AST DEW TOUR ARRIVES IN BALTIMORE TO KICK OFF THIRD SEASON, JUNE 21-24, AT CAMDEN YARDS SPORTS COMPLEX

Jun 20, 2007

Written by Bart de Jong

Read 3854 times

NEW YORK - June 19, 2007 - The AST Dew Tour, the world’s premier season-long action sports tour, begins its third season on June 21-24 with the Panasonic Open at Baltimore’s Camden Yards Sports Complex. The five-city tour also includes stops in Cleveland, Portland, Salt Lake City and Orlando. More than 260 professional action sports athletes from around the world-including skateboarder Ryan Sheckler, BMX athlete Jamie Bestwick, and FMX competitor Nate Adams-will return to compete for the Dew Cup, awarded at season’s end to the athlete with the highest number of points in each of the six disciplines: skateboarding, BMX, and freestyle motocross.

There are a number of athletes to watch on the third season of the AST Dew Tour-both veterans and a few new faces. A list of a few of those BMX athletes to watch is as follows:

· Anthony Napolitan, the Cinderella story of last season, will look to repeat as champion in BMX Dirt competition. Napolitan who finished the 2005 season in last place, made the improbable jump to Dew Tour champion in 2006.
· Jamie Bestwick of Nottingham, GBR came back from neck surgery to win his second Dew Cup is as many years in BMX Vert. He also collected 2006 Athlete of the Year honors and will look to retain both titles in 2007.
· 2006 BMX Park champion Daniel Dhers of Caracas, VEN will look to continue where he left off last year, recording two event wins en route to the season title in his rookie year on tour.
· Jackson, N.J. native Scotty Cranmer, finished in second place overall for the second consecutive year in BMX Park and will look to win his first Dew Cup trophy in 2007.
· Mike Spinner of Oceanside, N.Y. has already made history in BMX Park competition completing the first 720 tailwhip at the Free Flow Tour championship last season. Spinner will be a rookie on the Dew Tour this season and could turn quite a few heads.