RISING SNOWBOARD STAR ON THE SKY OVER BEIJING

Yuki Kadono: surprise winner of 6Star World Snowboard Tour contest the Oakley Shaun White Air & Style Beijing 2012 with a Triple Cork 1440 / Peetu Piiroinen finishes second, Stale Sandbech third / 15,000 spectators in the Bird´s Nest Olympic Stadium

16-year old Yuki Kadono (JPN) took home the victory in the Superfinal of the Oakley Shaun White Air & Style Beijing 2012, sticking a Backside Triple Cork 1440 Mute in the last run of the contest in front of more than 15,000 spectators at the Bird´s Nest Olympic Stadium. With 97.67 he prevailed over Peetu Piiroinen (FIN/2nd/93,33 Pts.), Stale Sandbech (NOR/3rd/92.00 Pts.) and Mathias Weissenbacher (AUT/4th/34.33 Pts.) in a highly dramatic finale. With the win, Yuki takes home 1,000 World Snowboard Tour points, the Ring of Glory and a major share of the 100,000 US-Dollar prize purse. Yuki Kadono also won the Red Bull Longest Airtime Award with a "flight time" of more than 3.4 seconds.

OAKLEY AND SHAUN WHITE PRESENT AIR |+|AMP|+| STYLE BEIJING 2012 brings the world´s best snowboarders to the olympic stadium Beijing, the famous Bird's Nest:

Badertscher, Toutant, Piroiinen² and Smits, are part of the 24 strong riders field to compete on December 8th 2012 with Sun Nan live on stage. Beijing/Innsbruck, 20th November 2012

For the 3rd consecutive year the Air & Style takes place in Beijing, China, in the Bird's Nest Olympic Stadium. The Oakley and Shaun White present Air & Style Beijing is the most important and only 6* event of the World Snowboard Tour (WST) on the Asian continent. It's the year of the dragon and all 24 riders will need dragonblood pumping through their veins when dropping in from the 50 meter high start gate on top of the monsterous ramp. Dragons are high flying, fearless, risk taking apex predators, who soar to far away lands to seize glory and riches. These characteristcs are also key in sticking a double cork or 1440 enroute to winning the Oakley and Shaun White Air & Style.

OPENING DAY FESTIVITIES INCLUDE THE WONDER-FULL GONDOLAS EVENT GIFTS FOR THE FIRST 1500 GUESTS!

WHISTLER, BC November 13, 2012 - Thanks to cool temperatures, impressive snowmaking and natural snowfall Whistler Mountain will open five days early on Saturday, November 17. With five lifts running, guests will have the option to upload from either the Whistler Village Gondola or the Creekside Gondola. Blackcomb Mountain will open, as scheduled, on American Thanksgiving, Thursday, November 22, 2012.

"In addition to new snow and a great forecast lining up towards the end of this week, our fleet of 220 state-of-the-art snow guns has converted over 70 million gallons of water into snow over the past few weeks. This ensures excellent on-piste coverage for quality skiing and riding on opening day," says Doug MacFarlane, mountain manager at Whistler Blackcomb. "Despite the amount of snow we have made, we want to remind guests early season conditions will apply, especially off piste. It is important to obey mountain signage, ski and ride on open runs only and stay within the operational area marked by "Temporary Boundary" signage. Guests should be aware there will be rocks and other hazards below the snow surface; we do not recommend skiing and riding outside the temporary boundary in any circumstances."

SNOWBIRD, UT - The storm that left one to two feet of snow in Salt Lake City deposited 50 inches of snow at Snowbird Ski and Summer Resort between Friday and Sunday, allowing the resort to open early, on Thursday, Nov. 15. "This is the storm we needed to get the season started off right," said Bob Bonar, President of Snowbird. "Lake effect made a good storm into a great storm leaving more than four feet of snow throughout the mountain."

The resort installed new snowmaking equipment over the summer, doubling its snowmaking capacity and allowing more terrain to open earlier in the season. Snowbird also updated the Little Cloud chairlift to a high speed detachable quad. The new lift will have its grand opening with a celebration on Dec. 1.

Gadzoom, Mid-Gad and Chickadee chairlifts will be open on Thursday. Beginner terrain will be available on Chickadee. Intermediate and Advanced terrain will be available on Bassackwards and Big Emma. The Aerial Tram is scheduled to open with skiing on Regulator Johnson on Saturday, Nov. 17, conditions permitting. The remainder of the mountain will be closed to all guests, including hikers.

All-day tickets will be sold at a reduced price. Lodging and lift ticket packages are available for as little as $99 per person (plus tax and resort fees, two night minimum stay). Details can be found at Snowbird.com, or call (801) 933-2222.