Saturday, June 26, 2010

PSP Field: Professional Preliminary Games

Saturday, June 26, 2010

08:00am – Infamous (0) vs. Aftermath (7)
08:45am – XSV (5) vs. Ironmen (7)
09:30am – Impact (7) vs. Dynasty (4)
10:15am – XSV (0) vs. Aftermath (7)
11:00am – Dynasty (7) vs. Ironmen (2)
11:45am – Impact (0) vs. Infamous (0)
01:00pm – Aftershock (0) vs. Entourage (0)
01:45pm – X-Factor (0) vs. Vicious (0)
02:30pm – Damage (0) vs. Legion (0)
03:15pm – X-Factor (0) vs. Entourage (0)
04:00pm – Legion (0) vs. Vicious (0)
04:45pm – Damage (0) vs. Aftershock (0)

PSP Chicago – Friday Scores

The storm has subsided and the pro paintball games have begun. Aftermath is returning to the pro division after stepping back into semi-pro to rebuild the squad. SDA narrowly lost to Ironmen in their first match with a final score of 5-7. In the second match, SDA beat Dynasty 7-2. Congrats to SDA on the teams first pro win!

Sacramento XSV and Edmonton Impact had a battle this morning. The match was close and ended in Impact’s favor, 7-6. Unfortunately for XSV, star snake player Thomas Taylor was injured during XSV’s second match was against LA Infamous and the match ended 1-7. Rumors are circulating that the injury may be serious and our reporters are looking for further details..Get well soon Taylor!

The Russian Legion’s Dave Baines and Billy Bernacchia of VICIOUS are both missing in action here in Chicago. We should have further information later today.

In the mean time, read on for the latest scores from PSP Chicago Open by clicking the link below!

Update: Be sure to follow ProPaintball on facebook and stay updated with the latest from PSP Chicago Open 2010.

PSP Field: Professional Preliminary Games

Friday, June 25, 2010

8:00 am (7) Los Angeles Ironmen vs. (5) SD Aftermath

8:45 am (7) LA Infamous vs. (3) Dynasty

9:30 am (7) Edmonton Impact vs. (6) Sacramento XSV

10:15 am (2) Dynasty vs. (7) San Diego Aftermath

11:00 am (7) LA Infamous vs. (1) Sacramento XSV

11:45 am (6) Edmonton Impact vs. (4) Los Angeles Ironmen

1:00 pm (7) Vicious vs. (6) Entourage

1:45 pm (5) Chicago Aftershock vs. (7) Boston Red Legion

2:30 pm (5) Tampa Bay Damage vs. (4) X-Factor

3:15 pm (7) Boston Red Legion vs. (4) Entourage

4:00 pm (7) Chicago Aftershock vs. (3) X-Factor

4:45 pm (7) Tampa Bay Damage vs. (1) Vicious

Chicago PSP Thursday Announcement – Must Read/Watch

The PSP’s Chicago Open is off to a rough start this year. The Chicago area is currently experiencing a severe storm and water has flooded out several of the fields. Read on for an official update from the PSP’s Camille Lemanski as well as two photos from our friends on location.

Update: Tyler Harmon of Sacramento XSV shares some video footage of the storm in action. Check out the lack of visibility!

Updated: Video from Tyler Harmon of Pro Paintball team Sacramento XSV

Urgent Update Regarding Chicago PSP

Please read entire message

After several days of severe thunderstorms pounding the greater Chicago area, the venue for the 2010 PSP Chicago Open has been greatly compromised. Late this afternoon, the mother of all storms came through and has left the site in a dire state. We will now need to perform much needed construction tomorrow to get the fields up and operating. Our plan before this last storm hit was to start 2 hours late tomorrow (first game at 10:00 am instead of 8:00 am). At this time, 10:00 am is the earliest that the first game will be played, but it could very well be later than that.

We are aware that hundreds of flights into Chicago have been cancelled. We will notify teams of their game times throughout the day through text messaging. We will be updating the website as often as possible with game times for friends and family to follow.

This intense rain has obviously created severe flooding and has turned the grass into mud in many areas. We will need your absolute cooperation in assisting us by obeying parking policies (1 car per team allowed in the venue, additional cars park for free next door at Balmoral Park and utilize the free shuttle services we will be providing). Do not try to drive up on grass areas without instruction from staff as you will get stuck and cause further delays with the event.

Teams are not allowed to walk fields thursday, as that would impede our crew’s progress in getting the event up and running. Attempting to walk the fields will further delay the event and anyone on the fields without permission will face disqualification.

We appreciate your understanding that our crew has been working 15-hour days in severe thunderstorms to provide you with the PSP experience you have come to expect. We need your cooperation in making sure we can all have a great event this weekend and thank you for your patience!

–END Message–

Photos were sent from one of our friends late Wednesday afternoon, prior to the latest storm hitting the area. One of the corners of the field is sunk in mud and what appears to be ruts from a tractor.

To contact the reporter on this story: Justin in Los Angeles at justin@propaintball.com.

Chicago Aftershock’s New 2010 Jersey

ProPaintball insiders just grabbed the scoop on Chicago Aftershock’s NEW 2010 Jersey. Adorned with some new sponsors and sporting a new fresh look, Style Supply is making a splash in the custom jersey market. Newcomers to the scene, Style Supply hooked up Joy Division, Russian Legion and Frankfurt Syndicate with new custom jerseys for the 2010 season. All you paintball history buffs might notice one fun detail on these jerseys; each bomb is emblazoned with the year of each NPPL title that Aftershock has won. With a strong finish at the last PSP event, this old powerhouse is sure to place podium at this event–especially with their new blood.

Coverage of the Hurricanes Tournament Series

Pro Paintball correspondant Tim Barnard was able to give us a recap of what went down at the first Hurricane Tournament Series. Here’s the scoop:

The first ever Hurricanes Series Event was held at Camelot Paintball, located in Chicopee, Massachusetts. The Hurricane Series is a PSP regional affiliate, which was refereed by Division 1, New England Hurricanes. And running the show was Jeff Stein, who organized the entire event. He also had a car full of New England Hurricane T-shirts he was giving out which was awesome! Also Billy Bernacchia was on site helping out and watching games, and talking to teams and players. It was perfect weather, sunny and in the mid 80’s.

The refereeing was on par. Few penalties were called, no favoring of a certain team. The event ran smoothly, with the exception of a few mishaps like the air going down to the pits, which was resolved and play kept going. All the teams played hard and fought until the end, great showing of teams.

Standings after event 1:

Division 3 Race to-4 X-Ball:
1) TNN
2) 187 cRew
3) Worcester Legion
4) Boston Reapers
Congrats to TNN on the hard fought win. You guys earned it. Cannot wait until the second event, July 24-25

Thanks Tim. To check out more photos from the event, check out Tim’s Gallery

To contact the reporter on this story: Gilbert in Halifax, NS at gilbert@propaintball.com.

Planet Eclipse TV – Artifact Episode 3

Planet Eclipse is back with the 3rd installment of the Artifact series. Episode 3 follows one of pro paintballs hottest teams Edmonton Impact. Impact has gotten off to one of the strongest starts in recent professional paintball history. With a PSP win and two 2nd places in the NPPL there is nothing stoping Impact this year. They are defiantly the team to beat so far in 2010.

To contact the reporter on this story: Brad Johnson in at brad@propaintball.com.

FeatureThisPB.com Phoenix 2010 by Matt Dawson

The wait was definitely there, but the sequel feature to last years PSP Phoenix open by Matt Dawson has finally arrived. With player interviews and stories to top-notch photography by one of the longest standing paintball photographers in the game. Check out Matt’s Phoenix 2010 experience here: http://featurethispb.com/phx10/

To contact the reporter on this story: Kyle Johnson in Los Angeles at kyle@propaintball.com.

Pro paintball tips from Rich Telford

The legendary Rich Telford of pro paintball team Sacramento XSV shares a few tips on paintball pods and maximizing your paint usage.

Rich Telford is currently selling his paintball gear bag, loaded with tons of goodies including his EGO 10, full paintball gear set, goggles, cleats and an understood gatwrap. Check it out here.

2010 Chicago Open Pickem

Our friend Cade over at PBPickem has officially unvieled the 2010 Chicago Open PB Pickem. The PBPickem is a fun game (an free!) in which you get to test your skills and smarts by picking the winners of the pro games being held this week at the Chicago event. Its really simple, all you have to do is enter your selections and you will get points for every correct pick you make.

Now go ahead, give it a try and put your knowledge to the test. Lets see what you got! Enter in your picks at PBPickem.com! It will remain open until midnight July 24th and is updated at the end of each day with the user submissions.If you’re looking to compete against a group of friends or just want to test your Pro team knowledge, fill out a Pick’Em. It’s a completely FREE way to be more involved in the upcoming event for individuals that might not be able to attend. Previous season field layouts and Previous event match by match scores are also maintained. Also, the Pick’Em form has been updated to be more iPhone friendly, so you can do something fun while stuck in traffic. Good luck!

To contact the reporter on this story: Brandon Mason in Los Angeles at Brandon@ProPaintball.com.

Sunday, June 20, 2010

PSP Chicago Pro Paintball Schedule

PSP Field: Professional Preliminary Games

Friday, June 25, 2010

8:00 am Los Angeles Ironmen vs. San Diego Aftermath

8:45 am LA Infamous vs. Dynasty

9:30 am Edmonton Impact vs. Sacramento XSV

10:15 am Dynasty vs. San Diego Aftermath

11:00 am LA Infamous vs. Sacramento XSV

11:45 am Edmonton Impact vs. Los Angeles Ironmen

1:00 pm Vicious vs. Entourage

1:45 pm Chicago Aftershock vs. Boston Red Legion

2:30 pm Tampa Bay Damage vs. X-Factor

3:15 pm Boston Red Legion vs. Entourage

4:00 pm Chicago Aftershock vs. X-Factor

4:45 pm Tampa Bay Damage vs. Vicious

Saturday, June 26, 2010

8:00 am LA Infamous vs. San Diego Aftermath

8:45 am Sacramento XSV vs. Los Angeles Ironmen

9:30 am Edmonton Impact vs. Dynasty

10:15 am Sacramento XSV vs. San Diego Aftermath

11:00 am Dynasty vs. Los Angeles Ironmen

11:45 am Edmonton Impact vs. LA Infamous

1:00 pm Chicago Aftershock vs. Entourage

1:45 pm X-Factor vs. Vicious

2:30 pm Tampa Bay Damage vs. Boston Red Legion

3:15 pm X-Factor vs. Entourage

4:00 pm Boston Red Legion vs. Vicious

4:45 pm Tampa Bay Damage vs. Chicago Aftershock

Palm Beach Vipers Tampa Practice 2010

Footage on and off the field of the Viper PSP Team taken and edited by Justin Saucerman on a GOPRO HD Camera. Video starts in Southern California at Justin’s house and moves on to the tampa airport and then to the hotel in lakewood then Central Florida Paintball Field is where all the paintball takes part. The team then went to Winghouse and Sonnys BBQ which are places that must be eaten at if you are in Florida as you can see.

To contact the reporter on this story: Brandon Mason in Los Angeles at Brandon@ProPaintball.com.

Iran Paintball League Videos

Recently filmed in the 1st event of INPL (Iran National Paintball League) held on 13-15 May 2009. All the teams in the videos are from the Iranian Pro Division. There are 8 teams in Pro Division of INPL: Datis, Persian Legend, Datis 2, Ariana, Swat, Giv, Tigers and Persian Stars.

Iran National Paintball League has a website ( www.paintball.ir ). Unfortunately the language pack is in Persian and the English part of website is currently inactive.

At the end of 2009 season, Datis took the 1st place in overall winning all the tournaments. Persian Legend took the 2nd, and second team of Datis placed 3rd.
The new season of INPL will start less than one month later (14-16 July). The 1st event will take place in Tehran (Capital of Iran).

Also, I must notice that all foreign teams are able to participate in our league. Registration for Foreign teams in Semi-Pro Division is FREE.

Thank you to ProPaintball insider Nima Razavi!

ProPaintball player of the week: Eddie Tomao

Over the last few seasons XSV has gone through some rough times. Rick Telford has been hard at work adding some veterans to the roster as well as some young kids new to the pro paintball ranks. Eddie Tomao is one of those new players. Eddie is VERY dedicated to becoming a top pro player and taking part in bringing XSV back to the top. At the Chicago NPPL event in May, Eddie helped XSV make the finals for the first time in the pro division since 2008.

Name: Eddie Tomao
Age: 21
Hometown: Motown baby!
Occupation: Paintball Store and Tattoo Shop Manager and Juniors personal assistant
Previous Teams: Rodents, Fuzion, San Francisco Explicit, OG Twisted Kids, Bad Karma, Alienpb.com, Nor Cal Kids, and a bunch of throw
Current Team: Sacramento XSV
Sponsors: Alien Paintball, Empire Paintball, RPS Paintballs, Ninja Paintball, Understood, Sly Paintball, Paintball X3, Techpb.com, Animal Paintball, Ballerscafe.com, RPL, and Paintballphotography.com
Position: Wherever Rich tells me to go which is usually up the gut or corner.
Favorite Pro Players: Bobby Aviles and Tyler Harmon because of their swag.

When you are not on the field what can we find you doing?

Working at the paintball store, hanging out at the tattoo shop, or watching horror movies.

When did you start playing paintball?

about 8 years ago, when autocockers were the shit.

Who do you look up to on the paintball field?

Rich Telford for his leadership and knowledge. Tyler Harmon for his sneakiness and gun fighting skills.

Paintball has helped shape many of our lives, how it shaped yours?

All my best friends are from paintball. I have met so many people from all across the states that have become like brothers to me.

What is your fondest memory of paintball?

Making XSV and being able to TKin Thomas every chance i get.

What are your personal goals for the 2010 season?

Get a 1st by the end of the season and become a respected pro paintball player.

Do you have any advice for the new up and coming players?

Play against people who are better than you and don’t be afraid to ask your local pros for help. Also support your local fields and stores. If you help them they will help you.

If you were trapped on a deserted island with XSV, who would you eat first?

I would eat Conrad because he’s not the brightest so it would be easy to catch him.

I wanna give a shout out to my parents and D-Wizz Parsons because without them I wouldn’t be where I am in paintball. Wolfpack for Life!! Check out xsvpaintball.com for all the updates on the team!!

Thank you ProPaintball for the interview.

To contact the reporter on this story: brad in at brad@propaintball.com.

Tampa Bay Damage – PSP Chicago Warm-up

Here’s a short video put together by pro paintball player Alex Spence of Tampa Bay Damage. Alex expects to have another video put together after this weekend’s practice with the Russians.

School of Paintball – Puerto Rico

Pro Paintball has had the chance to sit down with the owner of School of Paintball in Puerto Rico. Pro paintball players such as Billy Bernacchia and pro paintball coach, Marc Lancia. Here’s what Robert Guzman had to say:

School of Paintball was created for those players that didn’t have a facility to develop their game to another level; with a combination of other elements that make paintball and all other sports a completed one. During April 2009, Robert Guzman, owner of Mindbreaker Paintball Field in Puerto Rico, was committed to change paintball. In the northwest side of the island, there were no facilities to meet PSP field regulations. To make matters worse, all the paintball fields were only open on Sundays. Robert began opening every Monday and Thursday to emphasize on techniques, good physical workout, and following up students with their grades in school; the goal was to have a complete player on and off the paintball field.

Having all that covered, Planet Eclipse started helping School of Paintball in every possible way. Planet Eclipse sent over pro paintball stars Marc Lancia & Billy Bernacchia to help launch the school. Billy & Marc set the students up in several situations and laid out several game plans and possible strategies for the game. School of Paintball works hard for a great paintball program, I am glad to have players that are students and also great citizens. These athletes don’t only play paintball they also help the community.

After all, we are all School of Paintball !!!

Clever paintball marketing: PBFashion & the PSP Chicago Open

Cassidy Sanders and HK have put together a clever promotional video for the PBFashion line and the PSP Chicago Open. Check it out..

The New Home of the PSP

The PSP just launched their new website. It is much easier of the eyes and navigating is been improved a lot. Finding information on future events and previous event has been mightily improved. There has been a lot of new sections added, from affiliated leagues to a update picture and video section. Edmonton Impact is the focus of newly added Feature Team section, where Bart Yachimec of Impact is interviewed and talks about the super team from the far north.

Check out the new http://www.PSPEvents.com and comment on articles, sift through videos and photos, link up with us through Facebook and Twitter, read interviews from your favorite pro teams and the up and coming divisional talent, sign up for our emailing list, manage your team registration, research the Trade Shows and stay up to date with all the headlines! Check out our redesign and let us know what you think! – Camille Lemanski

To contact the reporter on this story: brad in at brad@propaintball.com.

Monday, June 14, 2010

Millennium Series Bitburg 2010 Videos with Fedorov Interview

Bitburg, Germany hosted the second Millenium event of the year this May. Bitburg turned out much better then first event in Malaga, Spain. Malaga was filled with lightning, rain and wind. The weather was in Germany was much nicer, and all the teams were able to make it to the field. San Diego Impact dominated the whole weekend taking 1st place, followed by SK Moscow taking 2nd and Frankfurt Syndicate finishing 3rd.

In the first video at about the 5 minute mark there is an interview with Konstantin Fedorov, of SK Moscow and. He talks about why he left the Russians and how the team is doing now.

Update: It seems that there has been some confusion as to the interview and my comments above. As Gary Baum said below “He left over two years ago to play for Philly Americans and when his contract was finished at the end of 2009 he choose to return ‘home’ to Russian Legion”. So Fedorov plays for Boston Red Legion and SK Moscow. SK Moscow plays primarily the Millenium and Boston Red Legion in the PSP.

Friday, June 11, 2010

Interview with Notorious Paintball Team

Tim Cerruti of PROPaintball.com recently had a chance to sit down with Mitch Jordan of Notorious, a division 3 paintball team from Washington State. Mitch shed some light on team Notorious and there seemingly unstoppable run in both the NPPL and WCPPL paintball series. Read on..

Tim: How did you guys do in the event?

We took 1st place at WCPPL #2, although we dropped a few individual games we won very commandingly which felt great because at the first event almost every match came down to the nitty-gritty with back and forth games, crazy calls, arguments and overall a roller coaster ride to 1st, so it was nice to just come to an event and play to our standards.

Tim: What was your team’s mind set going into the event?

Mitch: Our mindset for any event is heart, dedication, and determination.

Tim: What do you think was working well for your team?
Mitch: We really brought the aggression and were very consistent this event, it felt great winning our games with authority. A big thing for us is confidence with each other on and off the field, you can have a team of all star players but without that bond it can be your downfall.
Every game we come out with the same full throttle attitude, no matter what happened the game before it’s a new point and a new time to shine. We aren’t at events to party or dick around…we are there to win, all the fun stuff can come after.

Tim: What adjustments are you looking for going into the next event?

Mitch: We feel that it was a well rounded event but there is always room for improvement to keep us at the cream of the crop.

Tim: What do you think you guys weren’t doing so well?

Mitch: Well communication wasn’t 100% but then again there is always something we can work on, but there wasn’t any one thing that brought us down so we just gotta keep on grinding it out every weekend and improving on all the small things.

Tim: What teams were giving you the most problems, and what were they doing well?

Mitch: Every team brings to the field a new challenge, which we learn something from, especially because of the fact that we don’t have the luxury of practicing on pristine fields with competitive California teams every weekend so it’s a really great experience to come play these teams in the conditions we’re not accustomed to up here in Washington.

Tim: Is there anything new the organization is doing that you want to let everyone out there to know about?

Mitch: Continuous stride to make this a better sport for everyone, and planning on playing D2 PSP as well as D2 WCPPL next season.

Tim: Also is there anything you would like to add to close this interview?

Mitch: We’d like to thank PROpaintball.com for this opportunity and their dedication to our great sport and that we can’t wait for the rest of the season to unfold as we are hungry for that series championship.