PaintballX3 Magazine January 2015 | Page 32

32 2014, The Paintball Year In Headlines January 2014 January is traditionally a time in the paintball year where new products are few and far between and scenario news is slim. But it’s the time of year where tournament paintball ramps up and news and announcements from teams around the globe comes in almost daily. This past January was also one of the more difficult as we lost Larry Alexander (founder of AKA), Vladislav Olenin of Russian Legion and Russ Maynard, former APG editor, writer, player and icon in the early paintball days. Tournament Headlines Dominate the News Jason and Corey Bornstein join Infamous Art Chaos sponsorship with DLX for 2014 announced VcK moves up to PSP Challenger’s Division San Francisco XSV becomes flagship sponsored team for JT Paintball. Russian Legion and TonTons merge for 2014 PSP season Keith DeVit Joins Houston Heat The Rookie” paintball film documentary is released Dynasty announces they will compete in the American Paintball League Mike Hinman leaves coaching position with the Ironmen Jason Wheeler joins Tampa Damage. Thomas Taylor joins Houston Heat The “Roster” video series is released. Dynasty wins UWL opening event in 2014 January 2015