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There is something about tournament paintball and The Badlandz. The soil itself reeks of the legends of the game.  On August 19-20, teams came from all over to play paintball in the UWL International Masters. The weather, surprisingly for Chicago, was perfect. It was sunny and clear with just a light breeze all weekend.  The legendary window and ravine fields of 10-man NPPL fame were back in action, doing what they were always meant to: host a tournament!  The UWL 7-man Masters was everything one could hope for; with thrilling moves, masterful snap shots, nail biting crawls through the high grass, even a little bit of old school arguments about who shot who first (it was Han people). Each had a balanced mix of bunkers and trees that let the action flow nicely. There were teams and players present from all over North America, including Panama and Mexico. Well known professional players, both current and classic, were all over, including members of ...

The weekend started in the worst possible way, with the death of our dear friend Sá. Being an extremely active person, who did a lot for National Paintball, very  hardworking, natural distributor, very positive attitude, a boyfriend for Eunice Pinto, a son, a brother, a cousin and friend of many ... But by the words of Javier, during the tribute paid to him at the event, "... He wish we were here to play and have fun ..." and by these parameters we played during the day of September 3, 2017. The first game, AFTER A noshow (2-0), was against Benfica B, a close match, in which the Atlantic Games Beira-Mar Gold, were not concentrating, uncertainties to play, lack of communication, but in the end we had to win and play as we played and took the win 2-1.  Then we would play with the Amarelos, a very competitive team full of talent, they wanted to play their best, and so did we. A difficult 2-1 win. For the last game of the preliminaries, we would p...

Who will win?  They love a bit of 15 Ball Per Seconds in Australia... http://super7spaintball.com/ Pro/Semi – Fri November 24th to Sunday November 26 th Good old Fi$h is taking a 21,000 mile round trip just to look after all the Planet Eclipse markers and customers... We Got Your Back !!!!

Planet Eclipse. Designers, manufacturers and users of the best paintball equipment on the Planet. And hot sauce. Yep, we also do a hot, and we mean a HOT, hot sauce. And who's behind the hot sauce project? Pretty obvious really. Ledz, who looks really chuffed with the latest one, so we decided to put him under the grill. So, Ledz, a little bird told us that you like chillies and that you’ve just received shipment of your latest batch of chilli sauce. How true is this? I like it a little too much if I'm honest. Everybody thinks because I like hot sauce I like the STUPID hot ones, but that’s not true. I like a good strong flavour and it has to pack a punch but I'm not a fan of the ones that will put you on your knees and make you beg for mercy. What’s your favourite ‘Off the shelf’ sauce? I have two favourites at the moment. Encona special reserve and Habanero Tabasco. Both are hotter than ‘Standard’ sauces but not super hot. These are my everyday go-to sa...

I glance at the weather forecast for Lithia,FL  and rain was definately gonna be present this weekend. Lithia is a small town wedged between Tampa and Lakeland. Due to some changes that happened ubruptly, Maximum Velocity Paintball Series chose this site to host event#3.   Alex Zudell and John Cao have done a great job making MVPS a top event in FL and the southeast region. Florida has always been a state with some great teams.  Saturday morning rolled in and it was a steamer. Humidity was near 90% and temps were expected to reach 92 degrees.. Nearly 50 teams in 3 divisions were signed up to play this weekend. Dead Rabbits, Serious Business, P.T.W., Care Bear Militia and XPX just to name a few that came to do some work.  Tech work started rolling in and with that the rain came down.Players created their own little slip and slide and held a slide competion while games awaited the rain to stop. One guy slid over 20 ft on a perfectly executed superman d...

Looking out the airplanes window I gaze upon the historical city of St. Luis Potosi, Mexico.. Founded in 1592 with the help of its fabulously rich mines after silver and gold were discovered in Cerro de San Pedro near the city.  Image taken from Expedia.ca Today SLP has become one the main industrial centers in Mexico with a prolific manufacturing industry. The city was named after Louise IX of France(San Luis Rey de Francia) who is the cities patron saint. After exiting the airport and having a brief conversation with the FEDERALIS . I made my way to Tangamanga Park, host of the 3rd leg of Mexican Xball League (MXL) . Event organizer  Arturo Andrade has been working relentlessly to provide Mexico with a top tier Paintball event.  Arturo never disappoints, making sure we have the best fields, best refs, and best accommodations for the players. And with that I set up my booth and prepared for games on Saturday.  Saturday morning rolled in along...

As you all know we LOVE to hear stories from our teams around the world. They excite us, they give us an insight into the playing scenes that differ slightly from country to country and we especially like to hear from teams who we've supported for long periods of time when they start to come of age, so to speak. One such team is South Africa's Brutal Affliction who have been working tirelessly to achieve a very specific goal. A goal that they reached very recently. In a nutshell, over the past 8+ years only two teams in South Africa have won every single "pro" tournament. Dynamics and Reapers. These two teams have dominated the country over the years and no other team has really come close to touching them. 
Over the last 3 years (since 2015), Brutal Affliction have been knocking on the doors of the "champs", knowing they have the talent and ability to be up there with the best, something no one has done yet and finally, they did it. Brutal took a first ...

I came to the realization recently that I’m getting close to 20 years in paintball. Like everyone, I started off renting gear, but I was instantly hooked and quickly invested in my own kit and became a regular, playing 3-4 times a month. After so many years in the game, when I see a paintball field – I view it through the lens of thousands of battles. I pick up on angles, where the cover is best, and I spot the key positions that can make or break a game. And while that experience is great, it also limits me, in a way, by channeling my sight along conventional lines. Some of their games didn't include everyone having gear. Here, my student breaks cover to make a daring run up the field. This summer I had the opportunity to teach in the Summer Accelerator program for the North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics . My teenaged students spent two weeks in an online class before coming to Brevard College, in the mountains of western North Carolina, for a reside...