News: BALDOCK, REYNOLDS, AND JAMIE BESTWICK SET TO COMPETE AT DEW TOUR PANTECH BEACH CHAMPIONSHIPS AUG. 16-19

The Dew Tour today announced the first round of confirmed athletes for the Pantech Beach Championships in Ocean City, Md., August 16-19. The new Dew Tour - featuring three large-scale events - will debut with skateboard and BMX competitions, a surf event and multiple music performances. Top confirmed athletes include Kyle Baldock, Garrett Reynolds, and BMX legend Jamie Bestwick.

BMX will bring the heat in Ocean City, as Steve McCann and Chad Kagy hit the vert and Mega 2.0™ramps, while Jamie Bestwick will attempt to hold his standing as the indomitable vert competitor. The best in BMX park will tear apart a course just feet from the ocean, with Kyle Baldock, Brett Banasiewicz, Drew Bezanson, Garrett Reynolds, Ben Wallace, 2011 Dew Cup winner Scotty Cranmer and more battling it out on the beach. 

The Dew Tour Pantech Beach Championships will be showcased across 11 broadcast hours on NBC and NBC Sports Network and an all-new digital platform with live streaming, plus exclusive behind the scenes and in-depth content on dewtour.com. The new broadcast platform will offer coverage from every day of the four day events more live Dew Tour coverage over NBC and NBC Sports Network than any previous year.

The complete 2012 Dew Tour schedule is as follows: Event Date Location Pantech Beach Championships August 16-19 Ocean City, Md. Toyota City Championships October 18-21 San Francisco, Cali. Mountain Championships December 13-16 Breckenridge, Colo.

The Dew Tour Pantech Beach Championships will air live on NBC Sports Network on Friday, August 17 at 7:30pm ET, on Saturday, August 18 on NBC at 1:00pm ET, and on Sunday, August 19 on NBC at 2:00pm ET. Additional broadcasts on NBC Sports Network will be August 16 at 11:00pm ET, August 18 at 11:00pm ET, August 19 at 11:00pm ET and August 25 at 12:00am ET.

For additional Dew Tour event information, visit DewTour.com