Dew Tour skateboard competition and festival in Des Moines May 20-23

The 16th annual summer Dew Tour skateboard competition and festival arrives May 20-23 to celebrate the brand new Lauridsen Skatepark in downtown Des Moines.

This is the only U.S.-based Olympic skateboard qualifying events for 2021 — Street and Park competitions —leading up to the sport’s introduction into the Olympic Games this summer in Tokyo — July 23 – Aug. 8. 

More than 300 of the world’s top male and female skateboarders will compete for a chance to win the Dew Tour title, while earning valuable points toward making their country’s Olympic skateboarding team. 

Visit DewTour.com for more information. 

TICKETS

Dew Tour has always been a free event open to the public. This year, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the event will offer FREE tickets via the Dew Tour website.  To remain in compliance with state and local COVID guidelines, there will be dedicated sessions/time slots per day for entry, and only one reservation may be made per day, per person. No one may enter the venue without a free ticket.

Reserving free tickets will allow fans onto the public skate courses as well as to first come, first served sectioned spectator viewing areas located on the grassy bank, which will be separated into six-person pods. The time slots will be enforced by colored wristbands as well as a team who will be working within the spectator areas.  Please visit DewTour.com for all rules around seating areas.

Also included in fans’ ticket access is the Dew Tour Experience, a festival-style area that will be spread out throughout 2nd Avenue between Center Street and School Street in Des Moines. The Dew Tour Experience will offer a large, socially distanced and safe area for fans to enjoy fun and free event partner activations.

Social distancing and masks will be required in all areas of the venue. In addition, a health questionnaire and COVID-19 release will be required by everyone entering the venue.

Dew Tour will be livestreamed in its entirety on DewTour.com, Facebook Live, YouTube and other major platforms for a total of 25+ hours of LIVE video.  Additionally, more than four hours of Dew Tour coverage will air on NBC and NBCSN this summer.

Stay updated at DewTour.com and on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, TikTokand YouTube by following @DewTour.

About Dew Tour

Dew Tour is an innovative contest series and content platform that brings together the world’s best skateboarders, snowboarders, skiers, artists, brands and fans in a celebration of creativity and style.  

In 2016, the Adventure Sports Network (ASN), a part of Accelerate360’s media portfolio, became the official strategic partner to lead content production, execution and event staging for the Dew Tour. Working in close collaboration with ASN’s core action sports media brands and in partnership with DEW®, Dew Tour continues to progress events and content, bringing millions of action sports fans engaging stories and experiences across digital and broadcast mediums. In addition to Dewtour.com and ASN’s digital network, Dew Tour’s summer and winter events are telecast on NBC.