Welcome to the first installment of Sightseeing, a video-based series of all the action Dew Tour captures on location featuring various athletes. Sending off the first episode is Team Brazil on their recent trip to Vista, California, where they take over the California Skate Park Training Facility in preparation for Dew Tour Des Moines. Featured skateboarders include Pedro Barros, Hericles Fagundes, Pedro Carvalho, Leticia Goncalves, Carlos Ribeiro, Mateus Hiroshi, Dora Varella, Murilo Peres, and Luiz Francisco.
Dew Tour Setups: Pedro Barros’ Project Skateboard Company Privê and Gear
Tucked away in the south region of Brazil is a magical island known as Florianóplis, where Pedro Barros refines his skateboarding skills, jams out with friends in rock sessions, and more recently started his own board company. We were fortunate enough to catch Pedro on a recent trip in California, where he and fellow Brazilian teammates took over the CATF for some practice days before heading into Dew Tour Des Moines. Before Pedro got fired up for a practice session, we sat him down to get a shakedown on his new board company, Privê, and the ins and outs of his skateboard gear. Get the full scoop from Pedro in the video above, and check out an itemized list of all his skateboard parts below.
Dew Tour: On The Spot Video Montage Vol. Five with Sakura Yosozumi, Dashawn Jordan, Alex Sorgente, and More
Welcome back to another On The Spot video montage. This time DEW threw together all the skateboarding clips they’ve captured so far in 2021 to create one epic montage. Volume five features skateboarders Jordyn Barratt, Gavin Bottger, Alex Sorgente, Cory Juneau, Trey Wood, Dashawn Jordan, Sakura Yosozumi, and Jagger Eaton.
Top Tricks & Runs: Nyjah Huston Wins Dew Tour Men’s Street Finals | Dew Tour Des Moines 2021
Huston had four different scores break into the 9-point range, which made him nearly impossible to beat. After landing an incredible first run he one-upped himself by finishing his line with a half-cab to backside smith grind to backside 180 out of the 11-stair hubba to shock everyone.
Huston followed it up in the individual trick section on the same 11-stair hubba stomping a half-cab backside noseblunt to fakie, a switch heelflip frontside tailslide, and finally a switch heelflip frontside 5-0 to earn the highest score of the event, a 9.56.
“It’s a sick time for skateboarding, and I can’t wait to get [to the Olympics]” said Huston, 5-time World, and previous Dew Tour champion, looking forward to becoming an Olympian. When asked about the adjustments he made to win on the day, Huston responded, “I tried to give myself to room with the points… to give myself less pressure to land my final trick. I hadn’t landed the switch heelflip frontside 5-0 yet in practice, and never on anything that big.”
Men’s Street Final Results:
1. Nyjah Huston
2. Yuto Horigome
3. Aurelien Giraud
4. Jamie Foy
5. Vincent Milou
6. Felipe Gustavo
7. Manny Santiago
8. Shane O’Neill
Winning Runs: Zion Wright Wins Men’s Park Finals | Dew Tour Des Moines 2021
Final Results:
1. Zion Wright
2. Oskar Rozenberg
3. Gavin Bottger
4. Liam Pace
5. Tate Carew
6. Tom Schaar
7. Jagger Eaton
8. Cory Juneau
Top Runs & Tricks: Pamela Rosa Wins Women’s Street Finals | Dew Tour Des Moines 2021
Eight of the world’s best went for broke in the Women’s Street Final at Dew Tour Des Moines, but two Brazilians, in particular, stole the show podium.
Final Results:
1. Pamela Rosa
2. Rayassa Leal
3. Roos Zwetsloot
4. Leticia Bufoni
5. Poe Pinson
6. Keet Oldenbeuving
7. Julia Brueckler
8. Lore Bruggeman
Dew Tour Des Moines 2021 – Men/Wmn Adaptive Street/Park Final, Men/Wmn Street/Park Skateboard Finals
Watch the Men’s and Women’s Adaptive Street and Park Skateboarding Finals, Men’s and Women’s Street and Park Skateboarding Finals, live from Dew Tour Des Moines 2021!
Felipe Nunes Wins Men’s Adaptive Park pres. by Toyota USA, Winning Runs | Dew Tour Des Moines 2021
Adaptive skateboarders took first laps on finals day at Dew Tour Des Moines to showcase a variety of styles, ages and abilities, during Men’s Adaptive Finals presented by Toyota.
Final Results:
1. Felipe Nunes
2. Justin Bishop
3. Vinicios Sardi
Top Three Runs from Men’s Street Semifinals | Dew Tour Des Moines 2021
Dew Tour Des Moines delivered a heated 32-skater Men’s Street Semifinal despite rain delays. The day wrapped with Manny Santiago, Aurelien Giraud, and Yuto Horigome leaving semis on fire and leading the group of eight qualified for the final.
The best 21 skaters from qualifying met the top 11 World Skate ranked pre-seeded for an abbreviated semifinal format of two, 45-second runs with the best score counting. Each of the three heats felt like international finals of their own.
Manny Santiago, 35, came out blazing for Puerto Rico as the oldest skater in the contest. His first run fired everyone up and gave him the top score, but he bested himself on his second run and burnt the place down.
1. Manny Santiago
2. Aurelien Giraud
3. Yuto Horigome
4. Vincent Milou
5. Jamie Foy
6. Nyjah Huston
7. Shane O’Neill
8. Felipe Gustavo
Top Three Men’s Park Skateboarding Semifinal Runs | Dew Tour Des Moines 2021
1. Gavin Bottger
2. Zion Wright
3. Oskar ‘Oski’ Rozenberg
4. Jagger Eaton
5. Liam Pace
6. Cory Juneau
7. Tom Schaar
8. Tate Carew
Top Three Women’s Street Skateboarding Semifinal Runs | Dew Tour Des Moines 2021
Brazilian skater Pamela Rosa – already the top-ranked Women’s Street skater in the World Skate rankings prior to this week after winning Dew Tour Long Beach and other events in 2019 – won Saturday’s Dew Tour Des Moines Street Semifinal by a commanding 8.81 point lead over 2nd place finisher Leticia Bufoni.
Top Three Women’s Park Skateboarding Semifinal Runs | Dew Tour Des Moines 2021
Misugu Okamoto, just 15 years old and already the top-ranked Women’s Park skater in the world prior to this week, stayed true to form on Friday, winning the Women’s Park Semifinal to advance to Sunday’s 8-woman Final.
Also making the top-8 cut for the Final: Sky Brown (representing Great Britain), Bryce Wettstein (USA), Sakura Yosozumi (Japan), Mami Tezuka (Japan), Kokona Hiraki (Japan), Kisa Nakamura (Japan), and Jordyn Barratt (USA).