Esportsboard.com Launches First Local Sports Classifieds

SAN DIEGO, March 17 /PRNewswire/ -- Esportsboard (http://www.esportsboard.com) announced the launch of the first local classifieds service dedicated exclusively to sports, recreation and fitness.  Supported by prominent national sports organizations, Esportsboard provides a powerful platform that connects local communities around the sports they care about.

"We are excited to officially announce the launch of Esportsboard.com to serve the 160M Americans actively participating in sports and recreation," said Bill Richardson, a sports industry veteran and Founder of Esportsboard. "There is an enormous loosely connected economy built around local sports and we are excited to be the first marketplace to connect and serve these local communities."

"With over $1B in used sports and recreation equipment changing hands each year, this is probably the largest market not currently served by a dedicated local classifieds service - one that solves the unique needs of the sports community," Richardson added.  "Teaming up with like-minded organizations such as Pop Warner Football, and sports technology leaders like LeagueLineup.com furthers our goal of helping people 'Play it Forward!' by recycling used sport gear and making sports more affordable for everyone."

Esportsboard provides a classifieds platform that will allow individuals, as well as sports leagues and organizations, to post free local classified ads to:

• Buy and sell used sports gear, equipment and apparel,
• Promote local services (trainers, pitching coach, fishing guides),
• Post announcements (team looking for players, league registration starting),
• Find activity partners and volunteers,
• Promote tournaments, camps, fundraisers and more

In addition, Esportsboard's innovative hyper-local approach allows organizations, leagues and clubs to post free custom classifieds on their own local website in under 5 minutes.  All league and club ads filter up to their local sports community citywide. Already, over 4,500 local sports leagues and organizations - and 9,000 teams - in over 300 cities are using the Esportsboard widget on their own websites.

"Esportsboard provides a valuable service for everyone involved in sports and recreation – but especially for the parents of millions of kids that grow out of their gear each season.  Already, on the youth side of the business, over 900 baseball leagues (including 300 Little Leagues), 700 softball leagues (including 150 ASA Softball programs) and 100 Pop Warner Football leagues are utilizing Esportsboard's widget on their websites," added Richardson.

About Esportsboard.com

Esportsboard.com is the first online local classifieds service dedicated exclusively to sports, recreation and fitness. Our mission is to empower individuals nationwide to Play it Forward! – a movement we are spearheading with our partners to encourage people locally to recycle their sports gear, make money and help others out in their community.

The Esportsboard team has built some of the most widely adopted participatory sports technology, and grown some of the largest sports communities on the web.  The team includes technology and marketing veterans, athletes and parents of athletes.  There are many general online classifieds services that dabble in sports, but often you are a couple clicks from content that is not family friendly, and they just don't cater to the unique needs of local sports communities.

Play it Forward! Buy and sell used gear on Esportsboard and help us make a difference. Visit us at www.esportsboard.com.

SOURCE Esportsboard.com