Mike Riddle hopes to continue his winning ways in
Utah.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.
Olympic hopeful Danny Davis dances after his pipe
win in Breck.
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 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

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