How long have you been playing?
I've been playing paintball for 5 years, competitively for 3.
How did you get started?
Awhile after my 13th birthday I went out with some of my friends from school and got shot up all afternoon at this local field, I didn't shoot anyone the entire day but I knew it was what I was meant to do, I started playing every time I could get the money and eventually got all my own gear , after that paintball was my life.
What are your goals for paintball?
I guess I just want to always be able to give 110% and help my team get every flag it can, that's really all paintball is, being able to say you left everything you had in you on that field, so I hope I never lose that goal. Besides that my goal is just to experience the paintball life as much as possible and win every event I can.
What is your favorite tournament?
PSP World Cup is defiantly my favorite event, so many good times.
Who is your paintball idol?
I'd have to say Arnold Francisco has been the paintballer who has influenced me the most over my entire paintball career; so I guess he's my 'idol' owe a lot of my knowledge of the sport to him because he's given me so many opportunities to be the best I can be at the game. Besides Arnold, I'd say my man Michael Zapantis is my other paintball idol, we've experienced the good and the bad of competitive paintball together from the start and he'll always be my wingman, plus, he can eat a whole wheel of cheese.
What teams have you been apart of?
I started out playing paintball in New Jersey on a throw together 5man team called Revolt, after that I played with Jersey Ranjers and now I'm supporting Atlas Paintball Park playing with NJ Jesters
What are your favorite moments in paintball?
The experiences iv had in paintball are endless, every practice, every state and event brings with it new stories and memories so it's impossible to say what my absolute favorite moments have been. Looking back though there are defiantly a few things I know I wont soon forget, PSP LA 2006 was a big event for me starting with Jesters, by World Cup of that year we were playing in overtime against team Speed after coming back from a 4 point deficit, we lost that last OT point but I think it takes a few crucial loses before you can really enjoy winning, It may sound weird but I think that may be one of my best moments in paintball, I left everything I had mentally and physically on that field and it just motivated me to come back even stronger for the next event.
What do you love most about the sport?
Paintball is unlike anything else you ever experience in your life, nothing compares to the adrenaline going through you when you're killing yourself to play that final point in front of everyone. That feeling is what makes it all worth it and that's what I love about this sport. I also love paintball because when im playing I don't think of anything else, when those 10 seconds before a point start counting down nothing else in the world matters at that moment. When the whole world goes silent and all you see is the field and the people who want to shoot you…and your mind can't think of anything else but what's going on around you that very second…that's what living is all about.
Favorite piece of headwear?
Every event I wear the same thing, id be nothing without my WK digital camo and venomwear headband combo. That's the truth, not a shameless plug for Warped, im a superstitious guy and that's what I wear when Im serious about winning.
What do you like most about WK?
Paintball isn't just a game you play on the weekend dressed up in camo with your friends in the woods, paintball is a lifestyle and I love WK because they get that, and its companies like warped that are going to make that life known.
Anything else?
Just want to thank anyone who hates, or doesn't understand paintball, that's what makes real paintballer stronger and id be no where without you J
Besides that - hey to my awesome girlfriend Sam
- Quck Faun ft57
- keep 'livin the dream at all costs' –MK
yeaaayuhh warped kustoms
