French pro paintball team Marseille ICON has unveiled their new paintball documentary. In 2011, ICON experienced a series of up’s and downs and the video footage documents all of the action. Check out over 26 minutes of professional paintball and tour the European pro series with one of one of the top teams.

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Large crowds flock to the Millennium Series Paintball Events

The Millennium Series has unveiled a paintball video highlighting a ton of awesome paintball action from the 2011 season. Set up as a trailer, this action packed paintball video promotes the upcoming St Tropez Millennium Series opener.

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Be sure to check the Millennium French Rivera Cup Paintball event out on March 23-25th in St Tropez, France.

Super 7 Paintball Series Australia

The Australia Super 7 Paintball Series has grown considerably in recent years. As the league has progressed, so has the caliber of players. The 2011 Series winners, Syndey SWAT, was a force to be reckoned with at the 2011 World Cup Asia and gave many teams a run for their money. Derder has spent considerable time in the land “down under”, and has published a ton of action packed paintball videos. Derder Paintball recently released the 2012 Australia Super 7 Paintball promo video. The video provides a great idea of what the rest of us are missing. Check it!

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The Super7 paintball series is preparing for the 2012 season. For 2012, several changes will be introduced for players and teams. Here is the latest information as well as the official schedule:

Format:
The format of the 2012 Super 7s series will be a “Race to” format with Millennium ramp (not PSP ramp).

Division 1 – Professional:
15bps race to 4 points - NEW
10 minute match
Entry $1400.00

Division 2 – Semi Pro:
13bps race to 3 points
7 minute match
Entry: $900.00

Division 3 – Amateur:
13bps race to 2 points
5 minute match
Entry: $700.00

Division 4 – Novice - NEW
Rental gun only – SW1 Semi Only mechanical marker
3 Man
4 minute match
One day event – saturday only.
Entry: $120.00

Dates:
Round 1: Feb 11th – 12th
Round 2: May 19th – 20th
Round 3: Aug 11th – 12th
Masters: Nov 23rd – 25th

Venue:
All rounds will be played at Action Paintball Games Sydney -
290-312 Annangrove Rd, Rouse Hill, NSW 2155

Visit the official website at Super7sPaintball.com

The Millennium Paintball Series has released a preliminary schedule for the 2012 paintball season. Read on for the official announcement, dates and locations for 2012 paintball league play.

Ton Ton's from France win the Intercontinental Cup

The Millennium Series is pleased to announce its preliminary schedule for 2012. Although we are waiting on some contractual completion in order to confirm some details, we are confident that we can release the following schedule to you so as to facilitate early planning for all:
2012 Millennium Paintball Series Event Calendar (as of 19.11.2011)

1. March 23rd, 24th, 25th – The Millennium French Riviera Cup (St. Tropez-Cannes), France
2. May 25th, 26th, 27th – Bitburg, Germany
3. June 29th, 30th, July 1st – London, UK
4. October 12th, 13th, 14th – Millennium World Cup hosted at Disney Paris, France

The Millennium, as in 2011, will keep the Series to 4 events as we feel the prevailing economic situation in Europe does not warrant a return to 5 events next year. We will re-evaluate the situation once more at the end of the 2012 season.

Following a very successful 2011 Series which saw attendance grow against a backdrop of economic turmoil, The Millennium Series is determined to continue this trend throughout 2012 and to work closely with teams and traders to promote paintball and to encourage the sport and industry further still.

In 2012 we will introduce another new and exciting location and venue and following on from the 2011 success, will (in collaboration with the EPBF) once again give national teams the opportunity to compete for their country in EPBF International Cup competitions. Further information will be available in the coming weeks via The Millennium, EPBF and your National Federations.

As with the last couple of years we have been very careful when choosing venues to ensure the best possible value for teams, trying to keep additional costs to a minimum. Although this year we have spread slightly further afield with the addition of “The French Riviera”, there will be superb and very reasonably priced accommodation for all available, (details to follow shortly), making this a very cost effective event to attend with an atmosphere second to none. This event promises to be an all time classic.

In order to fine tune and improve the playing experience at Millennium events, we will shortly be sending out a questionnaire to all teams participating in 2011 to gain a good understanding of our customer needs and requirements and act on them accordingly.

We look forward to welcoming you to the 2012 Series! Further event information, including 2012 entry fees for open divisions will be available shortly.

The announcement of the 2012 Millennium Series dates is very helpful for teams and players that are looking to plan ahead for next year. The mention that the league intends to stay with 4 events in light of economic uncertainty is interesting as it is counter to what several of the United States based leagues are doing.

What do you think of the move to stay with 4 events for the 2012 paintball season? Do you think the Millennium Series made a wise move?

True to its name, Paintball World Cup Asia was a fierce battle between teams from over 32 countries from around the world. The World Cup Asia (referred to as WCA) hosted 1,810 paintball players hailing from 152 paintball teams. Teams competed in an indoor facility on astro-turf and millennium series bunkers. The layout itself lent to a defensive style of game play with 5 of the larger bunkers based in the back of the field. Paintball website View from the Deadbox had a spot on analysis of the game play.

The final match up for the PALS World Cup Asia was hosted last night in the beautiful Langkawi, Malaysia. Hailing from Iran, Team Datis retained their World Cup title in a match up against Reaper from South Africa (final score 4-1, Datis). Team Datis played a no-nonsense, methodical game of paintball throughout the event. The players remained focus and respectful throughout and were the clear winners.

Ton Ton's from France win the Intercontinental Cup

Intercontinental Cup

1. Ton Ton’s
2. Team USA (Ironmen)

Datis Paintball Team from Iran

Pro / Am Paintball Division

1. Datis (Iran)
2. Reaper (South Africa)
3. STK (Australia)
4. Infernal (Thailand)

Division 2 Paintball

1. Alien 11 (Thailand)
2. Hellbourne (Thailand)
3. Mamba (South Africa)
4. Massacre (UAE)

Division 3 Paintball

1. Diako (Iran)
2. Rogue Assassins (Australia)
3. Golden Dragons (The Philippines)
4. Tension (Australia)

Division 4 Paintball

1. Armada Shooter (Malaysia)
2. Vindicated (Malaysia
3. CMX Badai (Malaysia)
4. Jogja United (Indonesia)

Redza from Team Xtioneers XFOX Paintball Team

ProPaintball.com is currently in Malaysia and will follow up this story with information and final thoughts on the event, the country and paintball abroad. Stay tuned.

Special thanks to Dez from ResidentEvilChef.com for use of these awesome paintball photos.

ProPaintball is proudly attending, covering and competing in the PALS Paintball World Cup Asia event. The WCA is taking place this Wednesday through Sunday in Langkai, Malaysia. Players, teams and manufacturers are flying in from all over the world to participate in what will surely be one of, if not the, greatest events in the world.

If you are attending the event be sure to keep your eyes peeled for ProPaintball staff. We will be wearing our trademark shirts and should be easy to find.

ProPaintball’s very own Justin Mason will be playing alongside Markus Nielsen, Redza, Allan Phang and the rest of the Xtioneers in Pro/Am.

Coverage over the next 24 hours may be light due to long flights etc.

Stay tuned for event reports, video interviews and photographs live from the event.

Cheers!

HyBrid Foto, a marketing and photography company from Sweden covered the Millennium Series World Cup in Paris Disney. We really enjoyed every second of the 7 minute video.

Mats Helge and Torje Dreng put together a great film with great music by Carpark North, Blackmill, and Devil Sold His Soul. It has a little something in it for everybody. This video makes me want to buy a ticket to Europe and compete in the Millennium Series next year.

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Be sure to check out their page on Facebook for more information.

Free Paintball trip winners have been selected

Allan Phang and PALS World Cup Asia are proud to announce the contest winners for the free paintball trip of a lifetime. 2 lucky paintball players have been chosen to be flown out on an all expenses paid trip to compete at the PALS World Cup Asia held November 10th-13th in Langkawi, Malaysia. This is going to be an amazing paintball tournament!

Watch the video below as Allan selects the winners of the contest.

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WE ARE PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE THE LUCKY WINNERS OF THE WIN A FREE TRIP!!!

PAINTBALL WORLD CUP ASIA 2011 – LANGKAWI – MALAYSIA

EVERYTHING ON US!!!! LUCKY DRAW CONTEST

CONGRATULATIONS!!!

TJ EVANS – TEAM ASSAULT

DAVID WEINRAUB – TEAM NEW JERSEY JESTERS

PLEASE EMAIL registration@palseries.org TO CLAIM YOUR PRIZE FOR THE EXPERIENCE OF A LIFETIME!!!

For more information on the PALS World Cup Asia paintball event, be sure to visit the official website at www.PaintballWorldCupAsia.com.

ProPaintball spotted a new paintball manufacture at the Millennium Paris season championship. The company goes by the name of “Safer” and is a tank manufacturer. According to sources, Safer manufactures tanks for paintball, scuba diving and compressed air dependent operations. The new paintball tanks from Safer has a long history of tank manufacturing and development.

New Safer Paintball Air Tank

According to Safer representatives at Millennium Paris, the living age of up to 15 years, but still has to go thro rehydro like other tanks every 5 years. The tanks are made of Carbon fiber and composite materials.

These tanks are very light weight with their 1.2 Liter tank weighing only at 1.52 pounds making the new Safer paintball tank one of the lightest on the market. The tanks come in a variety of sizes including 1.2/1.5/2.0/3.0 liters. For reference, 1.2 Liters is about the size of a 68cu tank.

These tanks are manufactured in Poland/Europe and will have PI certification. As of now their is no info if the tanks will have US certification and will be allowed to the US market. According to ProPaintball insiders, Safer has invested considerable time and money into development of these new bottles and the certification process so its highly possible that they will have United States certification.
No price is known to date, but its said to be around 170 dollars/120 Euros.

Visit SaferCylinders.com for more information.

The team at GoBeyond has just published a new issue of their free paintball magazine with a very sarcastic title, “This is not a sport”. GoBeyond does not make a traditional magazine, instead, each issue is about the photography and crazy action packed shots. The photos featured in the magazine are a collection of the best several different photographers in the Millennium series.

In this issue, pro paintball teams such as San Diego Dynasty, London Nexus, Marseille Icon and others are featured in all of their glory. So if your looking to see what some of europe’s best photographers can do, be sure to check it out.

Check out the full issue here, or click the cover below for the free paintball mag.

Millenniums final event is about one week away, and is being held at Euro Disney in Paris. This year the Millennium series has tested out a few fun and new formats such as the Nations Cup where teams from each country battle for 1st. Another new offering is Ladys Cup, where every team consists of women and girls from different countries.

This year a “Youth Cup” will be held, where kids born between 1992 to 1995 will qualify to compete to be the best kids team in Europe. All the teams will represent their home country and compete in a race to 4 format with a roster of 10 on each team.

Here are the drawings for the youth cup in Paris.

What do you think about the NPPL and PSP hosting a Youth Cup or a Lady’s Cup? Would you as a player be interested in competing in an 15 and under division?