Long Beach is welcoming more than 300 of the world’s best male and female skateboarders who will compete in the Park and Street events for a chance to win the Dew Tour title, while earning valuable points toward their country’s Olympic skateboarding team. The Olympic qualification system will be based on World Skateboarding Rankings maintained by World Skate: Skateboarders are now earning points by competing in World Skate sanctioned events during the Olympic qualifying period which started January 1 of this year and will end May 31, 2020. Dew Tour, part of the World Skate sanctioned Five-Star Street and Park skateboarding will also serve as the last global qualifying event in the U.S. in 2020.
This year’s Dew Tour will host open qualifiers, quarter final, semi final and final rounds of competition, offering fans the chance to see both favorite and new skaters from across the globe. Competitions will start on Thursday, June 13 and will conclude on Sunday, June 16.
The Park competition course is comprised of a concrete “pool” with a combination of ramps and course bends. For the Street competition, a street-like course will be designed featuring stairs, curbs, slopes and rails.
Dew Tour is free and open to the public.
The weekend event also includes the Dew Tour Experience, a vibrant interactive sponsor village and Dew Tour on the Green, a festival of outdoor music, local food and drink vendors and lifestyle activations, including a public skatepark and a learn to skate area. Various events incorporating the Long Beach community will also be featured throughout the weekend through local nonprofit partners.
On June 13, at 10o'clock the Dew Tour Qualifier Crash Course will take place in the media area: An expert panel session and press brunch featuring pro skateboarders and industry leaders to discuss the Olympic qualification process leading into Tokyo. If you cannot attend, the event will be live streamed on DewTour.com
A total of six hours of Dew Tour coverage will air on NBC and NBCSN. The event will also be livestreamed in its entirety on Worldskate.tv and DewTour.com for a total of 31 hours LIVE.
SCHEDULE
Thursday, June 13
2:00PM – 9:00PM VENUE HOURS/DEW TOUR EXPERIENCE OPEN DEW TOUR ON THE GREEN FESTIVAL, DEW TOUR EXPERIENCE, COMPETITION ZONE
1:00 – 3:00PM Women’s Quarter Final Street Course
2:00 – 8:30PM Public Skate Park Open Dew Tour Experience
3:30 – 6:30PM Women’s Semi Final Park Course
6:00 – 6:30PM Live Music: Blackillac Dew Tour Stage
6:30 – 8:30PM Men’s Street Quarter Final Street Course
Friday, June 14
2:00PM – 9:00PM VENUE HOURS/DEW TOUR EXPERIENCE OPEN DEW TOUR ON THE GREEN FESTIVAL, DEW TOUR EXPERIENCE, COMPETITION ZONE
12:00 – 4:30PM Women’s Semi Final Street Course
2:00 – 8:30PM Public Skate Park Open Dew Tour Experience
4:30 – 5:00PM Live Music: Destiny Rogers Dew Tour Stage
5:00 – 5:30PM Boost Mobile Switch Jam Street Course
5:45 – 6:45PM Secret Walls Art Battle Dew Tour on the Green
6:00 – 9:00PM Men’s Quarter Final Park Course
Saturday, June 15
11:00AM – 9:00PM VENUE HOURS/DEW TOUR EXPERIENCE OPEN DEW TOUR ON THE GREEN FESTIVAL, DEW TOUR EXPERIENCE, COMPETITION ZONE
11:30AM – 12:15PM Transworld Skateboarding’s "Battle of the Shops" Presented By Bones Love Milk Street Course
12:15 – 12:45PM Live Music: Destiny Rogers Dew Tour Stage
12:45 – 3:15PM Men’s Semi Final Park Course
2:00 – 8:30PM Public Skate Park Open Dew Tour Experience
3:15 – 3:45PM Live Music: Hopsin Dew Tour Stage
3:45 – 8:15PM Men’s Semi Final Street Course
6:30 – 8:30PM Live Music: Long Beach Unified Marching Band Drumline Dew Tour Stage
8:30 – 9:00PM Live Music: Special Performance Dew Tour Stage
Sunday, June 16
11:00AM – 6:00PM VENUE HOURS/DEW TOUR EXPERIENCE OPEN DEW TOUR ON THE GREEN FESTIVAL, DEW TOUR EXPERIENCE, COMPETITION ZONE
11:00AM- 12:30PM Women’s Street Final Street Course
11:00AM – 3:30PM Public Skate Park Open Dew Tour Experience
12:45 – 1:15PM Live Music: Blackillac Dew Tour Stage
1:00 – 2:00PM Women’s Park Final Park Course
2:00 – 2:30PM Live Music: Hopsin Dew Tour Stage
2:30 – 4:30PM Men’s Street Final Street Course
4:30 – 5:30PM Men’s Park Final Park Course
DEW TOUR 2019 FORMAT
Open Qualifier
The Qualifier round is open to a country quota of 3 skaters registered by World Skate recognized National Governing Body and Event Wildcard holding skaters. The 10 best riders from the Qualifier round will advance to the Quarter Final.
- Jam Format: Heats of 15 (approx.), 3 minute jam sessions with 3 skaters each.
Quarter Final
The top 10 skaters from the Open Qualifier will meet the top 15 skaters from the previous World Championship, not already pre-seeded in the Semi Final, and the 5 skaters holding an event Wild Card. The best 12 riders from the Quarter Final round will advance to the Semi Final.
- M&W Street Format: 2 Runs, 45 Seconds, best run counts.
- M&W Park Format: 3 runs, 45 seconds, best run counts.
Semi Final
The top 12 skaters from the last World Championship will be pre-seeded in the Semi Final competition round and meet the 12 skaters who made the cut from the Quarters. The best 8 riders of the Semi Final will advance to the Final.
- M&W Street Format: 2 Runs, 5 Tricks
- M&W Park Format: Best of 3 Runs
Final
- Womens and Mens Street: The best 8 skaters from the Semi Final will compete in 2 Runs with a 5 Trick Format.
- Women and Mens Park: The best 8 skaters from the Semi Final will compete as for a Best-of-3-Runs Format.
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