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Creative Sports Strategies is pleased to be the official U.S. sports marketing and management agency for ZAMSTŪ to lead the company's introduction into the American sporting goods marketplace including the establishment of distribution, sales management, and a national advertising and marketing campaign. 

ZAMSTŪ is the leading brand of sports protective equipment in Japan and is used by professionals worldwide. ZAMSTŪ is a subsidiary of the Nippon Sigmax Corporation whose world headquarters is in Tokyo, with European offices in Metz-Tessy, France,  Chinese offices in Shanghai, and North American offices in Newport Beach, California.

Since 1992, ZAMSTŪ has led the Japanese sporting goods industry with a full line of injury prevention products, including ankle, elbow, back and knee braces, waist wraps, patellar supports and icing equipment. ZAMSTŪ products are designed in Japan to provide the ultimate protection against injury by using proprietary imaging technology and several reference points of the human anatomy combined with the strongest and most flexible materials on the market. ZAMSTŪ has supplied protective equipment to Japan’s top Olympic and professional athletes, is an official sponsor of 2-time Olympic Gold Medalist, Misty May-Treanor, and is the official supplier to the BJ Japan professional basketball league, Shonan Bellmare, Tokyo Verde, and Kawasaki Frontale Japanese professional soccer teams, the Federation Francaise de Basketball (FFBB), Federation Francaise de Volleyball (FFVB), Foyer Laique Saint Quentin professional volleyball team, Perpignan and Narbonne Mediterrane professional rugby teams. In the U.S., ZAMSTŪ is the official supplier of protective equipment to numerous club volleyball and basketball programs. 

Creative Sports Strategies led the initial product launch for ZAMSTŪ at the 2009 American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) Annual Convention in Tampa, Florida with a strong showing of revolutionary sports injury prevention products including ankle braces, knee braces, waist wraps and icing kits for the nation's top collegiate women's volleyball players.  In June 2010, ZAMSTŪ made a successful debut at the National Athletic Trainers Association (NATA) Annual Meetings in Philadelphia as a Gold Sponsor and key newcomer to the show.  As part of the company's launch, Creative Sports Strategies assembled a professional advisory board comprised of sports medicine professionals, professional athletes, elite coaches and educators focused on maintaining the high level of quality and technology that ZAMSTŪ is famous for worldwide.

For more information on ZAMSTŪ, please visit the company's website at www.ZAMST.com or call toll free 877-ZAMST-US (877-926-7887).

zamst; creative sports strategies; lori okimura
zamst; creative sports strategies; matt knutson; lori okimura