Skateboarding King Bucky Lasek teams with Meguiar's

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SKATEBOARDING’S ‘VERT’ KING BUCKY LASEK
 RAMPS UP WITH MEGUIAR’S

X Games Gold-Medal Winner Named Spokesperson for
Meguiar’s Innovative ‘NXT’ Generation Car Care Product Lineup

IRVINE, Calif., (December 2003) – Meguiar’s Inc. recently announced that Bucky Lasek, the world’s #1 "vert" skateboarder and multiple gold-medal winner at the X Games and Gravity Games, has been selected as its ambassador for the next generation of car ent
husiasts. Lasek, one of the top competitors in the extreme sport of “vert” skateboarding, will help promote the company’s new lineup of “NXT” Generation car care products.

“We are very pleased that Bucky has joined the Meguiar’s team,” says Meguiar’s President and CEO Barry Meguiar. “He personifies the creativity, technical innovation and passionate approach to his craft that makes him a consistent standout and winner, and h
e serves as a wonderful role model for young people everywhere.”

Lasek, an avid car enthusiast, has been featured in Dub Magazine several times.  He regularly uses Meguiar’s products on his growing personal automotive collection.

Meguiar’s NXT Generation products incorporate engineered synthetic polymers (ESPs) and feature a new, vibrant “extreme” packaging design.  The lineup consists of a car wash, spray wax, tech protectant and tech wax.

Since 1901, Meguiar’s technical experts have worked hand-in-hand with car and automotive paint manufacturers around the world to create highly specialized car care products.  As part of its passionate support for automotive enthusiasts, collectors and the 
hobby, Meguiar’s created “Car Crazy Television,” seen weekly on the SPEED Channel national cable network, and “Car Crazy Radio,” aired weekly as a segment of Car and Driver Radio. For more information, please call Kim Milman or Jarrod Holland at JMPR at 81
8/992-4353, or see Meguiar’s at www.meguiars.com or www.carcrazycentral.com.

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Pictured attached is Meguiar’s Chief Operating Officer Atticus Firey, Bucky Lasek and Meguiar’s President and CEO Barry Meguiar.