{"id":2454242,"date":"2020-02-06T22:22:00","date_gmt":"2020-02-07T05:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/news\/dew-tour-continues-to-evolve-halfpipe-with-new-modified-superpipe\/"},"modified":"2020-02-06T22:22:00","modified_gmt":"2020-02-07T05:22:00","slug":"dew-tour-continues-to-evolve-halfpipe-with-new-modified-superpipe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/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":"<div class=\"swift-gallery p402_hide\" readability=\"6.5806451612903\">\n<ul id=\"imageGallery-320493-781\" class=\"gallery list-unstyled\">\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/02\/ModPipe-SDN-020720-4-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/02\/ModPipe-SDN-020720-4-1024x682.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Liz Copan \/ ecopan@summitdaily.com | Summit Daily News | Danny Davis competes for Team Burton in the snowboard team challenge modified superpipe on Thursday on day one of Winter Dew Tour at Copper Mountain.\" class=\"h-100\" readability=\"-1\">\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"9\">\n<p><strong>Danny Davis competes for Team Burton in the snowboard team challenge modified superpipe on Thursday on day one of Winter Dew Tour at Copper Mountain.<\/strong><br \/>Liz Copan \/ ecopan@summitdaily.com | Summit Daily News<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/02\/ModPipe-SDN-020720-4-1024x682.jpg\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" alt=\"Danny Davis competes for Team Burton in the snowboard team challenge modified superpipe on Thursday on day one of Winter Dew Tour at Copper Mountain.\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/02\/ModPipe-SDN-020720-4-1-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/02\/ModPipe-SDN-020720-4-1-1024x682.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Liz Copan \/ ecopan@summitdaily.com | Summit Daily News | Danny Davis competes for Team Burton in the snowboard team challenge modified superpipe on Thursday on day one of Winter Dew Tour at Copper Mountain.\" class=\"h-100\" readability=\"-1\">\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"9\">\n<p><strong>Danny Davis competes for Team Burton in the snowboard team challenge modified superpipe on Thursday on day one of Winter Dew Tour at Copper Mountain.<\/strong><br \/>Liz Copan \/ ecopan@summitdaily.com | Summit Daily News<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/02\/ModPipe-SDN-020720-4-1-1024x682.jpg\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" alt=\"Danny Davis competes for Team Burton in the snowboard team challenge modified superpipe on Thursday on day one of Winter Dew Tour at Copper Mountain.\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"caption-toggle\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/sports\/dew-tour-continues-to-evolve-halfpipe-with-new-modified-superpipe\/#\" class=\"show-captions\">Show Captions<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/sports\/dew-tour-continues-to-evolve-halfpipe-with-new-modified-superpipe\/#\" class=\"hide-captions\">Hide Captions<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">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<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">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<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cWe haven\u2019t figured out the names,\u201d Castaneda said with a laugh.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\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<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">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<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">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<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">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<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">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<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">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<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">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<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cThe way we built it, we have the landings kind of push you into the pipe,\u201d Castaneda said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">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<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">As for Davis, his influence isn\u2019t just contained to Dew Tour. Later this month, the Burton U.S. Open at Vail Mountain will have a modified pipe for the first time. While riding the American Flyer lift Thursday morning at Copper, Davis said he\u2019d been trying for years to get Burton to bite on a modified pipe. They\u2019re taking the leap this year with a modified course that splits top and bottom traditional halfpipe portions with a slopestyle-like takeoff and landing in the middle.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Davis actually credited vertical skateboarding for his motivation to shake up the halfpipe scene over the past decade, and he hopes it\u2019s led to a better atmosphere for snowboarding\u2019s continued progression.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cThe future is bright,\u201d Davis said. \u201cIt\u2019s nice to have different stuff to ride. And the riding, it\u2019s never going to slow down. There\u2019s always going to be a big progression of riding. No matter the terrain, the riders are always going to adapt, and they are going to always progress the spins and the tricks and the flips. I leave that to them, and we focus on making cool courses.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"mailto:aolivero@summitdaily.com\">aolivero@summitdaily.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/sports\/dew-tour-continues-to-evolve-halfpipe-with-new-modified-superpipe\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: The Aspen Times<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Danny Davis competes for Team Burton in the snowboard team challenge modified superpipe on Thursday on day one of Winter Dew Tour at Copper Mountain.Liz Copan \/ ecopan@summitdaily.com | Summit Daily News Danny Davis competes for Team Burton in the snowboard team challenge modified superpipe on Thursday on day one of Winter Dew Tour at [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[49],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-2454242","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-local-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-29 22:13:15","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KSPN The Valley&#039;s Quality Rock","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2454242","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2454242"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2454242\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2454242"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2454242"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2454242"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}