Winter Dew Tour Arrives in Colorado for Nike 6.0 Open, Dec. 16-19 at Breckenridge Ski Resort

 

 

Burr Ridge, Ill. – December 14, 2010 – Over 380 of the best freeski and snowboard athletes from 18 different countries will compete this weekend at Breckenridge Ski Resort at the Nike 6.0 Open. For the third consecutive year, Breckenridge will kick off the 2010 winter season debuting their brand new 22-foot superpipe live on NBC, and will host competitions with the top winter athletes in freeskiing (slopestyle and superpipe) and snowboarding (slopestyle and superpipe) along with a Friday night concert featuring Midwest hip hop group, The Cool Kids. In a continuing effort to develop new, up-and-coming talent, the Nike 6.0 Open will feature an expanded field of Open Qualifiers with over 280 athletes competing this weekend to earn a spot on the Tour.  The three-stop Tour will continue on to Killington Resort in Killington, Vt. in January and will conclude with the Toyota Championship at Snowbasin Resort in Ogden, Utah this February.

 

Highlighting the men’s snowboard superpipe roster includes defending 2009-10 Dew Cup champion JJ Thomas, as well as Olympian’s Scotty Lago and Louie Vito. Sixteen-year-old Sage Kostenburg looks to defend his Dew Cup title in snowboard slopestyle, against the likes of Torstein Horgmo, Tyler Flanagan and Chas Guldemond.

 

Kaitlyn Farrington is ready to defend her snowboard superpipe Dew Cup champion status(snowboard superpipe), as Olympian’s  Elena Hight, Hannah Teter and Gretchen Bleiler look to start their Winter Dew Tour season with a win. Jamie Anderson, last season’s snowboard slopestyle Dew Cup champion, will be battling it out for the top podium spot during Sunday’s slopestyle finals against fellow competitor’s Chanelle Sladics and Kjersti Østgaard Buaas.

 

The best of the best in freeski will also be vying for the top spot on the podium at Breckenridge Ski Resort, with defending 2009-10 Dew Cup champion Jossi Wells and freeski icon Simon Dumont battling it out on the superpipe. Breckenridge local Bobby Brown and 2009-10 Dew Cup champion, Andreas Hatveit, are set to compete on the slopestyle course.

 

Through the support of Paul Mitchell, there will be expanded women’s freeski slopestyle and superpipe competitions in Breckenridge, with defending X Games gold medalist Jen Hudak looking to score the same success at the Winter Dew Tour.  

 

Athletes are pre-qualified based on their rankings at the end of the 2009-10 Winter Dew Tour season. The full list of pre-qualified athletes is as follows:   

 

 

 

                               

*Indicates wild cards

 

The Nike 6.0 Open schedule of events is as follows:

 

9:30AM – 1:00PM          Snowboard Slopestyle Men Open Qualifiers

10:30AM – 1:30PM        Freeski Superpipe Men Open Qualifiers

2:15PM – 4:00PM          Snowboard Slopestyle Women Open Qualifiers

3:00PM – 4:00PM          Freeski Superpipe Women Prelims

 

10:00AM – 10:45AM      Snowboard Superpipe Women Prelims
10:30AM – 12:30PM      Freeski Slopestyle Men Prelims

11:05AM – 12:30PM      Snowboard Superpipe Men Prelims

2:00PM – 4:00PM          Snowboard Slopestyle Men Prelims

2:30PM – 4:00PM          Freeski Superpipe Men Prelims

7:00PM – 9:00PM          The Cool Kids/The Knocks Concert at Riverwalk

 

9:00AM – 9:40AM          Freeski Superpipe Women Final

10:00AM – 11:00AM      Freeski Superpipe Men Final

11:00AM – 12:00PM      Snowboard Slopestyle Women Prelims

12:00PM – 12:40PM      Snowboard Superpipe Women Final

1:00PM – 2:00PM          Snowboard Superpipe Men Final

2:00PM – 3:30PM          Freeski Slopestyle Women Prelims

 

10:00AM – 10:40AM      Snowboard Slopestyle Women Final

11:00AM – 12:00PM      Snowboard Slopestyle Men Final

1:30PM – 2:10PM          Freeski Slopestyle Women Final

2:30PM – 3:30PM          Freeski Slopestyle Men Final

 

***SCHEDULE SUBJECT TO CHANGE***

 

Beyond the competitions, The Knocks will open with a live DJ set for Midwest hip hop group, The Cool Kids, during the Winter Dew Tour’s Nike 6.0 Open at the Riverwalk Center in Breckenridge, Colo. on Friday, December 17^th at 7pm. Tickets start at $20 and are available at the Riverwalk Center Box Office. Five dollars of every ticket purchased will be donated to SOS Outreach, a Vail Valley-based nonprofit organization that builds character and self-esteem in youth though outdoor activities and the SOS curriculum. More information can be found at sosoutreach.org. For additional concert and Winter Dew Tour event information, visit allisports.com.

 

Mega Passes for the Winter Dew Tour’s Nike 6.0 Open are available for $50 for the weekend and are on sale through gobreck.com/dewtour. Mega Passes provide exclusive athlete autograph sessions, a ticket to the Winter Dew Tour’s concert featuring The Cool Kids, discounts within the Town of Breckenridge and more!

 

Boasting the largest media platform in all of winter action sports, all three stops of the Winter Dew Tour will be televised Live on NBC with additional broadcasts on USA Network, MTV2 and Universal HD. In addition, it’s simulcast on Verizon V CAST and around the world on Eurosport 2 and Fox Sports Australia.

 

 

 

 

The complete 2010-11 Winter Dew Tour schedule is as follows:

 

Nike 6.0 Open                    Dec. 16-19      Breckenridge Ski Resort – Breckenridge, Colo.

Winter Dew Tour at Killington   Jan. 20-23      Killington Resort – Killington, Vt.

Toyota Championship             Feb. 10-13      Snowbasin Resort – Ogden, Utah

 

Entering its third season, the top athletes in the world will take part in the 2010-11 Winter Dew Tour, all competing for the highly coveted Dew Cup that will be awarded at the Toyota Championship at Snowbasin Resort in Ogden, Utah. The 2009-10 Dew Cup champions include Andreas Hatveit (Freeski Slopestyle), Jossi Wells(Freeski Superpipe), Jamie Anderson (Women’s Snowboard Slopestyle), Sage Kotsenburg (Men’s Snowboard Slopestyle), Kaitlyn Farrington (Women’s Snowboard Superpipe), JJ Thomas (Men’s Snowboard Superpipe).

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The Winter Dew Tour consists of three major, multi-sport events spanning across the country, with a cumulative points system, and a $1.5 million competitive purse.  Each event features snowboard (superpipe and slopestyle) and freeskiing (superpipe and slopestyle). At season’s end, the overall point’s leaders are crowned year-end champions and awarded the prestigious Dew Cup. As part of an Alli property, key lifestyle elements compliment the competitions at each Tour event including the Festival Village, specialty competitions, and live cutting edge music. The Winter Dew Tour is broadcast live on NBC Sports with additional competition and lifestyle broadcasts on MTV, MTV2 and USA.  The Winter Dew Tour is also distributed on Fuel TV, Universal HD, and internationally on Eurosport, Fox Australia and Extreme Channel. Current Winter Dew Tour partners include Mountain Dew, Toyota, Nike 6.0, Verizon, MATADOR by Jack Links, Power Bar, Paul Mitchell, Ball Park and National Guard. For more information, visit www.Allisports.com.

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