Team Fluid asks for your thoughts & prayers

Hello friends & family of Fluid,

We regret to inform you that last Friday March 20, Ken W. Brown, our company President, father, and mentor passed from this Earth. Ken, father of Fluid founder David Brown, came on board with the company full time in January 2008, and was a tremendous asset to the organization. He was a loving husband and father of three, a renown baseball coach, and wonderful friend. His presence will be greatly missed.

We ask for your thoughts and prayers during this time. While we are continuing business as usual and our customers should not expect any falter in our ability to serve them, we ask for your patience during the coming weeks.

Thank you for all your kind support.

Best regards,

Richard Smith, David Brown, & all of Team Fluid


From left to right: Michelle Allen-Brown, Jesse Bilsten, Adrienne Cueto, Jan Brown, Ken Brown, Richard Smith, David Brown (kneeling)

Fluid Rocks out in the Desert!

Trifest 2009
Tucson, AZ

With a tune-up and four new tires, The Fluid Mobile headed Southeast this month for the 2nd Annual TriFest in Tucson, AZ.

Fluid Founders Richard Smith & David Brown logged over 1400 miles to join the biggest players in the multisport industry.

Attendees journeyed from around the globe for the conference and expo, hosted by Trisports.com. Seven time Ironman World Champion Dave Scott was also in attendance, and was the guest speaker of Friday evening's banquet.

Team Fluid provided mechanical and nutritional support for the annual Friday morning ride up Mt. Lemmon, a 6,000 ft cycling climb over the course of 25 miles. Look for video of this ride coming soon!

Fluid was also able to connect with local sponsored clubs, including the University of Arizona's TriCats (one pictured right), as well as Arizona State's Triathlon Team.

Industry attendees included our friends Trigger Point massage therapy and SPIbelt, both from Austin Tx.

Founders Rich & Dave, pictured below, had both the pleasure and pain of a 60 second maximal effort cycling test to evaluate their power output. Dressed in jeans and flip flops, the guys jumped right in for a whole lot of hurt. Don't let those smiles fool you!

Overall, the trip was a great success, but we are glad to be home!

St Patties Day Feast Downhill Racing
Bootleg Canyon, Las Vegas

This was a killer event at one of the most famous MTB spots in America. The racing was fierce and the beer was cold for this awesome event! If you love Downhill racing, you have got to check out this event for next year! Check out Crash Innovations Website Here!

Tour of Palm Springs
Palm Springs, CA

10,000 riders with 100, 50, 30, 20, and 5 mile rides. It was 65 degrees and beautiful in February. Team Fluid was there in full force with support for all riders. We will be back for this event next year, and we highly recommend you check it out! Click here to learn more!

Upcoming Sports Nutrition Clinic Sponsored by TriBuys.com

TriBuys.com & Rausch Physical Therapy are teaming up to bring Southern California athletes an awesome opportunity: A sports nutrition clinic presented by local nutrition guru Melissa Mathes, RD. Topics of her presentation will include pre-race, during race, and post-race nutrition for optimal performance. This is something you don't want to miss so mark your calendars now!

Jason Winn, owner & founder of BonkBreaker Energy bars will also be in attendance to share his story and offer free samples of the best tasting energy bar on the planet!

Richard Smith, co-owner & co-founder of Fluid will represent Team Fluid with free samples of delicious recovery drink for all in attendance as well as provide additional goodies for raffle!

What: Sports Nutrition Clinic
Where: Rausch Physical Therapy, Laguna Niguel (see map below)
When: 6:30pm, Tuesday March 24th

See you there!!


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Fluid now Sponsoring Silicon Valley Tri Club - Club Meeting Monday Mar 9 @ Running Revolution!

Fluid is proud to announce they are sponsoring the Silicon Valley Triathlon Club! You can check them out online @ http://www.svtriclub.com/.

Fluid will provide free samples of product as well as product education at their next meeting Monday, Mar 9 at Running Revolution in Campbell CA.

What: Silicon Valley Triathlon Club Meeting
Where: Running Revolution, Campbell
When: 7pm, Monday March 9th

See you there!!



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Fluid is Rockin Out at the Tour of CA!!

Here is a big shout out to Joshua Chmielewski for rockin' the Fluid jersey during the Tour of CA!!

Check out these awesome pics of Josh hanging with Andrea Noe, 40yr old Italian professional cyclist! Noe has been a pro since 1993 and is currently riding a Cannondale for Team Liquigas, good stuff!



Nice work Josh! Keep up the good work and keep the photos coming!

Cheers,

Team Fluid

Fluid Recovery Drink Reviewed by Cyclocross Magazine

Cyclocross Magazine, the nation's leading print and online news source for the sport of cyclocross, recently conducted a product review on Fluid Recovery drink. Many thanks to our friends at Cyclocross Magazine for the post!

Here is a snippet of what they had to say about Fluid Recovery Drink:

"In terms of recovery, Fluid has many key nutrients that will help Cyclocross racers of all levels return quickly to their best. As always, taste is one of the largest factors in selecting nutrition products, and for me, this product is a hit. Those of you who may have grown up before sugar and sweets had permeated the food industry may not enjoy the sweet taste of Fluid’s Tropical Escape offering, but there is also the Berry Treasure option for you to try, which was our other testers’ preferred choice."

For the full article, make sure to check out Cyclocross Mag's website. You can also subscribe to their posts with feedburner to make sure you're up to date on all the best news in the sport.

Cheers!

Team Fluid
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Fluid Wins Honor from Competitor Magazine: Best Sports/Recovery Drink of 2008!

Competitor Magazine has announced the winners of "The Best of Competitor 2008" voting. This voting was done by the readers of Competitor, which also publishes such prestigious magazines as VeloNews and Triathlete Magazine. The people have spoken, and they have voted Fluid as "Best Sports/Recovery Drink 2008."

This is our second award this year, and it feels wonderful! We want to thank all of our supporting fans for voting for us, and bestowing upon us this fabulous honor. Cheers!!!

From the bottom of our hearts, Thank You!

Rich, Dave, and all of the Fluid Family.