ND's rock'n the freestyle @ X-ball exhibition

acidrain · 12-05-2004, 12:24 AM

Just got home from a X-ball exhibition where Rocky and the dogs were beating up on Cartel.
This is a brand new indoor facility in Tacoma (near Seattle, WA.) Rocky Cagnoni, and some other celebs made guest appearances at this X-ball venue as well.
As always, Rocky Knuth was whipping the Freestyle pretty hard. He was really talking up the freestyle to everybody, and proved it's speed and ability to all. He was shooting a gloss red one, not the red with black block I saw at his field last summer.
Also there was Bea Youngs spinning CD's.
Rocky Cagnoni played some games with the 'Dogs, and I saw him make the most amazing run through getting three guys out from Cartel Kids before being shot out himself with... get this... a DM4!
I asked him about that wondering where his trademark Angel was and he said that it was "just a borrowed gun, just wanted to try out the compitition". That was wild!
Anyway, It was nice to see the dogs. Not all of them are shooting the Freestyles, but it's cool that Rocky and the other guys were so approachable and willing to talk ball with us.
Oh, and happy birthday Mapp!

Cheunger38 · 12-05-2004, 12:27 AM

Nice, nice. I love ICD getting so much more respect now, compared to people jumping on the HATE ICD BANDWAGON because it is a smaller company.

FReEK · 12-05-2004, 12:31 AM

Yeah Rocky and the other guys from the dawgs are of the nicest people in the sport today.

BiggieSMLS · 12-05-2004, 12:51 AM

Very cool, wish I could have gone down there

Loki0874 · 12-05-2004, 08:58 AM

good to hear

~Dillon

kwik · 12-05-2004, 09:18 AM

yah i was pissed i missed out on it but i got called into work on my day off =(

glad to hear it went well, now they need to get more info on their website about regular field prices/hours...

hellbornfront · 12-05-2004, 10:22 AM

yeah i wanted to go so bad but i ended up getting screwed over by field manager and i couldnt go

how was the field in the pics on the site it looked like there werent many windows to watch the field?

Tamato2TaMato · 12-05-2004, 10:27 AM

Bea Youngs in P.I.M.P..

acidrain · 12-05-2004, 12:12 PM

There was a very good viewing window from inside the main lobby. There is also a hallway formed with netting that you can go into and watch. I took some pictures, but they were crap.
This facility is huge. The skate park is awsom... vert ramps, half pipes, freestyle, rails, tons of steel coping, and a bowl (don't flame me thrashers, I don't speaky da lingo). They even have a climbing wall.
Rocky was very impressed too. I think his words were "look where paintball has come!"

alphanu22 · 12-05-2004, 07:34 PM

i had a good ol time there... long day let me tell you::..

reddogMJS · 12-07-2004, 10:50 PM

Quote:

Yeah Rocky and the other guys from the dawgs are of the nicest people in the sport today.

So true! Rocky even let me shoot his red FS and words can not describe. There are even some pics of us with the dogs in the link in my sig. The Dogs are a class act all around.

I was there also and would first like to thank Alphanu22 and Rocky for spending their time and doing a great job on a teammates FS. That gun has already changed a number of people's minds who have had nothing but bad things to say about Freestyles (I don't know how so many untrue rumors get spread around about such a great gun), and it has only been a few days.

FS Owners: The NOX lite reflash rocks! I have had a few chaos'ed bushies underneath my hands so I was a little skeptical at first, but oh man.... it turned the FS into a totally different beast. Fast is an understatement. It also got rid of that high speed cough too - might also be attributed to Bjorn's magic touch though

It is really worth the time and money to have it sent in.

I think I saw Acidrain there too.. at least it was someone wearing that green acid reign jersey. We were the guys in the red Empire jerseys hanging around the staging area. That place was pretty cool too. Great skate/bmx park. We didnt get any good pictures of the games either though, I guess the netting was too thick for the cameras.

acidrain · 12-07-2004, 10:59 PM

Yeah, that was me.

Had my son with me too (SYKOP8NTBALLER) carrying around the SYKO Bushy (he sleeps with that thing). He got at least 20 autographs on his Redz bottle cover.
Good times... good times!

Harbinger[TG] (Banned) · 12-07-2004, 11:32 PM

Both Rockys are cool as hell, havent hung with cag in years.

Force530 · 12-08-2004, 12:00 AM

What is rockys sons name?

alphanu22 · 12-08-2004, 12:32 AM

alphanu22 · 12-08-2004, 12:33 AM

reddogMJS my names bjorn fyi.... lol

bushychild · 12-08-2004, 12:58 AM

only problem w/ everyone liking icd now well theyw ill because tehy are the best
but its that now everyone will have one... i can't type tonight.

reddogMJS · 12-08-2004, 12:58 AM

Hehe, yeah I know - You just about fixed every timmy on our team.

I just put your sn up also just incase people in this forum didn't know you by name

paintball fella · 12-08-2004, 02:15 AM

spence · 12-08-2004, 02:34 AM

ha ha happy birthday mapp. good times. yah the freesyle rocks. i already thanked bjorn for working on my gun. rocky slapped some nice new settings on my chip and my freesyle rocks even better than before.
i didnt know that many of you guys were from the washington area. interesting.
spence
oh and the viewable are of the field was a little over half of the perimeter. definitely a cool place.

Nan0Spark · 12-08-2004, 07:47 AM

oh god i can't wait to get my FS..

This whole thread is confusing when you guys are talking about 2 different rocky's in the same place.

Cagnoni is a stand up guy. the dogs are probably one of the most approachable teams out there.

Im glad to see they actually do mean what they say when they talk up the FS. Not just contract behind those words.