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1. Chuck Hendsch dropped a line to me: “Chuck Hendsch is no longer working directly with Kingman Group. Instead he is concentrating his full time with US Paintball League soon to be NPPL. The next USPL tournament is at SC Village July 24th 25th and 26th in Southern California. To contact Chuck email him at chuck@uspaintballleague.com . More to come.”
2. KEE Action Sports and BT Paintball released their TM-15 scenario gun at Oklahoma D-Day.
3. Hearing lots of rumors and drama surrounding Paintball Sports Magazine. I haven’t gotten my June issue yet, so I’m wondering if it’s coming…
4. PSP Chicago starts next week. A New Era for DXS Paintball begins there, with the first public roll-out of their new paint and packaging. Hopefully they’ll send me a few samples….
5. **Hint, Hint**
6. Low Country Paintball made it on to TV this past week…a concerned parent made their concerns public about Paintball, and an intrepid Fox News 28 reporter did the right thing and actually checked out the sport and the statistics around it before making his report: http://www.thecoastalsource.com/news/local/story/Paintball-To-Play-or-Not-to-Play/6dVGRjPuSUGVJy7NU-2gxg.cspx
7. Smart Parts is making their US Debut of the new Impulse at Chicago. Maybe they’ll send me one to review on my site and in this cool magazine I’m putting together…
8. **HINT, HINT**
9. Speaking of Shooting Hot Magazine, the first issue will be coming October 1^st. Plenty of time for you to get on board if you’d like to advertise…drop me a line or call if you’re interested!
10. Purchase your PSP Chicago Grandstand tickets while they’re hot…
11. DYE releases a new commercial about their masks: http://www.youtube.com/DYEPAINTBALLVIDEO
12. APX Paintball is now selling paint. Check ‘em out at www.apxgear.com
13. The USPL has announced two new feeder leagues, the Riot Series, and The Old School Challenge. Http://www.uspaintballleague.com
14. If you’re a field operator looking for an inexpensive alternative for Ref Jerseys, check out Bill Murray’s Addiction Army Ref Jerseys: http://thefordreport.com/2009/06/16/addiction-army-ref-jersey/
15. DXS is continuing their Podium Paint program for Chicago. Win and your paint bill can be paid for!
16. The RPL has released their hotel deals and field layouts for their Oceanside event coming up July 17th-19^th.
17. XSV gear is for sale at www.xsvgear.com
18. The Paintball Business Journal http://www.paintballbusinessjournal.com reaches 100 Members.
19. Had a nice talk with Richmond Italia earlier this week.
20. Even had a nice talk with Paul Sattler.
21. Got yelled at by Mike Cutino this week…
22. Hang out with the homies at KEE Action Sports at Chicago, but before you do, enter to win in their latest contest: http://www.empirepaintball.com/LP/event/index.html
23. Check out the latest video from Greg Hastings: http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=59165498
24. MacDev, maker of the popular Droid and Cyborg markers, releases a new toy for the mil-sim crowd. Find out more at http://www.macdev.net/PR_tacdrone.html
25. Angel Paintball Sports will be running some specials at PSP Chicago. Tell Frazer I sent ya…
26. TechPB’s YouTube Channel passes 10 Million video views…Mike would love to know where all the haters are now…
27. If you’re looking to buy a Sup’Air Field for your field, drop a line to Camille Lemanski for a smokin’ deal on a field. camille@uspaintballleague.com
28. Planet Eclipse releases new firmware for their marker’s boards so you don’t become an accidental cheater…they’ll be at Chicago helping players out with this update. Make sure you say hello to Master Tech Lance Rogers if he’s there…he’s my EGO homie.
29. KEE and Invert Paintball think the Invert Too loader is the best performing loader for the money. Maybe Paul will send me one to see if that’s true…
30. The SPCS has crowned their Series Champions for the first round of events of the 2009 season. Http://www.thespcs.com to see who battled their way to the top.
31. Repeated interrogations by Virginia Minions have broken loose the rumor that PaintballX3 will be putting out two digital issues in July. They report that Amodea seemed to enjoy it…
32. I’ve been swapping emails with Todd Few at Wateree Paintball this week. Interesting.
33. Work continues out at the future Mutiny Sports…Bob “Hawtie With A Nawtie Body” Cartwright has lost over 20 pounds during the build out phase, and I’m hearing that a soft opening is going to be happening soon. Which is good, because in exchange for my own marked parking space at the facility, I’ve promised both Bob and The Tiny Blonde Goddess that I would wait to play again and introduce the world to my now-restored Vicioius Ego 7 until Mutiny was open. Hopefully it’s soon, because Phatty the Cat is getting VERY good at wiping and playing on…