DEW TOUR ANNOUNCES PRE-QUALIFIED ATHLETES AND SCHEDULE OF EVENTS FOR NIKE 6.0 BMX OPEN IN CHICAGO, JUNE 26-27
Roster of Pre-Qualified Athletes Includes BMX Veterans Dave Mirra and Ryan Nyquist and Four-Time Dew Cup Champion Jamie Bestwick
Burr Ridge, Ill. – June 3, 2009 – The best talent in BMX will be coming out for the first ever BMX-only stop on the Dew Tour, the world’s premier season-long action sports tour. The 2009 season kicks off with the Nike 6.0 BMX Open in Chicago’s Grant Park, June 26-27, adjacent to the Taste of Chicago. The schedule of events features BMX park, vert and dirt disciplines, along with a Nike 6.0 street specialty competition.
Over 200 of the best BMX athletes in the world will be in Chicago to compete in the two-day competition, including four-time Dew Cup champion Jamie Bestwick (BMX Vert), 2008 BMX Dirt Dew Cup champion Cameron White, 18-year-old rising star Dennis Enarson (BMX Park and Dirt), and BMX legends Dave Mirra (BMX Park) and Ryan Nyquist (BMX Park and Dirt).
“We are thrilled to bring the Dew Tour to Chicago for the first time in its five year history for the Nike 6.0 BMX Open,” said Chris Prybylo, General Manager of the Dew Tour. “The lineup of athletes promises to deliver stellar BMX competitions, and it’s the perfect way to introduce the Dew Tour to this city.”
Athletes are pre-qualified based on their rankings at the end of the 2008 Dew Tour season. Additionally one-two wild cards per discipline have been selected. Athletes who are not pre-qualified may compete as Open Qualifiers at the Nike 6.0 BMX Open to earn a spot in the preliminary rounds.
The full list of pre-qualified athletes is as follows:
Daniel Dhers
Jamie Bestwick
Cameron White
Mike Spinner
Chad Kagy
Corey Bohan
Ryan Nyquist
Simon Tabron
Dennis Enarson
Rob Darden
Steven McCann
Luke Parslow
Garrett Reynolds
Dennis McCoyt
Craig Mast
Jimmy Walker
James Foster
Ryan Guettler
Zack Warden
Ryan Guettler
Jay Eggleston
Drew Bezanson
Francisco Zurita
Cory Nastazio
John Parker
Anthony Napolitan
Marcus Tooker
*Kevin Robinson
Nate Berkheimer
Gary Young
TJ Ellis
Seth Klinger
Diogo Canina
Dave Mirra
Austin Coleman
Chris Gerber
Alessandro Barbero
*Chris Doyle
Anthony Napolitan
*Brandon Dosch
Morgan Wade
Alistair Whitton
Kevin Kiraly
*Scotty Cranmer
*Allan Cooke
*Indicates wild cards
The Nike 6.0 BMX Open schedule of events is as follows:
Friday, June 26th – Gates Open at 1pm
12:30-3pm BMX Park Prelims
3:15-3:45pm BMX Street Specialty Competition
4-5:30pm BMX Dirt Prelims
5:30-7pm Concert – Lupe Fiasco
7:30-9pm BMX Dirt Finals
Saturday, June 27th – Gates Open at 11am
12:30-2pm BMX Park Finals
3-5pm BMX Vert Prelims
7:30-9pm BMX Vert Finals
The complete 2009 Dew Tour schedule is as follows:
Event” Date: Location:
Nike 6.0 BMX Open June 26-27 Chicago, Ill.—Grant Park
Skate Open July 24-25 Boston, Mass.—TD Banknorth Garden
Wendy’s Invitational Aug. 13-16 Portland, Ore.—Rose Quarter
Toyota Challenge Arena Sept. 17-20 Salt Lake City, UT—Energy Solutions
PlayStation® Pro Oct. 15-18 Orlando, Fla.—Amway Arena
Entering its fifth year, the Dew Tour is the most watched and attended action sports property in the world. Attendance for the 2008 Dew Tour totaled nearly 275,000 and an average of 49 million viewers tuned in via NBC, USA, MTV and MTV2. The top athletes in the world will take part in this year’s Tour, all competing for the highly coveted Dew Cup that will be awarded in Orlando at season’s end.
Dew Tour
The Dew Tour consists of five major, multi-sport events spanning across the country, with a cumulative points system, a $2.5 million competitive purse based on overall tour standings. The Tour features skateboarding (park and vert), BMX (park, vert and dirt) and freestyle motocross. 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 Dew Tour is broadcast live on NBC Sports with additional competition and lifestyle broadcasts on MTV, MTV2 and USA. Dew Tour is also distributed on Fuel TV, Universal HD, and internationally on Eurosport, Fox Australia, Extreme Channel and Allarco Superchannel. The Dew Tour partners include Mountain Dew (tour title sponsor); and Nike 6.0, Wendy’s, Toyota and PlayStation® (event title sponsors). Associate partners include Ball Park, Nerf, and Verizon Wireless. More information can be found at www.allisports.com <http://www.allisports.com/> .
Alli, the Alliance of Action Sports
Alli, the Alliance of Action Sports, is a global business that encompasses national and international action sports tours and events, multimedia production, and a consumer facing lifestyle brand. The Alliance includes: the Dew Tour, Winter Dew Tour, China Invitational, Maloof Money Cup, AMA Motocross Championship, King of Wake series, and the Gatorade Free Flow Tour; Alli Productions, which creates original content, produces and presents content with partners, and distributes Alli content through a variety of channels. Alli is owned by NBC Sports and MTV Networks. More information can be found at www.allisports.com <http://www.allisports.com/> .
NBC Universal
NBC Universal is one of the world’s leading media and entertainment companies in the development, production, and marketing of entertainment, news, and information to a global audience. Formed in May 2004 through the combining of NBC and Vivendi Universal Entertainment, NBC Universal owns and operates the No. 1 television network, the fastest-growing Spanish-language network, a valuable portfolio of news and entertainment networks, a premier motion picture company, significant television production operations, a leading television stations group, and world-renowned theme parks. NBC Universal is 80%-owned by General Electric, with 20% controlled by Vivendi Universal.
MTV Networks
MTV Networks, a unit of Viacom (NYSE: VIA, VIA.B), is one of the world’s leading creators of programming and content across all media platforms. MTV Networks, with more than 150 channels worldwide, owns and operates the following television programming services - MTV: MUSIC TELEVISION, MTV2, VH1, mtvU, NICKELODEON, NICK at NITE, LOGO, COMEDY CENTRAL, TV LAND, SPIKE TV, CMT, NOGGIN, THE N, VH1 CLASSIC, MTVN INTERNATIONAL and THE DIGITAL SUITE FROM MTV NETWORKS, a package of 13 digital services, all of these networks trademarks of MTV Networks. MTV Networks connects with its audiences through its robust consumer products businesses and its more than 300 interactive properties worldwide, including online, broadband, wireless and interactive television services and also has licensing agreements, joint ventures, and syndication deals whereby all of its programming services can be seen worldwide.
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