The old six-event season has been scrapped and replaced with three unique stops, each with a focus on one of the core environments of action sports: the beach, the city and the mountain.

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Outside these core areas, and at lower altitudes, the culture and farming practices of mountain people can have profound effects on local ecology, making the effects of climate change difficult to distinguish from those directly due to human activities.

UNESCO: 83e