Paintball Magazine 2018 Paintball Extravaganza Special Edition | Page 31

markers and more. These are amazing to I stopped by the Bunker Kings booth and
look at, hold and shoot.
chatted with my longtime friend Alex
Lundqvist. We talked about the state of the
After a quick meeting with Aaron, Jeff, game and some of the things he’s learned
and Brenda (Paintball.Media Publisher) over the years in business that resulted in their
over lunch we were all right back at it for new business model. Among other things he
the second part of the day. I took some told me that they’ve been able to cut their
time to check a few of the tech classes that wholesale prices, while keeping their quality
were going on, and as always, there were first class—and they’ve been able to move
many good ones to choose from. I walked a lot more product. I also got to see Bunker
in on Planet Eclipse’s almost five hour class Kings’ new Fly Gear light weight pants.
which included lunch for all that attended. They are super light and really well made
The class covered the GMEK, ETHA 2, and with waterproof pockets, velcro closures,
GTEK 160R and it was intense to say the self-adjusting height (really), waterproof
least. I had just missed the Shocker XLS squeegee pockets, and a sticky inner material
class but I did walk into the DLX Luxe class that holds your tucked-in jersey or slider
later in the afternoon—another nice crowd shorts in place during play. Jason Edwards,
in that one as well. Mike “Pev” Peverill did owner and player with Tampa Damage was
another of his always well-attended classes at the booth all day as well, helping out the
on Tuesday covering the key demographic guys from Bunker Kings.
that is growing businesses. Other classes on
Tuesday included a Virtue tech class, Valken Some of the other booths/companies I
airsoft class, Dye certification classes, First checked out this afternoon were LAPCO,
Strike class and a host of other classes on Ninja Paintball, Enola Gaye, G & G Armament
marketing, insurance, opening a paintball and Gelcaps.
field, online booking and more.
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