{"id":41236,"date":"2020-02-06T19:01:02","date_gmt":"2020-02-07T02:01:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/?p=378600"},"modified":"2020-02-06T19:01:02","modified_gmt":"2020-02-07T02:01:02","slug":"dew-tour-continues-to-evolve-halfpipe-with-new-modified-superpipe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/local-news\/dew-tour-continues-to-evolve-halfpipe-with-new-modified-superpipe\/","title":{"rendered":"Dew Tour continues to evolve halfpipe with new modified superpipe"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Danny Davis competes for Team Burton in the snowboard team challenge modified superpipe Thursday, Feb. 6, during Dew Tour at Copper Mountain Resort.<\/strong>
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COPPER MOUNTAIN RESORT \u2014 Snow Park Technologies Director of Operations Chris Castaneda and halfpipe builder Sam Kiley laughed Wednesday afternoon when asked the names of the two slopestyle-like features to start this year\u2019s Dew Tour modified superpipe.<\/p>\n

Castaneda, Kiley and the Snow Park Technologies and Woodward Copper crews had been focused on making the features creative and different from previously built modified superpipe elements.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe haven\u2019t figured out the names,\u201d Castaneda said with a laugh.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s just such a blend of two different things put together \u2014 a hot dog of slopestyle and halfpipe,\u201d Kiley added.<\/p>\n

Truth be told, names are less important than inspiration and what athletes can actually do on the features as halfpipe snowboarding and freeskiing continues to evolve. In many ways, it\u2019s going from the sometimes repetitive traditional halfpipe to more inventive modified courses. After Dew Tour brought back the modified pipe \u2014 something athletes referred to as \u201cpipestyle\u201d \u2014 last year at Breckenridge Ski Resort, Snow Park Technologies continued the modified trend this year.<\/p>\n

The current Dew Tour modified course in Center Village is shorter than last year\u2019s version. That means athletes\u2019 lines have to be tighter and more fluid from the pair of mirrored transition elements at the top of the course that flow into 300-foot traditional superpipe.<\/p>\n

Despite the lack of names \u2014 and a lack of sleep from manicuring the Dew Tour courses all night long \u2014 Castaneda and Kiley did their best to describe the two elements above the traditional pipe.<\/p>\n

The first feature, Castaneda said, is a transition to catcher\u2019s mitt feature that then gaps and flows into a cat paw landing. Michigan snowboarder Danny Davis, in many ways the athlete who inspired modified superpipe, described it as a 13-foot quarter-pipe side-hit into a banked landing.<\/p>\n

The second hit, was described as an inversion of last year\u2019s shark-fin spine side-hit. That means skiers and snowboarders have the option of skiing what Davis described as a 22-foot-tall quarter-pipe at right or left before landing in what is described by many athletes as a \u201cwaterfall\u201d that leads into the traditional pipe.<\/p>\n

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Watch: Danny Davis previews Dew Tour, chats modified superpipe, Peace Park<\/a><\/p>\n

American snowboarder Danny Davis joins Summit Daily sports & outdoors editor Antonio Olivero to preview this week’s Dew Tour, which starts Thursday morning. On a ride up the American Flyer chairlift at Copper Mountain, Danny chats this year’s Dew Tour modified superpipe design, Peace Park’s influence on the evolution of halfpipe riding and what he’s most excited about at Copper this weekend (hint: powder!)Watch today’s live streams \u2013 including Danny in the modified superpipe team challenge at 2:15 \u2013 and read all you need to know about Dew Tour at: bit.ly\/DewTourDay1#ExploreSummit #DewTour<\/p>\n

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Castaneda remarked that he\u2019s seen athletes throw double corks, something he didn\u2019t expect, off that second feature. Along with the interest in the pipe from traditional slopestyle riders like Jamie Anderson, Castaneda said that is one of the coolest things about this year\u2019s course.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe way we built it, we have the landings kind of push you into the pipe,\u201d Castaneda said.<\/p>\n

The Snow Park Technologies duo also credited Davis with inspiring the modified superpipe movement with his Peace Park concept, something he brought to Woodward Copper this winter for the first time.<\/p>\n

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