Editing Brian Fow (section)

== Paintball career ==

=== Team Image ===

Fow began competing in professional tournament paintball during the 1990s.

Contemporary [[WARPIG]] records document his participation with [[Team Image]] at Skyball 1999 in Toronto, Canada.

The published five-player roster included Fow, Richie Maliszewski, Dave Thomas, Travis Lemanski and Ralph Sotelo.[1]

He remained with Image during the early 2000s.

The team's published 2001 NPPL professional roster listed Fow alongside players including Richmond Italia, Lane Wright, Andy Kopcok, Richie Maliszewski and Travis Lemanski.[2]

Fow's early professional career included international tournament competition, with subsequent interviews documenting his experiences travelling throughout Europe and Asia.[6]

=== Avalanche ===

By March 2002, Fow had joined [[Avalanche]], one of the established American professional tournament teams.

The published NPPL professional roster listed him alongside [[Chris LaSoya]], [[Rusty Glaze]], [[Steve Rabackoff]], Rocky Cagnoni, Travis Lemanski, Todd Martinez and other professional players.[3]

Avalanche competed in traditional professional 10-man competition during a period of significant changes to American tournament paintball.

Several of the team's players subsequently joined Miami Effect and Infamous.

=== Miami Effect (2003) ===

In 2003, Fow joined [[Miami Effect]], one of the eight original franchises of the newly established National Xball League.

The team brought together several former Avalanche players, including Chris LaSoya, Travis Lemanski, Rusty Glaze and Jon Richardson.

At the inaugural NXL tournament, held during the Mardi Gras Open in New Orleans from 20 to 23 February 2003, Fow was registered as player number 23.

The team's published roster also identified Steve Rabackoff as coach.[7]

The original NXL introduced a professional X-Ball competition format, featuring timed matches and repeated points rather than individual elimination games.

=== Infamous (2004–2009) ===

Following the departure of several players from Miami Effect, Fow helped establish [[Infamous (paintball team)|Infamous]] in 2004.

His involvement in the team's formation was confirmed in a 2022 interview published by ''Paintball Nerd''.[4]

Infamous initially competed in the [[NPPL Super 7]] professional division, bringing together experienced players from Avalanche and Miami Effect.

The team won its first two NPPL Super 7 tournaments in 2004, defeating [[San Diego Dynasty]] at the Tampa Open and [[Sacramento XSV]] at the Denver Open.

Fow remained a member of the organisation during subsequent seasons.

The published professional roster for the 2006 NPPL Commander's Cup included Fow alongside Travis Lemanski, Rusty Glaze, Jon Richardson and other Infamous players.[8]

In 2008, Fow appeared alongside Travis Lemanski in an interview conducted by [[Matty Marshall]] for ''Splat Magazine''.

The interview was subsequently republished by Social Paintball in November 2011.[9]

Fow also participated in Infamous's international tournament activities.

In August 2008, contemporary coverage of the NPPL Asian Invitational in Malaysia documented his presence with the team alongside Rusty Glaze, Glenn Takemoto and Jon Richardson.[10]

In May 2009, he was listed on the Infamous roster for the PSP Mid-Atlantic Open.[11]