First Round of Confirmed Freeski Athletes for the Winter Dew Tour’s Nike 6.0 Open at Breckenridge Ski Resort, Dec. 16-19, 2010
Wells, Dumont, Brown, Carlson, Schiller and Hudak Among Confirmed Freeski Athletes
Below is the first round of pre-qualified* freeski athletes confirmed to compete at the first of three stops on the 2010-11 Winter Dew Tour – the Nike 6.0 Open at Breckenridge Ski Resort, Dec. 16-19, 2010. The Winter Dew Tour continues to be the leader in fostering new talent and will hold its Open Qualifiers at the Nike 6.0 Open in Breckenridge to allow spots for emerging talent on the Tour. Highlights of some open qualifier freeski athletes are below as well.
The second round of confirmed freeski athletes for the Nike 6.0 Open will be announced on Tuesday, November 16th, 2010 with the full, final roster of athletes to be announced closer to the event.
Athlete registration for the 2010-11 Winter Dew Tour season is currently open and will remain open until December 1st at 5 p.m. CST. To register, please visit http://www.allisports.com/dew-tour/registration.
Pre-Qualified
Men’s Freeski Superpipe
Xavier Bertoni
Justin Dorey
Matt Duhamel
Simon Dumont
Banks Gilberti
AJ Kemppainen
Dan Marion
Peter Olenick
Tucker Perkins
Mike Riddle
Jossi Wells
Colby West
Torin Yater-Wallace
Men’s Freeski Slopestyle
Elias Ambuhl
Anders Backe
Bobby Brown
Sammy Carlson
Philip Casabon
Ian Cosco
Charles Gagnier
Banks Gilberti
Steffen Hamre
Elvis Harsheim
Andreas Håtveit
JF Houle
Sean Jordan
TJ Schiller
Alex Schlopy
McRae Williams
Open Qualifiers
Men’s Freeski Superpipe
Noah Bowman
Thomas Krief
Matt Margetts
Tyler Peterson
Walter Wood
Men’s Freeski Slopestyle
Antti-Jussi Kemppainen
Nick Martini
Mike Riddle
Oscar Scherlin
Colby West
Women’s Freeski Superpipe
Jessica Cumming
Devin Logan
Rosalind Groenewoud
Jen Hudak
Mirjam Jaeger
Women’s Freeski Slopestyle
Grete Eliassen
Keri Herman
Jen Hudak
Kristi Leskinen
Meg Olenick
*Athletes are pre-qualified based on their rankings at the end of the 2009-10 Winter Dew Tour season.
The complete 2010-11 Winter Dew Tour schedule is as follows:
Nike 6.0 Open – Dec. 16-19 Breckenridge Ski Resort – Breckenridge, Colo.
Winter Dew Tour Killington – Jan. 20-23 Killington Resort – Killington, Vt.
Toyota Championships – Feb. 10-13 Snowbasin Resort – Ogden, Utah
Entering its third season, the top athletes in the world will take part in the 2010-11 Winter Dew Tour, all competing for the highly coveted Dew Cup that will be awarded at the Toyota Championship at Snowbasin Resort in Ogden, Utah. The 2009-10 Dew Cup champions include Andreas Hatveit (Freeski Slopestyle), Jossi Wells (Freeski Superpipe), Jamie Anderson (Women’s Snowboard Slopestyle), Sage Kotsenburg (Men’s Snowboard Slopestyle), Kaitlyn Farrington (Women’s Snowboard Superpipe), JJ Thomas (Men’s Snowboard Superpipe).
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