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