DEW TOUR ARRIVES IN BOSTON FOR SKATE OPEN, ISF SKATEBOARDING WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS JULY 24-25 AT TD GARDEN
Grounds Pass Tickets Only $15 for Adults, $5 for Kids
Burr Ridge, Ill. – July 21, 2009 – The Dew Tour, the world’s premier season-long action sports tour, begins the second stop of the 2009 season on Friday, July 24 at TD Garden. The Dew Tour comes to Boston for the first time in its five-year history for the Skate Open, International Skateboarding Federation (ISF) Skateboarding World Championships, a skateboarding-only event. The five-city tour kicked off in Chicago in June and will also include stops in Portland, Ore., Salt Late City and Orlando.
The athlete roster includes the who’s who in skateboarding, highlighted by skateboard street legend Eric Koston, 2009 Maloof Money Cup champions Chris Cole and Alex Perelson, Ryan Sheckler, 2008 Skate Park Dew Cup champion Chaz Ortiz and Massachusetts-natives Andy Macdonald and Nick Dompierre.
The Skate Open schedule of events is as follows:
Friday, July 24th – Gates Open at 3:00PM
5:15PM – 6:45PM SKB Park Prelims, Group 1 (Men)
7:15PM – 8:45PM SKB Park Prelims, Group 2 (Men)
9:00PM – 11:00PM FREE Taking Back Sunday Concert at City Hall Plaza
Saturday, July 25th – Gates Open at 1:00PM
1:00PM – 2:00PM SKB Vert Prelims (Men)
2:30PM – 3:30PM SKB Park Final (Women)
4:00PM – 6:00PM SKB Park Final (Men)
6:15PM – 7:00PM SKB Vert Final (Women)
7:30PM – 9:00PM SKB Vert Final (Men)
**Schedule is subject to change**
Beyond the competitions, the Skate Open, ISF Skateboarding World Championships will feature a live musical performance and a daily Festival Village with interactive events, athlete autograph signings and games. Just one of the many interactive booths, NERF, will be hosting a regional dart tag tournament that gives kids between eight and 17 the chance to win a trip to the Dew Tour’s PlayStation® Pro, October 15-18 to compete in the NERF Dart Tag World Championship.
Punk-rock group, Taking Back Sunday, will headline a FREE concert as part of the Dew Tour’s Skate Open on Friday, July 24th at City Hall Plaza. Opening the 9:00 p.m. concert is Crooked X.
Tickets to the Dew Tour’s Skate Open, ISF Skateboarding World Championships are still available through Ticketmaster and TD Garden’s Box Office. Grounds Pass tickets are only $15 for adults and $5 for kids.
The complete 2009 Dew Tour schedule is as follows:
Event Date Location
Nike 6.0 BMX Open June 26-27 Chicago, Ill.—Grant Park
Skate Open, July 24-25 Boston, Mass.—TD Garden
ISF Skateboarding World Championships
Wendy’s Invitational Aug. 13-16 Portland, Ore.—Rose Quarter
Toyota Challenge Sept. 17-20 Salt Lake City, UT—EnergySolutions Arena
PlayStation® Pro Oct. 15-18 Orlando, Fla.—Amway Arena
In its fifth year, the Dew Tour is the most watched and attended action sports property in the world. Attendance for the 2008 Dew Tour totaled nearly 275,000 and an average of 49 million viewers tuned in via NBC, USA, MTV and MTV2. 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.
