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are and their Etek5 and new Shaft
Barrel Back and Pro Barrel Tips kind
of stole the show in their booth.
At noon on Tuesday SP Paintball
showed their new Shocker for the
first time ever. The number of camera phones held high in the air in
the jam-packed booth looked like
the paparazzi following Justin Bieber.
Bob and Zach Long were busy Tuesday showing off their new Phase
and Onslaught markers, and equally
busy were Jack from Alien Paintball with the new Deception marker and Azodin with their beautiful
KP3 pump-gun. Dye had their new
R2 (Rotor 2) hopper on display and
Tippmann and GI Sportz were busy
showing off the Tippmann TCR and
the rest of their products, new and
old. D3Fy (pronounced “defy”) was
on hand wither their new markers,
although their latest didn’t show up
until FedEx decided to deliver it on
Wednesday early afternoon. Planet
Eclipse was as busy as they always
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Tuesday afternoon at the close of
the show GI Sportz held their now
annual party with free beer for all
attendees of legal age. And like all
Extravaganza events, this Tuesday party that started at 5PM went
much longer than the scheduled
hour. After at least two hours of
socializing, the exhibitor area where
GI Sportz held their party (at their
booths) was finally closed—but
all that meant was the party was
moved from GI’s booths out into the
large bar/restaurant/common area
of the Hyatt Hotel.
Wednesday morning came (maybe
too quickly for s ome of the lobby
dwellers that were up late Tuesday
night) and with it came the same
enthusiasm we saw all day Tuesday. Planet Eclipse again was the
first class of the day at 8AM and
this one featured dealer training for
the Geo 3.5 and ETHA. Tippmann’s
second dealer class took place on
Wednesday morning as did Ninja’s
regulator class, the Empire Defender class, the Luxe class and others.
Pev’s Birthday Parties, Group and
Corporate Sales, Building A Brand
and many other non-certification
seminars and classes also happened
Wednesday. It was another day of
knowledge and learning for field
and store owners.
A note of clarification about some
of the tech classes: Several people expressed concern that some