WINTER DEW TOUR ANNOUNCES PRE-QUALIFIED ATHLETES FOR 2008/09 INAUGURAL SEASON
Roster of Pre-Qualified Athletes Expected to Compete at Breckenridge Event Include Freeskier Simon Dumont
NEW YORK – December 5, 2008 – The Winter Dew Tour today announced the roster of athletes that are pre-qualified for the 2008/09 Winter Dew Tour’s first stop in Breckenridge, Colorado. The event will take place December 18-21 on Peak 8 at Breckenridge Ski Resort. The three-stop Tour also includes stops to Mt. Snow Resort in West Dover, VT and Northstar-at-Tahoe in Tahoe, Calif.
The full list of pre-qualified freeski athletes is as follows:
SKI Superpipe Men
Christian Allen
Xavier Bertoni
Sammy Carlson
Justin Dorey
Matt Duhamel
Simon Dumont
Sean Field
Tanner Hall
Matthew Hayward
Antti-Jussi Kemppainen
Marshall LaCroix
Kalle Leinonen
Peter Olenick
Tucker Perkins
Mike Riddle
Taylor Seaton
Lyndon Sheehan
JP Solberg
Josiah Wells
Colby West
SKI Superpipe Women
Sarah Burke
Jessica Cumming
Rosalind Groenewoud
Jen Hudak
Angeli Vanlaanen
SKI Slopestyle Men
Anders Backe
Bobby Brown
Sammy Carlson
Philip Casabon
Michael Clarke
Thomas Dolplads
Simon Dumont
Charles Gagnier
Tanner Hall
Russ Henshaw
JF Houle
Antti-Jussi Kemppainen
Kalle Leinonen
Peter Olenick
Tanner Rainville
Matt Walker
Tom Wallisch
Josiah Wells
Colby West
Jacob Wester
SKI Slopestyle Women
Ashley Battersby
Virginie Faivre
Keri Herman
Anna Segal
Kaya Turski
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.
