Westbound Boarder

Day 2 of the SLC Dew Tour did not disappoint. BMX Semis went down on the dirt and in the vert. Before the street skate semi finals. These guys continue to amaze. Salt Lake also provided two locals to compete in the contest. A standout rider for me was Milton Martinez because of his creativity using obstacles throughout the course that others just passed by. He also climbed into the stands and dropped into a ramp from about 10 feet above. The Jam session is definitely the best format for this event. Jam session style is how skating happens in the real world and its great to watch these guys feed of each other.

The most exciting event of the night was definitely the FMX Speed and Style contest. Four guys at a time would race through a course with one huge ramp for four laps. The competitors got points for the place they finished and style from judges. It was incredible to see these guys fly through the air of downtown Salt Lake City.

After the FMX guys wrapped up their event the crowd migrated around the course to the stage to watch a band from SLC perform. The Used put on a great show and put a great cap on the events of the day.

Tomorrow is day to see the big names in Skate Vert and the BMX guys hit the dirt for the Big Air Event. More to come. . .

This weekend (starting today), Salt Lake City, UT will play home to the Gatorade Free Flow Tour Skate finals.  Sister comp. to the Dew Tour, the Gatorade Free Flow Tour began in 2009 and since then has emerged as one of the premier amateur board sports competitions.

More than 70 of the best amateur skaters and BMX riders in the United States will be in Salt Lake City Sept. 16 – 19 to compete in the Skate and BMX Finals, including the 47 event winners from the Tour season and wildcard entries selected from the overall pool of competitors.

Highlighting the roster are four-time Gatorade Free Flow Tour finalists Chase Webb, Ryan Thompson, and Tyson Bowerbank (skate park), as well as third-time contestants Fletcher Renegar (skate park) and Spencer Bass (BMX park). This year also presents four dual-discipline athletes; competing in both BMX park and dirt are Daniel Sandoval, Jason Lopez, Kevin Peraza, and Vinny Mannino.

Check out the teaser video here or the full event lineup here, and tune in starting tonight!

The Dew Tour consists of five major, multi sport events spanning across the country, with a cumulative points system. The Tour features skateboarding (men and women, park and vert), BMX (park, vert and dirt) and freestyle motocross. At season’s end, the overall points leaders in the five disciplines will be crowned year-end champs and awarded the prestigious Dew Cup title. A Portland, Ore. stop is on the schedule, so listen up…

Shaun White is at it again. This time he will by fighting for the Skate Vert World Championship title at the Dew Tour Skateboarding Open. It all goes down this June 25-26 at Boston’s legendary TD Garden. Those competing against White this year include Dew Tour defending champ, Bucky Lasek, Boston Local Andy Macdonald, Alex Perelson and vert legend Bob Burnquist.

In addition to the Vert Competition we have also got the Skate Park World Championship competitors, including Paul Rodriguez, Chaz Ortiz , Greg Lutzka and defending champ Ryan Sheckler.

Dew Tour Schedule:

…I am for reals here! All you have to do is submit your best video and you could earn yourself a spot in the Gatorade Free Flow Finals stop of the Dew Tour. It all takes place in Salt Lake City and these guys will even pay for your airfare and lodging if you are selected!

Events included are BMX park, Skate park and Skate vert – so check out Dylan Stark’s submission that the Dew Tour has shared with the world – think you are better than this youngster? Than get your video in ASAP, there are only a few days left to enter.

And I almost forgot, since the Gatorade Free Flow Tour is an amateur circuit competition, you do have to be an am to enter… (21 & under for BMX, 18 & under for skate). On top of competing in the Dew Tour, you just may find yourself competing against your favorite pros, because the winner of each competition will be up against the Dew Tour Pro’s in Orlando bABy!

UPDATE: We just spoke with the dudes at the Dew Tour and ladies are welcome and encouraged to enter the contest! C’mon ladies, make us proud!!

For those of you not paying attention, August has proven to be a pretty epic extreme sports month for the Portland area. Downtown Portland was host to the 2009 Wake Jam a couple weeks back (check out our recap & pics!) and is now bringing you the Dew Tour this weekend. That’s right. Today, Thursday August 13th – Sunday August 16th, the best Skate, BMX and Freestyle Moto Cross athletes will be competing for the highly coveted Dew Cup, and you can be there to witness it.

Tickets are available at the Rose Quarter and Online. Prices are quite reasonable and you can enjoy the entire weekend for less than $100 bucks.  It gets better too, with any single day or all session ticket purchase, you will receive a free ticket for Thursday’s event’s, which are not on sale to the public.

Still wondering what the Dew Tour is really about? Check ‘em out online, but here is a brief run down. The Dew Tour has been around since 2005 and is the first ever action sports tour. It consists of a five month tour, featuring competitions in three different action sports (Skate, FMX and BMX). At the end of it all an overall Dew Cup winner is determined and over $2.5 mill in prize money will be allocated accordingly.

Last years Dew Tour champs include FMX pro Adam Jones, BMX Vert competitor Jamie Bestwick, BMX park rider Daniel Dhers, BMX dirty dawg Cameron White, Skate Verter Pierre Luc Gagnon and lastly Chax Ortiz, Skateboard Park extrordinare. Where were all the ladies last year you ask? I really don’t know, but I will be on the look out for them this weekend, that is for sure!