2021 Winter Dew Tour lookback Day 4

Learning to snowboard took a lot out of me so I stayed in during the morning to watch the Women’s Snowboard Slopestyle finals from my computer. I have to give Annika Morgan props because she came up short on a jump and instead of bailing, she threw herself into a front flip. I brought it up at the Roxy signing after the contest, and she shrugged it off (but was obviously very grateful to have not wiped out). Get the woman into Knuckle Huck!

I rode the Woodward Express to the top of the slopestyle course just as the Men were starting their competition. It turned out that pedestrians got to ride for free. I wish I had known earlier because maybe I would have tried to go up multiple times. It’s still a long and strenuous trek (TV makes the course look deceptively small). Some of the people I passed had the stream on their phones, which is a good way to keep track of results if you have the battery power and data plan. I did enjoy snapping photos of the riders at various parts of the course though.

2020 Winter Dew Tour Lookback – Day 2

As I get ready to do the 2021 Dew Tour, I’m revisiting my trip to the Dew Tour in February 2020 (and finally editing those photos). It’s hard to believe there was a time before COVID-19 entered our lexicon, but at that time, the biggest worry was the impending winter storm. Events were postponed while I endured an 8 hour Lyft ride after the bus trip was cancelled (someone was a fool and didn’t book the earlier Greyhound bus). Because I arrived at Copper Mountain late at night, I missed the team challenge as well as the Snowboarder Awards.

All of Day 2’s competition, except the Adaptive Banked Slalom which isn’t accessible to foot passengers, got postponed as well. That turned out to be good for everyone since the athletes got to enjoy some powder and I could recover from altitude sickness. Anybody who comes from a flat place like Texas should definitely budget some adjustment time into their schedule.

Despite the postponements, Dew Tour Experience was open. I got to visit a couple of booths, one of which even gave out free socks, and meet Red Gerard.

In the evening, I attended the Newschooler Awards. I felt a little awkward since I’m not a member of Newschoolers or a skier for that matter. However, I wanted to learn more about freeskiing beyond what I see in major contests, and I learned that Taylor Lunquist, Jake Mageau, and Hunter Hess were some to check out.. It was also cool seeing how versatile Alex Hall is. Tom Wallisch walked away with a very well-deserved Hall of Fame Award, the first ever!

More content will come and keep an eye out to my Flickr album for photo updates as I go through each day! Click me for pics.