Paintball Magazine Paintball Media Magazine April 2019 | Page 103

ADRENALINE CLASSIC ROSTER
Brian Bailey, Trinity Claud, Nicky Cuba, Eric Dearman, Chad Fuller, James Graley
Nick “Vegas” Mart, Brandon Mayo (limited events in 2019), Lamar Rhoden, Jason
Salyer, Grant Speakman, Ricky Tabers, Brandon Unger, Jeremy “Hollywood”
Zimmerman
Adrenaline is one of the longest running
teams competing in the ICPL this season,
having formed in 1987. Over the years
Adrenaline was one of the dominant
five-man amateur team winning events
like the Amateur Open, the Masters, the
Memphis Indoor Challenge, Ultimate
Madness and others. The team moved to
the ten-man format by jumping right to
Amateur A Division of the NPPL in 2000
and made the finals at their first ever NPPL
event. By 2004 the team stopped playing
formally as a group but five of the core
players played together with the Russian
Red Legion in the semipro division of the
PSP. Adrenaline also competed in the
MXSL series in 2010.
of the MSPA five-man mechanical series
events and finished second at another. Of
the 14 players, 11 have played semi-pro
or higher. We’re working on getting the
chemistry and communication going. We
just added Brandon Unger from Seattle
Thunder for some speed and to replace
Brandon Mayo who has to sit out most of
this season. Some of our former top pros
like Dearman, Cuba and Vegas have really
been knocking the “rust” off and should
be hitting full stride come Chicago.
One interesting thing is we have is (to
my knowledge) the first official Camo
company apparel partnership. We are
wearing official Veil Camo pro gear
featuring official Veil patterns (one
From captain James Graley, “When the hyperball TAC-GREY and one woods/
Classic paintball format was introduced mounds WIDELAND). We’re excited to
in August of 2017 the wheels started bring them in as an outside sponsor.”
spinning on getting the team organized
once again. In 2018 Adrenaline won half
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