XTERRA World Championship

Maui, Hawaii | Sunday, October 28, 2012 | $105, 000 Purse

XTERRA World Championship Sponsors

XTERRA would like to thank all of the sponsors that make the XTERRA World Championship event happen.

PAUL MITCHELL

Official XTERRA Presenting Sponsor

More than 28 years ago, two friends had a vision to found a company for hairdressers—one that would provide tools of success for stylists, their salons and the entire beauty industry. Today, their vision has become a reality with John Paul Mitchell Systems growing into the largest privately held beauty company in the world. Our commitment to creating quality professional products has never wavered.

www.paulmitchell.com

AVIA

Official XTERRA Presenting Sponsor

In 1979, AVIA was founded on the passion to provide footwear for serious athletes. As technology advanced so did we, developing innovative shoe designs that revolutionized athletic footwear. With such designs as the Cantilever Heel, the Anatomical Cradle and FOM technology, AVIA proved to be passionate, progressive, and at the top of the game. Today, we continue to lead the performance training movement and further our dedication to endurance sports performance.

www.AVIA.com

KAPALUA RESORT

Official XTERRA Host Destination

Kapalua Resort is a 22,000-acre, master-planned community on Maui ’s northwest coast. The resort is renowned for its world-class golf courses - The Bay and The Plantation Courses; 11 residential communities; premier accommodations at The Ritz-Carlton, Kapalua and The Kapalua Villas, a tennis complex; the all new 30,000 square foot Kapalua Spa, three white sand beaches, including two of America’s Best Beaches, and a myriad of restaurants and shops. Kapalua Resort hosts signature events each year: the PGA TOUR’s season-opening Hyundai Tournament of Champions in January, The Ritz-Carlton, Kapalua’s Celebration of the Arts Festival in April and the Kapalua Wine & Food Festival in June. For more information, visit kapalua.com or call 1-800-KAPALUA.

THE RITZ CARLTON, KAPALUA

Official XTERRA Host Property

The AAA Five-Diamond Ritz-Carlton, Kapalua showcases a stunning, fully-renovated destination resort offering 463 guestrooms, including 107 residential suites, boasting warm-hued wood floors, rich travertine bathrooms, flat-screen LCD televisions and Hawaiian-inspired artwork. The Waihua Spa at The Ritz-Carlton, Kapalua beckons with treatment rooms framed by private garden showers, volcanic stone grottos, steam, sauna and whirlpool therapies, outdoor couple's hale (cabanas) and a fitness center and movement studio with spectacular ocean views. Jean-Michel Cousteau's Ambassadors of the Environment program offers all interest levels an array of outdoor activities from land to sea, led by trained naturalists. The breathtaking island resort also features six restaurants, enhanced indoor/outdoor meeting space, an inviting children's pool and luxury cabanas. The Ritz-Carlton, Kapalua is nestled on 54 acres and enveloped by the 23,000 acre Kapalua Resort, renowned for two championship golf courses, award-winning restaurants and a historic pineapple plantation.

OUTRIGGER ENTERPRISES GROUP

Official XTERRA Host Property

Outrigger Enterprises Group is one of the largest and fastest growing privately-held leisure lodging and hospitality companies in the Asia Pacific and Oceania regions and continues to expand its presence throughout the area. A family-owned company with more than 60 years of hospitality experience, Outrigger runs a highly-successful, multi-branded line of hotels, condominiums and vacation resort properties, including Outrigger® Hotels & Resorts, OHANA® Hotels & Resorts, Outrigger Condominium Collection®, Embassy Suites®, Best Western® and Wyndham Vacation Ownership®. Currently, Outrigger operates and/or has under development nearly 50 properties with close to 12,000 rooms located in Hawaii, Australia, Guam, Fiji, Bali, Phuket, Thailand, and Hainan, China. Outrigger Enterprises Group also operates and develops hotel properties and hospitality-related retail and real estate opportunities for partners in Hawaii, the Pacific, the mainland USA and Asia. For on-line information, log on at www.outriggerenterprisesgroup.com and www.Outrigger.com.

HAWAIIAN AIRLINES

Official Airline of XTERRA

Hawaiian is the nation's highest-ranked carrier for service quality and performance in 2009 in the 20th annual Airline Quality Rating study, having earned that distinction in three of the past four years. Hawaiian has also led all U.S. carriers in on-time performance for each of the past six years (2004-2009) and has been an industry leader in fewest misplaced bags during that same period (#1 from 2005-2007, #2 in 2008 and 2009) as reported by the U.S. Department of Transportation. Consumer surveys by Conde Nast Traveler, Travel + Leisure and Zagat have all ranked Hawaiian the top domestic airline offering flights to Hawaii.

Now in its 81st year of continuous service for Hawaii, Hawaiian is the state's biggest and longest-serving airline, as well as the largest provider of passenger air service to Hawaii from the state's primary visitor markets on the U.S. mainland. Hawaiian offers nonstop service to Hawaii from more U.S. gateway cities (10) than any other airline, as well as service to the Philippines, Australia, American Samoa, Tahiti, Japan and South Korea. Hawaiian also provides more than 150 daily jet flights between the Hawaiian Islands.

www.hawaiianairlines.com

MAUI VISITORS BUREAU

On the island of Maui, mornings of birdsong swell into days of pure exhilaration. From staggering natural beauty to one-of-a-kind adventures, Maui is a magical, tropical playground like no other.

Indeed, Maui is everything you have dreamed Hawaii to be, and almost certainly more than you imagined. Palm-shaded, powdery beaches and lush rainforests... Eclectic small towns and world-famous enclaves... Exclusive, world-class resorts and gem-like B&B's. It's all here.

But more importantly, Maui is home to a unique spirit. You will recognize it in the natural smiles that greet you daily, and you will feel its presence long after you depart.

www.visitmaui.com

XTERRA.TV

XTERRA's On-Demand Video Channel

For nearly two decades TEAM Unlimited has been churning out award-winning adventure television shows and today, with the launch of XTERRA.TV, a comprehensive collection of those videos will be available 24 hours a day, seven days a week with on-demand XTERRA programming.

www.xterra.tv

XTERRA BRAND ALLIANCE

XTERRA Gear equipment designed for rugged competition. XTERRA brand licensees have introduced bicycling accessories and XTERRA exercise equipment. XTERRA Footwear is widely available with revoluntionary designed trail runners.

www.xterragear.com | www.xterrafitness.com | www.xterrafootwear.com | www.xterracycling.com

XTERRA WETSUITS

The fastest male and female age group swim time (from start to timing station between beach exit and T1) receive a XTERRA Vortex 3 Full wetsuit.

XTERRA WETSUITS are designed and engineered in San Diego to improve your open water swimming ability. As the leading American-based triathlon wetsuit company, XTERRA WETSUITS provides a significant advantage: without third party distributors, we are able to put additional resources into researching, designing, and manufacturing our suits. The XTERRA WETSUITS research and design team is comprised of world champion triathletes, world record swimmers, Olympic medalists, and passionate age group athletes. The end result: the fastest and best performing triathlon wetsuits in the industry.

www.xterrawetsuits.com

GATORADE

Official Energy Drink of XTERRA

Gatorade and GSSI continue to search for and study new and innovative ways to help athletes improve performance by facilitating proper hydration and nutrition. From the lab testing of athletes, to new flavor and delivery system development, to the publication and distribution of scientific research, the Gatorade Company and the GSSI perpetually strive to advance their collective mission of enabling athletes to always perform at their peak.

www.gatorade.com

ZORREL

Official T-Shirt of XTERRA

Apparel from Zorrel is designed to look and feel great, whether it's worn biking down a mountain trail, rafting through whitewater, playing a round of golf or simply shopping for groceries. Our garments are stylish enough to wear to a business meeting or an evening out on the town. You will always look your best. That's why we call it performance wear for anywhere.

www.zorrel.com

KONA BREWING CO.

Official Sponsor of the XTERRA Liquid Aloha Lounge

Kona Brewing Company is committed to producing, marketing and serving the finest handcrafted beers and tastiest cuisine with its exceptional team of motivated individuals who are passionate about quality and care about working in an environment where integrity, good will and discipline are the codes.

www.konabrewingco.com

TS RESTAURANTS

Presenting Sponsor of XTERRA Kapalua Trail Runs

TS Restaurants have some of the best dining options in Maui and all are located a short distance from Kapalua near the resort areas of Ka'anapali and Lahaina Town.