Olympic Gold Medalist Shaun White among athletes to compete in Cleveland's Right Guard Open - World-Class Action Sports Athletes to Participate in Cleveland, July 17-20 - New York – The AST Dew Tour, the world’s premier season-long action sports tour,
Olympic Gold Medalist Shaun White among athletes to compete in Cleveland's Right Guard Open, July 17-20
World-Class Action Sports Athletes to Participate in Cleveland, July 17-20
New York – The AST Dew Tour, the world’s premier season-long action sports tour, today announced the roster of athletes that are set to compete at the Right Guard Open in Cleveland, Ohio, July 17-20 at North Coast Harbor.
Over 250 of the best action sports athletes in the world will be in Cleveland to compete in the four-day competition, including Youngstown natives Anthony Napolitan and brother Ronnie Napolitan (both will compete in BMX Dirt and Park), Olympic Gold medalist Shaun White (Skateboard Vert), MTV ‘Life of Ryan’ superstar Ryan Sheckler (Skateboard Park), and BMX legend Dave Mirra (BMX Park).
“Our goal at each tour stop is to provide the highest level of competition for our athletes and fans,” said Wade Martin, AST President. “The lineup of athletes for the Right Guard Open promises to provide premier action for the fans on-site in Cleveland and those tuning into the broadcast.”
“I was disappointed to miss the Baltimore stop because of a crash my second day back skating,” said Shaun White, Olympic Gold Medalist and ’07 Skateboard Vert Dew Cup champion. “I lost a month of practice so I’m excited for Cleveland; it will only be my second event of the year.”
The list of athletes expected to compete in Cleveland is as follows:
Skateboard Park
Jason Barr Chad Bartie Kurtis Colamonico Chris Cudlipp Carlos De Andrade Danilo Do Rosario Danny Fuenzalida Rodney Jones Greg Lutza Chris Mendes Ricardo Oliveira Assis Tulio Oliveira Chaz Ortiz Mike Peterson Rodolfo Ramos Wagner Ramos Paul Rodriguez Jereme Rogers Fabrizio Santos Austen Seaholm Ryan Sheckler Michell Simonetto Matthieu Therres
Skateboard Vert
Bob Burnquist Sandro Dias Anthony Furlong Pierre-Luc Gagnon Rune Glifberg Neal Hendrix Bucky Lasek Rob Lorifice Andy Macdonald Danny Mayer Rodrigo Menezes Renton Millar Alex Perelson Jean Postec Josh Stafford Adam Taylor Shaun White
The complete 2008 AST Dew Tour schedule is as follows:
Event Date Location
Right Guard Open July 17-20 Cleveland, OH—North Coast Harbor Wendy’s Invitational Aug. 21-24 Portland, Ore.—Rose Quarter Toyota Challenge Sept. 11-14 Salt Lake City, UT—EnergySolutions Arena PlayStation® Pro Oct. 16-19 Orlando, Fla.—Amway Arena
Entering its fourth year, the AST Dew Tour is the most watched and attended action sports property in the world. Attendance for the 2007 AST Dew Tour totaled 280,000 and an average of 41 million viewers tuned in via NBC and USA each year. 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 to champions in each of the six disciplines. The 2007 Dew Cup winners include Nate Adams (Freestyle Motocross), Jamie Bestwick (BMX Vert), Ryan Nyquist (BMX Dirt), Daniel Dhers (BMX Park), Shaun White (Skateboard Vert) and Ryan Sheckler (Skateboard Park).
About AST
The Action Sports Tour (AST), owned by NBC Sports and MTV Networks, is the recently created umbrella brand and organization of the world’s most prestigious action sports events. Currently the AST consists of two national tours, one international event and an amateur series: AST Dew Tour (debuted in 2005), AST Winter Dew Tour (debuting in 2008), AST China (debuting in 2008), and Free Flow Tour (debuted in 2005). The AST properties are home to 280,000 spectators each year and broadcast in 100 countries and 280 million homes worldwide. The AST Dew Tour consists of five major, multi-sport events spanning across the country, with a cumulative points system, a $2.5 million competitive purse – the largest in action sports – and an additional $1 million bonus pool. Each event features skateboarding (park and vert), BMX (park, vert, and dirt) and freestyle motocross. At seasons end, the overall point’s leaders in the six disciplines are crowned year-end champions and awarded the prestigious Dew Cup. Key lifestyle elements at each Tour event include the Festival village, specialty competitions, and live cutting edge music. The AST Dew Tour partners include Mountain Dew (tour title sponsor); and Panasonic, Right Guard Xtreme, Wendy's, Toyota and PlayStation® (event title sponsors). Associate partners include Ball Park, Mongoose®, Nike 6.0 and Verizon Wireless.
About 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.
About 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.
