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1. Had a nice talk with Gino Postorivo this morning.
2. USPL releases their field layout for the West Coast Open.
3. The homies at TechPB had a great time at Living Legends last weekend. Hollywood says: “The New Order, led by Mike Paxon, defeated the Genesis II Colony, headed by Sean Scott, 1194 to 877.”Living Legends” in attendance included: Craig Palmer, Bambi Bullard, “Paintball Dave,” Ken Gilder, Kerry Rosenberry, Evan Estray, Eric Pratton, Mike Paxon, Chris Cale, Phil Dominguez, Chris Raehl, Tony Richter, Simon Stevens, Joe Stayback, “The Fridge,” Rocky Cagnoni, Doug Montgomery, Moe Itvus, “Pogo,” Denny Tippmann, Jr., Rob Rubin, Eric Garbers, “Borg,” Pat Baer, “Mario,” Vic Paul, Sal Brugulio, Paul Bollenbach, Tom Cole, Howard Cossak, Chuck Gerbing, Mike Hanse, Chris Hanse, Charlie Scott, Sean Scott, Dan Colby, Rich Telford, and Mike Phillips.”
4. There’s a video out of the new Impulse shooting: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jTM3WBGSAuw
5. The newest issue of SPLATXD is out: http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/e578d9b9#/e578d9b9/1
6. G.I. MilSim is officially announced as a Think Tank: http://thefordreport.com/2009/06/02/founders-of-procapsdraxxus-and-smart-parts-form-revolutionary-new-product-think-tank/
7. Tippmann announces their newest marker, Project Salvo. http://www.usarmypaintball.com/
8. They’re also rocking with over 30 rock bands to help promote the game. I still have a hard time seeing Ron Goldblatt headbanging to Alice in Chains or Motley Crue, but oddly enough I can see Bill Bussler and Patrick Ehren doing so. My mind works in strange ways.
9. PaintballX3 is releasing their first print issue June 15^th, and it’s not going to be just a paintball magazine, with a 1 month shelf life…it’s to be a timeless coffee table book.
10. Lane Wright and I had a short, but constructive email exchange this week. If nothing else, he helped put The Tiny Blonde Goddess’s mind at ease.
11. Joe Holleran and I finally managed to hammer out the price sheet for advertising in Shooting Hot Magazine, and we’ve sent it off to our Sales Minion Ray Veasey.
12. Only 3 events left in the CFOA season this year…time to kick it up a notch! Http://www.thecfoa.com
13. Ultimate Airball will be launching their UltiCamo bunkers at D-Day this year. KEE Action Sports has them in stock now if you want to get in on the camo action.
14. The USPL has announced a hotel deal for the DC Challenge, set to go off August 28th-30^th at Pev’s.
15. Greg Hastings has a new video out: http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=58374709
16. If you’re playing the PSP Chicago, you may want to get registered…prices go up for entry tomorrow!
17. The AFTS is adding a Pistol Challenge to their line up at the next event, at ASG June 27^th. Kingman Training and Bring It On Paintball are sponsoring the Pistol Challenge.
18. I’m not physicist, but I am a thinker.
19. Bob “Hawtie With A Nawtie Body” Cartwright, Rocky Cagnoni and the merry band of wildmen bringing Mutiny Paintball to life are hard at work getting things ready for me to have a place to hang out by the end of June. I’ll sneak out of the house this weekend and get some pictures…
20. PSP announces last minute hotel deals for the Chicago Open.
21. Looks like Junior Brown is keeping busy with a new site, http://pbnews24.com/
22. Richmond Italia is following me on Twitter.
23. Arfan from Gen-X Global wanted me to let everyone know that Gen-X has a Twitter account: http://www.twitter.com/gxg_paintball
24. KEE Action Sports has added two new sales reps, Noe Silva and Rudy Eckhardt.
25. Invert Paintball is rolling out the Invert TOO loader. No pictures yet, but I got Minions on the case.
26. Paintball Extravaganza is coming back to Atlanta September 15th-18^th. Stay tuned to http://www.pb-events.com/ for event and registration information coming soon.
27. Eric Bratten says: “Tiberius Arms is proud to have partnered with D-Day Adventure Park to offer a custom version of the revolutionary new First Strike round specially for use at Oklahoma D-Day!”
28. You can also win a Tiberius Arms Rifle at D-Day as well…register for the Sniper Events to get your chance.
29. Wow…that one snuck up on me…this year’s D-Day event starts June 8^th!
30. The RPL is coming to Oregon, June 20th-21^st in Salem, Oregon.
31. TB Wright speaks out on the whole .50 Caliber thing that’s been bouncing around the past couple of weeks or so, with a scenario player’s eye: http://worldoftb.com/index.php/2009/06/03/g-i-milsim-what-the-hell?blog=1
32. All of the TPX Pistols and Magazines that were pre-ordered are going out to dealers this week.
33. Ocklawaha, FL-based Old River Paintball is having a BYOP weekend this weekend. Http://www.oldriverpaintball.com
34. On June 30^th, the DXS Rewards Program will be coming to an end. To keep up with what’s coming down the pike, go to http://dxspaintball.com/spotlight/subscribe.aspx?DXSpaintball=newbie
35. Trust me, they got some killer stuff coming. The Romanian Predator is a genius at that sort of thing.