We just spent the last 2 weeks scrolling through tens of thousands of photos that we have in our possession–ones we chose from to fill the pages our of magazine and website in 2009. We think these are some of the best shots you’ve ever seed.

In Bunkerland, things are seldom what they seem. Sometimes, it’s all just an illusion, a figment of ones imagination, some might say, a dream

G.I. Milsim and Paintball Distribution establish Distribution Partnership for France G.I. Milsim, makers of the first full line of .50 caliber paintball equipment, and Paintball Distribution a French wholesale, retail and distribution network have created a strategic partnership for the resale of G.I.

Hater has recently released their new VICI board for the Planet Eclipse 2007/08 EGO and GEO models – more models promised soon. It’s fast, wireless, communicates with Prophecy & the Prophecy LTD and Manga Loaders – and it comes with extras.

Reporting Live from Huntington Beach, California this Sunday NPPL Commissioner Chuck Hendsch, Rich Telford (XSV), Alex Fragie (Dynasty) and special guests will be speaking about the new NPPL 2010 season. Topics discussed will include 2010 Rule Book changes, HB field layout, event paintballs, sponsorships, ref clinic report, pro team updates, rankings, hotels, travel and HB special events, promotions and parties.

XSV has announced that they will be re-entering the Pro X-Ball division of the PSP. After a few nice off-seaosn moved (Tyler Harmon & LC) XSV should have enough firepower to compete at their former high level of play.

We’ve recently stumbled on this new paintball resource site called “This is Paintball.” It’s a commercial free place to catch up on all the paintball news.

Online registration for The 2010 NPPL Surf City Open, on Huntington Beach, opens tonight at 5:00pm (pst). Make sure you register early as spots are limited! 

Occoquan, Virginia – February 15, 2010 – On the heels of its announcement of History.PaintballX3.com just two weeks ago, Paintball X3 and its staff is pleased to announce their newest website, Scenario.PaintballX3.com . “Our goal for this website is to be the one-stop clearinghouse of scenario and big game event dates and information–and to be an all-inclusive archive of scenario game articles and photo galleries,” said Paintball X3 President, John Amodea.

Check out this 61 image photo gallery we put together of tanks and other trick scenario vehicles .

According to his blog , Nicky Cuba was released from the Ironmen two weeks ago and has been picked up by Infamous for the 2010 season. Infamous has also picked up a handful of San Diego Aftermath players for the 2010 season.

The high-end loader market has seen an explosion in technology and available loader models from various companies, providing players with more choices and more capabilities than ever before! What was once the domain of the Viewloader Revolution and later the HALO, is now a battleground populated by armies of HALO loaders, Dye Rotor loaders, Viewloader VLocity loaders, Pinokio hoppers and the Empire Prophecy. Perhaps the most technology-rich of the latest high-end loaders on the market, the Empire Prophecy, has seen great success as used by top teams like Dynasty, Infamous and X-Factor, and was recently dropped in price, making it even more attractive!

The next “super-gun” from Planet Eclipse has arrived, and it treads very lightly in the footsteps of the SL Ego markers that have come before it! The SLS looks to be an extremely limited edition, top-end Ego marker with every last ounce of available weight trimmed away, leaving nothing but high speed, low drag performance and an amazing look! Read More to see the hot new Eclipse SLS Ego!

The National Professional Paintball League will be hosting a PRO Referee tryout on March 6 and 7 at Camp Pendleton Paintball Park.

Check out our Facebook page and take part in the daily updates, questions, polls and other fun.

We added five photo galleries today from 2009.

When the PSP was forced to protect yellow due to the staining properties associated with other paint colors, one of the most recognized teams in paintball, XSV, was forced to make a wardrobe change for the coming season. Their trademark yellow/gold and black would no longer fly in the most popular paintball league in the USA. Between the hunt for new sponsors and the need to give up their signature color, nobody knew what the team would take the field wearing in 2010…until now

We’re looking for writers and photographers to cover the European paintball circuit–tournaments, scenario games, gear, interviews, etc. If you’re interested please contact us here .

S-Thunder Limited (S-Thunder) is pleased to announce the worldwide launch of its tactical paintball & airsoft product line for, Outdoor / Indoor War Games, Film / Entertainment Production, Military / Police / SWAT / Tactical Training / Riot Control

According to Boston.com, Drew Brees, the Saint QB, is not only a great quarterback, he’s a pretty good paintball player. He once beat Andy Roddick in tennis, he’s a three handicap in golf, he once out-bowled every Saints player and he is the team’s best paintball player.

Check out this collection of vintage 1987-1992 magazine ads we just uploaded today. Can you believe what the gear looked like 20 years ago?

New Hampshire in February–a cold, tough time for paintball players. Fields are closed, C02 doesn’t work very well, and weekends are spent away from friends and competition for other adventures which incorporate snow and ice. Sad paintball players everywhere are experiencing the same misfortunes (and if you aren’t, don’t rub it in).

The Catshack Reports is taking the paintball contest and adding a little spin to it.

Sacramento XSV are happy to announce that they have signed Chris Wilson (commonly referred to as L.C.) to roster for both NPPL and PSP. Chris has played professional paintball with both Bob Long’s Oakland Blast and the Portland Naughty Dogs for some time now and his aggressive playing style and drive to win are going to be a big part of XSV success for 2010.

With the 2010 paintball season just around the corner, Tippmann and US Army Paintball have announced the release of a new paintball marker, the Carver One. This inexpensive yet feature-rich, sleek semi-automatic marker wraps a new shell around the proven in-line blowback Tippmann operating system and is said to retail at under one hundred dollars!

The All Americans/Philly Americans Taking 2010 Off   You can count on part of one hand the number of paintball teams that have been around for 20 years or more. Very sadly the Philly Americans/All Americans paintball team/franchise will be taking the 2010 season off

Longtime professional player Dave Bains, who has won titles with both Dynasty and the Red Legion, will compete in the NPPL seven-man series with Edmonton Impact in 2010, using one of the team’s new Ego10 markers. Read on for the full release from Impact, Bains and Planet Eclipse!

Occoquan, Virginia – January 28, 2010 – The staff of PaintballX3 Magazine has created the most complete, most thoroughly researched and authoritative history of the game, sport and industry of paintball, and made it available to the entire world at http://History.PaintballX3.com .

The United States Military Academy Paintball Team Proudly presents The Spring ’10 Combat Classic: Operation Just Cause The scenario will be based off of Operation Nifty Package when US Special Forces assaulted Manuel Noriega’s villa. Mr. Eric Engler of Engler Custom Paintball guns will be performing the duties of General for the Panamanian side! Retired Lieutenant Colonel Stephen “Sabot Ranger” Barger from the team “Old Man Militia” has agreed to try to knock the Panamanian team off their perch as General of the U.S

KEE Action Sports & DXS Return As 2010 Platinum Sponsors Lexington, North Carolina January 27, 2010:  ??The CFOA is pleased to announce that KEE Action Sports and DXS Paintball have signed on as platinum sponsors for the 2010 season. While specific terms of the agreements were not disclosed, the Platinum Sponsorship agreements will enable players and teams to shoot all KEE and DXS brands of paintballs at any CFOA event in 2010

This falls into the “you have to be kidding me” category. The story is about eight months old, but we though you’d find it interesting.

The CFOA released information today regarding their 2010 RaceTo event pricing, and tried something a little different. After surveying their player base and examining the feedback related to event costs per player, the league has decided to include paint from either Procaps or KEE Action Sports

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2010 Exalt TRX Paintball Cleats

Sewell, NJ, January 28th, 2009 -   Valken Sports launches Business to Business dealer website. Valken Sports is pleased to announce the launch of its new Business to Business dealer website, reinforcing the company’s commitment to better serve its dealers and their customers.  

Sewell, NJ, January 26, 2009.

DYE Precision Incorporated today introduced the revolutionary, patent pending Proto Primo loader. Featuring an 8+ (or 8-10) balls per second feed rate………and no batteries required.?

Bad Karma, a competitive scenario, big game and CQB paintball team from Salt Lake City, Utah, today announced they will be sponsored by Tippmann for the 2010 season. They join an exclusive group of less than 20 teams around the world honored by Tippmann.

That’s right the 2011 paintball season is upon us and you can use MiamiRage.com for all of your paintball news!

Looking for the homepage of the #1 str8 murdering team in paintball? You found it. MiamiRage.com is now online with news, team bio’s, the Rage gallery and more. The site will provide you with tools to get in touch with your favorite players as well as ways to let others know you support the fastest growing team in the sport of Paintball.

MiamiRage.com’s gallery section includes pics taken of the team from some of the best photogophers in the circuit and provides you a way to show us and everyone who visits what you look like on gameday.

Looking to buy some new paintball gear? Visit our store by clicking the picture above and get some great deals!

Our forums page is setup to run through PBNation.com and we thank Tony and the guys for the hookup. We will have weekly updates on the team as well as league and sponsor news. Bio pages will be setup shortly where you can find the low down on your favorite Rage player.

Just keep checking back as the site will grow more and more in the next few weeks.

Spread the word Paintball is BACK!

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE PAINTBALLX3 SPONSORS SACRAMENTO XSV Occoquan, Virginia – January 19, 2010 – PaintballX3, the most popular and widely-read digital magazine in paintball with one of the most active news and information websites in the industry, will sponsor one of the best-known paintball teams in the world, Sacramento XSV. XSV will wear the PaintballX3 Magazine logo on the team’s jerseys throughout the 2010 professional paintball season.

Valken Sports Custom Jersey Program SEWELL, NJ   January 19, 2010 – Valken Sports announces the launch of an exclusive partnership with Ace Jerseys to provide sports enthusiasts with high-quality, personal and innovative custom jerseys.  These jerseys are custom-built to stringent specifications and will keep you, your team and staff looking clean!

New PSP 2010 FIELD UPDATE KIT – Available Now from Ultimate Airball® The new 2010 PSP Tournament Series inflatable bunker UPDATE KIT is available now from Ultimate Airball®, by Brimstone Enterprises, Inc. of Ohio.

The welcome message reads, “The website was formed out of a common goal of female players in paintball to have a place where they can find mentoring among their peers.

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Paintball Sports Promotions (PSP) is pleased to announce the creation of a network of affiliate regional tournament leagues that, along with the PSP, share the goal of introducing the “RaceTo” format to players throughout the country.

Get a jump on the 2010 scenario playing season with a January game commemorating the Battle of the Bulge in World War 2 at Splatbrothers Paintball, near Richmond, Virginia! Splatbrothers is a great, player-friendly scenario field featuring rolling terrain, man-made bunkers and forts and a strong committment to running a good game of paintball.

The National Professional Paintball League (NPPL) will open Team Registration for the 2010 season January 15 th . There will be an early bird special discount for teams that register and pay by January 31 st . Additionally Teams that pay for the entire season will receive a volume discount plus free ID Cards and Pit Passes for the entire year

          It’s no secret that well-trained referees have a tremendous impact on any competitive sport, including paintball. Our goal as a league is always to provide the best possible venues and the best possible referees. With that in mind, the CFOA has solicited the help of PSP Head Ref Tim Schroepfer to hold a referee certification clinic on January 23rd and 24th at PBC Paintball Park in Rock Hill, South Carolina.

Being ranked in the top .0025% of all websites on the internet is pretty cool, but there are several other paintball websites in that class. Still, being ranked ahead of 110,780,000 worldwide websites of the approximate 111,000,000 is pretty great.

Grayson, GA – January 8, 2010 – Lane Wright, Chief Operating Officer of Paintball Sports Promotions, is pleased to welcome Camille (Baker) Lemanski as the newest member of the PSP management team.

The 80+ page Paintball Field Owner’s Survival Guide is designed to provide the new or perspective paintball field owner with all the knowledge they need to get started in the paintball field business. Even experienced field owners will pick up useful nuggets to help run a better paintball field.