October 30, 2008 (Windsor Locks, CT) – Dermatone Laboratories, Inc., one of the leading sunscreen companies in the sport retail market, has become the official sunscreen and frostbite protection licensee for the U.S. Ski Team and U.S. Snowboarding. Dermatone will be the exclusive sunscreen of the athletes from now through the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver.

When founded in 1981, Dermatone developed the first product to provide cold weather protection along with sunscreen. A two-year clinical study by the Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine concluded that Dermatone protects exposed skin two times longer against frostbite than any other product tested. Winter sports enthusiasts have been saving their skin for years from windburn, frostbite and sunburn with Dermatone’s cold weather protection products.

“Dermatone has skin care experience for the various elements our athletes face and it is a welcomed addition to the Team,” said Ted Morris, vice president of sales and marketing for the Team. “It’s going to be a great relationship all winter long and through 2010.”

As part of the partnership, Dermatone will participate in the sponsor village sampling product at U.S. Ski Team events as well as incorporate the Team logos on the pocket sized mini tin of skin protection balm with Z-Cote, SPF 30 as well as other various products. While the little blue tins will travel the world with the U.S. athletes, winter sports enthusiasts can purchase Dermatone for themselves at many local ski shops and nationally at many major sporting good chains such as Eastern Mountain Sports, L.L. Bean and REI.