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Sacramento XSV to shoot Aliens!
Pro Paintball team Sacramento XSV has been part of the Eclipse stable of teams since the inception of the Ego paintball marker back in 2005. With that being said, we were a wee-bit curious when Pro Paintball.com insiders informed us that the team may be switching to the Alien Paintball markers in 2010. Rumors had circulated that Rich Telford has been testing the Alien Independence paintball gun throughout the off season and according to the paintball news release below, Rich is very happy with the guns performance.
Placerville, California (February 8, 2010) – Alien Paintball announces the signing of professional paintball team Sacramento XSV for the 2010 season. Since their inception in 2003, Sacramento XSV has been known for their top tier finishes and for using the best equipment. They are proud to shoot the new 2010 Alien Independence.
Rich Telford, owner/captain of Sacramento XSV said, “I’ve know Jack Rice from Alien for a long time and we’ve always been friends. It’s really exciting that Alien is finally in a position to work with XSV at such a major level.” He continues, “It was an incredibly hard decision for us to switch gun sponsors, but Junior and I have both been shooting the Independence for a few weeks now and Alien makes a solid gun that I believe in. The gun has a smooth, calm shot plus it comes with the Critical trigger and Tadao electronics; if we didn’t think we could win with it, we wouldn’t shoot it.”
Jack Rice owner of Alien Paintball commented: “This is great, XSV is legendary and I couldn’t happier to have them shooting the Independence this year. It’s been a long time coming, but with KEE Action Sports distributing our guns, and now XSV shooting them, 2010 is going to be a fantastic year”.
Look for Sacramento XSV shooting Alien Paintball’s 2010 Independence at both the PSP’s Phoenix Open on March 19-21, 2010 and the NPPL Surf City Open in Huntington Beach, CA on April 9-11, 2010.
For more information on Sacramento XSV visit www.facebook.com/XSVPaintball Or www.AlienPB.com
This article was authored by Justin – who has written 876 paintball news and gear articles.
Justin was introduced to the game of paintball in ’96. Since then, he has been actively involved in promoting and playing in recreational and tournament paintball.
12 Comments
looks like another ego
Except it comes with a critical trigger and a tadao board. :)
nice move for Alien. all the best luck to XSV and Alien this season
I’d be willing to bet that Alien sells twice as many guns now then they did last year. This move will definitely bring Alien into the spotlight.
The team that in my opinion launched the ego, is now switching to another company. Big moves!
Agreed. XSV had one of the smoothest looking private label markers I have ever seen.
Very curious to see what Alien and XSV come up with.
Rich and the boys also launched the Matrix and spools as the Ironmen, and were one of the first shooting Angels before that.
XSV got dropped by eclipse, they did not switch
Absolutely false!
Glad to see Jack Rice finally got some better distribution for his gun, not to mention the signing of XSV is going to help propel the company into the limelight. I can’t say I see this as being a total surprise. Jack has been around the team for quite some time and it seems season after season, the team had been testing them. Remember when some of NRG (back with Jesse, Cowboy, etc.) were shooting them in Semi Pro?
Eclipse wanting to drop XSV is complete bull as well. It takes living under a rock to know that, out of all teams under the Eclipse flag, XSV even after their rebuild, has been steadily selling (and marketing) Eclipse products.
Good luck this year XSV.
hmmm. i guess this means that alien guns will hot, and affordable
PE would not drop XSV. its like nike dropping tiger woods, they cant because he made nike. its the same for XSV making PE what they are today.