Breckenridge, CO - The Winter Dew Tour has announced the schedule of events for its first stop of the season, Dec. 18-21 at Breckenridge Ski Resort. Many of 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.

Similar to the Dew Tour’s summer competition structure, the Winter Dew Tour will be based on a cumulative points system. Following Breckenridge the Winter Dew Tour will head to Mount Snow Resort in West Dover, Vt. Jan. 8-11, 2009, and will conclude in Lake Tahoe, Calif. at Northstar-at-Tahoe Resort Feb. 19-22, 2009.

The schedule of events in Breckenridge is as follows:

Thursday, Dec. 18

• 12:30PM – 2:30PM Men’s Freeski Slopestyle Prelims

Friday, Dec. 19

• 9:30AM – 12:00PM Men’s/Women’s Snowboard Slopestyle Prelims
• 11:00AM-12:00PM Women’s Freeski Superpipe Exhibition
• 12:00PM – 2:00PM Men’s Freeski Superpipe Prelims
• 2:30PM – 4:00PM Men’s/Women’s Snowboard Slopestyle Final
• 7:00PM – 9:00PM Concert at RiverWalk Center

Saturday, Dec. 20

• 8:45AM – 9:30AM Women’s Freeski Slopestyle Exhibition
• 11:00AM – 1:00PM Men’s/Women’s Snowboard Superpipe Prelims
• 11:30AM – 1:00PM Men’s Freeski Slopestyle Final
• 4:00PM – 6:00PM Concert at Festival Village
• 6:00PM – 7:30PM Men’s Freeski Superpipe Final

Sunday, Dec. 21

• 11:00AM – 1:00PM Men’s/Women’s Snowboard Superpipe Final
• 1:00 – 3:00PM Concert at Festival Village