Winter AST Dew Tour Announced!
The AST just announced dates for the innaugural winter Dew Tour. Why do you care? Well for starters the 1.5 million dollars in podium dough is going to attract the biggest names in the sport of skiing including Red Bull's Simon Dumont and...wait for it...Tanner Hall. Yes, Tanner is saying he'll ski the Superpipe portion of the tour at every stop. Last season Simon dominated nearly every Superpipe event he entered except for the Winter X Men's Superpipe--the only Superpipe competition Tanner entered last season. Both Red Bull rider are on top of the sport and finally spectators will get the head-to-head, multi-stop forum they've been wishing for to see who will best the other to dominate the sport. From the AST: NEW YORK - July 14, 2008 - The AST, the umbrella brand and organization of today's most prestigious action sports events, today announced the host resorts and dates for the three stops of the inaugural AST Winter Dew Tour. The Winter Tour, which will feature freeskiing and snowboarding disciplines for both men and women, kicks off at Breckenridge Ski Resort in Breckenridge, Colo., Dec. 18-21, 2008 continues at Mount Snow Resort in West Dover, Vt., Jan. 8-11, 2009 and concludes at Northstar-at-Tahoe Resort in Lake Tahoe, Calif., Feb. 19-22, 2009.
The disciplines for the men will include slopestyle and superpipe snowboarding as well as slopestyle and superpipe skiing. The disciplines for the women include slopestyle and superpipe snowboarding and slopestyle and superpipe skiing exhibitions. All three stops of the Winter Dew Tour will be televised on NBC and event information for spectators will be available prior to the start of the season.
"We are extremely excited with all three of our host resorts for the inaugural AST Winter Dew Tour," said Wade Martin, AST President. "We feel that each resort is a great fit for the AST and we look forward to the start of another successful action sports series."
"From a athletes perspective we are all really fired up about the inaugural AST Winter Dew Tour season, said Simon Dumont, 2007 World Superpipe Champion." "The AST has had huge success with their Summer series and we in the Winter sports world have been waiting for something like the Dew Tour for some time."
"We are extremely excited with all three of our host resorts for the inaugural AST Winter Dew Tour," said Wade Martin, AST President. "We feel that each resort is a great fit for the AST and we look forward to the start of another successful action sports series."
"From a athletes perspective we are all really fired up about the inaugural AST Winter Dew Tour season, said Simon Dumont, 2007 World Superpipe Champion." "The AST has had huge success with their Summer series and we in the Winter sports world have been waiting for something like the Dew Tour for some time."
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