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Dew Tour Rolls Into Salt Lake City This Week

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dewtour1dewtour2This week, the Dew Tour rolls into Salt Lake City, for its fourth stop of its five stop season-long tour. The action begins Thursday, September 17 at the Energy Solutions Arena. The Dew Tour comes to Salt Lake City for the third consecutive year for the Toyota Challenge.

The Toyota Challenge includes competitions in BMX (park, vert and dirt) and skateboard (park and vert), along with a freestyle motocross jam session. You can catch all the action as NBC broadcasts the events on Saturday, September 19 from 12:00 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. EST and Sunday, September 20 from 2:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. EST.

In addition to all the competitions, breakout Hip-Hop artist, Asher Roth, will headline the Verizon Wireless music stage on Friday, September 18th at 9:00 p.m.

dewtourThe athlete roster includes the who’s who in action sports, highlighted by skateboard superstars Paul Rodriguez and Chaz Ortiz, BMX veterans Dave Mirra and Jamie Bestwick and freestyle motocross daredevils Robbie Maddison and Nate Adams.

Aside from all the amazing pros, this year the Toyota Challenge also hosts the Dew Tour’s official amateur series, the Gatorade Free Flow Tour (GFFT). Over 70 of the country’s best amateur skateboarders and BMX riders will be in Salt Lake City vying for a chance to compete against the pros in Orlando.

dewtour3Don’t miss the chance to catch the best in action sports live in Salt Lake City. Tickets for the Dew Tour’s Toyota Challenge are just $15 for adults and $5 for kids, on sale at Ticketmaster, Ticketmaster.com and select Ticketmaster retail outlets or by phone at (800) 745-3000.

Check it out. These atheletes are amazing. The schedule of events over the next four days is listed below.

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The complete schedule of events for the Toyota Challenge is as follows:

Thursday, September 17th – Gates Open at 3:00PM
3:00PM – 4:30PM SKB Vert Prelims
3:30PM – 5:00PM BMX Dirt Prelims
5:00PM – 7:00PM SKB Park Prelims
7:30PM – 9:00PM BMX Vert Prelims

Friday, September 18th – Gates Open at 2:00PM
2:00PM – 4:30PM BMX Park Prelims
5:00PM – 6:00PM SKB Vert Final
6:45PM – 7:45PM GFFT SKB Vert Final
8:00PM – 9:30PM BMX Dirt Final
9:30PM – 11:00PM Concert – Asher Roth

Saturday, September 19th – Gates Open at NOON
1:30PM – 3:00PM BMX Park Final
2:30PM – 3:30PM GFFT SKB Park Final – Round 1
3:45PM – 5:15PM GFFT BMX Park Final
5:30PM – 6:30PM GFFT SKB Park Final – Round 2
7:30PM – 9:00PM SKB Park Final
9:30PM – 10:00PM SKB Best Trick Contest

Sunday, September 20th – Gates Open at 11:00AM
1:00PM – 1:30PM GFFT BMX Vert Final
2:15PM – 3:45PM BMX Vert Final
4:15PM – 5:00PM FMX Jam Session

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