Paintball Magazine Paintball Extravaganza Special Edition | Page 103

Maurice Van Den Akker, Webcast Commentator/ Reporter Maurice has been involved in paintball for many years as a player, team manager, EuroRef and as part of several webcast teams beginning in 2009. He has also produced a series of videos for team Marseille Icon in 20072008 and again for Toulouse Tontons in 2009-1020. Fluent in five languages Maurice knows the game and can communicate it to any audience, making him a valuable part of our broadcast team. John Amodea, Editor, Media Director John played his first game of paintball in 1985, opened a field in 1989, started his first paintball magazine in 1991, played on professional team Bad Company, promoted early NPPL events, is a two time scenario general and was one of the original ASTM Paintball subcommittee members. John’s “Survival Guide” tech manuals sold more than 100,000 copies and he is the most published paintball writer in the history of the game. Born and raised in New York City, John moved to the Washington DC area in 1989 and still lives there today. He spends his rare spare time writing and recording music in his home recording studio. Tom “Tomcat” Cunningham, Writer, Photographer Canadian born, Tom is a veteran of paintball with involvement in the game spanning 24 years. A long list of accomplishments include being one of the first to film paintball in Ontario, numerous fund raising charity games and marketing lesser known fields throughout Ontario and beyond. Further still Tom has managed to introduce paintball to mainstream media on multiple occasions. He has also brought positive awareness of paintball to Canadian politicians. As a member of the paintball media Tom has traveled worldwide to film some of the very best big paintball games and tournaments. www.paintball.media 103