By Press Release

February 9, 2001

Vancouver, BC � Preparations are well under way for the Kokanee Boardercross� North American Championships at Vancouver�s Mount Seymour February 22-24. The three-day event will showcase the ultimate in Boardercross racing with top Canadian & International pros and ams competing for a $25,000 cash prize purse.

�Our goal is to have an exciting, safe and fun course,� says Event Chairman and Peak Productions� President Erik Kalacis. �We�ve moved it back to Northlands, the original site of the Kokanee Boardercross, and lengthened it by 250 meters with the finish at the base of the Mystery Chair. Seymour has had a good snowfall lately, with more expected, which is great for course-building.�

Since it�s inception in 1991, Boardercross racing has fast become the world�s premier snowboard competition. Invented and developed on the West Coast, the sport features riders racing head-to-head, six at a time, down a course laden with jumps, banked turns, whoops, rollers and more!

Top pro-riders attending include: * Philippe Conte (FRA) � 2000 ISF Boardercross World Champion, 1st place Swatch Boardercross World Tour 2001, Aspen, Co.
* Ine Poetzl (AUT) � 2000 ISF Boardercross World Champion, 3rd place Swatch Boardercross World Tour 2001, Aspen, Co.
* Erin Simmons (Vancouver, BC) � 2nd place Boardercross Winter X-Games 2001, Mt Snow; 4th place Swatch Boardercross World Tour 2001
* Ueli Kestenholz (SUI) � 2nd place YOZ Winter Opening 2000, Soelden, Austria
* Mayumi Fukuda (Vancouver, BC) � 8th place Swatch Boardercross World Tour 2001, Aspen; 1st place 1999 Swatch Boardercross� World Tour, Copper Mountain, CO,
* Tor Bruserud (NOR) � 3rd place Swatch Boardercross World Tour 2000, Mountain High; 5th place Swatch Boardercross World Tour Finals 2000, Laax, Switzerland
* Christoph Maierhofer (AUT) � 1st place Swatch Boardercross World Tour 2000, Meribel, France
* Bertrand Denervaud (SUI) � 6th place Swatch Boardercross World Tour 2001, Aspen; 4th place 2000 Swatch Boardercross World Tour Finals, Laax,
* Robert Fagan (Whistler, BC) � 4th place Boardercross Winter X-Games 2001, Mt Snow; 4th place 2000 Kokanee Boardercross North American Championships, Blackcomb

EVENT SCHEDULE
Thursday February 22 Registration & Training
Press Conference & On-Course Photo/Video Shoot

Friday February 23 Boardercross Time Trials (open � 225 riders)
LIVE Music & DJs, Festival Village Open

Saturday February 24 BOARDERCROSS� FINALS (fastest 24 Women and 48 Men from Time Trials)
LIVE Music & DJs, Festival Village Open
Kokanee Closing Party
Produced by Vancouver�s Peak Productions Inc. and sanctioned by the International Snowboard Federation (ISF), the Kokanee Boardercross� North American Championships at Mount Seymour is open to all riders aged nineteen years and older, and will feature live entertainment, parties, the Kokanee Glacier Park, and Festival Village. Members of the media are invited to attend a press reception at Mount Seymour on Thursday, February 22, to meet the top athletes.

For more information please contact:
Marnie DiGiandomenico, Peak Productions Inc.
T: 604-924-0515 x.21
F: 604-924-0301 E-mail: [email protected]
Or visit our website at www.boardercross.com