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Happy Birthday to Us!

It seems like just yesterday we were celebrating 10 years – my how time flies! The past year has been a whirlwind of accomplishments: we finished up our building remodel, we debuted TriSports University, we created the TriSports Triathlon Club, we started our TriSports Champions program, we installed our massive rainwater harvesting system, we were awarded with many “best places to work” awards, we have cheered on our pro and amateur triathletes and cyclists to numerous victories, and we have made many Facebook friends along the way! Thanks to all of our loyal customers, whose business we sincerely appreciate. If it were not for your patronage, we would not be where we are today!

PS: In case you haven’t heard yet – our annual Birthday Sale is on!

Announcing the GU Kona Concert Series!

It is official, there’s a fun new event happening in Kona during race week of the IM World Championships!  Read all the details in the press release below.  We have a limited amount of tickets available to give away to our wonderful readers and friends!  All you have to do is RSVP to our Facebook Event and you’ll receive instructions where to pick up your tickets via email.  Have fun everyone!

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

Pop Musician Howie Day to Perform at 1st Annual Kona Concert Series during Ironman Week

Courtesy www.howieday.com - Howie Day Album Cover

(Kona, Hawaii) October 1, 2010 – Race week during the Ironman World Championships in Kona bustles with activity of nervous athletes, triathlon brands showcasing their hottest products and traditional pre-race meetings and logistics. This year, famed solo ‘pop’ artist Howie Day will break up the customary week activities by performing at the 1st Annual GU Kona Concert Series, hosted by the Sheraton Keauhou Bay Resort & Spa along with a group of leading industry triathlon companies. The event will be held Wednesday, Oct 6, from 6-9pm at the Sheraton Keauhou Bay’s private, outdoor Hawaii Lawn overlooking the Pacific Ocean.

Mitch Thrower, Co-Founder of Active.com and former Co-Owner of Triathlete Magazine, will emcee the evening at which many pro athletes will also be in attendance, in particular two-time Ironman World Champion, Craig Alexander, who has traditionally called the Sheraton ‘home’ for him and his sponsors.

“I am hoping that the Kona Concert Series becomes an annual event, providing a unique and fun atmosphere for Ironman attendees, competitors, and industry leaders – BUT we also realize that it’s race week and we respect the need for the competitors to get to sleep at a reasonable time, thus the music will only go until 9pm,” said Franko Vatterott, of the Human Interest Group and one of the event organizers.

While the concert is billed as a free event, the organizers request that tickets are reserved in advance. Tickets are available through a select group of industry companies and media sources: GU, Saucony, Tri Grand Prix, TYR, Scott Bikes, Athlete’s Honey Milk, TriSports.com and BUMP.com.

There are still tickets available. You can contact the GU Kona Concert Series partners via their on-island locations or through their FACEBOOK pages:

GU, On Island visit the booth out front 78-6622 Alii Drive

Saucony

Tri Grand Prix

TYR, On the island visit the TYR House
 75-5954 Alii Drive

Scott Bicycles, On the island visit via Lava Java coffee house off Alii Dr

Athletes Honey Milk

TriSports.com

BUMP.com

Human Interest Group

For more Info on Howie Day, visit: http://www.howieday.com or listen to sample songs: Collide and She Says

For more information or other questions, please contact info@humaninterestgroup.org

About Sheraton Keuhou Bay Resort & Spa
The Sheraton Keauhou Bay Resort & Spa is no stranger to servicing its unique demographic of guests during the busiest week of the year in Kailua-Kona; Ironman World Championships week. Home to the two-time and reigning Ironman World Champion Craig Alexander as well as his team of sponsors, the Sheraton Keauhou Bay has been actively engaging Ironman competitors to stay at the 521 room, 22 acre luxury resort the past few years and is sold out for the latter part of race week for the 2nd year in a row. For more info, visit: http://www.sheratonkeauhou.com/

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Picture of the Week?

Perhaps this would be better titled “Picture of Last Week”. As you can see from the various recent posts on our blog and Facebook, the Deuces Wild Triathlon Festival is quite the event for TriSports.com. This year, it became even more eventful for one lucky staff member who found themselves in this predicament while marking one of the courses.   Oops.

Ride of Silence

This Wednesday, May 19th, cyclists in cities worldwide will participate in the Ride of Silence to honor cyclists who have been killed or injured while cycling on public roadways. This silent ride (no talking allowed) is slow-paced and follows a generally short route, allowing time for reflection and remembrance. As members of the triathlon and road cycling communities, we have known our fair share of loss and injury. On Wednesday, we – as a company, will ride in solidarity with our fellow Tucson cyclists, to help bring attention to our roadways and community that cycling deaths and injury can be eliminated if we all learn how to share the road responsibly. You can learn more about the Ride of Silence from their website and find a ride near you on Wednesday. Their website is: www.rideofsilence.org. The TriSports.com Retail Store will be closing at 5pm on this day to participate in Tucson’s ride.

The Ride of Silence Poem, by Mike Murgas

Tonight we number many but ride as one
In honor of those not with us, friends, mothers, fathers, sisters, sons
With helmets on tight and heads down low,
We ride in silence, cautious and slow
The wheels start spinning in the lead pack
But tonight we ride and no one attacks
The dark sunglasses cover our tears
Remembering those we held so dear
Tonight’s ride is to make others aware
The road is there for all to share
To those not with us or by our side,
May God be your partner on your final ride.

TriSports Retail Store Cycling Commercial

In his previous blog, Seton touched on why TriSports.com – the world’s biggest triathlon retail store –  would sponsor a pro cycling team.  To quote him: “most of all we do it because we enjoy the sport of cycling”. In the spring of 2010, we had a few new TriSports Retail Store commercials produced. Our cycling commercial sends just that message – “We not only carry the best road and tri bikes; we also ride them.” Check it out.

Special thanks to riders from the TriSports Cycling / Eclipse Racing club for helping us out with the shoot.

TriSports Retail Store Commercial with Lacey Nymeyer

This spring, TriSports.com launched 3 new commercials for the TriSports.com Retail Store. Each commercial has a theme: swimming biking or running. For our swim commercial, we snagged Olympic Silver Medalist and Tucson resident, Lacey Nymeyer, to help us out with our footage. Check out our commercial letting Tucson know we are Southern Arizona’s largest and best swim shop around and see how awesome the swim stroke of an Olympic swimming medalist looks!

For the Ladies

Ladies rejoice! We now carry LUNA Sport Clothing! From the maker of the healthy food and nutrition products for all athletes, the CLIF BAR & Company and inspired by the LUNA pro racer the LUNA Sport Cycling Clothing is here for women who choose to live in great fitting, performance driven clothing that make a difference. Why is this great news for TriSports.com? LUNA is also leading the way with usage of recycled and renewable fabrics. We feel a great responsibility to support companies that have strong environmentally friendly policies and are happy to bring in a product that isn’t only “green” but looks good and feels great also! So please join us in welcoming LUNA Sport Clothing to the TriSports.com family of products.

Local Team TriSports.com triathlete Chrissy Parks couldn’t wait to get her hands on the Valtellina Pro  shorts after modeling them for our 2010 Product Catalog.

Happy Birthday to Us!

10 years. We’ve come a long way baby! This week we celebrate a decade of providing the best products, the best service, the most knowledge, and of course having the best vendors and customers. Thanks to all those who have supported us through the years.

PS: Our annual Birthday Sale is on!

Here’s to the Red, White and Blue

In a veritable sea of athletes, clad in every color from hot pink to head-to-toe camouflage, TEAM TriSports.com athletes shined through this past weekend at the Rhoto Ironman California 70.3. The vibrancy of the red, white and blue stood out against the tropical greenery of the California coastline. Spectating is a tough sport – you’re up and down, hands clapping, shouting encouragement and glued to the race course as to not miss one of your athletes pass by.  Truthfully, when you’re TriSports.com, most of the athletes that go by can be considered “ours”, so it is especially exhausting! Whether you were in our TEAM kit or not, it was a pleasure to cheer on our fellow athletes, customers and friends. Congratulations to all who raced!

Picture of the Day

I have received this photo and the corresponding link so many times today that I had to share it with everyone. This past weekend was the 24th Annual Tucson Bicycle Classic. TriSports Cycling team members represented extremely well – among the placements in the GC: 2nd Place Sr. Men II – Victor Riquelme. Check out Victor’s photo posted by VeloNews.com. If that doesn’t make you want to get out and race a bike, I don’t know what will!

Congrats to all of the TriSports Cycling team members on their collective awesome racing. Other notable finishes include Anna Sanders, Cara Bussell and Kathryn Bertine: 6th, 7th and 9th respectively for Pro Cat 1-2 Women, Chrissy Parks: 6th Cat 3 Women, Erin Borg: 2nd Women’s Cat 4, Justin Orkney and Andre McNulty: 3rd and 4th respectively Cat 3 Men, Brynn Dietz and Ken Montaney: 6th and 7th respectively Cat 5 B Men. Many others raced – great job to all!