OCEAN CITY, Md.- The Dew Tour on Monday announced the first round of confirmed athletes for the Pantech Beach Championships in Ocean City from Aug. 16-19. The new Dew Tour - featuring three large-scale events - will debut with skateboard and BMX competitions, a surf event and multiple music performances. Top confirmed athletes include Baltimore native Bucky Lasek, skate vert dominator Pierre-Luc Gagnon and BMX legend Jamie Bestwick.
"I'm really looking forward to coming back to my hometown to compete in the Pantech Beach Championships," said Lasek. "The Dew Tour's concrete bowl is second to none, and with all the great events for fans and beach atmosphere, it's sure to be a fun time for everyone."
There will be no shortage of skateboarding's big names in Ocean City for the Pantech Beach Championships. In addition to Lasek and Gagnon, the vert ramp will host Pedro Barros, Mitchie Brusco, Bob Burnquist, Sandro Dias, Tom Schaar and Elliott Sloan. At the Mega 2.0(tm) ramp, spectators will have a chance to see skate prodigy Schaar, the first person to land a 1080, as well as fellow young gun Brusco. Confirmed Mega 2.0(tm) skaters also include Burnquist, Gagnon and Jagger Eaton. The Dew Tour's signature concrete skate bowl will be brought to the beach, with two competitions. Barros, Dias, Lasek, Andy Macdonald, Ben Hatchell and Nolan Munroe are among those confirmed to compete in the pro contest, while Steve Caballero and Chris Miller head up the list of skate pioneers showing off their timeless skills in the Legends contest. Additional Legends will include Steve Alba, Christian Hosoi and Lance Mountain.
BMX will bring the heat in Ocean City, as Steve McCann and Chad Kagy hit the vert and Mega 2.0(tm)ramps, while Jamie Bestwick will attempt to hold his standing as the indomitable vert competitor. The best in BMX park will tear apart a course just feet from the ocean, with Kyle Baldock, Brett Banasiewicz, Drew Bezanson, Garrett Reynolds, Ben Wallace, 2011 Dew Cup winner Scotty Cranmer and more battling it out on the beach.
Confirmed skateboard and BMX athletes include:
SKATE VERT
SKATE BOWL
SKATE LEGENDS BOWL
SKATE MEGA 2.0TM
Pedro Barros
Pedro Barros
Steve Alba
Jake Brown
Marcelos Bastos
Sam Beckett
Steve Caballero
Bob Burnquist
Sam Beckett
Charlie Blair
Eddie Elguerra
Mitchie Brusco
Mitchie Brusco
Bob Burnquist
Jeff Grosso
Jagger Eaton
Bob Burnquist
Kalani David
Christian Hosoi
Pierre-Luc Gagnon
Sandro Dias
Dalton Dern
Tony Magnusson
Ronaldo Gomes
Pierre-Luc Gagnon
Sandro Dias
Chris Miller
Andy Macdonald
Ronaldo Gomes
Benji Galloway
Lance Mountain
Edgar Pereira
Juergen Horrwarth
Omar Hassan
Pat Ngho
Tom Schaar
Bucky Lasek
Ben Hatchell
Duane Peters
Elliott Sloan
Andy Macdonald
Willis Kimbel
Adam Taylor
Danny Mayer
Andrew Langi
Alex Perelson
Bucky Lasek
Paul-Luc Ronchetti
Andy Macdonald
Tom Schaar
Zach Miller
Jono Schwan
Nolan Munroe
Elliott Sloan
Michael O'Friel
Adam Taylor
Michael Owen
Lincoln Ueda
Alex Perelson
Steven Pineiro
Austin Poynter
Ben Raybourn
Tom Remillard
Josh Rodriguez
Tom Schaar
Sky Siljeg
Alex Sorgente
Josh Stafford
BMX PARK
BMX VERT
BMX MEGA 2.0TM
Kyle Baldock
Jamie Bestwick
Vince Byron
Brett Banasiewicz
Vince Byron
Austin Coleman
Drew Bezanson
Austin Coleman
James Foster
Andy Buckworth
Chad Kagy
Chad Kagy
Vince Byron
Mykel Larrin
Steve McCann
Diogo Canina
Steve McCann
Anthony Napolitan
Pat Casey
Dennis McCoy
Kevin Robinson
Austin Coleman
Kevin Robinson
Colton Satterfield
Scotty Cranmer
Simon Tabron
Morgan Wade
Rob Darden
Jimmy Walker
Zack Warden
Daniel Dhers
Zack Warden
Brandon Dosch
Coco Zurita
Dennis Enarson
Ryan Guettler
Ben Hennon
Josh Harrington
Chase Hawk
Chad Kerley
Harry Main
Ryan Nyquist
Kevin Peraza
Garrett Reynolds
Daniel Sandoval
Jeremiah Smith
Mike Spinner
Morgan Wade
Ben Wallace
Zack Warden
Mark Webb
Gary Young
