*** Dew Tour BMX Park Prelim Results ***

Salt Lake City, Utah -- 09/22/2007
BMX Park Prelim Results

1st Dhers, Daniel 92.83
2nd Spinner, Mike 92.5
3rd Guettler, Ryan 92.33
4th Nyquist, Ryan 91.5
5th Cranmer, Scotty 91.5
6th Kiraly, Kevin 90.5
7th Canina, Diogo 89
8th Cooke, Allan 88.5
9th Whitton, Alistair 87.5
10th Enarson, Dennis 87.5
11th Dillewaard, Dave 87
12th Harrington, Josh 86.67
13th Reynolds, Garrett 86.5
14th Tooker, Marcus 86.5
15th McCann, Steven 86.5
16th Darden, Rob 86.33
17th Perry, Joshua 86.17
18th Laird, Mike 86
19th Mackay, Colin 85.83
20th Sieg, Dan 85.5
21st Gerber, Zachary 85.33
22nd Semling, Quinn 84.67
23rd Hunt, Brian 83.67
24th Mirra, Dave 82.83
25th Mast, Craig 82.17
26th Wade, Morgan 79.67
27th Foster, James 79.5
28th Marks, Joey 79.33
29th Warden, Zack 79.17
30th Wirch, Scott 79
31st McCoy, Dennis 76.33
32nd Kachinsky, Brian 76
33rd Smith, Jeremiah 76

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*** Dew Tour BMX SX Time Trial Elimination ***

Salt Lake City, Utah -- 09/22/2007
A total of 88 BMX racers from around the world congregated
in Salt Lake City at the Toyota Challenge for the first of two
days of intense BMX racing action.

The Friday of the Toyota Challenge, an official time trial was held
and racers gave it their all around the track, one by one, to see
who was fastest. The top 64 racers will advance to the Olympic
Qualifying race on Saturday.

USA Olympic hopeful and time trial specialist Mike Day (USA) proved
once again that he is the fastest man on the track and claimed top spot
on the 88-man roster. Following Day was Robert DeWilde (NED) and
Manuel DeVecchi (ITA) in respectable second and third positions. These
three athletes will go into the pro race as the crème de la crème and the
ones to beat on Saturday.

BMX Time Trial Top Ten Qualifiers

1. Mike Day (USA)
2. Robert DeWilde (NED)
3. Manuel DeVecchi(ITA)
4. Michal Prokup (CZE)
5. Raymo Van Der Biezen (NED)
6. Steven Cisar (USA)
7. Kyle Bennet (USA)
8. Jamie Gray (AUS)
9. Damien Godet (FRA)
10. Luke Madill (AUS)

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*** Dew Tour BMX Dirt Final Results ***

Salt Lake City, Utah -- 09/21/2007
BMX Dirt Final Results

1st Foster, James 93.25
2nd White, Cameron 92.92
3rd Aitken, Mike 90.5
4th McCann, Steven 90.5
5th Parslow, Luke 90
6th Enarson, Dennis 89.25
7th Dillewaard, Dave 89.08
8th Bohan, Corey 89
9th Ellis, TJ 88.17
10th Marks, Joey 87.75
11th Nyquist, Ryan 83.83
12th Mackay, Colin 83.25

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*** Dew Tour BMX Vert Final Results ***

Salt Lake City, Utah -- 09/21/2007
BMX Vert Final Results

1st Bestwick, Jamie 94
2nd Tabron, Simon 92.5
3rd McCann, Steven 91
4th McCoy, Dennis 89.5
5th Walker, Jimmy 88.17
6th Eggleston, Jay 87.33
7th Warden, Zack 87.33
8th Robinson, Kevin 86.67
9th Parker, John 86.33
10th Mancuso, Mike 85.33

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*** Dew Tour BMX Dirt Prelim Results ***

Salt Lake City, Utah -- 09/20/2007
BMX Dirt Prelim Results

1st Foster, James 91.67
2nd White, Cameron 91.17
3rd Parslow, Luke 90
4th Nyquist, Ryan 90
5th Bohan, Corey 89
6th Enarson, Dennis 88.83
7th Dillewaard, Dave 88.33
8th Ellis, TJ 87.67
9th Aitken, Mike 87.33
10th McCann, Steven 87.17
11th Mackay, Colin 86.83
12th Marks, Joey 86.67
13th Napolitan, Anthony 86.67
14th Canina, Diogo 86.33
15th Nastazio, Cory 86
16th Wirch, Scott 85.67
17th Darden, Rob 85.33
18th Wade, Morgan 84.5
19th Doyle, Chris 83
20th Laguna, Ricardo 82.5
21st Gerber, Chris 81
22nd Dosch, Brandon 78.67
23rd Stead, Josh 76
24th Hall, Tim 74.67
25th Guettler, Ryan 74.67
26th Clark, Michael 73.5
27th Cooke, Allan 70
28th Lavin, TJ 66.67

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*** Dew Tour BMX Vert Prelim Results ***

Salt Lake City, Utah -- 09/20/2007
BMX Vert Prelim Results

1st Bestwick, Jamie 93.33
2nd Tabron, Simon 90.33
3rd McCann, Steven 90
4th Robinson, Kevin 89.67
5th McCoy, Dennis 88.33
6th Walker, Jimmy 88.17
7th Eggleston, Jay 86.67
8th Warden, Zack 85.67
9th Mancuso, Mike 85
10th Parker, John 83.5
11th Branham, Jason 81
12th Kraft, Koji 80.33
13th Williams, Danny 79.67
14th Jovel, Jorge 78.83
15th Snowden, Ben 78
16th Kagy, Chad 73
17th Stober, Tom 72.33
18th Haugen, Tom 71.67

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*** Revised Schedule For The UCI BMX Supercross ***

UCI BMX News -- 09/20/2007
Revised schedule for the UCI BMX Supercross World Cup,
Salt Lake City USA

Friday's schedule for practice and time trial qualification has
been moved to 13.00 (Local time), whilst Sunday's schedule
will remain. See below for details.

Friday, Sept 21 2007
10.00 - 12.30 Transponder fitting
12.45 - 12.55 Riders / Team Manager Meeting
13.00 - 14.10 Practice Group B
14.10- 14.55 Practice Group A
15.00 - 16.30 Time trials qualification seeding run

Saturday, Sept 22 2007
14.00 - 14.30 Warm up
15.00 - 16.00 1/8-finals 3 runs
16.00 - 16.30 Quarterfinals
16.30 - 17.00 Semifinals
17.00 - 17.15 Finals
17.45 - 18.00 Awards ceremony

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*** Roster For Third Round UCI BMX Supercross ***

Colorado Springs, Colo. (USA Cycling News) -- 09/20/2007
A 30-man roster for third round of BMX Supercross World
Cup is named.

USA Cycling announced today the 30-man U.S. roster
that will compete at the third round of the 2007 UCI BMX
Supercross World Cup in Salt Lake City, Sept. 21-22.

The third round of the 2007 UCI BMX Supercross
World Cup is the sixth of 17 events that factor into
USA Cycling's 2008 BMX Rankings – the primary
factor which determines the Olympic Long Team for
the 2008 Games in Beijing.

Among those competing in Salt Lake City are current
world champion and USA Cycling BMX Rankings leader
Kyle Bennett (Conroe, Texas), the winner of the last BMX
Supercross in Beijing and number-one ranked rider in the
world Donny Robinson (Napa, Calif.), 2007 world championship
bronze medalist Randy Stumpfhauser (Sanger, Calif.) and the
number-three ranked rider in the world, Mike Day (Santa Clarita,
Calif.).

In total, 13 of the 14 riders currently ranked in USA
Cycling's 2008 BMX Rankings who are competing for
slots on the Olympic Long Team are scheduled to race
in Salt Lake City, including third-ranked Steven Cisar
(Altadena, Calif.), Danny Caluag (Chino, Calif.), Matt
Pohlkamp (Cincinnati, Ohio), Jason Rogers (Mesquite,
Texas), Jarrett Kolich (Santa Barbara, Calif.), Tyler
Brown (San Clemente, Calif.), Mike Moeller (Lawrence,
Kan.), Brandon Meadows (Sacramento, Calif.) and Joey
Bradford (Monterey, Calif.).

The Salt Lake City stop is the third World Cup this season
following the season-opener in Madrid in April and the official
Olympic Test Event in Beijing last month. The series concludes
in October in Fréjus,France.

Competition begins Friday, Sept. 21 with the time trial
qualifying rounds followed by the finals on Saturday,
Sept. 22. For more information, Click Here.

2007 UCI BMX Supercross World Cup #3
Salt Lake City, Utah September 21-22

U.S. Roster:

Kyle Bennett (Conroe, Texas)
Derek Betcher (Boulder City, Nev.)
Nathan Berkheimer (Boulder City, Nev.)
Mike Brabant (Oakhills, Calif.)
Joey Bradford (Monterey, Calif.)
Deak Brown (Arvada, Colo.)
Tyler Brown (San Clemente, Calif.)
Christopher Burke (Santa Barbara, Calif.)
Steven Cisar (Altadena, Calif.)
Danny Caluag (Chino, Calif.)
Karl Clark (Surprise, Ariz.)
Mike Day (Santa Clarita, Calif.)
Kristopher Fox (Phelan, Calif.)
David Herman (Wheat Ridge, Colo.)
Jarrett Kolich (Santa Barbara, Calif.)
Paul Lange (Curtis Heights, Calif.)
Jesse Langland (Volcano, Calif.)
Randall Lewis (Oceanside, Calif.)
Nicholas Long (Lakeside, Calif.)
Damian Lopez (Lake Forest, Calif.)
Brandon Meadows (Sacramento, Calif.)
Michael Moeller (Lawrence, Kan.)
Travis Ohrazda (Westminster, Calif.)
Matt Pohlkamp (Cincinnati, Ohio)
Jason Richardson (Carlsbad, Calif.)
Donny Robinson (Napa, Calif.)
Jason Rogers (Mesquite, Texas)
George Sowers (Glendale, Ariz.)
Randy Stumpfhauser (Sanger, Calif.)
Johnny Woodmansee (Litchfield Park, Ariz.)

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*** Utah 'Does The Dew' Tour ***

Salt Lake City, Utah -- 09/18/2007
The 2002 Winter Olympics put Utah on the
map for international sports competition. Now
the state will further seal its reputation as one
of the world's greatest play places by hosting
the biggest extreme sports competition in state
history.

This weekend the EnergySolutions Arena, home
of the Utah Jazz, will be extreme sports headquarters,
no whistle-blowing refs allowed. Downtown Salt Lake
City will host the Action Sports Tour: Dew Tour this
Thursday through Sunday. Billed as the Toyota Challenge,
AST is bringing the biggest collection of professional
skaters, boarders, BMX bikers and motocross riders to
the Beehive State, one of only five nationwide stops.

The festival-style event will span nearly three city blocks
of downtown Salt Lake City in and around the Energy
Solutions Arena. Competitions include: vert and park
skating; BMX vert, park, dirt and supercross; and Free
Style Motocross.

Crews began work last Monday building countless ramps,
rails, pipes and tabletops, turning the downtown area into
a daredevil's paradise. The buildup will take a staff of more
than 50 people working 10 days to complete.

Rivaling the preparation of the competition areas is the
media's setup to capture every tail-whip, no foot nac and
Mctwist. NBC will have 12 cameras at each site and four
trucks to support its high definition live broadcasts during
Saturday and Sunday's competition. Friday's coverage will
air on USA.

Vans, Verizon, Slim Jim, Panasonic, Toyota, Play Station
and Mountain Dew are just a few of the sponsors that will
have interactive booths for festival-goers to sample new
products, play games, get autographs and of course "swag."
The outdoor festival will be stocked with food and drinks
for spectators to grab as they bolt from one event to the next.
A mini skate park and BMX dirt course will also be open to
children.

Since nothing goes better with extreme sports than loud
music, the festival provides spectators with an ample amount
of tunes. Full P.A. systems at each of the event sites, as well
as in the festival area will provide a nonstop soundtrack of
rock, hip-hop and metal for the entire event. A live concert
featuring Chevelle and The Photo Atlas will kick off after
competition Friday night.

Shaun White -- also known as the flying tomato and one
of the most exciting athletes in both skateboarding and
snowboarding -- will attempt to maintain his undefeated
status in the skate-vert competitions on tour thus far. While
Ryan Sheckler, star of MTV reality show "The Life Of Ryan"
will look to get back on top after taking second in the skate
-park event of the tour's previous stop. BMX greats Dave
Mirra and Ryan Nyquist, as well as BMX-vert point leader
Jamie Bestwick will pedal into Salt Lake City to thrill fans
of all BMX events. High-flying Nate Adams is the current
leader in the FMX, standing only 71 points above Adam
Jones who took the top spot at the Portland contest.

These competitions are serious business to these athletes,
said Jeff Sturgis, director of events at the arena.

In preparation for the Salt Lake date,
Sturgis traveled to the tour's Baltimore competition.

"These guys were out there practicing with trainers,
working out, they're definitely pros."

They're also guys that stand to make a lot
of money in both prize money and endorser bonuses.

Sturgis believes the tour to be even better than ESPN's
X Games, citing the tour's concentration on fewer events,
media coverage, interactive element and simply "a better
looking show."

"This is like putting on a full rock concert, mini
Olympics and street festival all at once," Sturgis said.

Fans have already shown their excitement for the event,
showing up to watch early stages of setup and buying tickets.

Despite being what organizers call a "walk-up event" as far
as ticket sales go, Salt Lake City has had better pre-event s
ales than any of the three previous tour stops. Organizers
expect attendance to be between 40 and 50 thousand over
the three days. Thursday's prelims and practice sessions will
be free with the purchase of any other Dew Tour ticket.

"We're excited to try this new type of event," said
Scott Williams, EnergySolutions Arena senior vice
president.

The tour, arena and Salt Lake Sports Commission have
partnered together with the goal of keeping this event
coming to Salt Lake City for the next three years, Williams said.

"We expect a strong attendance during the competitions,"
Williams said. "Through big events like this and others,
Utah is really becoming known as a place of sport."

For full list of competitors, events schedule and ticket prices,
including student discounts, go to http://www.astdewtour.com

*** Dew Tour Olympic Qualifying Showdown ***

Salt Lake City, Utah -- 09/19/2007
BMX is a big deal and will be an even bigger deal
in Salt Lake City, when nearly 100 of the world's
top athletes will fly in from all over the world to race
in a UCI BMX Supercross competition- and what's
more is that this is the ONLY qualifying event in the
United States to determine selection for the 2008
Olympics in Beijing!

Riders will hit the track Saturday September 22 at 2:30pm
for Practice and will then head into 1/8 and 1/4 Finals at
3:30pm, with Finals beginning at 5:00pm.

The BMX SX competition will begin with each rider
receiving two timed runs through the track (alone),
after which all riders will be ranked according to their
fastest run time. Only the top 64 riders will advance.

The top 64 riders then advance to bracket competition
and based on their fastest run time are seeded and placed
in brackets, where heats of eight riders are will continue to
race.

All of the big names in BMX SX will be in Salt Lake and
they definitely see this as an important race when it comes
to UCI ranking points and potential selection for the Olympic
Games. Among the top athletes racing are Robert "Afro-Bob"
De Wilde, Kahlen Young, Michal Prokop, Mike Day, Randy
Stumpfhauser, Bubba Harris and Joey Bradford, to name a few.

This is the third consecutive year that the Toyota Challenge
will host this white-knuckled elimination style race that involves
the most insane race course the Dew Tour has ever seen.

The 1,000 foot-long Supercross track takes 300
truckloads of dirt and four days of work to construct.

So what's the difference between BMX Racing and
BMX Supercross you ask? Let's just say it has something
to do with the massive 25-foot roll-in start ramp and (up to)
35-foot gaps throughout the course; features that are more
than enough to explain where it got the name "Super".

BMX SX has covered a lot of ground over the last few years
and will be making its Olympic debut in 2008 in Beijing - a huge
step for the BMX industry. In BMX SX, points are given to
individual athletes and to countries in the UCI Nations ranking,
which qualifies competing countries into the 2008 Olympic
Games in Beijing.

The Toyota Challenge is not only hosting the world's best
BMX racers, its hosting the world's next Olympic athletes
and possible champions. Don't miss seeing the world's fastest
and most talented BMX Supercross racers attack the Toyota
Challenge course, all hungry for a win.

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*** Dew Tour Looks To Create Buzz In Utah ***

Salt Lake City, Utah -- 09/16/2007
There will be backflips and tailwhips, lipslides and nosegrinds,
Supermen and Lazy Boys, 360s, 720s, 900s and 1080s. But
the greatest trick will rest with event organizers at this week's
AST Dew Tour stop in Salt Lake City.

Forget the skateboarders, BMX riders and freestyle motocross
daredevils, some of them like Shaun White and Ryan Sheckler
the biggest names in their sports, who will compete for four
days starting Thursday.

They're simply responsible for the show, which will be broadcast
nationally by NBC. The task facing organizers, by comparison, is
to sell a major-league action sports event to a population that at
first glance seems an unlikely match.

After all, Utah is the ultimate Code Red state - no, we're not talking
Mountain Dew products - giving 71 percent of its vote to President
Bush in 2004. That didn't deter organizers, though, from adding Salt
Lake to the five-city lineup for this year's tour.

"We really got the sense that Salt Lake understands how to take on
big events and make them bigger," Dew Tour president Wade Martin
said, adding, "It's hard to have any expectations in a first year, but
we believe there's a strong fan base for action sports."

The bar certainly is set high for the event, which will take over
EnergySolutions Arena and a neighboring parking lot. At this year's
first three stops - in Baltimore, Cleveland and Portland, Ore. - four-
day attendance averaged more than 53,000.

It took nearly two years to bring the Dew Tour to Salt Lake, with
the Utah Sports Commission, Gov. Jon Huntsman Jr. and Ogio
International Inc., a Bluffdale-based gear bag manufacturer,
championing the cause.

Even so, there are obstacles to overcome. There's no guarantee
participation numbers in snowboarding, motocross and a host of
other activities will guarantee spectator turnout. There's also the
Sunday factor to consider.

While the Jazz opt not to play Sunday home games, a nod to the
area's LDS Church leanings, the Dew Tour will serve up White, Bob
Burnquist and Bucky Lasek in the skateboard vert finals, as well as
the BMX park finals with Ryan Nyquist and Dave Mirra.

"It's definitely something we looked at and discussed through
out the process," Martin said. "I think perhaps it impacts Sunday
attendance, but in the overall picture, it was worth it."

Utah Sports Commission president Jeff Robbins notes that the city
turned out on Sundays during the 2002 Olympics and hopes the Dew
Tour will receive similar support.

"It's a great image-building opportunity nationally and internationally,"
Robbins said.

What started with 25 cities in contention ended with Salt
Lake as one of three new cities added to the tour for 2007.

They're not easy to get,'' Robbins said of the events,
"so once you get them, you're certainly hopeful the
community embraces them and you have enough success
that they want to come back."

Novelty approach

If you listen to the athletes, they're happy to be anywhere but
Southern California, where ESPN's X Games have returned five
years running. There's a novelty in coming to Utah that's appealing
to a crowd always searching for the next groundbreaking trick.

The turnout traditionally has been good in Salt Lake, Mike Mason
(freestyle motocross) and Kevin Robinson (BMX) said this month,
whether for arenacross racing or Tony Hawk's traveling Boom
Boom HuckJam tour.

"I'm a big fan of bringing our events to cities that aren't saturated
with the things that we do," said Robinson, who landed the first double
flair at the 2006 X Games.

The Dew Tour prices tickets at $5 for kids and $15 for adults in
encouraging families to come out. There's an educational benefit
for the adults in that. As Robinson said, "A lot of the kids want to
do what we're doing and the parents just have no idea."

One of the biggest backers of action sports also calls the area home.
Not only does Ogio make bags for everything from skateboarding to
motocross, but the company also has a training facility for its athletes
with skate and BMX park courses and a foam pit.

"For us, it's our backyard, and Utah's a great action sports community,''
said Andy Bell, Ogio's vice president of promotions.

The hope is the Dew Tour will sign on for another two years. For his part,
Bell predicted crowds would be on par with other cities and noted that
Sunday attendance typically is a third to half of the 20,000-plus who turn
out Saturdays.

Age more than a number

What worked most in Utah's favor was simple demographics.
It has by far the youngest population of any state in the country,
with a median age of 28.3, according to the Census Bureau.
(Texas is No. 2 at 33.1.)

That puts half the state in the age group most likely to be fans of
Sheckler, the 17-year-old skateboarding wunderkind with a new
reality show on MTV.

Judging from the number of skateboarders and BMX riders zigzagging
around the concrete bowl at Lone Peak Park in Sandy one day last week,
the Dew Tour will be able to draw from that base of kids and young adults.

"Guarantee it's going to do good out here,'' said Mike Smith, 23, of
Sandy.
"Skateboarding is huge in Utah. It's weird. In Salt Lake City and Cedar
City and Orem and Provo, it's bigger than it is in Las Vegas and Phoenix,
[everywhere] other than California.

"I think it's because the snowboarding and skiing might have something
to do with it. I don't know. We've also got tons of skateparks, too. . . .
I love it. We need more events like that" in Utah.

One person who will be attending is Huntsman, the Republican governor
who proves action sports fans defy groupings into red states and blue
states.

A regular motocross rider, Huntsman has been unable
to race since undergoing shoulder surgery in July.

Huntsman will take part in a Dew Tour news
conference Tuesday and stop by the event Saturday.

Of course, nobody could sum up the tour coming to Utah
quite like Mason, who lives in Carson City, Nev., and calls
this his home event.

"Salt Lake City seems kind of like an active town,
always into something, you know?'' Mason said, adding,
"I think there's going to be nothing but positive vibes
from the Dew Tour coming here."


What's the difference between
ESPN's X Games and the Dew Tour?

As freestyle motocross rider Kenny Bartram puts it, the X Games
is built for the best TV show while the Dew Tour is built for the best
competition.

The tour consists of five stops (one a month) similar to what golfers
have on the PGA Tour. There are winners at each event, as well as a
points champion that is crowned at the end of each season.

"The athletes are kind of like a family almost because we see each
other once a month for five months and we all just kind of bond over
each stop, hanging out," said Mike Mason, who ranks third in freestyle
motocross after three events.

"The X Games, I think it's such a high pressure event that every athlete
kind of sticks to his or her own thing. You don't really get to hang out
much."

The Dew Tour also has a development arm, the Free Flow Tour, which
helped give rise to BMX rider Mike Spinner. The 19-year-old has since
become the first rider to land a 720 tailwhip in competition as well as a
1080.

"That's something the Dew Tour has that X Games doesn't," said Andy
Bell, Ogio's vice president of promotions. "They're building from within,
building from the core."

Through three events, Shaun White (skateboard vert) is the only
three-time winner. The other points leaders are Ryan Sheckler
(skateboard park), Daniel Dhers (BMX park), Jamie Bestwick
(BMX vert), Ryan Nyquist (BMX dirt) and Nate Adams (freestyle
motocross).

"Having the point system's awesome because it gives you something
to strive for and gives you a reason to want to hit all the contests,"
BMX rider Kevin Robinson said. "And having five stops, you can have
one bad event and still make up for it at the next event."

The Dew Tour stop in Salt Lake also will feature a BMX
supercross event, which will debut at the Beijing Olympics.


Tour Schedule
THURSDAY
TV: USA, 10-11 p.m.
Opens to public at 2 p.m.
BMX dirt prelims 3 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Skateboard vert prelims 3:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.
Skateboard park prelims 6:30 p.m. to 9 p.m.
BMX vert prelims 7:30 p.m. to 9 p.m.
Freestyle motocross prelims 7:30 p.m. to 10 p.m.

FRIDAY
TV: USA, 10-11 p.m.
Opens to public at 2 p.m.
BMX vert finals 4 p.m. to 5 p.m.
BMX dirt finals 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m.
Concert with Chevelle 9 p.m. to 11 p.m.

SATURDAY
TV: NBC, Noon to 1:30 p.m.
Opens to public at 11 a.m.
Freeestyle motocross finals 11:45 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
BMX park prelims 2:30 p.m. to 5 p.m.
BMX supercross finals 5 p.m. to 5:45 p.m.
Skateboard park finals 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.

SUNDAY
TV: NBC, 1-4 p.m.
Opens to public at noon
BMX park finals 12:45 p.m. to 1:45 p.m.
Skateboard vert finals 2:45 p.m. to 4 p.m.


2007 Dew Action Sports Tour schedule
* June 21-24: Panasonic Open, Baltimore, Md.
* July 19-22: Right Guard Open, Cleveland, Ohio
* August 16-19: Vans Invitational, Portland, Ore.
* Thu-Sun: Toyota Challenge, Salt Lake City
* October 18-21: Playstation Pro, Orlando, Fla.

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*** AST Dew Tour Winter Expansion ***

Dew Tour News -- 09/13/2007
Possibly the biggest news of the summer has just
been announced; the AST Dew Tour's five month
summer sport series will expand to include three
additional months of winter competition!

The AST, along with title sponsor Mountain Dew,
and NBC Sports, will launch the AST Winter Dew
Tour with the first of three events in December of
2008 and will continue into January and February
2009, with the two remaining events.

Already the biggest Tour in action sports, the Dew
Tour will take it to the mountains for competitions in
both freeskiing and snowboarding. Both male and
female athletes will be on the roster and potential
disciplines include superpipe, slopestyle and cross
in both sports.

Similar to the Dew Tour's summer competition structure,
the Winter Dew Tour will be based on a cumulative points
system with a Dew Cup champion crowned in each discipline
at the final winter stop.

The energy and excitement is high amid the Dew Tour,
as this expansion will make the AST Dew Tour a year-
long competition series that involves five sports.

Check back soon to find out if one of the host mountain
resorts will be in a city near you, and stay tuned for more
exciting details around the Tours in action sports – the
AST Dew Tour and the AST Winter Dew Tour!

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*** Sweet Rock At Salt Lake Dew Tour ***

Salt Lake City, Utah -- 09/14/2007
Since 1995, rock `n rollers Chevelle have been working the stage
and moving crowds from Chicago to Charlotte and back again.

Salt Lake City is next on their radar and Chevelle, along with
opening act, The Photo Atlas, will be bringing it big and will own
center stage right on the BMX Park course at the Toyota Challenge,
Friday September 21, beginning at 9:00pm.

The Photo Atlas will be first to take the stage and their contagious
energy
will start Friday evening off right. Chevelle will follow with solid
guitar riffs
and dominant stage presence that will make it hard for fans to stay still.
Chevelle will also be giving fans a taste of their new tracks, fresh
off the
recently released album Vena Sera.

Get your dance-on with The Photo Atlas and be ready to end your evening
rocking out to Chevelle. Energy will be high and the volume higher; don't
miss out; Dew Tour concerts are the new Friday night!

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*** Gene`s BMX Yahoo! Group Note ***

Gene`s BMX News -- 09/14/2007
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the last few weeks making difficulties for Gene`s BMX
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*** Some Distraught Over Loss Of Skate Park ***

Anderson, SC -- 09/13/2007
Zack Cotton's shoulders slumped forward, and
he held his face in his hands. From time to time he'd
wipe away tears, take a deep breath and return to
his defeated position.

Just to the left of the concrete slab where he sat on
Wednesday, a bulldozer destroyed the skate park
where he came nearly every afternoon to skateboard.

"I got out of school early today and thought
it was going to be a good day," he said.

Instead, the 16-year-old from Anderson got a phone
call from a friend telling him about a bulldozer destroying
the deserted concrete slab on Shockley Ferry Road where
he and many others skated.

About 15 boys wandered around and watched early
Wednesday afternoon. For a while they did jumps off
one remaining concrete slab onto another, the bulldozer
working beside them.

The guys said the park, which sits on the lot next to Dollar
General and Exxon, was being torn down because the property
owner said it was a liability for them to skate there, and because
it was trashy. The owner could not be reached for comment
Wednesday.

Derrick Lowry, a father, was nearly as upset as the kids
were as he stood there and watched. He was dropping a
co-worker off at nearby apartments when he saw the lot
being torn apart.

"This is breaking my heart, and I'm a grown man,"
he said.

His son and daughter skated at the site, and for the past five
years he's helped build ramps and jumps for the skaters.
The skate park has been there at least 10 years, Mr. Lowry said.

Robin Stamps, a mother, stood in the blazing-hot parking
lot for a while, watching. She worried that now that the
park is gone, the kids will not have anywhere to go and
will instead get into trouble, she said.

Since her 15-year-old son Frankie Bryant has been skating
at the park the past year, he's stayed out of trouble, she said.

"I know where my kid is when he leaves the house,"
Ms. Stamps said.

The family lives just across Shockley Ferry Road from
the park, and Frankie had walked over to skate and saw
"the best place to skate" being torn apart.

"It's stupid 'cause it's the only place that keeps
us out of trouble, and that's free," he said.

The next closest park is Fire Lake Paintball 'N Catfish
on Cheddar Road off U.S. 29, and it costs $10 a day
to skate there.

Mr. Lowry expressed similar sentiments.

"It's going to end up pushing these
kids out on the street somewhere," he said.

As the afternoon stretched on, the kids began
loading up what pieces of their park were left.

Nineteen-year-old skater Travis Holder drives from
Greenville to skate at the park. He just happened to
be in Anderson today when he received the call.

"This is messed up," he said. "This is like family."

*PHOTO
Zack Cotton, 16, wipes tears from his eyes as fellow
skateboarders take one last ride through a makeshift
skatepark on Wednesday near River Street and
Shockley Ferry Road in Anderson. Bulldozers destroyed
much of the concrete surface the skaters would practice
on, leaving them without a place to ride.
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*** Wal-Mart Enters Hi-End Bicycle Market ***

BENTONVILLE, AR -- 09/13/2007
The worlds largest retailer, Wal-Mart
has entered the hi-end cycling business.

Today's top seller at Wal-Mart's cycling department
is a US$ 79.64 Huffy cruiser bike. But this retail
giant also offers a new, all-carbon, Italian-crafted
bike with Shimano Ultegra components for $1,898.00

The Corsa FC carbon fiber road bike is built with a high
quality Shimano Ultegra drivetrain and Shimano 105, ITM,
Ritchey and Sella Italia components.

According to Wal-Mart they work directly with a factory
in Italy and only minimal assembly is required at home.

Check out the Corsa FC Lightweight Full Carbon Fiber Road Bike
http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product.do?product_id=5751048

Until now, Wal-Mart has been a competitor for IBD's
in the low to mid range. With the Corsa FC they enter
a new segment which could endanger the future of the
local bike shops.

Also check out the Corsa AC Lightweight Aluminum
Road Bike with Carbon Fiber Seat Stays for $1,376.00
http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product.do?product_id=5751045

And for the Schwinn Bicycle fans, check out the: 700c
Schwinn Varsity Carbon Fiber Road Bike for $444.00
http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product.do?product_id=5585799
The original name in road bikes, the Schwinn Varsity CF
is back on the road, bike path or sidewalk.

Wal-Mart runs about 1,000 shops in the USA and
more than 2,500 spread over 13 countries worldwide.

Every week some 176 million people visit Wal-Mart
stores worldwide. For more information see Wal-Marts
web site - http://www.walmart.com ( Wal-Mart Bicycles )
http://www.walmart.com/catalog/catalog.gsp?cat=4178

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*** Volunteers Key To BMX Track Success ***

PORTAGE, IN -- 09/13/2007
Many Portage-area residents are aware of
the growing number of entertainment and
sporting activities available to local youth.

Construction along the U.S. 6 corridor has recently
added an IMAX theater and countless retail spaces
and the city has well-established community and school
sports programs.

Another venue, often overlooked by motorists going up
and down Indiana 149 near Portage, has been carefully
maintained by volunteers for seven years.

Nestled near a wooded area south of the industrial park
on the city's northeast side, Imagination Glen Outdoor has
been the beaten path for hundreds of BMX enthusiasts.

In 2000, Jackie Altizer helped to gather residents from
the Duneland area who believed the community would
be well-served by having a bicycle track carved out of
an underutilized section of park land.

When they built it, said Altizer, who now resides in
LaPorte, BMX was on the cusp of a resurgence in
popularity.

"When we started here, there were only 26 riders in the
state," Altizer said. "We have probably 600 currently."

Imagination Glen Outdoor, along with Steel Wheels indoor
track in Hobart, are the only American Bicycle Association
-approved facilities in Indiana.

Operating a "100-percent non-profit, 100-percent volunteer"
facility as Steel Wheels BMX, Altizer said she and other
organizers strive to promote a family-friendly atmosphere.

With a support staff that is as ready as eight eager racers
leaning toward the starting gate, volunteers have the bases
covered, from manning the concession stand to completing
paperwork to packing and raking the track surface.

"The group of people we have here are really phenomenal,"
volunteer Maria Roach of Portage said. "We've got a good
base of people."

Maria and husband Dennis Roach were recently honored
on the the Steel Wheels BMX Web site as one family that
has been involved since the track was opened. Their sons
Danny, 13, and Mitchell, 11, have won several local ABA
trophies.

Ten local BMX boosters complete the majority of up-keep
at Imagination Glen Outdoor, as well as Steel Wheels in Hobart,
Altizer said. In some cases, acute care is required. After the
headline-grabbing rainfalls in August "demolished" the track,
a core group of men put in day-long efforts to restore the
1,000-plus feet of track.

Altizer said such dedication allows the track to effectively
host practices on Tuesdays and Fridays, and races on
Thursdays and Saturdays.

"We do it for (the benefit of) our boys, and for everyone
else's kids, too," Maria Roach said. "But we couldn't do
it without Jackie. She breathes BMX."

For information on either track, call 406-9833
or visit http://www.steelwheelsbmx.com

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*** Dew Tour To Host BMX Olympic Qualifier ***

Salt Lake City, Utah -- 09/13/2007
AST Dew Tour Hosts Only U.S. UCI BMX Supercross
World Cup Olympic Qualifier at the Toyota Challenge.

BMX Racing Makes Olympic Debut in 2008 in Beijing

The AST Dew Tour, the world's premier season-long action
sports tour, will host the only U.S. UCI BMX Supercross
World Cup Olympic Qualifier as a specialty competition at
the Toyota Challenge on Saturday, September 22 in Salt Lake
City, Utah.

The fourth stop of the AST Dew Tour, the Toyota Challenge,
takes place September 20-23 at Salt Lake City's EnergySolutions
Arena.  The BMX Supercross race can be seen on NBC Sunday
September 23 at 3pm EST.

"All of the Olympic contenders will be in Salt Lake City for
the UCI BMX Supercross World Cup, the premier BMX
racing series in the world," said Wade Martin, President and
General Manager of the AST Dew Tour. "We are excited to
host the only qualifying event in the United States to determine
selection for the 2008 Olympics in Beijing."

In BMX Supercross, points are given to individual athletes
and to countries in the UCI Nations ranking, which qualifies
competing countries into the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing.

The BMX SX track is approximately 1000 feet long with a
massive 25-ft roll in start ramp. The track is built for the best
riders in the world, with up to 45-foot jumps along an extremely
technical track.

"The UCI is once again excited to be a part of the AST Dew
Tour. Being the most watched and attended action sports event
in the world it's the perfect platform to showcase the new Olympic
discipline and the UCI BMX Supercross World Cup," said Johan
Lindstrom, International Cycling Union (UCI) BMX Sports
Coordinator.

"The Olympic Games are less than a year away, and it will
be fierce competition at the Toyota Challenge in order to
earn valuable qualification points for the Olympic Games."

This is the third consecutive year that the Toyota Challenge
will host the UCI BMX Supercross World Cup competition.
The world's top athletes will participate in Salt Lake City, most
notably newly crowned World Champion Kyle Bennett (USA),
Donny Robinson (USA), Cristian Becerine (Argentina), Mike Day
(USA), Joey Bradford (USA), Randy Stumpfhauser (USA), Khalen
Young (Australia) and Robert De Wilde (The Netherlands), who
won the event in 2005. Also participating is 2006 UCI Mountain
Bike 4Cross Champion Michal Prokop (Czech Republic), who
won the event in 2006.

The deadline to qualify for the 2008 Olympics is May 2008.
The event in Salt Lake will be the first in a series of 5 qualifiers.
The complete schedule of BMX Supercross

Olympic Qualifiers is as follows:

September 2007 - BMX Supercross World Cup, Salt Lake City
October 2007 - BMX Supercross World Cup, Frejus France
March 2008 - BMX Supercross World Cup, Madrid Spain
April 2008 - BMX Supercross World Cup, Adelaide Australia
May 2008 - BMX Supercross World Cup, Copenhagen Denmark

For More Information: http://www.astdewtour.com

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*** NBL Adds Field Department Justin Travis ***

Hilliard, Ohio ( NBL BMX News ) -- 09/13/2007
The National BMX League is proud to announce the
hiring of Justin Travis to its Field Staff Department.
Justin brings with him a background in marketing and
customer service and has been involved with the sport
of BMX since 1993.

Currently racing on the pro series and having actively
raced all of the past 14 years, he has a long resume of
establishing and promoting BMX at numerous NBL
tracks across the country.

Having served on two separate town committees to
establish a new tracks and parks trails, he has also
spent six busy summers touring the country teaching
racing camps for Stile Industries and working with
hundreds of local tracks and their respective organizations.

The NBL now employs a growing number of active
riders and this adds more depth to the knowledge and
experience of the organization. "This will greatly improve
our customer service levels and his enthusiasm will bring
a new level of energy to the NBL team" said Kevin O'Brien,
NBL's Marketing Director.

Most recently Justin was the track director at Tampa
BMX in FL, where he created and implemented programs
that brought 300 new members to the track last year.

"As an advocate of local tracks and grass roots programs,
I am excited to be in a position that will allow me to provide
support for NBL's continued growth across the country"
said Travis.  If you would like to contact Justin Travis he
can be reached at 1-800-886-2691 or jtravis@...

About the National Bicycle League

The National Bicycle League (NBL) sanctions exciting local,
state, and national levels of BMX racing across the country
and in Puerto Rico.

With more than 30,000 members and more than 150 BMX
race tracks, the NBL is the largest not-for-profit BMX racing
association in America and is also the proud host of the 2008
UCI North American Continental Series – the gateway to the
Olympics for US athletes. NBL sanctions tracks in a growing
number of states across the country offering programs for all l
evels and ages of riders, both male and female.

The NBL National Series is the premier National BMX
series in America and comes to a thrilling end on Labor
Day weekend of each year with the legendary NBL Grand
National. The NBL is affiliated to USA Cycling, the only
national cycling federation in the US recognized by the
UCI (Union Cycliste Internationale) who is in turn, the
World governing body for all cycling disciplines.

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