The Dew Tour today announced the first round of confirmed athletes for the Toyota City Championships in San Francisco, Calif., October 18-21. The new Dew Tour will showcase the best in Skateboarding, BMX, and FMX during the 4-day action sports and lifestyle event. Top confirmed athletes include Garrett Reynolds, Dennis Enarson and Ryan Nyquist. Skate and BMX athletes will bring their creativity to Harrison Street for the first-ever Skate and BMX Streetstyle contests, two disciplines exclusive to the Dew Tour. Created to honor
the action sports heritage of San Francisco, in collaboration with Dew Tour athletes, the courses will embrace the natural setting of the city’s hills. Skaters and riders will cruise toward the legendary Embarcadero, creating their own lines using the big-gap features and streetstyle elements of the course. Fans can keep an eye out for the Canadian superstar, Drew Bezanson, as he sets his sights on the first-ever BMX Streetstyle Dew Cup.
In addition to Streetstyle, BMX Street will also be introduced at the Toyota City Championships, as a new event alongside BMX Dirt and BMX Dirt Best Trick. Along with NorCal native Nyquist heavy hitters such as Kyle Baldock, Ben Wallace, Corey Bohan and Cam White will be ripping up BMX Dirt. Dew Tour podium contender Dennis Enarson leads the pack of multi-discipline athletes, along with Garrett Reynolds, Chad Kerley, Dakota Roche and Sean Sexton, all competing in the inaugural BMX Streetstyle event.
The Dew Tour Toyota City Championships will be showcased across 11 broadcast hours on NBC and NBC Sports Network and across an all-new digital platform with live streaming, plus exclusive behind the scenes and in-depth content on dewtour.com. The new broadcast platform will offer coverage from every day of the four-day events and more live Dew Tour coverage on NBC and NBC Sports Network than any previous year.
The Dew Tour Toyota City Championships will be free to attend giving fans access to be a part of the best skateboarding, BMX and FMX competitions and check out the Dew Tour Experience with skate and BMX courses built just for the fans, autograph signings, giveaways and more. Premium Passes are currently available for purchase at www.dewtour.com. Thursday’s FMX Triple Threat Pit Pass ($50) includes an FMX athlete meet and greet and autographed poster. Friday’s Premium Pass ($35) will guarantee seating at all competitions, as well as exclusive Dew Tour swag, while Saturday’s Premium Pass ($65) will guarantee seating at all final events and include a meet and greet with a skate street athlete.
The complete 2012 Dew Tour schedule is as follows:
Event Date Location
-Pantech Beach Championships August 16-19 Ocean City, Md.
-Toyota City Championships October 18-21 San Francisco, Calif.
-iON Mountain Championships December 13-16 Breckenridge, Colo.
The Dew Tour Toyota City Championships will air live on NBC Sports Network on Friday, October 19 at 7:30pm ET, on Saturday, October 20 on NBC at 1:30pm ET, and on Sunday, October 21 on NBC at 2:00pm ET. Additional broadcasts on NBC Sports Network will be October 18 at 11:00pm ET, October 20 at 11:00pm ET, October 21 at 11:00pm ET and October 28 at 11:00pm ET.
For additional Dew Tour event information, visit DewTour.com