Who's Competing in the Dew Tour at Killington? Jan 19-22

16th January 2012 | Pete Biolsi, Eastern Editor

News Regions: Northeast

Resorts in this article: Breckenridge, Killington Resort, Snowbasin

Louie Vito, Simon Dumont and Kaya Turski are just some of the big names that will echo across the slopes of Killington's Bear Mountain this weekend as the second stop of the Winter Dew Tour descends on Vermont, January 19-22.

Louie Vito comes to Killington on the heels of a second place finish at the Winter Dew Tour’s first stop in Breckenridge. Eager to repeat his championship performance in the superpipe during the 2011 season, Vito will be aiming to redeem himself with the top spot in Vermont. The slopestyle course will be crowded with internationally recognized snowboarders, from triple-corking Canadian Mark McMorris to the Norwegian winner of the Nike Open, Gjermund Braaten, as well as a large group of American-bred riders fighting through the last chance qualifiers.

Competition in the men’s freeski events will be sure to deliver excitement. After combating an injury in Breckenridge, Simon Dumont will take to the superpipe looking to dethrone reigning champ Kevin Rolland. Tom Wallisch will attempt to go two for two in Winter Dew Tour ski slopestyle wins this season, bringing huge air and smooth landings to a slopestyle run that is sure to defy the laws of physics. Last year’s Killington winner Bobby Brown, along with Alex Schlopy and Nick Goepper, will be among the top skiers intending to push him off the podium.

The top names in women’s freeskiing will have their Winter Dew Tour season debut at the Pantech Invitational (Killington) with bigger stakes than in years past. For the first time in Dew Tour history, women freeskiers will compete towards a Dew Cup. Devin Logan, who took the freeski halfpipe world by storm in her breakout rookie year in 2011, will bring her signature style to Vermont, while young up-and-comer Kaya Turski will be showing off on the slopestyle course. Several women with eyes on the 2014 Olympics are also headed to the Pantech Invitational, including Grete Eliassen, Brita Sigourney and Ashley Battersby.

The pre-qualified athlete list for Pantech Invitational is as follows:

Men’s SNB Superpipe	Men’s SNB Slopestyle	Men’s SKI Superpipe	Men’s SKI Slopestyle
Mason Aguirre	Mason Aguirre	Duncan Adams	Elias Ambuhl
Fredrik Austbo	Ulrik Badertscher	Tai Barrymore	Aleksander Aurdal
Zachary Black	Torgeir Bergrem	Xavier Bertoni	Bobby Brown
Danny Davis	Gjermund Braaten	Noah Bowman	Sammy Carlson
Benji Farrow	Pat Burgener	Simon D’Artois	Philip Casabon
Christian Haller	Danny Davis	Justin Dorey	Joss Christensen
Trevor Jacob	Chas Guldemond	Simon Dumont	Charles Gagnier
Roger Kleivdal	Torstein Horgmo	Gus Kenworthy	Alexis Godbout
Keito Kumazaki	Sam Hulbert	Thomas Krief	Nick Goepper
Matt Ladley	Nick Julius	Nils Lauper	Andreas Hatveit
Scott Lago	Dash Kamp	Matt Margetts	Russ Henshaw
Arthur Longo	Sage Kotsenburg	Dan Marion	JF Houle
Joeseph Mensch	Scott Lago	Jon Marks	PK Hunder
Nils Mindnich	Mark McMorris	Peter Olenick	Jamieson Irvine
Jack Mitrani	Justin Morgan	Tucker Perkins	Sean Jordan
Luke Mitrani	Aleksander Ostreng	Joffrey Pollet-Villard	Gus Kenworthy
Iouri Podladtchikov	Charles Reid	Mike Riddle	Chris Laker
Spencer Shaw	Brandon Reis	Kevin Rolland	Chris Logan
Louie Vito	Staale Sandbech	Taylor Seaton	Ole Christian Mustad
Ben Watts	Seppe Smits	Benoit Valentin	Alex Schlopy
	Jeremy Thompson	Josiah Wells	Dane Tudor
	Sondre Tiller	David Wise	Tom Wallisch
	Sebastien Toutant	Torin Yater-Wallace	McRae Williams
	Eric Willett		James Woods
			Torin Yater-Wallace

Women’s SKI Superpipe	Women’s SKI Slopestyle
Maddie Bowman	Ashley Battersby
Anais Caradeux	Emma Dahlstrom
Rosalind Groenewoud	Grete Eliassen
Keltie Hansen	Keri Herman
Keri Herman	Kim Lamarre
Mirjam Jaeger	Devin Logan
Devin Logan	Meg Olenick
Brita Sigourney	Anna Segal
	Kaya Turski
	Emilia Wint