Valken Sports has bought Paintball News. Paintball News, started and run by Rene and Juvy Boucher, had built the Paintball News brand since 1990. Paintball News, the first paintball newspaper, the first bi-monthly paintball publication and the only free to the player paintball publication had become an important source of news and information at paintball fields and pro shops, nationwide. Gi... more.

Andy, who has been in the paintball industry for over a decade,  got his start at EMR in PA., one of the most renown paintball fields on the east coast, and worked his way up the EMR corporate ladder.  After attending Kutztown University of Pennsylvania, he worked for JT USA as one of their top sales performers, then in 2009 he joined the Pro-Caps Direct team in less than 2 years, was promoted t... more.

It's the end of the year and Shooting Hot Magazine dominates the Christmas Season with Bill Murray's take on the Custom Products Pro Barrel kit, gun wraps and the look of this month's magazine while The Big Boss, Seth Manchester takes on Skeletor and paintball in Venezuela!  Your fearless editor chimes in with his monthly editorial, this month taking on Social Media, and reviews the Empire Prop... more.

Right on schedule, Shooting Hot Magazine's Billy Smith and Anderson Performance's Bert Anderson finished up the 1959 Chevy Apache truck, just in time to take the vehicle to World Cup to display in the DXS/V-Force Pavilion. The off-frame restoration and customization took over 700 hours, with every part of the vehicle getting attention from Smith and Anderson.  Early this week Mr. Smith will be... more.

I knew James Guy since 4th grade. Looking back on it, it seems like a life time. Our paths in life have always crossed or ran parallel to each other. From elementary school right into high school at North East were we did AFJROTC (FL-822). He’s a die hard speedball player who recently made the decision to join the United States Army. His Military Occupational Specialty (MOS) is 31 Bravo, Militar... more.

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Kitty "Galore" Wandel with some travel tips: ... more.

Terry Black is a respected member of the OG sites and of the paintball community in General.  No government employees or legislators were harmed in the production of his opinion, which coincidentally may not necessarily be the opinion of The Ford Report, its' owners or its' advertisers. What can you say when so many people in this world are left of Lenin,  so to speak. It is easy for peo... more.

With one week to go until Free Finale 2009, everyone at Low Country Paintball is girding their loins for an absolute beast of an event for “Ninjees vs. Pirates: Quest for the Brass Monkey”, which will pit Dread Pirate Chris “Camojester” Greer and his XO Bill “Firebug” Meister against Scott “Redneck Ninjee” Hall of Camp Blanding fame and his XO Lawrence “TB” Wright (y... more.

While everyone else was eating turkey and vegging out in front of the TV over the Thanksgiving weekend, The Ford Report's Dale Ford and SPO Gear's Ken Akins were hammering out a an endorsement deal for the 2010 season. Terms of the agreement haven't been released. The Ford Report is a weekly journal of all the happenings in the sport of paintball that is delivered directly to a subs... more.

The South Beach Pimps, based in Miami, Florida and home of legendary South Beach, have renewed their sponsorship agreementwith Planet Eclipse. The terms of the agreement haven't been made public. The team is comprised mainly of old school tournament players getting back to their roots in the woods. Obviously playing inthe woods isn't the same as it was 15-20 years ago, and that's where Planet E... more.

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As I mentioned in the first press release regarding the 2010 PaintClub 21 event, there's a process involved in getting 'in' at PaintClub 21: Project Chaos. Like the May event, you start by sending an email to paintclub21@yahoo.com , and after we check you out, which may or may not include a criminal background check, you'll be sent an email giving you a link to go and register for the event, ... more.

Ultimate Airball, the original American-Made, Patented inflatable bunker company, has a new website including individual bunker pricing & major league fields: PSP Race-2, NPPL/USPL, X-Ball, plus many recreational shapes. The new www.UltimateAirball.com website also includes endorsements from some of Paintball’s most influential veterans and business people. KEE Action Sports’ 2009 succe... more.

“Spin”. No, I'm not talking about that feeling you get when you get off the roller coaster or when you've had one beer too many. The context of 'spin' I'm thinking about really came into popular use and practice back in the 90's, when Bill Clinton was in office, and whatever shenanigans he was up to was 'spun' into a positive for him. The practice has been around for a very long t... more.