The Rookies

Noel Tran is a veteran in the game who has taken this year off to focus on coaching and building new divisional paintball in New England. He is also the creator and host of The Great State Tournament coming up in September.  

Dave Painter has been involved in Paintball for over 20 years and has been the owner of Fox 4 Paintball in Upton, Massachusetts for most of it. He recently sold his field and will be traveling the country in an RV. In this episode we dive into his paintball history, field ownership, the rise of Upton 187 Crew to Pro, and various other topics.

Enjoy! 

Matt Askren is a player on Columbus LVL and the most famous individual in the Cincinnati Ohio paintball scene. He is also a playable video game character in Greg Hasting Tournament Paintball, a husband, and a father of 2! Enjoy! 

I had a great time recording this one with my friend Neal. Neal is a Professional Player for the Droogs and also works for DLX! Always interesting to get the perspective of someone living across the world. Enjoy! 

John Kurzawa is a Professional Paintball player with Seattle Thunder. John is one of the hardest working individuals I know. Along with being a Professional Paintball player, John also owns his own dental practice, is a veteran of the United Stated Navy. 

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This weeks episode is with Pat Kraft of NYX. In this episode we dive into how Pat got started with NYX and some of his motivational factors on pushing to be a top pro player. We also dive into different things he is doing to separate himself from pack and the importance of watching film at the pro level. 

Dave Haber is the snake player for the TMG Outlaws. Dave has spent his whole Pro Career with TMG and has been pro for almost 2 years. Dave also is a former US Marine and currently works for Amazon.

Brett Messer is a professional paintball player with Infamous Paintball, who is also an entrepreneur and small business owner from Maine. In this episode we cover a variety of topics from the current corona virus crisis, world news, business, how to be a savvy credit card user for perks* (we are not financial advisors) and of course, paintball. 

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Episode 7 is with Tyler Dowiak, the snake player for Columbus Lvl and my good friend. 

We cover all kinds of topics here from video games to corona virus to paintball!

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Dave Pando is the owner of LvlUp Sports and Pro team Columbus LVL in Columbus Ohio.

Dave has been involved in paintball for in every aspect from playing to working in the industry to owning a field. 

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Episode 5 is with Matt Darula of Baltimore Revo who recently placed 4th at NXL Vegas. Matt has been playing Pro for 8 years, and has played on several pro teams, most recently Tampa Bay Damage and Upton 187 Crew. 

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This is a solo episode where I talk about some of the learning curves we are experiencing as a team entering the Pro divison and that I am experiencing doing this podcast. 

My goal is to keep the solo ones shorter and just give a very basic overview of how the events go for us. 

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Follow Columbus LVL in our journey through the 2020 NXL Pro Divison.

20 minutes of rambling in my first podcast ever. 

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