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• PSP Chicago is going on as I write this. I’m not there…which is good, because I’m told it’s been hot as hell up North!
• Machine Paintball posted a picture on Facebook of guns in their booth at the event…and inadvertently caught a very rare picture of Valken’s Greg Muller NOT being a Ninja!
• As I’m writing this, I get a text from Gino Postorivo telling me that Andy Potter is now the US Sales Manager for Valken. Congrats Andy!
• Meanwhile last weekend, D-Day made national news: http://www.cnn.com/video/?/video/bestoftv/2012/06/18/dnt-d-day-paintball-reenactment.kotv
• Empire released the E-Flex goggles this week…I got a pair! Look for a review in Shooting Hot Magazine soon. In the meantime, go here to see all the info: http://empirepaintball.com/e-flex-paintball-goggle-system
• Over at Planet Eclipse, Ryan Greenspan did an efficiency test on the new GEO 3: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=re71gYFvAM8
• I heard a rumor about Vanguard, so I did some follow up, and these are the results: http://thefordreport.com/2012/06/vanguard-up-for-grabs/
• Andy Potter from Valken told me about their new ECHO V-Tac Jerseys. They’re lightweight, durable, and breathable, which is just the tickets during the summer! On top of that, they’re affordable too! Sounds like a win-win to me!
• Andrew from Machine tells me that The Palm Beach Vipers D2 and D3 are rocking their divisions with Vapors.
• Speaking of Vapors, two new colors are available: Pink and Lime.
• And if you’re in the Savannah, GA area this weekend, there’s going to be an Ice Vapor at Low Country Paintball…stop in and check it out!
• According to Shoreline Paintball this is who you are: http://thefordreport.com/2012/06/this-is-who-you-are/
• I heard another rumor about DYE getting more deeply involved in the scenario market, allegedly making a magazine fed gun. So I dropped a line to Dave DeHann, who had “No Comment”.
• Kat Secor dropped in with this: “Something of interest: Katie Kelley and I from Team Destiny are traveling to Europe to play our 1st Millennium Event with the all female Team Poison Ivy!” For more information, check out http://www.facebook.com/katsecor
• While the really big news from Empire this week was the E-Flex, Day sent me information on a new version of the already excellent Z2, now in camo: http://empirepaintball.com/empire-prophecy-z2-paintball-loader-se
• Over at GI Sports/ProCaps, Barno dropped me a note making sure everyone knew to come by the booth and check out the new goodies he has on hand. He didn’t tell me what, so hit me back with Barno’s goodies!
• Tell him I sent you.
• Propaintball.com reports on the Death Dealer: http://propaintball.com/2012/06/new-macdev-gt-death-dealer/
• Photos from the 3^rd RPL Event are available now: http://fxfphotos.com/rpl1203.htm
• From the Non-Paintball Department: It’s the Chatooga River Riverfest this weekend: http://chattoogariverfestival.com/
• Raehl tells me if you’re watching the PSP Chicago webcast, you can win DYE goodies!
• Out in SoCal, SC Village is having a special this Sunday only where you can get entry, air and a rental setup for $24. Gio’s a beast that way.
• The AXBL Lite’s event has been rescheduled for July 8^th.
• The Bombshell’s Jhub is trying to figure out what her next gun should be. Take a wild guess what I suggested!
• While PSP Chicago is going on, CPX (the venue) is having a customer appreciation week.
• The NEXL announces their Event #2 winners.
• Over at TechPB, Sparky1 introduces us to the ShopBot Desktop CNC Machine. http://www.shopbottools.com/mProducts/desktop.htm for more info on how to spend $5000.
• PSP Affiliate Series Vicious is at Chicago…check ‘em out and see if they have what you need!
• One of my on-site people at Chicago sent along pictures of the new Redemption line from Valken…I’ll get the pictures posted up later.
• Only 2 weeks to sign up for the next D-League event.
• RAP 4 is bringing their End War Series of magazine fed only events from Cali to Ohio…check ‘em out at http://www.rap4.com
• SoBe Paintball’s John Navarro had surgery early this morning on his knee. He’s already up and walking around. The man’s a machine!
• Speaking of Machine, Machine Paintball’s Mike Spurlock is currently trying to figure out how to put pontoons on his scooter…Taiwan has been dealing with Tropical Storm Talim most of the week. Send out thoughts and prayers to Taiwan and to the city of Tainan, where Mike lives.