- May 06 2008
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NEW YORK — May 6, 2008 — The AST, the umbrella brand and organization of the world’s most prestigious action sports events, today announced the complete 2008 Free Flow Tour schedule. The Free Flow Tour is the official amateur series of the AST Dew Tour and provides amateur athletes with the opportunity to qualify into the final event of the AST Dew Tour, the PlayStation Pro®, as well as the prospect for professional sponsorship. The Free Flow Tour kicks off May 17 in Rye, N.H.
The Free Flow Tour will include a total of 29 skate competitions (five skate vert and 24 skate park) and 20 BMX competitions (four BMX vert and 16 BMX park) at 28 parks across the U.S. The top skate and BMX finishers at each of the 49 competitions will be flown to the AST Dew Tour’s Toyota Challenge, in Salt Lake City, Utah for the Free Flow Tour Finals, where one champion will be crowned in each discipline. Encompassing the ‘Flow to Pro’ theme, the two overall skate and BMX park champions and the two overall skate and BMX vert champions win a wild card spot to compete against the pros at that final stop of the AST Dew Tour, the PlayStation Pro®, in Orlando, Fla.
“Free Flow Tour gives young amateurs the opportunity to be propelled to the next level of competition,” said Wade Martin, AST president. “The Free Flow Tour will be crisscrossing the country this summer discovering the new pool of talent that is the future of skateboarding and BMX.”
The AST has also teamed with BNQT, a leading digital action sports company, to launch www.FreeFlowTour.com. FreeFlowTour.com will be the exclusive home to all competition video, photos, contest information, on-line registration, as well as host a social community for participants and fans.
The 2008 Free Flow Tour schedule* includes the following dates and locations:
May 17 - Rye, NH - Rye Airfield (vert and park)
May 18 - Glendale, AZ - X-Court
June 1 - Joplin, MO - Autumn Ramp Park
June 8 - Jackson, NJ - Incline Club
June 15 - Baltimore, MD - Charm City
June 22 - Newnan, GA - Factory (vert and park)
June 29 - Encinitas, CA - Ecke YMCA
June 29 - Perris, CA - The Compound
July 5 - San Diego, CA - Mission Valley YMCA
July 13 - Florence, KY - Ollies (vert and park)
August 2 - Columbus, OH - Flow
August 10 - Grand Praire, TX - Alliance
August 17 - Petaluma, CA - Ramp Ratz
August 24 - Denver, CO - Woodward (vert and park)
August 24 - Nashville, TN - 6th Ave
August 31 - Longwood, FL - Mesh
September 7 - Salt Lake City, UT - Ogio Training Facility
For full more info on the stops and to see the skate schedule, visit .* Schedule subject to change.
** Free Flow Tour Finals at the AST Dew Tour’s Toyota Challenge
2008 REGISTRATION
Each competition is open to both male and female amateur competitors age 18-and-under for skate and 21-and-under for BMX. Contest registration forms are available at Free Flow Tour host parks and at www.freeflowtour.com. There is an entry fee that varies park to park, and all participants under the age of 18 must bring a parent or guardian to the event to sign a liability waiver.
AST
The Action Sports Tour (AST) is the recently created umbrella brand and organization of the world’s most prestigious action sports events. Currently the AST consists of two national tours, one international event and an amateur series: AST Dew Tour (debuted in 2005), AST Winter Dew Tour (debuting in 2008), AST China (debuting in 2008), and Free Flow Tour (debuted in 2005). The AST properties are home to over 300,000 spectators each year and broadcast in 100 countries and 280 million homes worldwide. The Free Flow Tour, the AST Dew Tour’s official amateur series, provides amateur athletes the opportunity to showcase their skills and earn a chance to compete against the pros on the AST Dew Tour. The 2008 Tour consists of 49 regional events across 26 cities in the U.S., featuring skateboarding (vert and park) and BMX (vert and park). The winners of each regional event earn a trip to compete in the Free Flow Tour finals held at the 4th stop of the AST Dew Tour, the Toyota Challenge in Salt Lake City, UT. The overall champions in the four disciplines of the Free Flow Tour Finals automatically earn a trip and wild card spot to compete against the pros at the AST Dew Tour’s PlayStation Pro in Orlando, Fla. More information can be found at www.freeflowtour.com.
BNQT
BNQT (pronounced banquet) is a leading digital media company focused on meaningfully connecting consumers, producers and advertisers in the growing sector of action sports. BNQT operates an action sports video community destination (BNQT.com) which combines best-in-breed professional action sports video from leading industry producers with innovative social networking tools to create a highly engaged consumer platform covering more than ten different sports categories. Through its affiliated advertising network of more than 20 affiliated action sports sites, communities, video sites and blogs (Cold War Collective), BNQT has created a platform of more than a million highly engaged action sports enthusiasts per month, and offers the premium solution for advertisers and brands to reach this audience in a relevant context. BNQT has significant distribution relationships for action sports video across more than a dozen leading video portals, works with more than fifty leading action sports producers, and is the exclusive digital partner of the Free Flow Tour.
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