Winter Dew Tour Announces Schedule Of Events for Second Tour Stop at Mount Snow

 

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Posted on December 15 2008 at 05:01pm by Press Release

NEW YORK – December 15, 2008 – The Winter Dew Tour today announced the schedule of events for its second stop of the season, Jan. 8-11 at Mount Snow Resort in West Dover, Vermont. 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, Jan. 8

12:00PM – 2:30PM Men’s/Women’s Snowboard Slopestyle Prelims

12:30PM – 2:30PM Men’s Freeski Superpipe Prelims

Friday, Jan. 9

9:30AM – 12:00PM Men’s Freeski Slopestyle Prelims

12:30PM - 3:00PM Men’s/Women’s Snowboard Superpipe Prelims

1:30PM – 3:00PM Men’s Freeski Slopestyle Finals

4:00PM – 6:00PM Concert at Festival Village

Saturday, Jan. 10

10:30AM – 12:30PM Men’s/Women’s Snowboard Slopestyle Finals

11:00AM – 12:00PM Women’s Freeski Superpipe Exhibition

1:30PM – 2:30PM Women’s Freeski Slopestyle Exhibition

3:00PM – 4:00PM Freeski Specialty Comp

4:30PM – 6:00PM Men’s Freeski Superpipe Final

6:00PM – 7:30PM Concert at Festival Village

Sunday, Jan. 11

1:00PM – 3:00PM Concert at Festival Village

4:00 – 6:00PM Men’s/Women’s Snowboard Superpipe Final

*****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:

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