PaintballX3 Magazine January 2014 | Page 58

58 Valken Big Games one in the UK and one in France which I believe are the only Valken Big games in the world. We try and work with as many companies as possible and we also try and choose our event sponsors to suit our customer base. In the past that meant working closely with Tippmann as the majority of our customers in the past shot Tippmann markers, but nowadays most of our customers shoot tournament style guns so we now tend to work closer with companies like Planet Eclipse as this reflects what our customers want and need. What is your history in paintball? My story is almost exactly the same as everyone else who works in the paintball industry. I was a player first and foremost and then kind of ‘fell in’ to working in paintball. It was never a plan. I’ve played january 2014 for a few teams over the years including Team Fury, Tippmann UK and now I play scenario, Sup Air and UWL for a team I sponsor called The Shoreline Rangers. Whilst my company sponsors the team, I’m literally only a grunt in the team. The Captain and Vice Captain make all the decisions and its liberating to just be ‘one of the boys’ when we go away and play. 2014 will be a busy playing season for me as I’ll be playing in every leg of our own UWL series, I’ll also be playing Div 3 of the UK’s main tournament series the CPPS and I’ll also be playing tournament in Europe in the CPS (the Euro version of the PSP) as well as traveling to Canada to play at Wasaga beach and no doubt a few scenario events in the UK and Europe. I love playing all formats of paintball, scenario, Sup Air and woodland tournament, its all just paintball to me. As long as