AST DEW TOUR ARRIVES IN ORLANDO OCTOBER 16-19 AT AMWAY ARENA

Oct 17, 2008

Written by Bart de Jong

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The AST Dew Tour begins its fifth and final event of the season on Thursday, October 16 with the PlayStation® Pro at Orlando's Amway Arena. The five-city tour also includes stops in Baltimore, Cleveland, Portland and Orlando. Currently in 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).

There are a number of athletes to watch on the fourth season of the AST Dew Tour-both veterans and a few new faces. A list of a few of those athletes to watch in Orlando's Race for the Dew Cup is as follows:

· BMX park competitor Daniel Dhers (400) has a monopoly on the competition this season, with a four-event winning streak and his third-consecutive Dew Cup. Friday's finals will decide if Dhers becomes the first athlete in event history to nail a perfect season

or if Florida's Mike Spinner (330) can pull a never-before-seen trick such as his quad whip and unseat Dhers.

· Jamie Bestwick (385) holds the lead in BMX vert points standings, but in order to earn his fourth Dew Cup in Friday's finals he will have to put up a fight against Chad Kagy (355) and Simon Tabron (290).

· BMX dirt competitor Cameron White (303) is known for his signature barspin backflip tailwhip, and he may need it in Saturday's finals to fend off fellow Australians Luke Parslow (279) and Corey Bohan (278) in the race for the Cup.