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1. Richie Buttle of http://www.paintballer.ie/, Ireland’s Paintball Website interviewed me recently….Mike from TechPB said that it’s a brutal process, but I survived it: http://www.paintballer.ie/features/9668-dale-furby-ford-ford-report.html
2. I got an email from Doug Flood from his new email address. Sadly, it appears that the Severe Division has been shut down. I wish Mr. Flood all the best.
3. NOCER Productions’ “Holy Grail VIII: In Your Midst” is now open for pre-registration: http://thefordreport.com/2010/02/nocer-productions-presents-quest-for-the-holy-grail-in-your-midst/
4. The latest Shooting Hot Magazine is out for your reading and viewing pleasure: http://www.shootinghotmagazine.com
5. Speaking of SHM, Bill Murray has been working his dark arts on SHM’s FaceBook page, and I know we’re well over 1000 fans now.
6. While Kitty from TechPB thinks I’m a bore now because I’m not going to Paintball Extravaganza, she’s delighted to hear that anonymous Minions will be on site to keep a weather eye on her as she flounces around charming everyone.
7. Everyone’s trying to be a news guy these days…. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BqX8M8HPXRU&feature=player_embedded
8. **toke**
9. U.S. Army Paintball rolls out their newest gun, the Carver One: http://thefordreport.com/2010/02/popular-u-s-army-paintball-line-grows-with-addition-of-carver-one/
10. Sonny Lopez drops in with this: “This weekend @ HSP is the WTL event. 7 man on fun fields. www.woodsballtournament.com I will send you a brief overview of the event if you want.. “
11. The RPL has released their Event #1 field layout.
12. “Hollywood” claims that he’s officially retired from the paintball media now, but to amuse himself he’ll cover 3-5 events a year.
13. Help a brotha out: http://www.pbnation.com/showthread.php?t=3312166
14. If you think paintball is intense, check this out: http://thefordreport.com/2010/02/if-you-thought-paintball-was-intense-part-deux/
15. For the record, it was later discovered that I’d hit the target I was aiming at…
16. For those of you going to D-Day, the 4^th ID is recruiting: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YSrwE03qW5M
17. Kohn Sports now has some camo patterns…
18. Rich “PBJunkie” Struth now has his site running on Vb4! Http://www.pbjunkie.com
19. KEE Action Sports and DXS return as paint sponsors for the 2010 CFOA Season.
20. From Evan Money: “Money Paintball is proud to announce its newest Franchise in Pekin IL. Aftera few zoning hurtles everything is a go and the Grand Opening is set for this April. www.pekinpaintballpark.com Contact Evan Money President of Money Paintball for more information. http://www.emoneypaintball.net
21. Tippmann is sponsoring Team Bad Karma for the 2010 season.
22. The guys over at Pro Paintball grilled Rich Telford about the 2010 NPPL Season: http://www.propaintball.com/2010/01/nppl-paintball-questions/#more-6314
23. KEE Action Sports and Oklahoma D-Day have entered a Multi-Year deal for the event, one of the largest in the US.
24. Sonny Lopez drops in again with this little nugget: “Next weekend is the first OSC (old school challenge) 3 man event at the new Tombstone field. www.oscseries.net
25. PaintballX3 and their staff have compiled and recorded a complete history of paintball…. http://history.paintballx3.com
26. But it’s a work in progress, so if you see something not there that should be, drop ‘em a line. I did.
27. Things are poppin’ in Germany…. www.maxs-sport.com/paintball-shop/news.asp?sprache=en&id=227
28. Dave Bains signs with Edmonton Impact.
29. From Spyder: “Effective February 1st, 2010 Kingman Group and KEE Action Sports will no longer be distribution partners in the US and Europe. Kingman Group will be the exclusive provider of Spyder, Spyder .50 Caliber and Kingman Training product lines. Contact us today to receive a free copy of the Kingman 2010 Catalog. Visit www.kingman.com for links to all of our paintball brand websites. Kingman Group is “The Only Choice For Paintball”.”
30. No relation to executive chef Bill Bain.
31. RAP 4 is helping produce a MilSim event: http://forum.rap4.com/index.php#c18
32. Firstcall Paintball has some killer deals on Spyders…
33. The Defcon Extreme Speedball Series has been named a PSP Supporting League.
34. Real class acts over at MCBtv: http://www.mcbtv.com/videos/25/more-dolphin-and-whale
35. If you get your CFOA ID Early, Larry Motes says you’ll save money!
36. BLUE’S CREW has just added to their 2010 Schedule of Carnage the FULDA GAP Scenario Game on November 6th and 7th at Command Decision Paintball in NC. Come run and gun with the CREW at this event or any of the other events that they attend. Check out their complete schedule at http://www.emrpaintball.com/blues-crew/schedule.html and for more info on the November Event go to www.FuldaGap.com .
37. That reminds me…Blue and Deuce are going to have a monthly column in Shooting Hot Magazine…sweet!
38. The Philly Americans are taking 2010 off.
39. The CatShackReports are running a contest, but I understand they’re putting a different spin on ‘contest’ ….
40. Cyndi from the GPL has gotten into the Super Bowl Spirit: http://www.thegpl.com/images/SuperBowlPress.jpg
41. Valken is trying to set up a national scenario team called Valken Corps. I know IYAOYAS runs a national chapter system for their team, but I’m not sure how I feel about it…being a South Beach Pimp is a bit simpler than memorizing chapters, etc.
42. Bluesville Express’s new album, “That’s the Stuff” is getting rave reviews in Quebec…drop by www.bluesvilleexpress.com to sample Craig Miller’s velvet tones and see if you agree with those in Quebec!
43. Yet another reason to love South Beach: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/35015844/ns/business-local_business/