LOS ANGELES, June 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- AVP, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: AVPI) (http://www.avp.com), a lifestyle sports entertainment company focused on professional beach volleyball, announced today that it has signed a new, one-year partnership with PNY Technologies, Inc.

"We are pleased to have PNY Technologies join the AVP Crocs Tour as we continue with another exciting season," said Leonard Armato, AVP commissioner and CEO. "This partnership creates new opportunities and provides further reach for both brands."

PNY, a New Jersey-based technology company, delivers a full spectrum of high-quality products for everything in and around the computer. PNY is a leading manufacturer and supplier of consumer and professional graphics cards, memory upgrade modules, flash memory and USB flash drives.

"Teaming up with the AVP Crocs Pro Beach Volleyball Tour provides us with an excellent opportunity to introduce our products to a new segment of consumers," said Tony Gomez, vice president, sales and marketing for PNY. "With professional players, Holly and Angie, onboard as endorsees of PNY Technologies, we hope to continue to grow and develop our brand within the professional sports market."

Highlights of the new partnership include PNY Technologies sand-level signage at AVP Crocs Tour events, Internet presence on AVP.com, event-site promotion, as well as ticket and PNY product giveaways.

The AVP Crocs Tour brings the nation's most elite level of professional beach volleyball to 18 markets across the country throughout the summer. For the latest news and information and to purchase tickets to upcoming AVP Crocs Tour events visit, http://www.avp.com.

About AVP, Inc.

AVP, Inc. is a leading lifestyle sports entertainment company focused on the production, marketing and distribution of professional beach volleyball events worldwide. One of the fastest growing entities in the sports world, the AVP operates two of the industry's most prominent national outdoor touring series, the AVP Pro Beach Volleyball Tour (1983) and the AVP Hot Winter Nights Indoor Tour (launched in 2008). The AVP is set to stage more than 35 events throughout the United States in 2008 and features more than 150 of the top men and women competitors in the sport. At the 2004 Athens Olympics, AVP athletes representing the United States won gold and bronze. The medals were the first won by the U.S. women in professional beach volleyball, and the 2007 World Champions in each gender are AVP athletes. AVP is headquartered in Los Angeles, and the company's stock trades under the symbol AVPI on the OTC Bulletin Board. For more information, please visit http://www.avp.com.

About PNY Technologies, Inc.

Established in 1985, PNY Technologies(R) Inc. is a leading manufacturer and supplier of memory upgrade modules, high capacity flash memory cards, USB flash drives, portable hard drives as well as consumer and professional workstation graphics cards. The company's photography, mobility, 3D gaming and business solutions are widely available from major retail, e-tail and wholesale outlets internationally. Headquartered in Parsippany, N.J., PNY maintains facilities in North America (Santa Clara and Orange County, Calif., Miami, Fla. and Parsippany, N.J.), Europe (Benelux, France, Germany, Italy, Norway, Spain, United Kingdom,) Asia (Taiwan and China) and Latin America. For more information, please visit: http://www.pny.com.

Forward Looking Statements

Some of the information in this press release may contain projections or other forward-looking statements regarding future events or the future financial performance of the Company. We wish to caution you that these statements involve risks and uncertainties and actual results might differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements, if we receive less sponsorship and advertising revenue than anticipated, or if attendance is adversely affected by unfavorable weather. Event-related expenses, such as for the stadium, transportation and accommodations, or security might be greater than expected; or marketing or administrative costs might be increased by our hiring, not currently planned, of a particularly qualified prospect. Additional factors have been detailed in the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including our recent filings on Forms 10-KSB and 10-QSB.

SOURCE AVP, Inc.