Santa Fe Springs, CA (November 18, 2003) – The Mountain Dew Pro Nationals of Snowboarding arrive at Breckenridge Ski Resort December 12-14 to kick off the 2003-04 competitive snowboard season. Upwards of 100 athletes are expected to compete, vying for more than $100,000 and the keys to a Ford Ranger FX4. Locals Todd Richards, Chad Otterstrom, and Gretchen Bleiler as well as notables Ross Powers, Danny Kass and Kelly Clark will be among those tackling the Superpipe, the Slopestyle course and the Mountain Dew Rail Jam contest. The Mountain Dew Pro Nationals will broadcast to a national television audience, airing on NBC Sports on January 17 at 3:30 pm EST.

As the first major North American competition at one of America’s top resorts for snowboarders, the Mountain Dew Pro Nationals consistently draw the top names in snowboarding. Joining expected Olympians such as Powers, Kass, Clark, J.J. Thomas, Tommy Czeschin and Daniel Franck are many other big-time riders including Scotty Arnold, Ben Hinkley, Hanna Beaman as well as up and comers Torah Bright, Hannah Teter and Luke Mitrani. The athletes will be challenged by Breckenridge’s 18 ½-foot Superpipe and the Freeway Terrain Park that will feature 35 fresh creations this season including a
new Rainbow Rail, 7 new fun boxes and up to 15 jumps.

“The Mountain Dew Pro Nationals at Breckenridge has become an annual kick off to the snowboard season,” said Steve Van Doren, Vice President, Events and Promotions at Vans. “With a world-class field and a world-class mountain, the sixth edition of the Pro Nationals will be one of the best yet.”

The Mountain Dew Pro Nationals will consist of three events – Slopestyle, Superpipe and Rail Jam. In Slopestyle, riders make an untimed run loaded with jumps, a quarter pipe and hand rails with the run judged on consistency and level of difficulty. In the Superpipe event, riders utilize Breck’s massive superpipe walls to perform tricks judged on difficulty, execution and height. The Mountain Dew Rail Jam features riders each taking a stab at pulling off the toughest moves on a specially built competition rail in a less formal setting, but with big cash still on the line.

2002 Mountain Dew Pro Nationals Results:

Superpipe
Men Score Purse Women Score
Purse
1. Luke Wynen 88.3 $12,000 1. Kjersti Buaas Oestgaard 91.3
$8,000
2. Steve Fisher 88.0 $8,000 2. Dorian Vidal 80.8 $5,000
3. Rob Kingwell 87.8 $5,000 3. Anne Molin Kongsgaard 80.3
$2,250

Slopestyle
Men Score Purse Women Score
Purse
1. Etienne Gilbert 79.8 $12,000 1. Jennifer Jones 82.2 $8,000
2. Josh Dirksen 79.0 $8,000 2. Jaime Macleod 76.3 $5,000
3. George Oakley 78.7 $5,000 3. Anne Kongsgaard 68.8 $2,250

Mountain Dew Rail Jam
Men Purse Women Purse
1. Aaron Keene $2,000 1. Leanne
Pelosi $500
2. Travis Robison $1,500 2. Marissa
Funicello $500
3. Jeff Meyer $1,000

The $300,000 Vans Triple Crown of Snowboarding continues with the Built
Ford Tough Championships at Mammoth Mountain Resort, Mammoth Lakes, CA,
January 23-25 and the Vans North American Championships, March 5-7 at a
location to be determined.

The Mountain Dew Pro Nationals of Snowboarding presented by Ford Trucks and
Vans are made possible through a partnership of Ford Trucks, Mountain Dew,
the Xbox™ video game system from Microsoft, Right Guard Xtreme, Campbell’s
Soup at Hand™, Transworld SNOWboarding, Fox Sports Net and NBC Sports. The
Vans Triple Crown™ Series features the world’s top athletes participating
in premier venues throughout North America for the top prize purse in each
of six Core Sports™ disciplines: Skateboarding, Wakeboarding, BMX,
Freestyle Motocross, Surfing and Snowboarding.

For more information on Vans and the Vans Triple Crown Series, please visit
www.vans.com

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