PaintballX3 Magazine Euro, May 2013 | Page 88

INTERVIEW well sought after commodity among European teams. “Scorpions is the team I share my wealth of experience. This year I will also be playing the DPL in Germany with two teams, on Saturdays I will play with a team called Braindead then I will be coaching Coming At Ya on Sundays.” When Max is home in Stockholm his duties do not end. He is training a team called Hype at Simon’s Hypersport ABall Center. “Hype is a group of really talented kids. I think that they can be the next top team in Sweden.” For Max the most important thing for him when deciding on which team to coach, train or mentor is chemistry. “When you spend so much time together, you have to like the team you will be working with.” It looks like there is no end in sight for Max to decide when it’s time to lay the gun to the side and find another goal in paintball to focus on. “Maybe I will still be playing when I am 65, but really don’t know. Only time will tell.” The goal for Max this year is get to the top. “I am happy with the season if the team moves up to SPL. If we do that then we also get to World Cup. I’ve really missed that. I think the last time I was there was in 2009.” When WDP disappeared from the face of the paintball world Max faced a new dilemma, who to turn to. He had two companies to choose from but an old friend gave him the best advice possible, Dye. “Mikko convinced me that Dye was the way to go. I mean it’s awesome to be sponsored by Dye. Ash, Dave, Kiki, Jeremy, Matze, Sven and all the other cool people that works at Dye makes my paintball life so much better. Even the outside life benefits from it. I mean how for us. The whole team was on fire towards the end of the tournament.” The Disney event was a challenge for every team in attendance. It was about 5 degrees Celsius and rained the entire event. Despite the rough conditions the team continued to move forward to that goal, promotion to D1. “We won a bunch of really tight games in the worse conditions possible. That tournament really made Scorpions stronger as a team.” Over the years Max has accumulated a library of experience. With this trait Max is a 88 PAINTBALLX