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Pro Paintball team Oakland BLAST Update

January 6, 2012 in Oakland Blast

Pro Paintball team Oakland BLAST has been the topic of many rumors lately. Back in Vegas word started getting around that the team would be restructuring for 2012. Over the Holidays we heared they were holding tryouts from one source, and disbanding from another.

Zack Long of Oakland BLAST set the record straight today with an official update;

So sorry to be the bearer of bad news but Oakland Blast will be taking the 2012 season off. Blast as a business is trying keep up with the overwhelming demand for their new guns and trying to roll out more new products in the near future. With that said the focus needed to be on the business, not the team.

Player movement thus far;

  • Tyler Harmon, Neil Eberle, and Ryan Podesta to SF Explicit
  • Zack Long- business and family
  • Shane Howe- TBA
  • Jason and Corey Bornstein-TBA
  • Ryan Collette-MIA
  • Francis Erguiza-TBA

Bob and his son Zack Long have been a long time professional paintball family and it is said to see them take a break. Where do you think the other players will end up?

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ProPaintball Rumor Report

May 12, 2011 in Aftershock, Infamous, Oakland Blast, Rumor Reports

This weeks ProPaintball report features the latest paintball news and gossip from Portland Uprising, Chicago Aftershock, LA Infamous, San Antonio X-Factor, Breakout Spa, and others.

  • Bear Degidio of Hollywood HK is rumored to be making his pro debut with Indianapolis Mutiny at the Chicago NPPL event.
  • In a follow up to our Chicago Aftershock update, ProPaintball insiders suggest that Chris Lasoya and Aftershock have parted ways. According to insiders, Chris has signed on with LA Infamous to play the remainder of the 2011 season.
  • Mykel Kovar and Grayson Goff from San Antonio X-Factor are playing the Millennium Bitburg event with Breakout Spa.
  • Jason Bornstein of Oakland BLAST is still recovering from his shoulder surgery. According to sources, his recovery was pushed back another 6+ weeks.
  • Hollywood HK will be sitting out Chicago NPPL. The HK crew is at CPX this week playing paintball and hosting a clinic.
  • AJ Trillet is rumored to have left Avalanche and signed on with Chicago Legend to compete in the NPPL 7-man series.

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Pro Paintball Weekend Rumor Report

May 29, 2010 in Aftermath, Newport Entourage, NPPL, Oakland Blast, PSP, Rumor Reports, X-Factor

The last few weeks have been hectic in the paintball world. Teams are adjusting themselves for NPPL and PSP Chicago Open events. According to Pro Paintball Insiders, several teams are changing divisions and in other cases they are folding. Read on for the memorial weekend rumor report.

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Chuck Liddell "Iceman" Victory Paintball gun by BLAST

April 22, 2010 in Gear, Oakland Blast

Legendary MMA fighter Chuck Liddell and pro paintball icon Bob Long teamed up to create the ICEMAN signature series paintball gun. Read on for the full scoop on the ICEMAN Victory. Read the full article →

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Pro Paintball team Dynasty Wins 2010 Surf City Open

April 11, 2010 in Dynasty, Featured, Impact, Infamous, Oakland Blast

The NPPL 2010 Surf City Open, held over the weekend, was a resounding success. This Huntington Beach event reminded us of the NPPL in its hey-day (circa-2005), great location, tons of foot traffic, and a great opportunity to reach new paintball customers. Pro paintball teams from across the country flew in to compete on the beach and find out just how well they matched up against their competition. Read on for the final results as well as a few notes and rumors from the event.

Updated @ 12am: Final scores from D3.
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NPPL Surf City Open 2010 Pro Paintball Predictions

April 7, 2010 in Avalanche, Chicago Legend, Dynasty, Featured, Impact, Indianapolis Mutiny, Infamous, Naughty Dogs, Newport Entourage, Oakland Blast, San Francisco Explicit, Tampa Bay Damage, XSV

Pro Paintball teams from across the nation will be battling it out this weekend in Huntington Beach, CA. As this is the season opener, nearly anything can happen. Last year we witnessed several shockers including series leader DC Arsenal losing out to Oakland BLAST in the overall championship and relative new comers San Francisco Explicit winning matches against former Triple Crown Champions San Diego Dynasty.

This year, Vancouver Vendetta and Newport Entourage will be making their pro paintball debut. Throughout the off season, teams like Edmonton Impact, Tampa Bay Damage, San Diego Dynasty, St. Louis Avalanche and Los Angeles Infamous have been stacking their rosters with national champions from years prior. As we go into the first event, everyone here at Pro Paintball is very excited and we are all placing bets as to which teams will be leading the pack.

With all of this in mind, we are proud to open this story for your NPPL HB team predictions. If you are lucky enough to predict the top 4 teams in the pro division we will award you with a prize. Our prizes include T-Shirts from Sly Equipment, San Francisco Explicit and Pro Paintball.com, barrel wraps from Paintball Photography and DLX Technologies, and headbands from PBheadbands.com. 

For extra credit, feel free to share your predictions for divisional paintball teams.

Read on for the official pro paintball team list and be sure to place your top 4 picks in the comments below. Read the full article →

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Jeremiah "Prince" Labiano's is back in 2010

February 23, 2010 in Interviews, Oakland Blast

Jeremiah Labiano a.k.a Prince, 2008 NPPL ALL STAR pro, formerly of the O.C. Bushwackers is back. He is back with 2009 USPL Series Champions Oakland Blast. He talks to us about getting back into paintball on Blast and about what happened to the Bushwackers.

SEBURO: Oakland Blast called you a couple of weeks ago to play for them in 2010. Tell us about how this came about.
PRINCE: Well I’ve been sitting on my ass on the off season and haven’t played paintball very much due to the main fact that I didn’t know who I was going to play with for the 2010 season and also I’ve just been busy at work (yes I do have a real job). Read the full article →

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Patrick "Pinky" Hughes: Plans for 2010

February 22, 2010 in Aftermath, Featured, Infamous, Oakland Blast, PSP

The 2010 season is starting in just a few short weeks now and we were able to catch up with one of paintballs most recent up and coming players, Patrick “Pinky” Hughes of the San Diego Aftermath family. Pinky worked his way up the divisions and found himself playing with the PRO Aftermath team in the PSP for most of the 2009 season.

Just recently ProPaintball.com broke news of  the merger between SD Aftermath and LA Infamous teams to create one super team comprised of both players who’ve been in the sport for as long as most of us can remember as well as much of paintballs young and fresh talent. Of course the merging of two PRO teams means 16+ players fighting to earn their spots on the roster, leaving the rest looking elsewhere to continue playing.

With that being said, Pinky let us in on his plans for the 2010 season, checkout what he had to say: Read the full article →

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PPB Interview with Tyler Harmon of Sacramento XSV

February 18, 2010 in Interviews, Oakland Blast, XSV

Tyler Dean Harmon recently made the move from Aftermath to XSV. Arthur Chan of Seburo recently had the opportunity to ask Tyler a few questions on the move to one of the biggest names in professional paintball. Read on for an inside look at the moving and shaking currently taking place in pro paintball. Read the full article →

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Tuesday Rumor Report, Live from PSP World Cup

October 6, 2009 in Aftermath, Infamous, New England Hurricanes, Oakland Blast, Rumor Reports, Russian Legion

As teams and players arrive at the PSP World Cup, paintball news and rumors are flying. Read on for the latest word from the street, or in our case, the Fantasy of Flight runway. Check it out.

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