gear. Dozens of mid-size companies like
Ninja Paintball, Airups, MacDev and many
more were present and busy all week. Bud
Light was on hand again and this year Orange
County Choppers & Discovery Channel
unveiled a custom paintball motorcycle
hand-crafted, piece by piece during the
filming of an “American Choppers” episode
by the Orange County Choppers Team and
brought to you by professional paintball
team Houston Heat and the National Xball
League.
The Games
In the pro Xball division Edmonton Impact
would come in as the team to beat,
considering they’ve won the last two World
Cup events and the NXL/PSP season series
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title the past four years. No pro team has
had a more successful four year stretch in
paintball since Dynasty’s run in the early to
mid-2000s. That said, Impact’s stunning 9th
place finish in in Chicago would leave the
season rankings title open just a crack for
Houston Heat. But it would take a World Cup
Heat win and a third place or worse finish for
Impact, or a Heat final round showing and
another huge drop for Impact. The later
would seem highly unlikely to happen.
In the Pro preliminary rounds four teams
were perfect with four wins in four games—
and none of them were Edmonton Impact
or Houston Heat. It was San Diego Dynasty,
Moscow Red Legion, Los Angeles Ironmen
and San Antonio X-Factor that would set the
pro bar early in this year’s Cup. Edmonton