Paintball Magazine Paintball Extravaganza Special Edition

Valken Words & Photos by Alicia Bane YOU MAY REMEMBER Valken Paintball’s owner, Gino Postorivo, from his days running National Paintball Supply (NPS). After many years serving paintball fields and stores NPS merged with Pursuit Marketing Inc (PMI) and was eventually sold to an investment firm and renamed KEE Action Sports. After the sale Gino took some time away from paintball before coming back with Valken Paintball. And of course KEE was acquired recently by GI Sportz. Even when he sold his companies, he was not out of the game. He started to use his abilities to reach out to other sports by establishing Valken Sports, a company that supplies gear lacrosse, in-line hockey, mixed martial arts, airsoft, and paintball of course. Now, Valken is very big in the paintball world supplying paintball, protective paintball gear, masks, and a lot more! With all the new stuff coming out, people are talking about Valken more and more. This year alone they released a new loader and mask. The V-MAX+ Loader was designed to function simply and reliably. There is nothing complex about this loader, like there are on so many modern loaders. There are fewer parts and fewer problems. It is capable of 30+ balls per second and 220-ball capacity. This loader weighs less than 1 pound, and takes 2 9-volt batteries. So needless to say, this loader was a huge hit amongst paintball players. The Valken Identity mask was also released in the past year, and everyone loved them! These goggles are the perfect combination for safety and comfort. Its predecessor the Profit was a hit when it first came out, now it’s time to move on. The Identity builds on the Profit’s strength and protection. Valken redesigned the ear panels with new padding that dramatically increases hearing without sacrificing the comfort. There are so many great things about this product that players love, and many more products from Valken. Valken had tech classes at Paintball Extravaganza for the www.paintball.media 095

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