174 TEAMS have already signed up for the June 23 – 26, 2011 PSP Chicago Open held at CPX Sports Park in Joliet, IL – making this once again and by far the largest paintball tournament of the year, second to only the PSP World Cup!
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Joliet, Illinois - May 24, 2011 – The Governing Body and Board of Directors for The Paintball University have tallied the votes and this year’s recipient of Paintball Woman of the Year is… Waverly Muller. The announcement and presentation was made at the Living Legends 4 and NPPL events, both held at CPX Sports in Joliet, Illinois this past weekend.
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Very interesting news – PbNation bought by a publicly traded company.
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After an intense, seventy-team event at CPX Sports Park in Joliet, Illinois, the NPPL crowned their 2011 Chicago Open seven-man champions while, on the other side of the amazing park, the fourth installment of the Living Legends scenario event was held with great success! While the NPPL had its share of controversy, especially in the finals where Avalanche squared off with Dynasty, the event enjoyed excellent weather, a large vendor presence and a great atmosphere. Click READ MORE for a full event breakdown!
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ActionVillage has been one of the leading paintball and extreme sports retailers for the past decade. While focusing mainly on paintball, Action Village expanded its product offerings to include a great selection of skateboard, snowboard, bmx, airsoft and skate/snow/surf apparel. With their competitive pricing and great customer service, Action Village set the bar high throughout all of these industries.
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Exalt has released a plethora of new headbands just in time for the spring/summer woodsball season! Available in numerous camouflage patterns from digital and Tigerstripe military patterns to Realtree and Treebark, every player is certain to find a pattern they’ll love. All of Exalt’s new headbands feature a terrycloth lining to absorb sweat and add a little padding for those players who just love to head-butt paintballs.
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We are pleased to announce the official kick off of the 2011 Empire Battle Tested Big Game-The Global Paintball Game.
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It’s our 15th season Filming the Raddest Paintball on the Planet. To celebrate, we’re starting a new Web Release campaign. Every Friday night at 8pm EST. TRAUMAHEAD SPORTZ is Releasing some of The most Thrilling games ever captured on film. Everything from Historic Tournament Paintball to the Biggest National Scenario Games.
TRAUMAHEAD continues to Pioneer the way the sport of Paintball is filmed, and this Season We introduce New Point of View and First person shooter Camera systems.
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The Janesville PSP Referee Certification Clinic has been confirmed for Saturday, June 18th and will be held at The Edge Paintball Experience in Janesville, Wisconsin.
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Meet XSV at the Sport Chalet in Huntington Beach, CA May 15th. Try out the latest JT Paintball gear in the shooting booth, take pictures with the pro’s Rich Telford and Junior Brown! Or just go see them and have a chat about Paintball.
Sports Chalet
16242 Beach Blvd
Huntington Beach, CA 92647
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RAP4 is proud to introduce three tactical slings that are ready to serve in the thick of the action. The RAP4 Tactical Sling is a three-point sling that functions like a harness to strap your full-size marker to your body, leaving your hands free while keeping it at the ready. The RAP4 2-Point Sling attaches to the front and rear of your T68 via the sling attachment points, or to any other marker via the included universal adapters. The RAP4 1-Point Sling attaches to the stock of your T68 or the tank of your tactical marker, giving you a dramatic, simple, and un-encumbering method of carry.
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Check out this video from Dow. Click READ MORE to watch the video.
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RAP4 is proud to introduce a powerful new tool for the modern warrior: the Land Warrior II digital video recorder. When you need to capture valuable field intelligence with little or no training, record interactions with the indigenous population or prove that your personnel follow protocol, you need the Land Warrior II.
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Planet Eclipse has launched the latest in their amazing SL series of markers, the CSL. The latest top-of-the-line Ego produced by the company, the CSL features gold accents all over the marker, plus a new carbon fiber barrel tip with gold woven into it! Light, fast, air efficient and rare, the CSL won’t come cheap but it is a remarkable paintball gun like nothing else ever made!
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Since releasing its range of S-Thunder M203 STYLE “SHOCKER” GRENADE SHELLS & FOAM BALL GRENADE SHELLS, milsim players and reviewers worldwide have discovered these grenade shells are among the LOUDEST & MOST POWERFUL grenade shells in the marketplace.
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The May 2011 digital issue of PaintballX3 magazine is live and absolutely, positively free HERE! Featuring coverage of the UWL, the Supergame and Splatbrothers’ Hellstorm game, along with tournament coverage from the NCPA and an event all the way from Portugal, along with a full review of the impressive new Eclipse Geo 2.1, the May issue of PaintballX3 is overflowing with paintball goodness!
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Cron Paintball and Paintballers 4 Autism are happy to announce that Cron Paintball is the first dealer of Paintballers 4 Autism Gear. Cron Paintball is a leader of paintball gear in New England. Cron brings a lot to PB4A. Along with gear sales they do video productions.
Founder of Paintballers 4 Autism Richard Greenaway said”I am very happy to make this announcement today. Cron has been a vital part of the growth of PB4A and to have them be the first dealer of PB4A gear. Richard continues “Cron has been supporting PB4A since day one Craig has been there for every event, and will do anything that needs to be done to help support us. It is hard to find guys like him.”
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After months of rumors emanating from Pinokio Hoppers, owner Evan Estrate has provided PaintballX3 Magazine with an exclusive look at the first fully-functioning prototype of the much-anticipated Pinokio F1 Hopper. Intended to be the new flagship product of the successful hopper company, the F1 has incorporated many new features and a sleek new design that looks better and further reduces weight from what was already an extremely light hopper. Click READ MORE for pictures and more information on the Pinokio F1!
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Custom Team Designs Now Available on Stiffi Barrels from Forgotten Muse!
Redding, California – February 24, 2011 – Stiffi and Forgotten Muse Media have joined forces to bring paintball teams the best of all worlds! Teams looking for a scientific advantage can now enjoy the devastating accuracy, feather weight and eerie silence provided by Stiffi Carbon Fiber barrels and have them in a custom design by the “gurus-of-looking-good” at Forgotten Muse!
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Boston – February 25, 2011 – The Identity Paintball organization is proud to announce their major sponsors for the 2011 tournament season! GI Sportz, manufacturers of the amazing Imperial paintballs that won the 2010 PSP World Cup, will provide the team with paintballs, clothing and goggles for the coming season, while the team will wear Style Supply custom jerseys and feature a new logo they designed, and work closely with Boston Paintball throughout 2011 and beyond. Ninja Paintball will supply the team with their light, consistent and reliable compressed air systems, Exalt will support Identity and APX will continue to support the team in 2011 as well. Players Choice Productions will function as Identity’s regional photography and media outlet. After an immensely successful 2010 season that saw the team compete everywhere from their home region to NPPL and PSP competition, Identity will continue into 2011 shooting remarkable Vanguard markers along with the laser-accurate Furious Lotus barrel.
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SWEDESBORO, NJ February 25, 2011 – Valken Sports announces the launch of an exclusive U.S. distribution partnership with Stiffi to provide paintballers with high-quality, innovative Metal Free (MF) and Classic carbon fiber barrels.
Stiffi, a well-respected and highly-desired barrel in the paintball industry has produced accolades from players at every level. “From the beginners to the pros, everyone should have a Stiffi barrel in their arsenal” says Naomi Tirado, VP of Sales and Marketing at Volund Composites, Stiffi’s parent company. “Our carbon fiber barrels were rated the #1 barrel in 2007 Gear Guide by FaceFull Magazine and won the “Editor’s Choice Award for Best Scenario Barrel” by SPLAT magazine. We are proud to have Valken as our exclusive U.S. distributor for our Classic barrel and our Metal Free (MF) barrels”, added Tirado. Click READ MORE for the full release from Valken and Stiffi!
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The NPPL has officially released the layout for their upcoming Surf City USA event in Huntington Beach! Click READ MORE for the images of the event’s layout from the NPPL!
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GI Sportz announced today their sponsorship of the Millennium Series, Europe’s premiere international paintball league. This sponsorship will enable competitive teams across Europe to utilize GI Sportz paintballs in Millennium competition. Click READ MORE for the full release from GI Sportz!
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Learn what types of equipment and gear you need to start playing paintball, including safety gear, proper clothing and shoes, paintball guns and paintball accessories, in this free video series. Expert: Orestes Guada Contact: www.miamirage.com Bio: Orestes Guada is a professional paint ball player from Miami Rage Paintball Team in Miami, FL. Filmmaker: Paul Muller
The Paintball University is proud to announce the expansion of the program recognizing the achievements of individuals in the sport of paintball. Applications are now being accepted for the Paintball Man of the Year Award, the Paintball Woman of the Year Award, and the Business Recognition Award for a store or field owner for 2011. Click READ MORE for the full release from the Paintball U!
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SeaLife Introduces The Mini II Dive & Sport Camera—
The World’s First Adventureproof Digital Camera
MOORESTOWN, NJ (February 14, 2011) – SeaLife, the world-leader in underwater photographic equipment, has introduced its revolutionary 9-megapixel go-anywhere Mini II Dive & Sport digital camera to capture all of your great underwater and outdoor adventures. With its new intuitive interface, the Mini II makes it easy to capture life’s most exhilarating moments in the most punishing environments.
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Sewell, NJ, February 16th, 2011, Empire Paintball. Empire Paintball announced today that Chicago Legend will be shooting the Empire AXE marker in 2011. In addition to shooting the AXE, the team will be head to toe Empire.
“Empire has supported Legend since the early days of playing D-3, and we really appreciate their continued loyalty. They have not only supported my team, but every league year over year to help keep our sport alive,” said Dennis Olson, Captain of Chicago Legend. “We’re especially looking forward to the 2011 season and playing with the NEW EMPIRE AXE! The gun shoots GREAT – it’s as simple as that.”
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Sacramento, CA, February 16th, 2011. XSV Paintball. Here’s your chance to win the Empire AXE that Rich Telford put through its paces when Sacramento XSV was testing the new guns for Empire Paintball.
Previous to signing our professional contract with Empire Paintball and the AXE, Empire sent XSV and Rich Telford specifically an Empire AXE to use and test. Enter this Facebook contest for a chance to win that 1 of a kind pro-used and tested by Rich Telford AXE paintball gun.
Rich Telford and all the guys from XSV take paintball very seriously, but they still have fun, because at its heart that’s what paintball is all about – having fun with your friends! And that is exactly what its gonna take for you to win Rich Telford’s Empire AXE.
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Swedesboro, NJ – Oakland, CA February 17, 2011
Valken Sports, the industry leader in one-stop-shop for paintball equipment, has added the Bob Long G6R and Marq Victory paintball markers to their extensive line-up of distributed items for 2011.
“The popularity, styling, efficient, high rate-of-fire and sheer dependability of the brand new G6R and Marq Victory paintball markers produced by Bob Long’s BLAST Technologies are what the players are asking for and we are happy to oblige them”, said Gino Postorivo, President and CEO of Valken Sports. “The demand for these amazing markers is unbelievable and the distribution partnership between Valken and Bob Long is a perfect match”, added Postorivo. Click READ MORE for the full release from Valken and Bob Long!
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Check out the newest edition of PaintballX3′s digital magazine right here. We’re got a ton of great articles this month and we’re upgraded our magazine’s platform with ton of new features. Check out the list of new features in the Read More.
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Legendary professional player, coach, industry-member and writer joins PaintballX3 Magazine staff!
Occoquan, Virginia – February 15, 2011 – In a move that adds decades of professional paintball experience, vast amounts of industry knowledge, years of coaching experience and a bit of muscle to the most successful digital magazine in paintball, Pete “Robbo” Robinson has joined the PaintballX3 Magazine team! Robbo will add his voice to each monthly digital issue of PaintballX3 Magazine with a full-length column featuring everything from wit and opinion to coaching on the aspects of successful competitive paintball. Robbo’s new column will debut in the February, 2011 issue of PaintballX3 Magazine, going live soon at PaintballX3.com! Click READ MORE for the full release!
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GI Sportz announced today that their extremely successful line of paintballs, like those used to win the 2010 World Cup, will now be available to teams at every NPPL event in 2011! Not only does this drastically increase the influence of GI, but it also provides players in the national seven-man series with yet another excellent paint choice.
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PNL Paintball’s Field Teams assume command of Valken Corps for Skirmish Paintball’s Invasion of Normandy (I.O.N.) 2011.
Bridgewater, MA – February 5, 2011 – In WWII, a “V” was a symbol of victory for the Allies. At this year’s installment of I.O.N. , the V will retain the same meaning. However, an additional meaning will be tacked onto the 22nd letter of the alphabet.
V will also stand for Valken, and more specifically, the Valken Corps. The Corps is consisted of Valken’s dedicated fan base and sponsored teams worldwide.
Chris “Cartmen” Chamberland of Steeel Reserve Paintball team, was given the news by the Allied Command that the PNL Field Teams would be given the task of leading the Valken Corps into battle at I.O.N. Click READ MORE for the full release from Valken!
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GI Sportz continues to spread the wealth, this time announcing a sponsorship of the CXBL for the 2011 season. As a Platinum Sponsor, GI Sportz will supply CXBL players with their already-successful tournament paintballs. For the full release from the CXBL and GI Sportz, click READ MORE!
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NPPL Develops User Friendly Registration ID Card web portal Association “National Paintball Player Association”
The NPPL is proud to announce the release of a new registration software program and website to manage and control team and player registrations, player rankings and other tournament data management needs.
This new website was constructed with input from present and future affiliate leagues, NPPL teams, players, and other industry professionals. The site and its databases will continually update and improve as we move forward with 2011 registrations and the uploading of previous years NPPL event data. The site will also include player data from other top tier North American Paintball leagues, and will allow for other regional paintball series to use the system as we move forward. Click READ MORE for the full release from the NPPL!
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In a move certain to make our northern neighbors happy, BuyPBL announced today they are now distributing GOG’s hot line of paintball products in Canada. Now, Canadian players looking for GOG products will be able to purchase them from a Canadian company, without the hassles of shipping across the border!
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Empire believes that to make paintball as fun as possible, they need to break out the BIG GUNS! Now, with 250 caliber paintballs, they claim they can increase the fun of the game 250 times! We’re behind them on this one 110% Or 250% Whichever. Check out the new video from Empire Paintball with the ever-entertaining hose, Todd Martinez! CLICK HERE for the video!
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VALKEN SPONSORS OAKLAND BLAST FOR NPPL & BOB LONG’s ASSASSINS FOR UWL EVENTS
Valken Sports is proud to announce a multi-league and multi-team sponsorship agreement with Bob Long for both of his teams; Oakland Blast for the National Professional Paintball League (NPPL) and Bob Long’s Assassins for the Ultimate Woodsball League (UWL) for the 2011 tournament season
“Spanning Bob Long’s 25 year paintball career, he has recognized, sought out and relied upon quality, durable and dependable equipment to help win him hundreds of events and several National Championships”, stated Gino Postorivo, President and CEO of Valken Sports. “Bob is one of those leaders that provide his teams with the best equipment. He’s won at every level in every format and in dozens of countries and we are excited that he has chosen Valken’s 2011 Redemption Tournament gear for his NPPL team and Valken’s Zulu line of V-Cam uniforms and V-TAC Echo vests for his UWL team”, added Postorivo.
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Learn how to best utilize air tanks when you’re paintballing, including how to use the tank easily when playing and how to stay safe while paintballing in this free video series. Expert: Orestes Guada Bio: Orestes Guada is a professional paint ball player from Miami Rage Paintball Team in Miami, FL. He’s been playing paintball for six years, four years professionally. He is twenty one years old. Filmmaker: Paul Muller
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LA Infamous Shoots the Empire AXE in 2011!
Sewell, NJ, February 7th, 2011, Empire Paintball. Empire Paintball announced today that Infamous will be shooting the Empire AXE marker in 2011. In addition to shooting the AXE, the team will be head to toe Empire.
“This has been a long time coming – a performance tournament marker from Empire is sick,” said Nicky Cuba of LA Infamous. “The Empire team has been pumping out sweet gear, loaders, and masks for years, it’s only natural that they would deliver a kick-a$! marker.”
“Let me Axe you a question…you want to get chopped down? You gonna say, no, no, not me – then stop your foolin’ and break down the door with the new AXE,” said LA Infamous’, Todd Martinez.
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Tippmann Celebrates 25 Years in Paintball
Company to look back at quarter century of innovation and growth throughout 2011
Buffalo Grove, Ill (February 4, 2011) – It’s hard to believe, but Tippmann Sports is celebrating 25 years in paintball. The company, an industry leader since 1986, has a variety of special initiatives planned for 2011 as it looks back on a quarter century of innovation and growth. For starters, Tippmann is unveiling a 25th anniversary logo and tagline as well as launching new advertising and social media campaigns.
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Frank Connell Named GI Milsim Sales Representative
Montreal, Canada – February 4, 2011 – The company, which recently burst onto the scene with .50 caliber paintball hard good products and inspired more excitement than any other paintball product or company launch in recent history, will now be guided by a widely respected paintball industry veteran.
Frank Connell, a paintball player with over 25 years in the game and owner/professional player for Saint Louis Avalanche, has been named Sales Representative for GI Milsim.
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Frank Connell Named GI Milsim Director of Sales
Montreal, Canada – February 4, 2011 – The company, which recently burst onto the scene with .50 caliber paintball hard good products and inspired more excitement than any other paintball product or company launch in recent history, will now be guided by a widely respected paintball industry veteran.
Frank Connell, a paintball player with over 25 years in the game and owner/professional player for Saint Louis Avalanche, has been named Director of Sales for GI Milsim.
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JT and Sacramento XSV – Partners Again for 2011
Sewell, NJ, February 3rd, 2011, JT Paintball. JT and XSV announce that they partner for the 2011 season.
“It’s like coming home,” said Rich Telford of Sacramento XSV. “Our team has been connected to JT for so long and the passion for the brand runs so deep, that we couldn’t be happier to be back. The JT brand is legendary and truly one of the pioneer brands in our sport. The fact that JT is committed to driving new participants to the sport we love was something XSV had to be a part of – from design, development, testing, and overall involvement with the brand.
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