FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE


Salt Lake City, Utah, May 16, 2008—Mountain Sports International and The North Face today announced Jacqui Edgerly of Aspen, Colorado, as The North Face Young Gun overall winner of 2008. With one of the strongest fields of women in the history of the tour, 19-year-old Edgerly, known for her technically strong skiing style, had several top-five results and finished fifth on the Subaru US Freeskiing Series and sixth on the World Tour.

The North Face Young Gun award honors outstanding new talent in competitive big mountain freeskiing. It is presented annually to an individual 21 years of age or younger, in recognition of an emerging talent and commitment to the freeskiing community throughout the Subaru U.S. Freeskiing Series. The winner receives product from The North Face Cryptic line and $2,000 cash to support competition expenses in the 2009 season.

“The purpose of The North Face Young Gun Award is to recognize the next up-and-comer for their performance throughout all six stops of the tour,” said Katie Ramage, The North Face Senior Athlete Manager. “Ideally this person is an ambassador within the community and is integral in inspiring and cultivating the next generation of skiers.”

At each individual event a Young Gun nominee is chosen, with an overall winner from this group receiving the award at the end of the season. This year’s event winners are: Subaru Telluride Freeskiing Open, Scott McBrayer of Alta, Utah; Subaru Squaw Valley Freeskiing Open, Bryce Newcomb of Sun Valley, Idaho; Subaru US Extreme Freeskiing Championships, Dane Tudor of Red Mountain British Columbia, and Colby Adams of Breckenridge, Colorado; Subaru Jackson Hole Freeskiing Open, Claudia Bouvier of Vail, Colorado; Subaru US Freeskiing Nationals, Brayden Brassey of Park City, Utah; Subaru Freeskiing World Championships, Jacqui Edgerly of Aspen, Colorado.

Mountain Sports International presented a live webcast of all world tour events this season. Check out highlights at www.usfreeskiing.com, which features state of the art video and photo player technology.

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Cara Williams
PR & Communications Coordinator
Mountain Sports International
801-541-9927
cara@mtsports.com

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Mountain Sports International
Athlete Communications
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About The North Face
The North Face, a division of VF Outdoor Inc., was founded in 1968. Headquartered in San Leandro, California, the company offers the most technically advanced products in the market to accomplished climbers, mountaineers, snowsport athletes, endurance athletes, and explorers. The company’s products are sold in specialty mountaineering, backpacking, running and snowsport retailers, premium-sporting goods retailers and major outdoor specialty retail chains

About Subaru of America, Inc.
Subaru of America, Inc. is a wholly owned subsidiary of Fuji Heavy Industries Ltd. of Japan. Headquartered in Cherry Hill, N.J., the company markets and distributes Subaru Symmetrical All-Wheel Drive vehicles, parts and accessories through a network of more than 600 dealers across the United States. Subaru makes the best-selling All-Wheel Drive car sold in America based on R.L. Polk & Co. new vehicle retail registration statistics.
  
About MSI
Mountain Sports International (MSI) is a private company, founded in 1997, to develop and produce action/adventure sports events and programming in North America. MSI owns and produces the U.S. Freeskiing Series, the U.S. Skiercross Series, and the Freeskiing World Tour, in addition to several other properties and concepts.

MSI provides event management services for Burton, Salomon, and Red Bull and has provided infrastructure and expertise for the NBC Gravity Games and ESPN Action Sports Projects, including the Tony Hawk Gigantic Skatepark Tour. MSI specializes in matching clients with events for brand penetration into target demographics, developing product identification and loyalty. MSI matches brand and culture, company and credibility to create sought-after events that help to define the action sports culture.