Happy Holidays!

Danny Davis Pulls Off Upset at Breck

The first stop of the Winter Dew Tour took place in Breckenridge this past weekend.

Shaun White took first in the slopestyle competition and was positioned to sweep the snowboarding events and take an early lead in the points standings with a first place in superpipe. He had the top qualifying run, so it seemed like he would inevitably find his way to the top of the podium again. But Danny Davis dropped quite a run, as described below:

"Standing before the start corral, Danny Davis, with a smile and a wave to the fans, slid his board towards the pipe and popped 180 over the lip. Dropping Switch? Oh shit… he’s about to change up his run in a big way! Danny exploded into one of the hardest tricks out there — a switch backside 720 — and stomped it. The crowd went insane as Danny strung together a backside 900 with back-to-back 1080s (frontside to cab), before blasting the biggest frontside 900 of the day. His packed run earned him a score of 94.75 bumping fellow FREND member Scotty Lago into second place."

Davis's run earned him the top run, as he pulled off one of the weekend's biggest upsets.

Danny Davis Upsets White by Getting Crafty in the Superpipe (Alli Sports)

DewMass at Packards in Northampton December 19!

It's that time of year again where all you want to do is cuddle up next to anything warm and drink hot cocoa, and there is good reason to do that especially with the possibly epic snow storm coming in tomorrow. Perhaps you have also been planning on hibernating until the Winter Dew Tour up at Mount Snow January 8-11, but I give you good reasons to put on a heavy jacket, and maybe some pants.

We the people of DewMass from the Sports Management department at UMass will be at Packards in Northampton tomorrow December 19 from 9-11:30pm promoting the Dew Tour at Mount Snow.

There will be a panorama of things to such as choosing your fate by spinning the raffle wheel of destiny for a chance to win Dew Tour bandanas, snowboard bottle openers, and the always popular Carinthia/Dew Tour tee's. We will also have a raffle for lift tickets to Mount Snow, and coasters and stickers for everyone.

We will also be putting on another frozen t-shirt contest for everyone to watch the unlucky few that have to try and get a t-shirt on that has been frozen for half a day.

Samuel Adams will be there with us giving away awesome fleece jackets and will also have a $3.50 drink special where you get to keep the cup!

Be there or be bored!

p.s. Packards is located at 14 Masonic St, Northampton, MA 01060 (Google Maps Link)

Monday Night Fix: Winter Dew Tour Commercial

Here is the promo spot coming soon to a television station near you...

Pre-Qualified Athletes: Snowboard Slopestyle

Andreas Wiig highlights the field for this year's slopestyle competition at Breck...

Men:

• Mason Aguirre
• Danny Davis
• Brett Esser
• Eero Ettala
• Andy Finch
• Charles Guldemond
• Torstein Horgmo
• Danny Kass
• Janne Korpi
• Scotty Lago
• Pat Moore
• Jussi Oksanen
• Kevin Pearce
• Shayne Pospisil
• Brandon Reis
• Travis Rice
• Heikki Sorsa
• Ian Thorley
• Shaun White
• Andreas Wiig

Women:

• Jamie Anderson
• Hana Beaman
• Torah Bright
• Faye Gulini
• Jenny Jones
• Cheryl Maas
• Janna Meyen-Weatherby
• Spencer O’Brien
• Kjersti Ostgaard Buaas
• Mary Sallah

Pre-Qualified Athletes: Snowboard Superpipe

The Winter Dew Tour is about to hit Breckenridge, Colorado, the first stop of the tour. We've got the list of pre-qualified athletes right here for ya. First up, snowboard superpipe...

Men:

• Mason Aguirre
• Antti Autti
• Zachary Black
• Greg Bretz
• Danny Davis
• Andy Finch
• Steve Fisher
• Charles Guldemond
• Torstein Horgmo
• Trevor Jacob
• Danny Kass
• Janne Korpi
• Scotty Lago
• Kevin Pearce
• Iouri Podlachikov
• Elijah Teter
• Louie Vito
• Shaun White

Women:

• Molly Aguirre
• Jamie Anderson
• Clair Bidez
• Gretchen Bleiler
• Torah Bright
• Kelly Clark
• Elena Hight
• Ellery Hollingsworth
• Kjersti Ostgaard Buaas
• Hannah Teter
• Soko Yamaoka

Peter Olenick Hopes You Like Jammin' Too

At the Dew Tour's summer stop in Portland, some of our top winter athletes showed up for a little rail jam. That's right- snow was made in the summer, and the results were great of course.


John Spriggs threw down...


...Peter Olenick too.

More action below.





And that's just the appetizer. The main course kicks off later this month.

AST Rebrands To Alli

The company behind the Winter Dew Tour has officially undergone a rebranding from AST to Alli. With it comes the launch of a brand new website, www.allisports.com. Go get your Winter Dew Tour fix there.

AST Out, Alli In at Dew Tour Company (SportsBusiness Journal)

Bar Night at Charlie's in Amherst

What better way to get reacquainted with UMass after a nice and well deserved Thanksgiving break than by going to Charlie's on your first night back? I really don't know.

Kick start the final stretch of your semester and join DewMass Marketing at Charlie's Bar in Amherst at 9pm tonight. There will be all sorts of fun and shenanigans going on to supplement whatever normally goes on at a bar. This includes:

A "Frozen T-Shirt Contest"
A Sharp Shooter contest (a version of Beer Pong / Beruit)
Sam Adams Raffles and Prizes
"Name Our Drink" contest for the Grand Prize Package (hint: use something that is related to the Winter Dew Tour)

Be there, or be boring.