By Press Release

November 16, 1999

Santa Fe Springs, CA -- Vans Inc., the premier Southern California-based Core Sports� and lifestyle brand, has announced the official dates and locations of the 1999/00 Vans Triple Crown of Snowboarding.

The three-event tour begins December 3-5 with the Mountain Dew Classic in Breckenridge, Colorado. The second stop, the Vans Championships, takes place at Mount Seymour, British Columbia, Canada on January 14-16, and on February 25-27, the tour culminates at the Ford North American Championships held at Sierra at Tahoe, California.

In addition to a total prize purse of $375,000, this year's cumulative points winner from the Vans Triple Crown Series will win a brand new Ford Ranger for their efforts. A special points system will equalize the points earned from each discipline and at the completion of the Ford North American Championships, a winner will be announced. Each stop of the Vans Triple Crown of Snowboarding is an �open event�, allowing all professional riders the opportunity to compete in the series, and will feature multiple disciplines including big-air, snowboard-cross, and halfpipe.

Each stop of the Vans Triple Crown Series will receive a dedicated one-hour show, airing at least three times on the ESPN networks in over 180 countries to over 200 million households worldwide. In addition, a half-hour compilation show featuring the �Best of the Triple Crown of Snowboarding� will include series highlights, airing in the same distribution channels.

The Vans Triple Crown of Snowboarding continues Vans� history of supporting professional snowboarding, including title sponsorship of the 1997 ISF World Championships, the 1998 ISF Masters World Cup, and the United States Amateur Snowboarding Association (U.S.A.S.A.). In addition, Vans commitment to snowboarding is also seen through its most recent acquisition, the High Cascade Snowboard Camp, where professional and amateur snowboarders alike travel to during the summer in order to train from a staff of experts.

Sponsors of the 1999/00 Vans Triple Crown of Snowboarding include Mountain Dew, Ford, G-Shock, PlayStation, Rolling Stone Magazine, and Transworld Snowboarding Magazine.