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Fluidesign manufactures Elite and Club racing shells in London, Ontario, Canada. We are an official supplier to the Canadian National Rowing Team. The current world record time (6:47.82) for the Lightweight Men's single was accomplished by Zac Purchase in a Fluidesign Elite single on August 26th, 2006.

Fluidesign shells have been winning races every weekend since their introduction in early 2000 - including the World Rowing Championships, Canadian Speed Order Regatta, U.S. Speed Order Regatta, Head of the Charles Regatta, World Masters Championships, Royal Canadian Henley Regatta, Canadian Schoolboys Championships (CSSRA), Canadian University Rowing Championships (CURC) and more.

Rowing World Cup III

July 9,10 and 11th, 2010. Lucerne, Switzerland.

Gord Henry (center) and his Fluidesign team would like to congratulate the Canadian rowing team for its continued success at the World Cup III in Lucerne, Switzerland. Special mention goes to Douglas Vandor (left) and Cameron Sylvester (right) who rowed their Fluidesign 2x to a bronze medal in Sunday's final. More great pictures and all the team results can be found at Rowing Canada Aviron.

Silver and Two Bronze Today for Canada at Rowing World Cup

The Canadian Lightweight Men's double also rowed to a bronze this morning on the Rotsee rowing course. [...] Doug Vandor of Dewittville, Que. and Cam Sylvester of Caledon, ON, didn't notice the late German push, but stayed composed at the finish. "We were just trying to stay focused and internal," said Sylvester. "Obviously, it is more competitive here (than at the first World Cup in Bled where they won gold), but we expected that."

To see this result and others, check out the results page

Photo courtesy of Jackie Skender, Rowing Canada Aviron. Source article: Rowing Canada.

Boat Rentals at FISA World Masters

Until September 5th, 2010. St. Catharines, Canada.

In anticipation of the rental demands for singles at this event, Fluidesign will be providing a fleet of new rental singles in all sizes for the Regatta's rental pool:

• Lightweight [under 145lbs]
• Midweight [145-185lbs]
• Heavyweight [185-225lbs]
• Super Heavyweight [230lbs or over]

Our existing demo fleet is now totally booked for this event, we are referring all rental enquires directly to the FISA rental site linked below. Check out our Singles page for more information on why you should be racing a Fluidesign today!

Regatta Information: FISA World Rowing Masters 2010. Rental Information: Here

USRowing Elite National Championships, Jr. Trials, U23 World Championship Trials

June 23,24,25 and 26th, 2010. New Jersey, USA.

Fluidesign racers had an eventful week at the USRowing Elite National Trials, the USRowing Junior Trials and the USRowing Under 23 World Championship Trials. Congratulations to all competitors! At the Elite National Championships, Michael Sivigny won gold in the Men's 1x, and Justin Farrington (right) also took home gold in the Men's Lightweight 1x. In the Junior Trials, the Women's 2x consisting of Sophie Heywood and Alex Chrumka swept their best 2-of-3 finals to take gold. John Graves was another gold medal winner, taking the Mens Lightweight Single final by almost six seconds in the U23 World Championship Trials. Below is an excerpt about the Women's double.

Five Crews Earn Junior National Team Berths Friday

In the Women's double sculls, USRowing Junior Women's Selection Camp's Sophie Heywood and Alix Chrumka also swept the best two-out-of-three finals. In the first race, the duo defeated teammates Susan Greenberg and Alex Zadravec by 2.1 seconds, finishing with a time of 7:35.096. [...] In the second final, Heywood and Chrumka crossed the line in a 7:26.091.

To see all of the results, check out the results page, and if you see something missing be sure to contact us!

Photo copyright: Oklahoma City National High Performance Center. Source article: USRowing

Canadian Junior National Team Trials & CSSRA Championships

June 4,5,6 and 8, 2010. St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada.

Congratulations from Fluidesign to all of the competitors at both the Rowing Canada Aviron Junior National Team Trials and the Canadian Secondary Schools Rowing Association 65th Annual Championships. Fluidesign racers had a great week, with a total of FIVE gold medals, FOUR silver medals and SEVEN bronze medals across both events, plus many other participants who were just outside medal contention. Renae Barks raced phenomenally, winning 3 gold medals in Women's Single categories over both events. In the JNT Men's Single, Jamie Law-Smith (left) won gold and Sash Malowany (right) won bronze, following a silver at the CSSRA. Erin Snelgrove won a silver at the CSSRA in Senior Women's 63KG Single, and followed up with a bronze at the JNT. Rounding out the CSSRA results, Sydney Boyes won two bronze medals in Women's Single, Dylan Harris had a silver in Senior Men's 72KG Single. Both Andrew Pelletier and Alex Jones won bronze in the Junior Men and Women Single respectively. Lastly, the quad team of Nicolas Vrolyk, Sa Caron-Dussault, Gabriea Thomassin and Raphael Soweif won bronze. Below are some excerpts from Rowing Canada regarding the JNT (with two videos in the source link!).

Rowing Canada Aviron JNT Finals Summary

The Men's single was clearly won by Quebec's Jamie Law-Smith of the Montreal Rowing Club in 7:35.52. The silver medal went to Martin Barakso of Brentwood College School in British Columbia in 7:39.02 and Sash Malowany, who rows for Upper Canada College in Toronto, was third in 7:40.36.

The junior Women's single saw Renae Barks of the Regina Rowing Club well ahead in first in 8:17.67, with local favourite Kayla Wakulich in second in 8:26.04 and Erin Snelgrove of the St. Catharines Rowing Club in third in 8:32.71.

Check out the results page for another look at the winners.

Photo copyright: Rowing Canada. Source article: Rowing Canada, CSSRA

Rowing World Cup I

May 29th, 2010. Rowing World Cup I Results, Lake Bled, Slovenia.

Fluidesign would like to congratulate all of the competitors at the Rowing World Cup I event. Of the competitors, several had notable outings racing with a Fluidesign. The current world Lightweight single record holder Zac Purchase (right), and the team of Douglas Vandor and Cameron Sylvester (below) walked away with gold medals. Below are some excerpts from World Rowing.

LIGHTWEIGHT MEN'S SINGLE SCULLS (LM1x) - Finals

After rowing with absolute control in this morning's semi-final, there was no doubt that Zac Purchase of Great Britain was the man to beat. This evening Purchase donned an extra layer of clothes and rowed in style over the Lake Bled 2000m course. Purchase is the Olympic Champion from the Lightweight double and is in the single waiting for his Olympic partner, Mark Hunter, to recover from an injury. Purchase got out to an open water lead early on in the piece leaving the rest of the field to race for second.

LIGHTWEIGHT MEN'S DOUBLE SCULLS (LM2x) - Final

Is this the year of the Canadian double? Douglas Vandor and Cameron Sylvester have been together since the 2008 Olympics, but illness going into the Olympic final put the duo into last in the B Final. They are back and aiming for London 2012 with a new vigour. Today the Canadian duo took off at the start with this vigour leaving the rest of the field to fight it out for second.

Photos copyright: World Rowing/Igor Meijer. Source article: World Rowing, 2

Zac Purchase and Paul Mattick are the current Fluidesign UK representatives. Head over to the UK site if you're in the area and intend to make a purchase, need information, or want to set up a demonstration row.