Olympian Shaun White to Headline Coverage of 2011 Dew Tour
Olympic Gold medalist Shaun White headlines the field as NBC Sports' coverage of the 2011 Dew Tour, the world's premier season-long action sports tour, continues this weekend with live coverage of the Dew Tour Championships in Las Vegas, Nev., Saturday at 3 p.m. ET and Sunday at 4 p.m. ET, where Dew Cups will be awarded to the season champions. Coverage begins with the half-hour Dew Tour Countdown that previews the day's events and competitors.
Todd Harris, Jamie Bestwick, Paul Zitzer, Tiffany Simons and Chris Miller will call the action from the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nev.
The biggest names in skate and BMX will battle to win the championships of Skate Park and BMX Park (Saturday) and Skate Vert and BMX Vert (Sunday).
·Skate Park and BMX Park (Saturday, 3 p.m. ET) will feature Skate Park championship highlights of Paul Rodriguez fighting to win his first Dew Cup. The BMX Park championships will feature several talented stars, including rookie sensation Kyle Baldock of Australia, who is on top of the points standings. In order to win, Baldock will have to beat Dennis Enarson and Brett Banasiewicz, a 16-year-old, who only just missed winning the cup last season.
·BMX Vert and Skate Vert (Sunday, 4 p.m. ET) features highlights from the BMX Vert championship where six-time Dew Cup Champion Jamie Bestwick will compete for his seventh straight win, only if he can beat Steven McCann, who took first at the Portland Invitational. If McCann performs as well as he did in Portland, he could end Bestwick's Dew Tour legacy. The Skate Vert Final will feature the fiercest battle in Dew Tour history between Shaun White, Pierre-Luc Gagnon (PLG), and Bucky Lasek. All three contenders have won the cup previously. PLG is the defending champ, and leading in points, but Lasek, who has won three cups of his own, is not far behind. The multi-talenTEd White is known for his gold medal worthy performances and motivation to win.
