First Look at the Las Vegas Dew Tour Finals!

Written by: Rockstar Energy Drink

It’s all about Las Vegas this weekend and Rockstar’s Brett Banasiewicz gives you the first look at the BMX course for the Dew Tour finals! http://www.allisports.com/dew-tour/event/las-vegas-2011/video/bmx-dirt-first-look-brett-banasiewicz

Alli Sports: “Once Again Nyquist Saves Best for Last”

Written by: Rockstar Energy Drink

Check out this awesome write up about Rockstar’s Ryan Nyquist killing it at Dew Tour finals in Las Vegas!

http://www.allisports.com/alli/bmx/feature/once-again-nyquist-saves-best-for-last

THE DEW TOUR CHAMPIONSHIPS HEAD TO LAS VEGAS FOR THE FINAL STOP OF THE 2010 SEASON, OCTOBER 14-17 AT HARD ROCK HOTEL & CASINO

Written by: Rockstar Energy Drink

THE DEW TOUR CHAMPIONSHIPS HEAD TO LAS VEGAS FOR THE FINAL STOP OF THE 2010 SEASON, OCTOBER 14-17 AT HARD ROCK HOTEL & CASINO

Vert Ramp over the Pool and N.E.R.D Concert Highlight Weekend Line Up at First-Ever Championship Event

Burr Ridge, Ill. – October 11, 2010 – The Dew Tour brings the first-ever Dew Tour Championships to the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, October 14-17. The best skateboard and BMX athletes will battle it out for the coveted Dew Cup, including Shaun White, Ryan Sheckler, Paul Rodriguez, Jamie Bestwick and Brett Banasiewicz. Las Vegas local Carey Hart and Hart & Huntington will host a freestyle motocross Best Whip competition in conjunction with the Championships.

Unique to any action sport event out there, the skateboard park course will be held inside legendary concert venue, The Joint by Rogue, on Friday night with a live performance by N.E.R.D on the skate park course immediately following the finals. Saturday features Hart & Huntington’s freestyle motocross Best Whip competition, as well as the BMX park and BMX dirt finals at The Plaza. To close out the 2010 Dew Tour season, Sunday’s skateboard and BMX vert competitions will be held in the middle of the biggest pool party of the summer at the HRH Beach Club Pool. The weekend will conclude with the Dew Cup award ceremony at The Joint by Rogue on Sunday night, where 2010 champions will be honored in skateboard (park and vert) and BMX (park, vert and dirt) along with a live performance by Wavves.

Skateboard park proves to be the tightest race for the Cup this season, with only 40 points separating skateboard superstars Greg Lutzka, Chaz Ortiz, Ryan Sheckler and Paul Rodriguez. Leading the charge is Lutzka, who can potentially win his first-ever Dew Cup, with Ortiz, Sheckler and Rodriguez close behind in second, third and fourth respectively. With the level of talent competing it’s anyone’s game.

Despite Shaun White’s back-to-back Dew Tour wins in skateboard vert, Pierre Luc-Gagnon has earned enough points to hold his spot at the top of the leader board, allowing him to win it all by placing fourth or higher. But the excitement doesn’t end there. With a two point difference between vert veterans Bucky Lasek, currently seated second, and Andy Macdonald seated third, it’s going to be a tough competition until the end.

Out on the BMX dirt course, rising star Brett Banasiewicz needs a podium finish to win his first-ever Dew Cup which would make him the youngest BMX athlete to accomplish this feat. Only 30 points behind Banasiewicz is Brandon Dosch with 252 points, with Dennis Enarson in third in the overall standings. With more points on the line at the Dew Tour Championships, the race for the Dew Cup has heated up.

In BMX park, three-time Dew Cup champion, Daniel Dhers, looks to secure a win against defending Dew Cup champion, Garrett Reynolds. Dhers presently sits in first and needs a podium finish in Las Vegas to clinch the highly coveted Dew Cup. However, Reynolds still has the opportunity to come out on top, if he succeeds in battling it out against the likes of Mark Webb, who is also a contender and could potentially win his first Dew Cup.

Jamie Bestwick has the opportunity to make Dew Tour history again at the BMX vert final. If Bestwick places sixth or higher, he will be the only athlete to win every stop of the season, and the only athlete to win six consecutive Dew Cups, marking two back-to-back perfect seasons.

In addition to the skateboard and BMX competitions, Hart & Huntington and the Dew Tour are teaming up to hold the greatest freestyle motocross Best Whip competition the desert has ever seen at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Plaza on Saturday. Legendary moto rider and entrepreneur, Carey Hart, will invite the world’s best FMX and motocross riders for an evening of moto madness including Jeremy ‘Twitch’ Stenberg, Josh Hansen, Ronnie Faisst, Myles Richmond, Jarryd McNeil and Lance Coury.

Athletes are pre-qualified based on their 2010 Dew Tour rankings. The full list of pre-qualified athletes is as follows:

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* Indicates wild cards
** Indicates Gatorade Free Flow Tour Champion

The Dew Tour Championships schedule of events is as follows:

Thursday, October 14th – Festival Village Gates Open at 3:00PM – FREE
3:00PM – 4:30PM BMX Park Practice The Plaza at the Hard Rock
3:00PM – 7:00PM BMX Dirt Practice The Plaza at the Hard Rock
7:30PM – 9:30PM BMX Dirt Prelims The Plaza at the Hard Rock

Friday, October 15th – Festival Village Gates Open at 2:00PM
3:30PM – 6:00PM BMX Park Prelims FREE at The Plaza at the Hard Rock
6:30PM – 8:30PM SKB Park Final The Joint by Rogue
8:30PM – 10:30PM N.E.R.D Concert The Joint by Rogue

Saturday, October 16th – Festival Village Gates Open at 11:00AM
12:00PM – 1:30PM BMX Vert Prelims FREE at HRH Beach Club Pool
2:00PM – 3:00PM BMX Park Final The Plaza at the Hard Rock
3:30PM – 5:00PM SKB Vert Prelims FREE at HRH Beach Club Pool
5:00PM – 6:00PM FMX The Plaza at the Hard Rock
7:30PM – 8:30PM BMX Dirt Final The Plaza at the Hard Rock

Sunday, October 17th – Festival Village Gates Open at 11:00AM
12:00PM – 3:00PM BMX Vert Final and SKB Vert Final HRH Beach Club Pool
9:00PM – 9:45PM Dew Cup Awards Ceremony The Joint by Rogue
10:00PM – 12:00AM Wavves Concert The Joint by Rogue

***SCHEDULE SUBJECT TO CHANGE***

In addition to world-class competitions, the four -day event will include an interactive Festival Village featuring Mountain Dew and FUEL TV’s Green Label Experience, Nike 6.0 Poolside Activation, the NERF Dart Tag World Championships, free product giveaways, demos of the latest Sony and PlayStation games and electronics and athlete autograph signings.

Tickets for the Dew Tour Championships are now on sale at Ticketmaster, Ticketmaster.com, select Ticketmaster retail outlets, by phone at (800) 745-3000 or at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino box office.

Tickets for the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino’s legendary concert venue, The Joint by Rogue, on Friday, October 15th range from $34 – $63, including a concert with N.E.R.D. Tickets for the Plaza at the Hard Rock on Saturday, October 16th are just $15. Tickets for competitions at the HRH Beach Club Pool on Sunday, October 17th are $25. Tickets for the Dew Cup Awards Ceremony and the Wavves concert at The Joint by Rogue on Sunday, October 17th range from $15 – $20.

The complete 2010 Dew Tour schedule is as follows:
Event                                        Date                Location
Skate Open,                             June 25-26      Boston, Mass. – TD Garden
ISF Skateboarding World Championships
Nike 6.0 BMX Open              July 23-24        Chicago, Ill. – Soldier Field South Festival Lot
Wendy’s Invitational             Aug. 12-15         Portland, Ore. – Rose Quarter
Toyota Challenge                    Sept. 16-19        Salt Lake City, Utah – EnergySolutions Arena
Dew Tour Championships   Oct. 14-17           Las Vegas, Nev. – Hard Rock Hotel & Casino

In its sixth year, the top athletes in the world will take part in the 2010 Dew Tour, all competing for the highly coveted Dew Cup that will be awarded at season’s end to champions in each of the five disciplines, culminating at the Dew Tour Championships at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas. The 2009 Dew Cup champions include Chris Cole (skateboard park), Bucky Lasek (skate vert), Garrett Reynolds (BMX park), Jamie Bestwick (BMX vert) and Ryan Nyquist (BMX dirt).

“Lords of Dirt” continued

Written by: Colin Mackay

Whats happening guys?
This past week I got to travel to the South-West of France with Nasty for a “Lords of Dirt” contest.
The jumps were already built and 100% ready when we arrived so this made us real pumped knowing we didn’t have to ride them in like usual. It was 3 sets down, a curved wall ride into some rollers then 4 sets back.

Nasty got taken out in practice and hit his head pretty good, he also did something to his hand. It swelled up and he tried to ride finals, but it was too painful and he had to sit out and watch. He got to meet a bunch of fans and do some interview’s for the french magazines and was even asked to come up too the awards stage were he was cheered on by the crowd. It was great to see Nasty get the respect he deserves.

I made it through qualifying and into the finals, and I was pumped on my riding, 3 runs in the bag, no messed up runs. I was having a good time for sure. I ended up getting 5th place which I was more than happy with considering what the other riders were doing in the finals.

From here I am off to Road Fools next week as “Team Manager” for the Premium Team,  I’m looking forward to hitting the streets with the boys and trying to clock some clips. The trip starts in San Francisco and finishes in Utah.

One last thing I have to report is that I received a call yesterday for a wild card spot for Dirt at the Salt Lake Dew stop so Im pretty pumped to get back on the Dew scene, that contest is just a few weeks away, I broke my wrist at that one last year so lets hope I can pull it this year!

Take it easy, Mackay