2012 Recap & Wrap Up

The New Year has come and gone, and 2012 is now written in the history books.  I want to recap how many times I've played paintball this season, and a few lessons I've learned from practicing across Ontario and playing NPPL in the states.

In 2012, I have played:

• Played paintball 30+ times at 7 fields.
• Attended Day of the Dead 11, one of Canada's largest scenario paintball games
• Refferee'd and setup 5 tournaments in the ESPL series as well as Flagswipe's annual Blizzardball Tournament. 
• Travelled to Chicago, Washington DC and Las Vegas to compete in D3 NPPL Events, and pitted for Los Angeles Infamous during their Pro matches in DC and Vegas.

Markers of 2012:

• Dangerous Power G3 (sold)
• Dynasty SFT Shocker (backup)
• Canadian Express edition Empire Axe
• Proto Matrix Rail PMR (beater/backup)
• Tippmann Triumph (Fun-gun for rec ball)

GoPro Setup:

I got a GoPro Hero3 for Christmas this season and I'm putting it to work to record paintball footage from paintball practice, rec ball days and tournaments.  I'm starting to learn video editing, so I hope to upload a mix to my YouTube channel soon.

Thanks to all my readers for giving me a reason to write this blog, I'll be sure to keep it up through the 2013 season.  

First GoPro Videos are up on YouTube!

I played some rec ball yesterday at Windsor Rush and got a chance to try out my new GoPro Hero3 camera to get some paintball footage.  I spent a few hours at the field and switched between using my Axe, setting up my PMR and playing around with the Splatmaster.  

Before the first game, a guy's gun went down and I let him borrow my Axe setup so he could play this game, and I used my Splatmaster.  This was my first GoPro footage for paintball and his reaction to shooting my Axe for the game is awesome.  

I also turned the GoPro around to record behind the gun and a different perspective, it's cool to see the rest of the team moving around behind you.

Subscribe to my YouTube channel and I'll have more paintball videos coming up soon!

GoPro Paintball Videos Coming Up!

I got a GoPro Hero3 camera this Christmas, and I want to make some cool videos. I'm planning on recording footage every time I play paintball this season so I can build up a YouTube channel for you guys and girls to watch.

This could end up being barrel cam, head cam, mask cam or just handheld paintball footage taken up close without mounting the GoPro to anything.  I'll of course be working on new mounts and angles as the days playing with the camera go on and I get more experience with recording and editing videos.  So far, I plan on getting the GoPro Handlebar mount and mounting the camera to my barrel (or possibly tank reg), but I want to try out the Head Strap mount as well since I think it would provide a more stable perspective and show where I'm looking at all times, rather than where my marker is facing, which could be shaky while running.  There will surely be some FPS paintball footage.

Since I haven't picked up the handlebar mount yet, I stuck a flat adhesive mount to the side of my Z2 loader to get a similar effect for now, getting some paintball gun cam footage soon.

  

March Update:
I have since picked up the handlebar mount to use for a barrelcam, which I have used for most of the videos on my YouTube channel.  It gives a good view of what you`re aiming at, but as I mentioned above, the video can be shaky during movement and is missing the perspective of what the player is actually looking at.



There is also a new option for a GoPro mask mount, which is made by Jaz Hydrographics and can attach to the top venting of many masks including E-Vents, E-Flexes, Dye i4s, Profilers and more which I am looking into purchasing.