Buffalo 2008

Hot Mounties, cold Canadian beer, the red and white colors of our national flag everywhere to be seen - the third NPPL event of the year was held in Buffalo this year, but it was as if Canada had invaded the USA with 1200 square feet of cool.

Badlands set up a corporate VIP area for our dealers and guests who enjoyed the best seats in the house on theCenter 50 of the World-famous NPPL Center-Court.

The Badlands VIP was packed with our Canadian dealers and sponsored Pro players from the Badlands family of Pro teams. Everyone had a great time betting on the games on the NPPL Center Court using Badlands bucks. Fortunes of worthless paper money were won and lost as everyone tried to accumulate as many Badlands bucks as possible to walk away with a prize package generously donated by JT Sports and Planet Eclipse.

Things were never slow in our VIP. DerDer Productions took advantage of the comfortable surroundings to film interviews for their next DVD, coming soon (above).

Our dealers and staff were able to take advantage of an exclusive pre-launch introduction to the new Angel A1 Fly, with WDP's own Frazer Colley (right).

Owen Ronayne of Badlands was our official bookie. He, with some help from Matty Marshall (above left), set the odds for the games. (A word of advice - don't ever let Owen set the odds if real money is involved - the house lost trillions of Badlands bucks!) Our guests loved the experience and quickly lined up to collect their winnings from Monique after every game (left).

The Badlands VIP was easy to locate - you simply had to look for the 20 foot tall ginormous bottle of Molson Canadian (above).

Our Sponsored Pro teams were out in force, signing autographs in between games and walking around in disguise.

Badlands dealers were able to take a dealer technical training seminar taught by Eclipse Factory Tech Gerry Bates, and assisted by Badlands Technical staff, Chris Holsey and Ron Michie. This exclusive course was only open to Badlands' dealers and taught the basic operation and maintenance of the 08 Ego and E-teks.

Above left - A view from the field side of the Badlands VIP - Chilling for Badlands.

Above - Chuck Geiling of JT serving up some fantastic chicken on the grill. It was so tender and delicious, especially in light of the absolutely shocking chicken dinner I had the night previous at a local restaurant.

Left - Nicky T. of Eclipse showing off his freshly "Just for Men" enhanced mustache.

We were also in Buffalo celebrating our 20th Anniversary in Paintball. Unfortunately, our custom cake got damaged due to high winds and a misplaced hand. A little ingenuity later, and we managed to salvage the cake to everyone's delight.

After the shot was taken of Trevor, Rita, and Owen, posing with cake (above right), the feeding frenzy began!

John (JR) Richardson of Infamous (below right) loved our Cake! We had to cut him off or he would have eaten the whole thing.

Above - Owen prepares the Bookie board for the finals - ensuring the house would lose its shirt.

Above right - Trevor and Amy, our NPPL bartender who did a great job serving Canadian beer to our thirsty guests.

The Badlands VIP was a great place to mingle with the Pros!

Right - Ryan Greenspan with TJ from Badlands Toronto.

Below - Max Lundquist with Wes and Kenji from Badlands Toronto.

Above - Todd Martinez, Trevor, Glen Takamoto.

Left - Chris Lasoya, Trevor, Glen.

Below left - Alex Fraige.

Below Right - Rusty Glaze.

Above left - Owen and Chris Lasoya.

Above - The Badlands VIP packed for the finals.

Below Right - The winners of the Badlands Bookies lying among countless Badlands Bucks and their prizes from JT and Eclipse. Congratulations to Eric, Steve, Jason, and Tim of Paint Storm.

Above - Badlands staff and Pros from Infamous and Dynasty.

The Badlands VIP at the NPPL Buffalo event was a huge success. Our dealers and Pros, and special guest all had a fantastic time - some even missed their flights so they could be there until the end.

We would like to thank all of our dealers who attended the event for making the trip. A special thanks to our Hot Mounties, Rita and Monique, and our lovely supporting staff Grace and Jen.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY BADLANDS!

This event is part of Badlands' 20th Anniversary Celebrations. 1988-2008

Proudly serving the Canadian paintball community for 20 years, 1988 - 2008.