Professional Paintball from Turkey- The Millennium Sarsilmaz Cup

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I decided to skip the USPL World Championships in Las Vegas when I was given the opportunity to shoot the final event of the Millennium European Paintball Series for FaceFull Magazine, the Sarsilmaz Cup in Kemer, Antalya, Turkey. Paintball is more international in this European based series and this was also the second leg of the Palm Series, a paintball league based in the Middle East.
The event was very international and well attended with teams from all over the world and big crowds and crazy spectators. I know there are a lot of US based paintball photographers on this forum and I encourage you to cross the pond and shoot an event in Europe if you can. The events are bigger and much better organized. Despite all the gloom and doom I keep hearing about our sport, paintball is alive and well….in Europe
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Gary (in Istanbul Turkey)

[lespaulowner]

Great series Gary! How much of the legion guys were on SK?

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There were several RL Players there and they seem to be a real valuable commodity here. SK Moscow had the most and they had Constantine Fereroff Top (second picture). The rest of the RL players were on Art Kaos (Kirill Prihidni), Riga Chili Peppers and All Russians Here are a few more
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[HoRnYTuRbO]

nice series Gary, when u gonna take me

[clickclickclick]

Gary you should fly me out to one :D

[Nickkk]

Looks good! :tup:

[texaskev]

Nice! I used to get to shoot pro Xball. Cool to see the Angel Fly is still being used, sweet marker.

[flapsmcgee]

Nice work i especially like in no particular order....1,6,8,12