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1. The USPL’s DC Challenge is this weekend at Pev’s in VA. Make sure you go and watch Frank Connell and the homies on Avalanche win!

2. For those of you looking to attend the KEE Action Sports Customer Appreciation Days, please note that Kee Action Sports is a distributor, which means that the Customer Appreciation Days are open to Dealers Only. But if you’re a dealer, you can still go party with Paul Bollenbach.

3. There I go again, being all controversial: http://thefordreport.com/2009/08/22/when-the-going-gets-tough-the-tough-consult/

4. Tippmann has opened up their European Service Center, located Merchtem, Belgium. Maybe they’ll send me over to take some pictures and chronicle a day there…I got a passport!

5. The USPL has announced the venue for their last event of the season, set to go off October 16th-18^th in Las Vegas, Nevada. What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas…

6. Delta Paintball updates their site, to version 3.0. Check it out at www.deltapaintball.com

7. Got a cool flyer from Gino Postorivo of Valken today…it’s interesting to note that he got Will Bourgault for his sales team…small world…Will was my rep for NPS when I had my little shop in Oklahoma.

8. Guerilla Air has released their Myth G2, their interpretation of the Next Generation in regulator design.

9. Valken is looking to lock down exclusive territories for their dealers, make sure to drop Gino a line if you’re interested. Www.valken.com

10. Shooting Hot Magazine brings Dawn Allcot on board to do some writing for them. Which is very cool, since I now have two of the most attractive, influential women in paintball writing and/or selling for me. Ironic that Dawn used to be my editor for Paintball Sports, and now I’m her editor for Shooting Hot Magazine.

11. Speaking of Shooting Hot Magazine, we’re doing a little thing every month..we call it a Pod Cast. Readers will contribute a list of music that gets them amped up right before they hit the field, and we’ll put it in the magazine! For details, check here: http://thefordreport.com/2009/08/25/shooting-hot-magazine-pod-cast/

12. The PBCulture Full Version USPL West Coast Open Video has been released!The video can be found on our website via: http://www.pbculture.net/usplwcofull/

13. ProPaintball.Com got an exclusive statement from Todd Martinez about his release from Team Dynasty: http://www.propaintball.com/2009/08/exclusive-statement-from-todd-martinez/

14. The USPL is hard at work already on their Vegas event, securing a deal for The Riviera right on the strip for $69 a night.

15. I’m keeping busy myself, assisting with the development and testing of a new 11 volt, 750 mAh battery pack for all the popular loaders out there. I’ll be doing some undercover field testing soon.

16. Win some Dynasty Gear at EmpirePaintball.Com. When you enter, make sure to enter the code “DYNASTYUSPL” to make sure you’re entered!

17. Speaking of Pro Player Gear, I won the Team XSV Twitter Contest a bit ago…the official Rich Telford signed XSV Jersey arrived this past weekend. Many thanks to Team XSV, and especially Rich’s daughter, who I’m told actually picked my name to win the jersey. I’ll have some pictures of me playing while I wear the jersey in the near future…maybe some of Telford’s skill will ooze into my pores!

18. DYE has released an Urban Camo Rotor. It’s the hotness. Local shop Paintballers, Inc. has them now: http://www.paintballersinc.com/prod_images_blowup/rotor1.jpg

19. Oklahoma’s Team Senate won their division at the USPL West Coast Open, and the mainstream media in Oklahoma has taken notice: http://newsok.com/oklahomans-on-team-senate-win-paintball-division-title-in-california-meet/article/3395133

20. The PSP has rolled out the Master’s Division for this year’s World Cup. I found it reassuring that I’m still too young to participate.

21. Tech PB has started their own PodCast, located here: http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=329059478%20%20

22. The CFOA has released their prize packages for the final event of the 2009 season: www.thecfoa.com

23. SoBe Paintball’s John Navarro recently got his Ego back from Kohn Sports after getting lasered…most impressive.

24. Chris LaSoya wants to sit down with me at World Cup and talk…about what I don’t know yet, but I’m good to chat with Chris…I’ll just have to make sure that Frank Connell and/or Maximus Lundquist are around so the Tiny Blonde Goddess doesn’t tackle him…

25. Next weekend, Labor Day weekend The Tiny Blonde Goddess and I will be out of town. We’re attending an invite-only get together, and I don’t plan on taking my computer, and I suspect that cell service will be limited, so if you need to talk to me Labor Day Weekend, you’re likely S.O.L.