Mysportsguru.com Launches Inline Skating Section With International Inline Skating Assn.; Onsite Instruction to Debut During National Inline Skating Week.

Business/Sports Editors and Multimedia Writers

FAIRFIELD, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 19, 2000

Just in time for National Inline Skating Week (starting May 15), mysportsguru.com has joined with the International Inline Skating Association (IISA) to provide onsite inline skating instruction, it was announced by Kalinda Mathis, executive director, IISA, and Harlan Stone, chief executive officer, mysportsguru.com.

As the inline skating instructional guru, the IISA is providing strategic guidance for the creation of the inline skating instructional content and access to its certified, professional instructors on a limited exclusive basis. In addition, it will furnish weekly inline skating tips and articles covering all aspects and levels of the sport.

"We know that inline skating remains one of the single fastest-growing sports over the last several years and is an important addition to our site," said Stone. "As the industry's premier association, the IISA not only brings the highest level of instruction, it also provides important safety and educational programs that will make this a well-rounded, must-see resource for all inline skaters."

"By joining with mysportsguru.com, even more people can enjoy inline skating. It's right at their fingertips," said Mathis. "We're very enthusiastic about this endeavor and mysportsguru.com. It's quite unique and has the tools for success."

Mysportsguru.com delivers personalized, rich-media instruction and training, along with the information and complementary community features needed to get started or improve in any sport. Content centers on the site's core feature: animated lessons. The lessons illustrate ideal techniques using actual human motion captured and applied to animation technology.

Mysportsguru.com is providing the tools and functionality, through its Gurunet site-building product, for certified IISA instructors to create their own promotional inline skating sub-sites. Additionally, both IISA and mysportsguru.com are providing hot links to each other's sites and extensively cross-promoting inline skating events and activities together.

The International Inline Skating Association is a non-profit organization that represents the community of 32 million people who are regular inline skaters. The IISA conducts educational and safety programs in inline skating and promotes the benefits and pleasures of inline skating for sport, recreation, fitness and vitality.

Through its Instructor Certification Program (ICP), a professional teaching program, the IISA certifies inline skaters to become instructors. The IISA/ICP is recognized as the premier certification program for inline skating and conducts programs in the United States, Canada, Europe, Japan and Southeast Asia.

Mysportsguru.com is the Web site for sports participants. It features interactive demonstrations that capture real movements of professional athletes as users are instructed in techniques and skills. Combined with comprehensive information and community tools, the site is a complete resource to help everybody learn a new sport or improve an existing one.

The site currently helps participants develop and improve their skills across several of the most popular sports and recreational activities, including baseball, basketball, bowling, camping, cycling, fly fishing, golf, running and fitness, soccer and tennis. Mysportsguru.com was founded in 1999 and has headquarters in Fairfield.