Continue reading »]]> The Dew Tour and Ocean City are pleased to announce a highly successful event. Approximately 73,000 fans experienced the Dew Tour Pantech Open over the course of the 4-days, the highest attendance in the history of the Dew Tour.

“The Dew Tour would like thank the Town of Ocean City and all the fans who enjoyed the event this weekend,” said Dew Tour General Manager Chris Prybylo. “The event was a huge success and we greatly appreciate the support we received from Ocean City officials, business owners, local media, our fans and the greater Ocean City community.”

The Town of Ocean City’s weekend population was estimated at over 320,000, which was an increase of 7 percent over last year’s corresponding weekend.

“It was great to see all the families turn out to see these amazing athletes compete,” said Ocean City Mayor Rick Meehan. “We were pleased and proud to host the first stop of the 2011 Dew Tour. Ocean City’s beach and boardwalk provided the perfect backdrop for this thrilling competition.”

Continue reading »]]> The Dew Tour, the world’s premier season-long action sports tour, will host a tow-at surf session on Friday, July 22 during the Pantech Open. Internationally-ranked surfers Kolohe Andino, Evan Geiselman and Eric Geiselman are joined by Vince Boulanger on his home break for the Tour’s first-ever surf competition, taking place at 7:30pm on the shore of Ocean City, Md. The competition will be accompanied by a live concert by Green Label Sound artist Flosstradamus, who will spin throughout the contest.

Local surfer Boulanger is a regular in the line-up at Ocean City’s Surf Beach.  Earlier this year, he placed 4^th overall at the Arnette Cash Pot Surf Series Stop #3 in Seaside Heights, NJ.  Previously, he competed in the 2010 ASP North America Pro Junior Series in California and appeared in the surf movie “Patience” alongside Eric Geiselman.  Boulanger graduated from Stephen Decatur High School in 2007.

17-year-old Andino leads the crop of young guns for this air and style showcase.  A California native, he is a six-time NSSA National Champion and two-time USA National Champion. His accomplished 2010 season included wins at the US Championships’ Under-18 Governor’s Cup and the Vans Pier Classic, and looks to carry that success through 2011, where he will compete in the US Open, Nike 6.0 Lowers, and traveling the world for 6-star Primes. Career highlights include his debut at the 2010 Hurley Pro Trestles, where he made his first appearance as a wild card paired up against Kelly Slater, and being a featured surfer in Nike’s Chosen campaign.

17-year- old Evan Geiselman has earned his right in the top ranks of surf, using effortless yet powerful style to progress the sport – which he does by winning contests, taking 12 NSSA East Coast titles and clinching the Nike US Open of Surfing Junior Champion title in 2010. He spent the 2010 season leading a hotbed of talent through the contest circuit, with strong finishes at the Oakley Pro Junior and Nike 6.0 Unsound Pro that earned him the overall ASP North American Pro Junior Series Title.

Eric Geiselman, the older of the brothers, comes to the Dew Tour following a succession of top finishes in the past few years. This three-time ESA East Coast Champion and five-time NSAA East Coast Champion has racked over thirty first-place contest career wins. Recent success at the ASP O’Neill Cold Water Classic Canada, Rip Curl GromSearch Florida and 2011 Rob Machado Seaside Pro Junior Surf Contest top off a season following his October 2010 Transworld Surf magazine cover.

Setting the tone for an energetic night on the beach will be Chicago DJ duo Curt Camercui and Josh Young, uniting on-stage as Flosstradamus. Gaining popularity by mixing chart-topping hits with their signature dance beats, Flosstradamus, a Green Label Artist, turned into a quick favorite in Chicago dancehalls, but didn’t stop within the city limits. Having been included in 2006’s “Next 100” in URB Magazine, the duo has more recently performed at top musical events such as Coachella, Pitchfork, Lollapalooza and SXSW. The high-energy performance, tied with the free Friday night surf contest, will kick off the live music festivities for the weekend.

The Nike 6.0 Expression Session is being produced by industry staple Darren Brillhart and Brillo Productions. Brillo Productions oversees all levels of surf events, including ASP events, such as the Nike 6.0 Lowers Pro, Rip Curl Pro Search and Hurley Shred Sticks Series.

Continue reading »]]> Kid Cudi will perform a FREE concert on the Dew Tour’s music stage Saturday, July 23rd. The concert will be held on the beach just north of the Ocean City Pier as part of the Pantech Open, the first stop of the 2011 Dew Tour season. The four-day event – held July 21-24, 2011 in Ocean City, Md. – will feature competitions with the world’s best skateboarders and BMX riders.

Recognized as a game changer in modern hip hop, Scott “Kid Cudi” Mescudi made his way onto the scene using his dreams, nightmares and unique world views as inspiration. Cudi inked an album deal with Universal Motown and released the full-length “Man on the Moon: The End of Day.” The genre-bending concept album featured production from West, Emile, Plain Pat, RATATAT and MGMT and opened at #4 on the Billboard charts in September 2009. To date Cudi has sold over 4.6 million digital singles and earned critical acclaim for his cinematic lyricism.

2010 saw the rising star headlining sold-out festivals across the US while prepping his sophomore album, “Man on the Moon II: The Legend of Rager”, released in November 2010. The highly anticipated release featured Kanye West, Mary J. Blige and GLC, and included the first single “Erase Me”, which debuted at #22 on the Billboard’s Hot 100 list.

Fusing old school and new school sounds of hip hop, Green Label Sound artist The Cool Kids used word of mouth to gain national attention in 2008, when their Bakesale EP was one of the most buzzed about releases of that year. Their incredible live show has also garnered much attention, and in the last few years they’ve opened for such luminaries as Lil Wayne, MIA, Girl Talk. The Cool Kids’ highly anticipated debut album When Fish Ride Bicycles is being released on July 12th, 2011, and features guest appearances from notable artists including Pharrell Williams, Ghostface Killah, Bun B, Mayer Hawthorne, Asher Roth, and Travis Barker.

Continue reading »]]> SHAUN WHITE, BUCKY LASEK AND RYAN NYQUIST AMONG COMPETITORS

June 30, 2011 – The Dew Tour, the world’s premier season-long action sports tour, has released the official list of confirmed skateboard and BMX athletes competing at its first stop of the season, the Pantech Open in Ocean City, Maryland, July 21 – 24.  The biggest names in skate and BMX will be coming to Ocean City for the first time in the Tour’s six year history, participating in Skate and BMX Vert, BMX Park and the Dew Tour’s first-ever Skate Bowl contest. A full list of competitors will be announced at a date closer to the event.

Skate Vert will be sure to impress with Shaun White leading the pack, looking to bring his gold standard to the vert podium for the 2011 Dew Tour. Pierre-Luc Gagnon (PLG) is returning to defend his title as the 2010 Dew Cup champion.  Andy Macdonald, Bob Burnquist and Baltimore native Bucky Lasek will bring years of competition experience to the ramp, while young gun Pedro Barros looks to prove himself in the pro ranks.

The Pantech Open marks the debut of Dew Tour’s skate bowl competition.  The event will bring together well-known vert legends with a new wave of young skaters tearing it up, represented by Barros, Zach Miller, Alex Perelson and Sky Seljig.  Their new-school style will contrast with the experience of Burnquist, MacDonald, Chad Bartie and Rune Glifberg.

BMX Park competitors include the 16-year-old phenom Brett Banasiewicz, East Coaster and 2009 Dew Cup Champion Garrett Reynolds and reigning BMX Park champion Daniel Dhers.  Dennis Enarson will bring his aggressive style to the park course designed by BMX legend Ryan Nyquist, who is also looking to add another podium finish to his long history of Dew Tour accomplishments.

Continuing to dominate in the Dew Tour rankings, Jamie Bestwick has no plans to stop in 2011.  He will be joined by fellow Brit Simon Tabron, who also has 20 years of professional competition under his belt.  After winning last year’s Dew Tour Championship event in Las Vegas, Chad Kagy is attempting a repeat for this season, beginning with a strong start in Ocean City.   There’s no shortage of big names competing in BMX Vert, with Steve McCann, Francisco Zurita, Austin Coleman and more rounding out the field.

The Pantech Open will feature professional talent in BMX and skateboarding, as well as open qualifier competitions, and tickets for these contests are available at Ticketmaster.com. In addition to the competitions that will be taking place over the course of the weekend, the Dew Tour will also feature  free components for the weekend, including a live concert taking place on the beach, as well as a Festival Village and Friday evening surf contest.  NBC will air live coverage of events, and for more Dew Tour Pantech Open information visit Allisports.com.

The full confirmed athlete list is as follows:

*Andy Buckworth confirmed for BMX Park, but out due to injury.

Continue reading »]]> You heard right this is no April fools! The world famous Dew Tour has there sights set on Ocean City, MD for its new host city. As the only beach venue in the Tour’s history, Ocean City provides a unique setting for the East Coast leg, and will feature several new attributes exclusive to this event, including a skateboard bowl contest and a surf competition. The event will also include skate and BMX vert and BMX park, as well as a live concert staged on the beach. BMX rider Dave Mirra, the most decorated X Games athlete in history with 23 medals, and skateboarder Bucky Lasek — a three-time Dew Cup chamion and four-time X Games gold medalist — will be among the roster of professional extreme sports athletes in attendance. In addition to its competitions, the event will also include a live music concert on the beach, and a Festival Village where sponsors will have interactive booths and athletes will sign autographs. The event will be broadcast nationally on NBC and USA. After its stop in Ocean City, the tour will continue on to Portland, Ore. in August and Salt Lake City in September before wrapping up in Las Vegas in October.

The Dew Tour consists of five major, multi-sport events spanning across the country, with a cumulative points system, more than $2 million in competitive purse, and a bonus pool at year-end based on overall tour standings. The Tour features skateboarding (street and vert) and BMX (park, vert and dirt) along with skateboard bowl, surf and freestyle motocross. At season’s end, the overall points leaders in the five disciplines will be crowned year-end champions and awarded the prestigious Dew Cup. As part of an Alli property, key lifestyle elements complement the competitions at each Tour event including the Festival Village, specialty competitions, and live, cutting-edge music. The Dew Tour is broadcast live on NBC Sports with additional competition and lifestyle broadcasts on MTV, MTV2 and USA. The Dew Tour is also distributed on Fuel TV, Universal HD, and internationally on Eurosport, Fox Australia, Extreme Channel and Allarco Superchannel. The Dew Tour partners include Mountain Dew (tour title sponsor), Toyota, Nike 6.0, Ball Park, JC Penney, Paul Mitchell, PlayStation®, PowerBar and MyPlash.

Continue reading »]]> It’s been a few weeks since Andy Irons died and in the past three weeks we have been reflecting on his life and contributions to the surf community.  Since AI’s death the Rip Curl Pro Search Puerto Rica has finished with Kelly Slater emerging as the 10 time world champion.  Parko has return to the competition scoring a perfect 10 at the Vans Triple Crown of Surfing and Pipe has been firing.  From all these events AI’s absence is realized and has been felt.

After AI’s death the surfing community around the world came out to show their support.  Ocean City, Maryland was no different.  On November 6th at 1pm, many OC area surfers came out to attend a memorial held for AI.  Martin Furst organized the memorial, which included a paddle out at the inlet where surfers paddle out through the shore break, formed a circle, and released flowers into the currents.  Afterward, a free surf was held in AI’s memory.  Included in the memorial was a poster featuring Andy, which was signed by the attendees.  The poster has been mailed to Andy’s family.

I’d like to thank Martin Furst for organizing the paddle out.

Continue reading »]]> Ocean City police say a body recovered Monday afternoon 16 miles off the coast of the town has been identified as a missing Washington, D.C., man.

Ocean City Fire & Beach Patrol Crews Searching The Water Off 20th St Aug. 28th Photo: OCFD

Police say forensic fingerprint analysis by the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner of Maryland identified the body as 22-year-old Melkis Delgado.

He went missing Aug. 28, while swimming off the 20th St. beach. He was presumed drowned.

The U.S. Coast Guard says they recovered the body, after a recreational boat found it.

The exact cause of death is still pending, according to police.

As Reported Here: Missing Swimmer In OC

Continue reading »]]> On Aug. 28th around 7:45 PM a 911 call came into Ocean City Communications for 3 swimmers in distress near the area of 20th street and the beach, Beach Patrol was contacted and had a quad respond from 27th street within minutes of the dispatch upon arrive the two man crew confirmed 3 swimmers in a powerful rip current off 20th street. The crew entered the water pulling 3 from the water after removing the victims

Ocean City Fire & Beach Patrol Crews Searching The Water Off 20th St Aug. 28th Photo: OCFD

from the surf they then realized that there was one more unaccounted for still believed to be in the surf, At that time Beach Patrol contacted Ocean City Communications and requested for additional resources to help in the search efforts. The Ocean City Fire Department responded to 20th street with Engine 3, Rescue 7 & A Paramedic Unit. Ocean City Fire contacted the Maryland State Police Aviation Unit and requested to have Trooper 4 respond to help in the

search. Crews preformed deep & shallow water searches for over well over an hour Trooper 4 and a US Coast Guard Helicopter showed up on scene and did shoreline search and grid pattern searches for about an hour with no luck. Crews were then pulled from the building surf around 9:30 PM with no luck on locating the lost swimmer. The US Coast Guard continued to search the water by boat until 12:30 that night before calling off the search till daylight. The next day a US Coast Guard C-130 Airplane was seen searching the ocean for the missing swimmer.

Update: Recovered Body Identified As Missing D.C. Man