Inthemiddle Magazine issue #10

2014

C H A N T I L L Y World Cup

The yellow paint has not yet faded from the palm of our hands, the morning dew still lingers in our head and the wreckage that is our body is yet to recover from the World Cup event of the Millennium Series. Looking back with either a broad smile or a broken dream or maybe a strange mixture of both gives a different meaning to each of these pages.

That’s the beauty of our sport. We go on these trips, these adventures, these journeys, each with our own goal, aspiration and mission. To win it all, uphold the rules, keep a schedule, announce the winners, promote your brand, make new friends or to support the ones you love and admire. These events are more than just a three day tournament, they are a part of our lives and shape the way we live it.

Cover by OLE KrĂśger

MARTIN Onderkys

FOR THE GREA

For perpetual fame, for imperial Here is where we thank you, no

MARTIN ONDERKYS FOTOGRAFIE

Martin Onderkys

YILKEE PHOTOGRAPHY

Yilkee Lam

PHOTOMONKEY

Ole Kröger

AHINE PIC’S

Pierre-yves Danielo

LB PHOTO

Ludovic Basset

JEEROEN

Jeroen Elings

ATER GOOD

l riches or for the heck of it. o matter what the reason.

PAINTBALL PHOTOGRAPHY Arnaud Serafin

MK PHOTOGRAPHY Michal Kverka

HEADSHOT MEDIA Stanislav Osipov

RSHMEDIA

Maikel van der Raaij

OFF FIELD Nina Anna Oliver Bรถhm

STANISLAV Osipov

STANISLAV Osipov

YILKEE Lam

YILKEE Lam

Whoever’s the architect of our mad game must have a sense of humor. For it is as unpredictable and uncontrollable as the shape of a cloud. Sure, there are many who’ve tried to prove otherwise by taking as many first places a season has to offer. Something which the past has shown us can be done up until a certain point, but times are changing. Grabbing hold of that first place and clinging onto it for as long as a team can seems like the hardest thing to do in paintball now a days. It has outgrown it’s role as a challenge for it seems no longer a possible fact but a tale of fiction. That’s why I dare anyone to prove it’s telling wrong, I dare them to defy the odds, go ahead. Shape our clouds.

One

LUDOVIC Basset

LUDOVIC Basset

STANISLAV Osipov

OLE Krรถger

YILKEE Lam

OLE Krรถger

STANISLAV Osipov

JULIA Vogel

JEROEN Elings

JEROEN Elings

OLE Krรถger

ARNAUD Serafin

NINA Anna

Two

By doing so they’d give power to the almighty dream within. Which is not to be the best at one point, but to remain at the top forever. We’ve seen Dynasty do it, the Russians had a taste of it and countless others came close but couldn’t keep their streak going. To be attacked from every angle is exhausting and having to be perfect tournament after tournament can be destructive. Maybe not at first but as time passes the high hill you stand on starts to crumble and eventually the cloud you were shaping slips from your grasp. The inevitable haunts you every step of the way, waiting for the smallest mistake, the tiniest kink in the armour.

No matter how many clouds you can shape, the beaming rays of defeat will someday hit you.

MAIKEL Van der Raaij

MAIKEL Van der Raaij

PIERRE-YVES Danielo

NINA Anna

YILKEE Lam

STANISLAV Osipov

JEROEN Elings

MARTIN Onderkys

PIERRE-YVES Danielo

MARTIN Onderkys

YILKEE Lam

ARNAUD Serafin

MARTIN Onderkys

OLIVER Bรถhm

OLIVER Bรถhm

OLE Krรถger

Yes, a very saddening and dark view on winning it all indeed. We all knew Impact, or any team that ever mattered, couldn’t keep winning forever but being rational isn’t fun. Dreams aren’t rational and nobody is telling you they have to be. If we awake from one we simply dive into another. Whether it’s exactly the same, a slightly altered version or one completely different is up to us. The key is to never wake up, just keep on dreaming.

Three

OLIVER Bรถhm

YILKEE Lam

LUDOVIC Basset

STANISLAV Osipov

OLE Krรถger

MICHAL kverka

OLE Krรถger

OLE Krรถger

MICHAL kverka

JULIA Vogel

OLE Krรถger

NINA Anna