Leatt Corporation Outsources Production

Released on = October 20, 2006, 12:28 am

Press Release Author = Leatt Corporation, Inc.

Industry = Automotive

Press Release Summary = CAPE TOWN, South Africa - Leatt Corporation (U.S. Pink
Sheets: LEAT.PK), a Nevada, USA Corporation headquartered in Cape Town, South
Africa, that develops, sells and distributes the Leatt-BraceT, a Neck Brace System
designed to help prevent potentially devastating motor sport injuries to the
cervical spine (neck), today announced that the company has successfully outsourced
its production to Playmaker (Pty) Ltd., a high-volume production facility based in
Taiwan/China.

Press Release Body = Taiwan based Playmaker (Pty) Ltd. has been in operation for
approximately 40 years, has roughly 1,000 employees located at their 100,000mē
factory and specializes in the manufacture of wakeboards, snowboards, water skis and
the related bindings. Playmaker also has production facilities in Mainland China
which will be utilized to manufacture products for Leatt Corporation.

The outsourcing of production to Playmaker (Pty) Ltd is expected to result in a
major increase in Leatt Corporation's current production capacity, thereby enabling
the Company to meet sudden or anticipated future demand for its products, whilst
maintaining the strict manufacturing requirements that have, to date, produced
high-quality neck braces that were initially fabricated at the Company's South
African production facilities.

"The initial impact of this move was a delay in the availability and the full scale
launch of the retail product", said Dr. Chris Leatt, President and Chief Executive
Officer of the Leatt Corporation. "However," he added, "the move was necessary in
light of a much higher market interest in the product than we had originally
anticipated. And now, having completed the transition of production from South
Africa to Taiwan/China the company is in a position to begin to fill the product
orders from individuals as well as our industry distributors and partners since the
product was introduced to the international marketplace last year."

About The Leatt Corporation: The Leatt Corporation is the exclusive global
distributor of the Leatt-BraceT, 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.

For more information on the Leatt-BraceT, please visit the company website at
www.leatt-brace.com. For more information on Playmaker, please visit the company
website at www.playmaker.com.tw. The aforementioned Web Sites are not incorporated
into or part of this press release.

Legal Notice Regarding Forward-Looking Statements: This press release may contain
forward-looking statements, which are based on the Company\'s 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. 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 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 increase in production capabilities for
Company products is not an indication of future product order volumes or ongoing
market response to our products. 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 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.


Web Site = http://www.leatt-brace.com

Contact Details = Please contact corp@leatt-brace.com or call +1 (831) 306-6117.

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