Paintball Media Magazine February 2021 February 2021 | Page 27

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Ian “ Jacko ” Parsons , Antony “ Ledz ” Leadbetter , Julian Carr , and Jack Wood – You can ’ t talk about paintball ’ s history without talking about the Ego , and the company and people behind it . After years of making other people ’ s paintball guns better with products like the EBlade frame for the Autococker , Planet Eclipse smashed into high-end paintball gun production with the Ego , a gun that melted simple operation with looks , features , performance and reliability on a scale not yet available before that time . People like Antony
“ Ledz ” Leadbetter ( owner ), Ian “ Jacko ” Parsons ( owner ), Julian Carr ( owner ) and Jack Wood all played key parts in the success of both Eclipse as a phenomenon company and the Ego as a historic part of tournament paintball , and for this they all need to be included . Jacko played for the UK Predators , while Julian , Jack and Ledz played for Banzai Bandits , all in the 1990s . All are still very active today . The current Eclipse line also features products like the CS2 , Gtek , Etha , Pal Loader , HDE on-field apparel and much more .
Left to Right : Antony “ Ledz ” Leadbetter , Julian Carr www . paintball . media
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