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1. PSP Phoenix started yesterday, so unofficially starting the 2009 tournament season.
2. All the questions and requests for information about Paint Club forced me to bend the rules a bit about talking about Paint Club. Get informed here: http://thefordreport.com/2009/02/18/all-the-questions-you-have-about-paint-club-but-were-afraid-to-ask/
3. John Amodea of PaintballX3.Com checks in: “Check out our home page, http://www.paintballx3.com/ for all day, every day updates from Phoenix. We’ll be doing this at all PSP events and all major scenario games such as D-Day, Skirmish ION and many more…”
4. 68Caliber.Com has unveiled their new, updated look for the site as well as the CMS running it.
5. SLY Equipment has released their SLY Fly created with Angel Paintball Sports and their newest barrel, the Profit Diesel. Check ‘em out at www.slyequipment.com
6. The APPA and USPL are teaming up to handle player ranking, as well as team and player registration. I can hear Raehl smiling from here…
7. The RPL has released their 2009 Rulebook and the field layouts for their Bakersfield event. Www.therpl.com
8. North Florida/South Georgia is getting a new field here very soon…Excalibur Paintball will hit the scene in a big way because the owner Bullethead is not a small man.
9. Here locally Bob “Hawtie with a Nawtie Body” Cartwright is working on his new field, which is cool because I need a nearby field to hang out at…
10. Someone had the poor judgment to try and steal from Robbo… http://www.p8ntballer-forums.com/vb/showthread.php?t=116497
11. Lawrence “TB” Wright interviewed me here recently… http://worldoftb.com/index.php/2009/02/16/20-questions-with-dale-furby-ford?blog=1
12. Enter to get a chance to win one of Empire’s new Prophecy Loaders: http://www.empirepaintball.com/LP/prophecy/index.html
13. Speaking of fast, that evil cackle you heard from the Tampa Bay area was me unboxing my Ego 9 “Ice”.
14. Kingman Training has released a video detailing the specifications of their new 11mm paintball guns at http://www.kingmantraining.com/
15. Team Dynasty leaves the JT Fold for KEE Action Sports: http://www.paintballx3.com/tournament-press-releases/dynasty-signs-with-empire-and-rps.html
16. So, I heard that some people are saying creative things about me lately. “John Amodea’s Bitch”? “Dale Ford, wholly owned by Procaps”? Come on guys, if you’re going to talk trash about me, at least be creative about it.
17. Gary Baum, who recently got hired by The PSP as a media consultant dropped in with this little nugget: “Pictures from the Woodsball Tournament League Event #2 at SC Village, Chino Hills, California on February 15^th, have been posted on www.paintballphotography.com“
18. “Uncle” Ray Veasey the scenario guru at Planet Eclipse has been let go, a victim of an internal reorganization. If you want to talk to him about bringing him into your stable of heavy hitters, contact him at uncleray_1@yahoo.com
19. Speaking of Planet Eclipse, they’re rolling out the new GR-2 equipped GEO at PSP Phoenix.
20. RECON Magazine and Special Ops Paintball are proud to announce the new online resource for woodsball and scenario players around the world, RECON Online. Now entirely free and featuring the same great coverage and photography you came to love in RECON Magazine, RECON Online is available at the touch of your fingertips. Check it out at articles.specialopspaintball.com
21. The PSP is proud to name Virtue Paintball as the exclusive PSP branded apparel and event shirt manufacturer for 2009.
22. http://www.eastcoastpaintballevents.com/ thinks you ought to start your competitive year with them!
23. English King “Georgia” Joe Hamilton replies to French King Bill “Firebug” Meister’s taunting about how things are going to go at NOCER Productions’ Holy Grail VII: “My reply to the saucy french tart would be to say and I quote” It will be a pleasure no matter what the outcome of the game to kick his ass. I would also add that I do fart in the general direction of the so called Frenchy King.”
24. EWM Paintball and Suicide Guys join forces for 2009 and beyond!…EWM Paintball and Suicide Guys have joined forces in order to expand the Suicide Guys product line throughout New England.
25. The Hobao Bobo has been revealed: http://rcspecial.com/news/?p=15385
26. The Tippinators Paintball Team in Nova Scotia became Tippmann Sports Canadian Factory Team.
27. Registration has opened for the Surf City Open, the USPL’s first event of the 2009 Season. Sign up here: http://www.uspaintballleague.com/
28. With 110 votes in to date and the outcome being 90 yes to 20 no, the SPCS has agreed to adopt the new Universal Classification Program.
29. E-Money is carrying the new Instant Arena 2, and has some good deals on white box paint for you dealers and field ops out there. Http://www.moneypaintball.org
30. Joseph “Sideshow” Holleran of Carnival Paintball has become the official Planet Eclipse Tech for The Ford Report. Press Release coming soon… in the meantime check out http://www.carnivalpaintball.com