Leatt-Brace™ Featured in David Bailey Video Message
Las Vegas, NV, February 27, 2007 --(PR.com)-- Leatt Corporation (Pink Sheets: LEAT.PK), a Nevada, USA Corporation headquartered in Cape Town, South Africa, and the developer of the Leatt-Brace™, a Neck Brace System designed to help prevent potentially devastating motor sport injuries to the cervical spine (neck), today announced that the Leatt-Brace™ MOTO GPX was recently recommended for use in a video message by David Bailey, the legendary motocross and supercross champion of the 1980s, who was encouraging the use of available safety gear, specifically the Leatt-Brace™ MOTO GPX. Mr. Bailey received no consideration from Leatt Corp. for the recommendation and is not a paid employee or agent of Leatt Corp.
After having been heavily involved in the sport of motocross for nearly 40 years, Mr. Bailey earned three National Championships, as well as a Supercross Championship, two Grand National Championships and five trips to the top of the podium as a member of Team USA in the Motocross des Nations. An unfortunate 1987 pre-season crash left him unable to use his legs. However, he came back with a vengeance, and began training for the Ironman Triathlon, which he won in 2000.
David has witnessed numerous crashes over the past years. However, after a recent crash involving racer Ryan Sipes who was seriously injured, David felt the need to speak out directly to top riders, agents and the AMA regarding the use of available safety gear, specifically the Leatt-Brace™ MOTO GPX. David felt strongly enough about this topic that he sat up in bed throughout his message, despite recent surgery.
Mr. Bailey’s message can be viewed on the Vital MX Online Motocross Community website at:
http://www.vitalmx.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=blogcategory&id=
0&Itemid=64&media_type=pro&media_id=196&media_owner=1180
or via the company’s website at www.leatt-brace.com.
David's Full Circle Foundation and ONE Industries also recently teamed up to use the proceeds from their "Dream Team - David Bailey Maggiora 1986 MXDN DVD" to purchase 100 Leatt-Braces™, which they're giving away in a contest at http://oneindustries.com/win_a_leattbrace/.
“I’ve never personally met David or even spoken with him, but we are truly honored to have a legendary rider like David Bailey include our product in his message on motorsports safety equipment,” said Dr. Chris Leatt, C.E.O. and President of the Leatt Corporation. “The Leatt Corporation has received many inquiries from share holders as a result of David’s video. Having a man of David’s stature reach out and try to convince his colleagues, official governing bodies and the youngsters, who are just entering the sport, to protect themselves with our product makes all the hard work and effort we have put into this product over the past four years seem worthwhile. I ride motorcycles myself and I know that people would be discouraged from wearing something that was too heavy or uncomfortable. I wanted to make a safety device for winners, using state of the art materials and technology that would not inhibit their required movements, but would offer the best protection that we could design. It has taken a few years and a lot of research to create these products and I wear them myself. Together with my team of designers, and leveraging my medical background, I’ve really worked hard to make these devices as effective as they are lightweight, practical, comfortable and as aesthetically pleasing as possible to wear. I believe we are on the right track when test riders tell us that they feel uncomfortable if they are not wearing the brace and they ride more confidently when wearing the brace. In fact, there were a few professional riders, who refused to give back the test versions and continued to use them until we started rolling out production models this last December 2006. I just want to thank David Bailey for taking a chance and putting his recommendation behind a product that my people and I really believe in and have developed with passion and love for sports and sports enthusiasts of all calibers. Although, I don’t know of any protection system that is available that will eliminate all injuries, I would like to say to David, that we will continue to do our best to earn his recommendation and hopefully we will significantly reduce injuries, and enable people to keep having fun.”
About The Leatt Corporation: The Leatt Corporation is the exclusive global distributor of the Leatt-Brace™, a Neck Brace designed to prevent or lessen the severity of potentially devastating motor sport injuries to the cervical spine (neck). The company’s operations and research and development of the core products currently take place at the Leatt Corporation’s offices in Cape Town, South Africa.
About David Bailey: A biography of David Bailey can be found at:
http://www.motorcyclemuseum.org/halloffame/hofbiopage.asp?id=121
For more information on the Leatt-Brace™, please visit the company website at www.leatt-brace.com. No web sites or URL’s, or any part thereof, that are referenced in this press release are part of this press release.
Legal Notice Regarding Forward-Looking Statements: This press release may contain forward-looking statements, which are based on the Leatt Corp.’s (“Company”) current expectations, forecasts and assumptions. In some cases forward-looking statements may be identified by forward-looking words like "would," "intend," "hope," "will," "may," "should," "expect," "anticipate," "believe," "estimate," "predict," "continue," or similar words. Forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties which could cause actual outcomes and results to differ materially from the Company's expectations, forecasts and assumptions. Trade shows and seminars are part of the Company’s marketing efforts and results at such events do not necessarily result in sales or market acceptance of products. Recommendations from motorsport racers do not necessarily indicate market acceptance or market potential for our products. These risks and uncertainties include risks and uncertainties not in the control of the Company, including, without limitation, the current economic climate and other risks and uncertainties, the Company’s status as a start-up concern, the limited resources of the Company and resulting vulnerability of the Company and its products to domestic and international competitors with considerably greater resources than the Company and possible inability to establish market share against competing products in many markets, current limited distribution channels for the Company’s products, actions of our competitors, the limited cash flow of the Company and the resulting reliance on the sale of Company securities to finance operations, the extent to which affects our ability to develop new services and markets for our services, the time and expense involved in such development activities, the level of demand and market acceptance of our products, and changes in our business strategies. The Company’s common stock is traded on the Pink Sheet system and the Company is a “penny stock company” as defined under the rules of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. As such, there are additional, substantial risks associated with the Company and its securities. Such risks include limited liquidity of the Company’s common stock, possible volatility in market price for our common stock, and limitations on ability of broker-dealers to trade or recommend such stock.
Investor Relations: Please contact corp@leatt-brace.com or call +1 (831) 306-6117.
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After having been heavily involved in the sport of motocross for nearly 40 years, Mr. Bailey earned three National Championships, as well as a Supercross Championship, two Grand National Championships and five trips to the top of the podium as a member of Team USA in the Motocross des Nations. An unfortunate 1987 pre-season crash left him unable to use his legs. However, he came back with a vengeance, and began training for the Ironman Triathlon, which he won in 2000.
David has witnessed numerous crashes over the past years. However, after a recent crash involving racer Ryan Sipes who was seriously injured, David felt the need to speak out directly to top riders, agents and the AMA regarding the use of available safety gear, specifically the Leatt-Brace™ MOTO GPX. David felt strongly enough about this topic that he sat up in bed throughout his message, despite recent surgery.
Mr. Bailey’s message can be viewed on the Vital MX Online Motocross Community website at:
http://www.vitalmx.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=blogcategory&id=
0&Itemid=64&media_type=pro&media_id=196&media_owner=1180
or via the company’s website at www.leatt-brace.com.
David's Full Circle Foundation and ONE Industries also recently teamed up to use the proceeds from their "Dream Team - David Bailey Maggiora 1986 MXDN DVD" to purchase 100 Leatt-Braces™, which they're giving away in a contest at http://oneindustries.com/win_a_leattbrace/.
“I’ve never personally met David or even spoken with him, but we are truly honored to have a legendary rider like David Bailey include our product in his message on motorsports safety equipment,” said Dr. Chris Leatt, C.E.O. and President of the Leatt Corporation. “The Leatt Corporation has received many inquiries from share holders as a result of David’s video. Having a man of David’s stature reach out and try to convince his colleagues, official governing bodies and the youngsters, who are just entering the sport, to protect themselves with our product makes all the hard work and effort we have put into this product over the past four years seem worthwhile. I ride motorcycles myself and I know that people would be discouraged from wearing something that was too heavy or uncomfortable. I wanted to make a safety device for winners, using state of the art materials and technology that would not inhibit their required movements, but would offer the best protection that we could design. It has taken a few years and a lot of research to create these products and I wear them myself. Together with my team of designers, and leveraging my medical background, I’ve really worked hard to make these devices as effective as they are lightweight, practical, comfortable and as aesthetically pleasing as possible to wear. I believe we are on the right track when test riders tell us that they feel uncomfortable if they are not wearing the brace and they ride more confidently when wearing the brace. In fact, there were a few professional riders, who refused to give back the test versions and continued to use them until we started rolling out production models this last December 2006. I just want to thank David Bailey for taking a chance and putting his recommendation behind a product that my people and I really believe in and have developed with passion and love for sports and sports enthusiasts of all calibers. Although, I don’t know of any protection system that is available that will eliminate all injuries, I would like to say to David, that we will continue to do our best to earn his recommendation and hopefully we will significantly reduce injuries, and enable people to keep having fun.”
About The Leatt Corporation: The Leatt Corporation is the exclusive global distributor of the Leatt-Brace™, a Neck Brace designed to prevent or lessen the severity of potentially devastating motor sport injuries to the cervical spine (neck). The company’s operations and research and development of the core products currently take place at the Leatt Corporation’s offices in Cape Town, South Africa.
About David Bailey: A biography of David Bailey can be found at:
http://www.motorcyclemuseum.org/halloffame/hofbiopage.asp?id=121
For more information on the Leatt-Brace™, please visit the company website at www.leatt-brace.com. No web sites or URL’s, or any part thereof, that are referenced in this press release are part of this press release.
Legal Notice Regarding Forward-Looking Statements: This press release may contain forward-looking statements, which are based on the Leatt Corp.’s (“Company”) current expectations, forecasts and assumptions. In some cases forward-looking statements may be identified by forward-looking words like "would," "intend," "hope," "will," "may," "should," "expect," "anticipate," "believe," "estimate," "predict," "continue," or similar words. Forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties which could cause actual outcomes and results to differ materially from the Company's expectations, forecasts and assumptions. Trade shows and seminars are part of the Company’s marketing efforts and results at such events do not necessarily result in sales or market acceptance of products. Recommendations from motorsport racers do not necessarily indicate market acceptance or market potential for our products. These risks and uncertainties include risks and uncertainties not in the control of the Company, including, without limitation, the current economic climate and other risks and uncertainties, the Company’s status as a start-up concern, the limited resources of the Company and resulting vulnerability of the Company and its products to domestic and international competitors with considerably greater resources than the Company and possible inability to establish market share against competing products in many markets, current limited distribution channels for the Company’s products, actions of our competitors, the limited cash flow of the Company and the resulting reliance on the sale of Company securities to finance operations, the extent to which affects our ability to develop new services and markets for our services, the time and expense involved in such development activities, the level of demand and market acceptance of our products, and changes in our business strategies. The Company’s common stock is traded on the Pink Sheet system and the Company is a “penny stock company” as defined under the rules of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. As such, there are additional, substantial risks associated with the Company and its securities. Such risks include limited liquidity of the Company’s common stock, possible volatility in market price for our common stock, and limitations on ability of broker-dealers to trade or recommend such stock.
Investor Relations: Please contact corp@leatt-brace.com or call +1 (831) 306-6117.
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