WINTER DEW TOUR JANUARY 14-17 AT SNOWBASIN

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Local Athletes Tom Wallisch and Sage Kotsenburg, Olympic Hopefuls Danny Davis, Steve Fisher and Mason Aguirre Among Athletes Competing

The Winter Dew Tour, the world's premier season-long winter action sports tour, continues its 2009-10 sophomore season with the second of three stops, the Wendy's Invitational, beginning Thursday, Jan. 14 at Snowbasin, a Sun Valley Resort. The Winter Dew Tour makes its first ever stop in Ogden, Utah, hosting four days of slopestyle and superpipe competitions for the world's best snowboard and freeski athletes.

Over 125 of the best winter action sports athletes in the world will be in Ogden, Utah to compete, including snowboarders Danny Davis, Tyler Flanagan, Queralt Castellet and Jamie Anderson as well as freeskiers Mike Riddle and Andreas Hatveit, all winners from the 2009-10 Winter Dew Tour's first stop in December. Freeski icon Simon Dumont will be vying for the Wendy's Invitational title in both slopestyle and superpipe, while local talent Tom Wallisch (SKI) and Sage Kotsenburg (SNB) will represent their sports. And unique to the Wendy's Invitational, the world's top women freeskier's will be competing in superpipe including the sports best, Sarah Burke.

Wallisch, who resides in Salt Lake City and attends the University of Utah, won the freeski slopestyle contest at the final stop of the inaugural 2008-09 Winter Dew Tour, while Park City-native Kotsenburg advanced through three rounds of qualifying last month to take second-place honors in the men's snowboard slopestyle competition in Breckenridge, Colo.

Beyond the competitions, the Wendy's Invitational will also feature four days of entertainment, including an interactive Festival Village with athlete autograph signings and free product giveaways, as well as a FREE live musical performance by alternative rock band Dashboard Confessional, taking place in Ogden on Jan. 15. The Friday night concert will begin at 7pm and will take place on the 200 block of the Historic 25th Street. The entire event, including the concert, is free to the public.

The list of pre-qualified athletes that will be competing at Snowbasin are as follows:

M SNB Superpipe W SNB Superpipe M SNB Slopestyle W SNB Slopestyle SKI Superpipe SKI Slopestyle W SKI Superpipe
Mason Aguirre Jamie Anderson Mason Aguirre Jamie Anderson Duncan Adams Elias Ambuhl Claudia Bouvier
Fredrik Austbo Lizzy Beerman Ulrik Badertscher Hana Beaman Xavier Bertoni Anders Backe Sarah Burke
Ross Baker Queralt Castellet Mikkel Bang Kimberly Fasani Noah Bowman Bobby Brown Anais Caradeux
Dylan Bidez Kaitlyn Farrington Wyatt Caldwell Megan Ginter Joss Christensen Sammy Carlson Jessica Cumming
Zachary Black Leslie Glenn Yale Cousino Jenny Jones Justin Dorey Philip Casabon Grete Eliassen
Danny Davis Elena Hight Madison Ellsworth Isabelle Lalive Matt Duhamel Ian Cosco Virginie Faivre
Steve Fisher Kelly Marren Tyler Flanagan Janna Meyen-Weatherby Simon Dumont Simon Dumont Rosalind Groenewoud
Trevor Jacob Kjersti Ostgaard Buaas Chas Guldemond Lynn Neil Banks Gilberti Charles Gagnier Megan Gunning
Danny Kass Meg Pugh Halldor Helgason Spencer O'Brien AJ Kemppainen Banks Gilberti Keltie Hansen
Roger Kleivdal Michelle Zeller Torstein Horgmo Kjersti Ostgaard Buaas Thomas Krief Alexis Godbout Miyuki Hatanaka
Matt Ladley Sam Hulbert Chanelle Sladics Matt Margetts Oscar Harlaut Keri Herman
Scotty Lago Tim Humphreys Maribeth Swetkoff Dan Marion Elvis Eidsvold Harsheim Jen Hudak
Jack Mitrani Nick Julius Gabrielle Viteri Peter Olenick Andreas Hatveit Mirjam Jaeger
Luke Mitrani Nate Kern Bev Vuilleumier Tucker Perkins Russ Henshaw Kristi Leskinen
Scotty Pike Sage Kotsenburg Tyler Peterson JF Houle Devin Logan
Brennen Swandson Scotty Lago Mike Riddle PK Hunder Em Lonsdale
Elijah Teter Marius Otterstad Kevin Rolland Pekka Hyysalo Anna Segal
JJ Thomas Nick Poohachoff Lyndon Sheehan Sean Jordan Kaya Turski
Tyler Troy Brandon Reis JP Solberg AJ Kemppainen Angeli Vanlaanen
Broc Waring Silas Stannard Kiyoshi Terada Charlie Lasser Davina Williams
Gary Zebrowski Ian Thorley Byron Wells Mike Riddle
Robbie Walker Jossi Wells TJ Schiller
Andreas Wiig Colby West Alex Schlopy
Eric Willett Walter Wood Dane Tudor
Matt Walker
Tom Wallisch
Jossi Wells
Colby West
Jacob Wester
McRae Williams

The complete schedule of events for the Wendy's Invitational is as follows:

Thursday, January 14th

SNB SP Women Prelim 12:30pm - 1:15pm

SNB SP Men Prelim 1:35pm - 3:00pm

Friday, January 15th

SNB SS Women Prelim 11:00am - 12:00pm

SKI SP Prelim 11:30am - 1:00pm

SNB SS Men Prelim 12:20pm - 2:30pm

SKI SP Women Prelim 4:30pm - 5:30pm

Concert in Ogden 7:00pm - 9:00pm

Saturday, January 16th

SKI SP Women Final 10:20am - 10:50am

SKI SP Final 11:10am - 12:20pm

SKI SS Prelim 2:30pm - 4:30pm

SNB SP Women Final 4:30pm - 5:10pm

SNB SP Men Final 5:30pm - 6:30pm

Sunday, January 17th

SKI SS Final 9:30am - 10:30am

SNB SS Women Final 12:30pm - 1:10pm

SNB SS Men Final 1:30pm - 2:30pm

**SCHEDULE SUBJECT TO CHANGE**



ALTERNATIVE ROCK BAND DASHBOARD CONFESSIONAL TO HEADLINE WINTER DEW TOUR'S MUSIC STAGE AT WENDY'S INVITATIONAL, JAN. 15

Free Concert To Take Place on Ogden's Historic 25th Street

Burr Ridge, Ill. - Jan. 11, 2010 - Dashboard Confessional will headline the Winter Dew Tour's Music Series presented by Verizon Wireless on Friday, January 15. The concert, also featuring local opening act Codi Jordan, will be held in the 200 block of Ogden's Historic 25th Street as a part of the second stop of the 2009-10 season, the Wendy's Invitational, taking place at Snowbasin, a Sun Valley Resort. The Friday night concert is free to the public and will begin at 7pm.

Originally the side project of lead singer Chris Carrabba, Dashboard Confessional recorded its first album Swiss Army Romance, releasing it in 2000 while Carrabba was still the front man of Further Seems Forever. However, it was the band's sophomore album, The Places You Have Come to Fear the Most and its single "Screaming Infidelities," that brought Dashboard Confessional to the forefront. The music video for "Screaming Infidelities" garnered the group multiple accolades, including the MTV2 award at the MTV Video Music Awards in 2002. More successes followed with A Mark, A Mission, A Brand, A Scar and Dusk and Summer, both of which peaked at No. 2 on the U.S. Billboard charts, with the song "Vindicated" being featured in the end credits of Spider-Man 2.

The band's sixth album, Alter the Ending, was released on November 10, with the first single, "Belle of the Boulevard."

Dashboard Confessional, along with opener Codi Jordan - a rock-driven, local Utah group with elements of reggae, folk and hip hop - will perform Friday night, January 15 on the 200 block of Ogden's Historic 25th Street in Ogden. Friday night's concert will begin at 7pm with gates opening one hour prior to the start of the show. The entire show will be free to the public.

The complete 2009-10 Winter Dew Tour schedule is as follows:

Event Date Location

Totino's Open Dec. 17-20 Breckenridge Ski Resort - Breckenridge, Colo.

Wendy's Invitational Jan. 14-17 Snowbasin Resort - Ogden, Utah

Toyota Championship Feb. 4-7 Mount Snow Resort - West Dover, Vt.

In its second season, the top athletes in the world will take part in this year's Winter Dew Tour, all competing for the highly coveted Dew Cup that will be awarded in Mount Snow, Vt. at season's end. The 2008-09 Dew Cup champions include Shaun White (Snowboard Superpipe and Slopestyle), Kelly Clark (Snowboard Superpipe), Spencer O'Brien (Snowboard Slopestyle), PK Hunder (Freeski Slopestyle) and Tanner Hall (Freeski Superpipe).



Action Zone tickets for the Winter Dew Tour's Wendy's Invitational are available for $100 for the weekend. The three-day Action Zone tickets are for adults and children and provide access to priority reserved viewing areas for all finals contests throughout the event, in addition to official Winter Dew Tour swag, a behind-the-scenes tour, athlete autograph session, merchandise discount coupon and cold Mountain Dew or hot chocolate.

TV Schedule

NBC Saturday, Jan. 16 1-3pm EST SKI Pipe Women's/Men's Finals

NBC Sunday, Jan. 17 3-4:30pm EST SNB Slope Women's/Men's Finals

USA Network Saturday, Jan. 16 Midnight-1am EST SNB Pipe Women's/Men's Finals

USA Network Sunday, Jan. 17 2-3am EST SKI Slope Finals

USA Network Monday, Jan. 18 7-8am EST SNB Pipe Women's/Men's Finals

MTV2 Saturday, Jan. 23 10-11pm EST SNB Pipe Women's/Men's Finals

MTV2 Saturday, Jan. 30 10-11pm EST SKI Slope Finals/Women's SKI Pipe Finals

The complete 2009-10 Winter Dew Tour schedule is as follows:

Event Date Location

Totino's Open Dec. 17-20 Breckenridge Ski Resort - Breckenridge, Colo.

Wendy's Invitational Jan. 14-17 Snowbasin Resort - Ogden, Utah

Toyota Championship Feb. 4-7 Mount Snow Resort - West Dover, Vt.

In its second season, the top athletes in the world will take part in this year's Winter Dew Tour, all competing for the highly coveted Dew Cup that will be awarded in Mount Snow, Vt. at season's end. The 2008-09 Dew Cup champions include Shaun White (Snowboard Superpipe and Slopestyle), Kelly Clark (Snowboard Superpipe), Spencer O'Brien (Snowboard Slopestyle), PK Hunder (Freeski Slopestyle) and Tanner Hall (Freeski Superpipe).

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