Paintball Passport

Mario Viggiani is an International pro player and the owner of team Droogs in NXL Europe! Mario has a fascinating story, traveling to 15 different countries for paintball. He started traveling long ago not just for events but for practices with teams from abroad. But what makes him an ambassador for our sport is his creation of the Droogs camp of teams, where Mario has given hundreds of other play...

Amber Wong is a Professional player in the WNXL and owner of team Karma! But what you may not know is how much more she is. Amber has been a well known ambassador in our sport AND our industry for over a decade! She's worked for a host of leagues, promotors and companies and spearheads women's paintball in Europe! So as you can imagine....she's traveled the world and then some! Ambe...

Tom Cole is a truly special guest! Known for his beginnings in pro paintball on Bad Company, and since becoming the Face of the NXL, this man lives, eats, sleeps and breathes paintball! He has traveled more then just about anyone to spread and grow the tournament side of the sport, setting up leagues, attending conferences and having meetings to expand in basically every country where there is pai...

Rich Telford is a legendary retired Pro Player from XSV, an elite coach, a massive paintball persona, and a badass black-belt!  Unless you've lived under a rock, you already know Rich for his successful paintball career and his witty humor on the webcasts! But you have yet to hear about the travels from his glory days, and these were the days of the wild wild west, with no google maps, and no...

Jacob Johnson is a professional player on Texas team PB Fit!  Jacob is a rising star with an entertaining style of play, and a dangerous work ethic!  He joins the show and talks about coming from an Amish family, finding his way to pro paintball, and a few awesome travel stories through Europe, Mexico and Aruba! 

Yosh Rau is a man who needs no introduction but I'll give him his status. A San Diego Dynasty Player, leader and OG member, soft spoken but brilliant, Highly rated but still underrated, the leagues favorite "wise big brother" persona, popular without trying or caring, a husband, a father, entrepreneur, and experienced adventurer. Yosh has been traveling for paintball for well over 2...

Wells Jones is our very first non-paintball player on the show! When I heard about Wells and the life he has lived, filled with international adventure, exploration, and an array of different interesting chapters throughout his life, I knew I had to get him on!  He has setup events in the middle east, met princes, wrote books and now even has a company thats created a way to connect with family th...

Sami Turunen is a Finnish player from Helsinki Cyclone. Sami is a well known player from Finland, and has traveled the Nordic Region, Europe and even to the States for Paintball. Not only do we get the perspective of travel to the US, but he also shares some amazing and literally life changing stories, that occurred because of the travels! One of the coolest international guests to ever share the...

Xalo Almeida is a Brazilian Legend and Martial Arts Master, most known for playing with top tier teams like the Russian Legion and the Ironmen! Xalo came from seemingly out of nowhere right to the peak of professional paintball in the early 2000s, so his entire life is an epic travel story!  He shares some amazing chapters of his life, from moving to Russia, living in Portugal, and traveling aroun...

Chris Lasoya is an ex pro player and the original paintball Rockstar from teams like Infamous, Miami Effect, and Avalanche! He created the most exciting brand of paintball to watch in the early days of speedball, and paired it with the most exciting off field personality we ever saw!  He comes on the show and shares some of the most exciting stories we have heard yet, from traveling the world in h...

Raise up SDA Alumni! We got Derek Janisch, who is an ex SDA player, a combat vet, a guru and one of the most unique people on the planet!  Derek has traveled and lived in many cool places for paintball and the military. He also has a fondness for mixed martial arts! He brings us with great imagery and story telling through his adventurous life with chapters in Japan, Thailand and many more! 

Mark Gerber hails from South Africa and came to me with some incredible stories!  I had to host Mark and hear the story first hand from the man who is responsible for keeping the paintball dream alive in South Africa. "Grow paintball?" Mark literally lives this for his land. He is an integral part of the community for this country, and how this came about is a story worth hearing! Also,...

Luis Villota aka Fiji, has made a name for himself as one of the best players to ever come out of Columbia.  But this man has a far more interesting story than that. Luis traveled to the states to make it to the top of our sport against all odds and has some amazing stories of perseverance to share! He tells us some of his favorite moments from early travels to other South American countries, his...

Ryan's name proceeeds him, as this legend is well known for being a superstar from the former Philly Americans, and now a core component to Houston Heat!  "the Wild Man' aka "captain America" has been playing tournaments around the world for about the longest continuous stretch. He shares so many stories, from the beginning of his career, to the adventures of the "Tea...

Matt Sekula is a divisional player with one of the most unique stories I've ever heard!  Matt took the bull by the horns and got himself into traveling for tournaments years ago. But this episode is more unique, because he decided to move to Mexico and work towards citizenship!  He tells us all about the struggles, benefits and adventures that come with being an ex-pat abroad, in not just a m...

Mark G is a player for the new pro team Royal City Seadogs!  Mark is also a well traveled man, who has been at it since he started coming over to the states from Canada for our national events.  But Mark has also done some amazing stints of travel overseas, and shares a new type of travel perspective from that of someone going over to ref as well!  We also touch on lots of cool topics and lessons...

Holy Crap! I finally got Matty Marshall on the show!  This is a man who needs no introduction,  as a long time Pro Veteran, a backbone of the famous XSV, and the literal voice of paintball! He is also one of the original pioneers of the international pro traveler lifestyle!  Matty gives us a few hours of non-stop banger stories! This is from the hay-day, the wild wild west, when cell phones and GP...

Justin Politi is a Professional player for NRG Elite, and formerly of LVL. He also is quite the avid traveler, with 13 countries under his belt!  Playing overseas with Shock, he tells us all sorts of adventures from Euro hopping, and some epic gringo stories!  

Nic Rippel is a German pro player on the NO Hurricanes!  If you've been watching the NXL pro division the last few years, you've likely seen this euro all-star causing a menace in the snake. But did you know how he came to get on a US pro team?  He takes us through the stories of his travels to the United States to tryout and start playing for the Canes, and shares other stories from the...

Alex Fraige is a professional paintball player and one of the founders of San Diego Dynasty! He is also one of the men behind Hormesis, Great American Paintball and many other ventures in the paintball world. Playing professional at the highest level for well over 2 decades now, you can believe he has traveled and won all over the world!  Alex shares stories so many different stories, from his ver...

Blake "The Panther" Yarber is well known for being on San Diego Dynasty, and one of the most vicious attackers in the league! But did you know Blake is also one of the most incredible and most traveled people to ever live?  This man bravely says yes to any challenge, and on the show he talks about taking trips with little or no money and trusting that he will make it work. Living off the...

Brandon Cornell is a professional player on Edmonton Impact.  This young veteran has had an interesting career starting off with Ironmen, then moving to Impact for all the right reasons, and becoming a consistent starter as one of the most dangerous Dorito attackers in the league. He also has lived quite the adventurous travel life! He tells us about his first season of international tournaments a...

Jimmy Hickey is an ex-pro player from Seattle Uprising, a Pro Coach/Owner, and an industry man/high functioning entrepreneur with many ventures, including Findlay Hats!   Jimmy is well renowned for doing a lot for PNW paintball in the forefront and behind the scenes, and he also got to embark on some of the epic travels that this sport provides!  In this episode he sits down and tells us about his...

Jacob Stewart is a well known pillar of the paintball scene. He played for Sacramento DMG, and transitioned to an industry man, doing design work for lots of your favorite companies. But J-Stew has lived many different remarkable lives from traveling and even MOVING to other countries for paintball. He tells us all sorts of chapters of his life, from trying out fresh starts in Europe and Honduras,...

Ryan Greenspan is a pro player on San Diego Dynasty, a host of Spick-and-Span, and the most winning-est player of all time. Ryan is well known to be the epitome of Pro Players, and with this comes the accolades of a professional traveler. He tells us some of the greatest tales ever told, from his first international events, to sketchy Russia adventures, heart-pounding side quests in Africa, Guatem...