MASN to Launch "Maximum Doer Dew Tour Challenge"
MASN, the local leader in live sports entertainment, has joined with the AST Dew Tour to sponsor a contest recognizing outstanding achievements in community service.
Interested contestants will submit short video clips or a combination of photos and an essay that document and describe how they serve their community, neighbors and environment.
The contest runs from Monday, May 19, 2008 through Monday, June 9, 2008, with one winner being chosen each week. The three winners and their acts of kindness will be featured in commercials on MASN between June 10 and June 19.
"This is one small way to recognize and reward those individuals who make a real difference in our communities," said MASN spokesman Todd Webster.
Each winner will receive a Mongoose bicycle, an autographed skate deck, four Action Zone tickets to the Dew Tour and meet and greet passes for the Good Charlotte concert on June 20, 2008 at Camden Yards Sports Complex.
The AST Dew Tour is returning to Baltimore for the second straight year from June 19-22, the Event will again be held at Camden Yards Sports Complex. The Dew Tour is made up of five major events that take place over the course of five months, June through October, and features skateboarding (park and vert), BMX (park, vert and dirt) and freestyle motocross competition.
MASN is the local leader in live sports entertainment with 500 live sporting events every year, including 300 NCAA football and basketball games and every available Baltimore Orioles and Washington Nationals game.
For more information and official rules and regulations, please visit www.masnsports.com.
AST
The Action Sports Tour (AST) is the recently created umbrella brand and organization of the world's most prestigious action sports events. Currently the AST consists of two national tours, one international event and an amateur series: AST Dew Tour (debuted in 2005), AST Winter Dew Tour (debuting in 2008), AST China (debuting in 2008), and Free Flow Tour (debuted in 2005). The AST properties are home to over 300,000 spectators each year and broadcast in 100 countries and 280 million homes worldwide. The AST Dew Tour consists of five major, multi-sport events spanning across the country, with a cumulative points system, a $2.5 million competitive purse - the largest in action sports - and an additional $1 million bonus pool. Each event features skateboarding (park and vert), BMX (park, vert, and dirt) and freestyle motocross. At seasons end, the overall point's leaders in the six disciplines are crowned year-end champions and awarded the prestigious Dew Cup. Key lifestyle elements at each Tour event include the Festival village, specialty competitions, and live cutting edge music. The AST Dew Tour partners include Mountain Dew (tour title sponsor); and Panasonic, Right Guard Xtreme, Wendy's, Toyota and PlayStation® (event title sponsors). Associate partners include Ball Park, Mongoose®, and Verizon Wireless. More information can be found at www.ast.com.
