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NEW YORK – November 21, 2008 –The Winter Dew Tour today announced the world’s top snowboard and freeski athletes that will compete for the coveted Dew Cup and a share of the $1.5 million prize purse offered at the end of the three-stop series, which will kick off December 18 in Breckenridge, Colo.

 

“The Breckenridge Ski Resort and the Town of Breckenridge are already buzzing with excitement about the Winter Dew Tour,” said Brett Howard, Marketing Director at Breckenridge Ski Resort.  “Especially now that the resort is open and snow continues to fall - everyone is looking forward to an amazing event with world class athletes.”

 

The athlete roster reads like the who’s who of the modern freeski and snowboard movement, highlighted by multiple X Games and Olympic medalists including snowboard athletes Shaun White, Hannah Teter, Andreas Wiig, Travis Rice and Gretchen Bleiler. Freeskiing superstars Tanner Hall, Sarah Burke and Simon Dumont will join the snowboarders on the impressive roster of athletes. Local Breckenridge freeskier Colby West, who can make a switch 1080 look effortless, will compete in front of his hometown crowd.

 

"I've been watching the Summer Dew Tour for years and I'm really excited to have the opportunity to be a part of the first Winter Dew Tour at my home park and mountain, Breckenridge," said West.

 

In the snowboarding discipline, White, who’s competed in skateboard vert on the Summer Dew Tour, will be the first Summer crossover athlete. White was the Dew Tour season points leader for skateboard vert in 2007, and was awarded the coveted Dew Cup for his efforts. After successful Summer season’s, White will compete in the superpipe discipline on the Winter Dew Tour. The 22-year-old from Carlsbad, Calif. has been a force to be reckoned with in competitive snowboarding since the tender age of 14.

 

“This is shaping up to be as impressive of an athlete field as anyone could hope for in a winter event; the Winter Dew Tour competition is bound to be a fight to the bitter end,” said Wade Martin, AST president. “With more than 28 hours of original programming on NBC, MTV, MTV2 and USA, there will be action-packed content for the crowds onsite in addition to the fans at home tuning in to the broadcast.”

 

The roster of snowboard and freeski athletes includes the following notables:

 

Snowboard Superpipe                                                                                                           

·         Shaun White

·         Mason Aguirre

·         Trevor Jacob

·         Steve Fisher

·         Hannah Teter

·         Gretchen Bleiler

·         Kelly Clark

·         Torah Bright                                                                                                      

Snowboard Slopestyle

·         Travis Rice

·         Andreas Wiig

·         Danny Kass

·         Kevin Pearce

·         Jamie Anderson

·         Hana Beaman

·         Torah Bright

 

Freeski Superpipe                                                      

·         Tanner Hall

·         Simon Dumont

·         Peter Olenick                                                   

·         Colby West                                          

·         Jossi Wells

 

Freeski Slopestyle                                                      

·         Andreas Hatveit

·         Jossi Wells

·         Matt Walker

·         Charles Gagnier

·         Jon Olsson

 

·         Sarah Burke

·         Jen Hudak

·         Kristi Leskinen

 

The complete list of Winter Dew Tour competitors will be released on Monday, Nov. 24.

 

Similar to the Dew Tour’s summer competition structure, the Winter Dew Tour will be based on a cumulative points system as the top snow athletes battle it out for a piece of the $1.5 million prize purse and the chance to take home the Dew Cup at the conclusion of the season in February.

 

The complete 2008/09 Winter Dew Tour schedule is as follows:

 

Event                           Date                             Location

Stop 1                           Dec. 18-21, 2008           Breckenridge, Colo.—Breckenridge Ski Resort

Stop 2                           Jan. 8-11, 2009              West Dover, Vt.—Mount Snow Resort

Stop 3                           Feb. 19-22, 2009            Lake Tahoe, Calif.—Northstar-at-Tahoe Resort

 

The Action Sports Tour (AST), owned by NBC Sports and MTV Networks, is the recently created umbrella brand and organization of the world’s most prestigious action sports events. Currently the AST consists oftwo national tours, one international event and an amateur series: AST Dew Tour (debuted in 2005), Winter Dew Tour (debuting in 2008), China Invitational (debuting in 2008), and Free Flow Tour (debuted in 2005). The AST properties are home to 280,000 spectators each year and broadcast in 100 countries and 280 million homes worldwide. The Winter Dew Tour consists of three major, multi-sport events with a cumulative points system, a $1.5 million competitive purse across the three stops. The Winter Tour features skiing (slopestyle and superpipe) and snowboarding (slopestyle and superpipe) for both men and women, and at season’s end, the Tour awards champions in the four disciplines with the Dew Cup. Key lifestyle elements at each Tour event include the Festival Village with video gaming and interactive events, as well as live cutting edge music. The Dew Tour partners include Mountain Dew (tour title sponsor); Toyota (event title sponsor).  Associate partners include Ball Park, Nike 6.0, PlayStation, Wendy’s, and Verizon Wireless. More information can be found at www.ast.com.

 

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