Next week the NCPA will be crowning the 2012 NCPA Champion in Lakeland, Florida and while the teams may not be “professionals,” they still grind and deserve all the credit in the world. Also, having grown up in the south – where college sports are practically a religion – I had to do a Top [...]

NPPL, we know you’re trying. We see that you’ve attempted to up your reffing, you’ve changed formats to meet many people in the middle of the format war, you made a big stride in forcing teams to use electronics that regulate rate of fire – and you’ve even promised that these numbers will provide cool [...]

(Be sure to read the daily coverage from Huntington Beach starting from Wednesday, March 28, to Saturday, March 31). On Sunday at sunrise, the sun shined brightly upon the 2012 NPPL Surf City USA Open from beginning to end. The 10th Anniversary of this Huntington Beach event finished successfully, especially considering the new changes to [...]

It was yet another beautiful day of some sun and a lot of fun near the Huntington Beach Pier during the Surf City USA Open. The day started out gloomy, with an overcast that didn’t diminish until well into the afternoon. Matches concluded with enough time left at the end of day to take a [...]

The second day of the NPPL’s Surf City USA Open began right before sunrise, hundreds of players rolling their paintball gear bags behind them into the paddocks. With it being Friday and with teams in D3, D2, D1, and Pro taking to the fields, it also brought their friends, family members, and fans to the [...]

Social Paintball was up at the crack of dawn and was in attendance all day long covering the first day of competition during the 2012 NPPL Surf City USA Open. The weather started out gloomy, but as it got closer to noon, the sun started burning off the overcast. Division 4 Teams (8 5-man Race-to-4 [...]

This weekend teams from across the USA will be flying into sunny California for the first leg of the NPPL season, at its traditional location: Huntington Beach. New for this year, the NPPL will be requiring teams to install ROF-fi chips into markers which will enable referees to monitor the rate of fire cap. The [...]

The PSP has just announced that it will be reusing the Galveston Island field layout at the Phoenix Open in April. Earlier this month the Galveston Island event was put on hold for the professional division due to severe weather. Logistically speaking, this is a smart move for the PSP. The financial toll it would [...]