Winter Dew Tour Schedule Of Events

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• November 18 2008
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WINTER DEW TOUR ANNOUNCES SCHEDULE OF EVENTS FOR FIRST TOUR STOP AT BRECKENRIDGE SKI RESORT, DEC. 18-21

NEW YORK – November 18, 2008 – The Winter Dew Tour today announced the schedule of events for its first stop of the season, Dec. 18-21 at Breckenridge Ski Resort in Breckenridge, Colorado. The world’s top snowboard and freeski athletes 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.

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.

The schedule of events is as follows:

Thursday, Dec. 18
12:30PM – 2:30PM Men’s Freeski Slopestyle Prelims

Friday, Dec 19
9:30AM – 12:00PM Men’s/Women’s Snowboard Slopestyle Prelims
11:00AM-12:00PM Women’s Freeski Superpipe Exhibition
12:00PM – 2:00PM Men’s Freeski Superpipe Prelims
2:30PM – 4:00PM Men’s/Women’s Snowboard Slopestyle Final
7:00PM – 9:00PM Concert at RiverWalk Center

Saturday, Dec. 20
8:45AM – 9:30AM Women’s Freeski Slopestyle Exhibition
11:00AM – 1:00PM Men’s/Women’s Snowboard Superpipe Prelims
11:30AM – 1:00PM Men’s Freeski Slopestyle Final
4:00PM – 6:00PM Concert at Festival Village
6:00PM – 7:30PM Men’s Freeski Superpipe Final

Sunday, Dec. 21
11:00AM – 1:00PM Men’s/Women’s Snowboard Superpipe Final
1:00 – 3:00PM Concert at Festival Village

*****SCHEDULE SUBJECT TO CHANGE***** 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:

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

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