Paintball 101: Sponsorships, Part 1

Paintball 101: Sponsorships, Part 1

Every week the Social Paintball inbox is flooded with sponsorship requests. From teams wanting us to film them, filmmakers wanting us to hire them, or players and teams who are interested in getting our new Grit apparel for free, or at a discounted price. Sometimes we...
KEE Closing Florida Plant, Cutting 109 Jobs

KEE Closing Florida Plant, Cutting 109 Jobs

The Tampa Bay Times has recently authored an article detailing the closing of a KEE Paintball encapsulating plant in the Bay area. Below is the referred article: KEE Action Sports, the biggest maker of paintballs in the world, has closed its Clearwater manufacturing...
Tippmann, GI, and 50 cal

Tippmann, GI, and 50 cal

In a series of recent interviews with John Amodea of PaintballX3, a few high powered people in paintball mentioned “50 cal”, or 50 caliber paintballs – opposed to the traditional .68caliber rounds currently used. Normally, we would find the comments...
Interview with Noel Tran, Coach of Upton 187 Crew

Interview with Noel Tran, Coach of Upton 187 Crew

A few weeks ago news broke that Nick Leival of the Upton 187 Crew would be joining Edmonton Impact for the 2013 season. Shortly afterward, we had a chance to catch up with team coach Noel Tran. Here’s what he had to say. Who will assume the role of Captain on...