The Dew Action Sports Tour

Hi Everyone, I'm Jessica Lee, I'm 15 and I have been riding dirtbikes since I was 4 years old. I have done a few interviews from Road Atlanta for Bikeland and hope to write more articles for the site!

I have always been a huge fan of freestyle motocross and I'm not sure about you but freestyle riders always seem to put me in awe with their back flips, nac nacs, lazy boys, and so many other tricks. After watching the x-games from the comfort of my own couch, I realized that I had to see some of those amazing tricks in person. So hoping to see these crazy stunts, I headed out to the T.D Water House Centre in Orlando for the Dew Action Sports Tour.

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As I walked through the gates of the 5th and final stop of the Dew Tour I knew I realized I was stepping into the action sports fan's dream. Everything had something to do with extreme sports; a dirt BMX course, FMX course, and a skateboard park had been set up out side. The huge half pipe and BMX park had been set up inside. Outside along with the competition courses was a village full of vendors like Vans, Yamaha, a few radio stations, Panasonic, Playstation, Ogio and so many others; each giving away free stuff! The famous "House of Dew" was also out side and was pretty cool. It was a totally portable 2 story house that has TV's, a Mountain Dew bar, music, autograph sessions with athletes, and so much more.

Although I am sure most people including myself could have shopped all day in the vendor area, a much more exciting event was taking place and that was the freestyle motocross competition. Friday the 13th started the much desired practice and since the day was considered to be unlucky it kind of seemed like the riders weren't riding as hard as normal. Saturday was full of practice and preliminaries. After Saturday's prelims there were just 12 riders left who went on to compete in the finals. Those lucky guys were Nate Adams, Jake McElroy, Mike Mason, Jeremy Lusk, Dustin Miller, Myles Richmond, Adam Jones, Wiley Fulmer, Beau Bamberg, Robbie Madison, Brian Foster and Matt Buyten. Mike Mason ended up winning the finals followed by Jeremy Lusk, and Nate Adams. After all of the tour stops Nate Adams had accumulated the most points and took home the Dew Cup.

The Freestyle Motocross Finals were pretty neat but to be honest after watching the first half hour or so the event can get kind of boring because the riders begin to repeat tricks. Don't get me wrong, watching these extremely talented riders for a couple of hours is still a lot of fun but don't expect to see something new after the first few riders show their stuff.

If someone asked me what a good event would be to take the whole family to and that was pretty exciting, I would for sure suggest the Dew Action Sports Tour.

It holds something that will interest every member of the family. Yamaha even had a learn to ride area for the kids and a miniature skate park was set up for any kids that brought their skateboards. Getting tickets isn't that hard at all and at most events are not that expensive. At the Orlando event a one day ticket was only $12. Passes for the whole weekend were also available for a higher price. Parking for the event can be a little bit tricky because it does attract quite a large crowd so if you can, get there early. The tour's official website for tickets, info, and results is www.dewactionsportstour.com. Make sure to check it out and plan on catching one of the tour stops next year!

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