World-class skate athletes will be coming out for the first ever skate-only stop on the Dew Tour, the world’s premier season-long action sports tour. The second stop of the Dew Tour’s 2009 season, also designated as the International Skateboarding Federation (ISF) Skateboarding World Championships, will be held in Boston, July 24-25 at the TD Garden.
 
Over 140 of the best skateboard athletes in the world will be in Boston to compete in the two-day competition, including 2008 Dew Cup champion Chaz Ortiz (Skate Park), 2009 Maloof Money Cup champions Chris Cole (Skate Park) and Alex Perelson (Skate Vert), MTV’s ‘Life of Ryan’ superstar Ryan Sheckler (Skate Park) and Boston-native Andy Macdonald (Skate Vert).
 
“We are thrilled to bring the Dew Tour to Boston for the first time in its five-year history for the Skate Open, ISF Skateboarding World Championships,” said Chris Prybylo, General Manager of the Dew Tour. “With this type of athlete roster and having the first-ever World Champion title on the line, this event promises to go down in history.” 
 
Athletes are pre-qualified based on their rankings at the end of the 2008 Dew Tour season. In skateboard park, additional athletes were pre-qualified by ISF invitation. Additionally, two wildcards for the skateboard vert discipline have been selected.  Athletes who are not pre-qualified may compete as International Qualifiers at the Skate Open, ISF Skateboarding World Championships to earn a spot in the preliminary rounds. The full list of pre-qualified athletes is as follows:


Skateboard Vert
Pierre-Luc Gagnon
Andy Macdonald
Bob Burnquist
Bucky Lasek
Adam Taylor
Sandro Dias
Renton Millar
Danny Mayer
Danilo Do Rosario
Neal Hendrix
 Anthony Furlong
Josh Stafford*
 Alex Perelson*


Skateboard Park
Chaz Ortiz
Paul Rodriguez
Ryan Sheckler
Greg Lutzka
Eric Koston
Austen Seaholm  
Rodolfo Ramos
Carlos De Andrade
Fabrizio Santos
Chris Mendes
Chad Bartie  
Kurtis Colamonico
Tulio Oliveira  
Danny Fuenzalida  
Dayne Brummet  
Wagner Ramos  
Tyler Hendley  
Sierra Fellers  
Darrell Stanton  
Dennis Busenitz  
Lucas Carvalho  
Chris Cole  
Nick Dompierre  
Jake Duncombe  
Adam Dyet  
Rodil Junior  
Billy Marks  
Milton Martinez  
Peter Romondetta  
Tommy Sandoval  
Nick Trapassco  
Tomas Vintr  
Philippe Zwijsen  



*Indicates wild cards
 
Twenty-eight countries from around the world will be represented at the Dew Tour’s Skate Open, ISF Skateboarding World Championships. The complete list of countries is as follows:
 
United Arab Emirates
Great Britain
Argentina
Indonesia
Australia
Ireland
Belgium
Italy
Belarus
Japan
Brazil
Mexico
Canada
Netherlands
China
Poland
Columbia
Puerto Rico
Czech Republic
Portugal
Denmark
Spain
Finland
Sweden
France
Thailand
Germany
United States



**Schedule is subject to change**
 

 
The Skate Open schedule of events is as follows:
 
Friday, July 24th – Gates Open at 3:00PM
5:15PM – 6:45PM SKB Park Prelims, Group 1 (Men)
7:15PM – 8:45PM SKB Park Prelims, Group 2 (Men)
9:00PM – 11:00PM FREE Taking Back Sunday Concert at City Hall Plaza
 
Saturday, July 25th – Gates Open at 1:00PM
1:00PM – 2:00PM SKB Vert Prelims (Men)
2:30PM – 3:30PM SKB Park Final (Women)
4:00PM – 6:00PM SKB Park Final (Men)
6:15PM – 7:00PM SKB Vert Final (Women)


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