Winter Dew Tour Championships Snowbasin Utah Feb 9-12

By: Francesca Basile | Date: Monday February 06, 2012

The Winter Dew Tour culminates next weekend with the Toyota Championships at Snowbasin, a Sun Valley Resort, in Utah. The best winter action sports athletes will descend on the resort to battle it out for the Dew Cup in snowboarding superpipe and slopestyle disciplines. This weekends action will be highlighted an d the gigantic 22' high 615 ft. long Superpipe.

Salt Lake local Louie Vito will be coming to Snowbasin with one goal in mind – to become the first male winter sports athlete to win the Dew Cup for two consecutive years. After landing on the podium just shy of a win at the first two stops of the season, Vito will need to take the top spot in Snowbasin to claim the Cup. He finds his most threatening competition in Iouri Podladtchikov, the winner of Killington’s Pantech Invitational and current leader in the Tour standings by a mere two points. In slopestyle there is no shortage of fresh faces and up-and-comers eager to make a name for themselves on the international stage of the Winter Dew Tour. Sebastien Toutant’s pair of second place finishes puts him in the lead for the Dew Cup, but Gjermund Braaten, who burst onto the scene with a smooth and technical run at the Nike Open in Breckenridge, is not one to be counted out of contention.

Kelly Clark and Gretchen Bleiler will face off in a winner-takes-all battle in the Snowbasin superpipe. Clark, the former gold medalist and reigning Dew Cup champion, has ruled the women’s snowboard contest circuit, not losing a halfpipe event since the Winter Dew Tour stop in Breckenridge in 2010. There will be no shortage of excitement as Bleiler attempts to end Clark’s streak at the top. Spencer O’Brien blew away the competition on the slopestyle course in Breckendrige. If she is able to repeat at the Toyota Championships, she’ll walk away with the Dew Cup, which she’s had her sights on since she last won it in 2009.

In addition to the exciting competition throughout the weekend, the Winter Dew Tour will host a FREE Mac Miller concert on historic 25th Street in downtown Ogden on Friday, February 10, at 9:00pm. Mac Miller grew up in Pittsburgh with a musical aptitude that already far surpasses most other hip-hop lyricists. His August 2011 debut “K.I.D.S.” took the music industry by storm, earning critical acclaim from well-respected hip-hop magazines and websites. Mac’s upbeat rhymes are sure to hype the Winter Dew Tour crowd for a weekend full of non-stop action.

The confirmed athlete list for Toyota Championships is as follows:

Men's Snowboard Superpipe: Mason Aguirre, Zachary Black, Paul Brichta, Bryan Daino, Brett Esser, Taylor Gold, Trevor Jacob, Kyle Mack, Joeseph Mensch, Hans Mindnich, Jack Mitrani, Scotty Moline, Scotty Pike, Iouri Podladtchikov, Spencer Shaw, Louie Vito, Ben Watts.

Men's Snowboard Slopestyle: Jake Aaronson, Mason Aguirre, Torgeir Bergrem, Gjermund Braaten, Brendan Hart, Seth Hill, Mark Hoyt, Sam Hulbert, Nick Julius, Dash Kamp, Sage Kotsenburgt, Spencer Link, Craig McMorris, Justin Morgan, Charles Reid, Brandon Reis, Spencer Shaw, Jeremy Thompson, Ian Thorley, Chris Tierney, Sebastien Toutant, Eric Willett.

Women's Snowboard Superpipe: Gretchen Bleiler, Xuetong Cai, Kelly Clark, Sarah Conrad, Summer Fenton, Natalie Geer, Leslie Glenn, Arielle Gold, Sarka Pancochova, Meg Pugh, Sophie Rodriguez, Maddy Schaffrick, Serena Shaw, Hannah Teter, Katie Tsuyuki.

Women's Snowboard Slopestyle: Madison Blackley, Julianne Brackett, Mikaela Casey, Alexandra Duckworth, Joanna Dzierzawski, Stephanie Sue Feld, Celia Miller, Silvia Mittermueller, Spencer O’Brien, Taylor Owen, Sarka Pancochova, Kara Rennie, Enni Rukajarvi, Karly Schorr, Nicki Slechta, Rebecca Torr, Erika Vikander.

The full schedule of events for the Toyota Championships is as follows:

Thursday, Feb. 9th – Festival Village Opens at 9:00AM

8:00 AM – 4:00 PM Practice for all disciplines

Friday, Feb. 10th – Festival Village Opens at 9:00AM

10:00 AM – 11:30 AM Women’s Snowboard Slopestyle Semi-Final

11:00 AM – 12:00 PM Women’s Freeski Superpipe Semi-Final

11:30 AM – 1:50 PM Men’s Snowboard Slopestyle Semi-Final

12:00 PM – 1:30 PM Men’s Freeski Superpipe Semi-Final

3:30 PM – 4:30 PM Gatorade Free Flow Tour - Men’s Freeski Slopestyle Final

4:30 PM – 5:30 PM Women’s Snowboard Superpipe Semi-Final

5:30 PM – 7:30 PM Men’s Snowboard Superpipe Semi-Final

9:00 PM – 11:00 PM Mac Miller Concert

Saturday, Feb. 11th – Festival Village Opens at 9:00AM

9:00 AM – 10:15 AM Women’s Freeski Slopestyle Semi-Final

10:15 AM – 12:30 PM Men’s Freeski Slopestyle Semi-Final

11:00 AM – 11:40 AM Women’s Snowboard Superpipe Final

12:00 PM – 1:30 PM Men’s Snowboard Superpipe Final

2:15 PM – 3:15 PM Gatorade Free Flow Tour – Women’s Snowboard Slopestyle Final

3:30 PM – 4:30 PM Gatorade Free Flow Tour – Men’s Snowboard Slopestyle Final

5:00 PM – 5:40 PM Women’s Freeski Superpipe Final

6:00 PM – 7:00 PM Men’s Freeski Superpipe Final

Sunday, Feb. 12th – Festival Village Opens at 9:00AM

9:00 AM – 9:40 AM Women’s Snowboard Slopestyle Final

10:00 AM – 11:00 AM Men’s Snowboard Slopestyle Final

12:00 PM – 12:40 PM Women’s Freeski Slopestyle Final

1:00 PM – 2:30 PM Men’s Freeski Slopestyle Final

2:30 PM – 3:30 PM Dew Cup Awards

2:30 PM – 3:30 PM Gatorade Free Flow Tour – Women’s Snowboard Superpipe Final

4:00 PM – 5:00 PM Gatorade Free Flow Tour – Men’s Snowboard Superpipe Final

5:30 PM – 6:30 PM Gatorade Free Flow Tour – Men’s Freeski Superpipe Final

**Schedule is subject to change. To stay up to date on the action, follow live updates via the Dew Tour on Twitter**

Running through the entire weekend, the Festival Village offers something for everyone attending the Dew Tour. Visit the Pantech tent to test out the newest cell phones, play pool or air hockey at Paul Mitchell, and grab a ride all weekend in one of Toyota’s free shuttles.

For additional Winter Dew Tour event information, visit www.Allisports.com and the Dew Tour Facebook page.

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