We’ve received a personal statement from paintball photographer Skip Hickey, in regards to a recent debacle between himself and the PSP organization. In our previous article, Lane Wright (PSP’s Chief Operating Officer) announced publicly that he will be placing strict limitations on all future photographer requirements at national PSP events. These uptight photographer requirements were [...]
Here’s the scenario: You have been with this “significant other” for some amount of time, they have been introduced to the idea that you are a paintball player, and you have it set in your mind that you want to take them with you so that they can participate in the wonderful world of all [...]
“Italy, once the land of gladiators, poets and love, now the land or Paintball.” This slogan speaks a thousand words. This past weekend I made quite a unique step in my paintball career. Instead of playing the US major paintball event, PSP, I took the 15 hour trip to Italy to compete in the first [...]
Osvaldo Lopes, of LA Ironmen, proves that you can still play professional paintball in your late thirties. How long do you think you’ll play paintball for? Are you in your late teen years or perhaps in your early twenties and hoping to go pro soon? Don’t fear – you have plenty of time if you’re [...]
It’s a sad day for freelance photographers within the paintball industry. Due to a recent quarrel between PSP’s Chief Operating Officer, Lane Wright and freelance photographer Skip Hickey; there will be strict limitations on photographers at all future PSP events. For several years, photographers have been allowed to photograph players during tournament matches. The only [...]
While in Galveston Island, Texas we caught up with Dan Holliday of Tampa Bay Damage. The team played at the 2012 PSP Galveston Island Open held last weekend. Dan tells us what’s going on with the professional matches being postponed. You can find Tampa Bay Damage on FB at https://www.facebook.com/TampaBayDamage
During the off season we have had several changes with the Ironmen. We lost a few of our veterans. We were forced to rebuild from the ground up. We had a few try outs and had picked a few kids of from Shane Pestana’s team up North. The new additions all have tons of heart [...]
What an event. From the beginning we knew that the weather was going to be an issue, but I am not sure anybody anticipated the deluge that incurred. My hat goes off to the PSP for being able to continue the event on Saturday, let alone run something of quality and provide a free webcast. [...]