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THE LEGION AA GLOBAL CONTRIBUTORS Surgeon Championship”, culminating this year with the event and the UK’s National Exhibition Centre, which is reported Mainland China with them. Having formed the expat and local English speaker’s “TaiWan Anglophone Team” skirmish group, he’s already attended nearly one hundred games in the few short years he’s been in-country, as well as recently taking up Action Air IPSC shooting with the Taipei based SPPT team. I’ve been in touch with Nige and Bill over the years and have been on the cover of it three times now, always in my snowcamo! HANA - CHINA elsewhere in this issue. Before he flew back to Hong Kong, Clarence commented “I am really delighted to be working with and writing for my friends at Airsoft Action. Without doubt it is the best airsoft magazine in the world and now it is going global, it will give us the opportunity to reach even more players and shooter alike.” Chinese proverb: “Out of blows, friendship grows.” Hana joins us from China and she is the Chief Marketing Officer at OneTigris, a company whose equipment we love and use ourselves! At one time entirely ignorant of airsoft, Hana started playing with her team in China but has also now participated in a MilSim and events in the USA, and she fully comprehends the joys of building friendship through teamwork and BBs! In her words “I saw how people of different age, race, sex and cultural background could be united through their passion for airsoft. What I love about it is that each experience on the field is filled STEF - NETHERLANDS Stef is another player that we know and love for his enthusiasm for all things airsoft and he, like some of the other AA writers, sits proudly in the “older and bolder” category! Born in 1970 in the naval city of Den Helder in the Netherlands, Stef is a painter by profession. His airsoft adventures started in 2014 with “local” skirmishes in the Netherlands but he was soon travelling abroad to larger games, such as the National Airsoft Event in the UK STU MORTIMER – STEWBACCA - TAIWAN With over 14 years of experience playing airsoft in the UK & Spain and now residing and playing in Taiwan, Stu (Stewbacca) started it all back at First & Only Matlock, UK back in late 2005. Living and working in Taiwan for the past two and a half years, he’s made closer connections with the airsoft community as well as numerous manufacturers based there. Having already visited Bolt, Modify, and ICS facilities to report for TacticalTwo, as well as previously collaborating with Airsoft Action to I hope I can bring some great photos and interesting articles for you all in the future!” with determination and belief brought about by games and tactics and when we leave the field, each of us somehow carries this sense of preparedness and adventure to other stages of life itself.” BJORN KLOCKAR - SWEDEN share his airsoft related activities and international shows held in Taiwan. He also writes English language articles for local magazine “Combat King Monthly” in his spare time and has reported on events in Taiwan’s remote PengHu islands, as well as Björn, more commonly known as just as “Klockar”, joins The Legion from Sweden and started playing airsoft in the late 1990´s. Initially just a player like all of us, he really got rolling in 2013 and now he’s here! He plays and hosts games mainly at Tjärnan Airsoft Field, possibly one of Sweden’s best CQB fields and enjoys both skirmish games as well as more MilSim oriented events. Bjorn has had collaborations with lots of companies and brands over the years, and now works directly with Evolution Airsoft as well as numerous kit manufacturers. He tells us: “It’s a huge honour to be picked to be in the “Legion” of Airsoft Action magazine. and Borderwar in the Czech Republic. His view is that “the great thing about airsoft is that you make many new friends from all over the world.” JONATHAN - IRELAND Another “old friend” who has been involved with the magazine for some years is Jonathan, age 45, Irish gamer and MilSimmer! Jonathan has been playing in Ireland for twelve years, running sites for six, and currently owns and runs two! Like many of us at AA he is a self-confessed “real steel freak”, loves sound tactics, and is always pushing gaming to the max. www.airsoft-action.online 25