Winter Dew Tour To Kick Off December 18th

With the long, extensive, and hectic Summer Dew Tour just behind us, the athletes in winter clothing are gearing up for the 2008 Winter Dew Tour set to kick off on December 18th in Breckenridge, Colorado.  Announced today were some of the world’s best snowboarders and freestyle skiers who will be competing for the Dew Cup and a piece of that $1.5 million prize purse waiting for them at the end of the three-stop series. 

The all star 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.

“I’m thrilled for the start of the Winter Dew Tour this December,” said Dumont. “This is just what we need to give skiing the exposure it deserves. We’ll have live TV coverage and the resorts chosen are some of the best in the world.”

“I feel like the Dew Tour is gonna be huge and I’m really looking forward to riding on the entire series this year,” said Teter. “The roster of athletes that will be competing on the Winter Dew Tour is sick. It’ll be a fun battle to see who comes away with Dew Cup at the end of the season.”

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

Snowboard Superpipe                                                                                                
· Shaun White
· Mason Aguirre
· Trevor Jacob
· 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
 
Freeski Women
· 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