addtion, Verizon V CAST, Eurosp0rt 2, and Fox Sports Australia will simulcast the events.
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