The Catshack Reports can’t help but think The Highland Skulls in Brooklyn NY got it going on!…Even their photos are enough to make someone look twice. In short the Skulls are a very well outfitted group who are quickly developing a reputation for playing a great game of paintball. Long story short, the Highland Skulls is a team who’ve come a long way from playing Outlaw paintball as they used to. When they play, they enjoy playing the game right, and are highly motivated. They’ve become pretty well known in a very short amount of time. They love everything about the game, from meeting new people to playing teams that make them step up their game.
The Skulls are made up mostly of guys who grew up together in Brooklyn NY, so they’re more then just a team they’re a family . They set goals for themselves on and off the field. They diligently work to achieve each of those goals. Yes they can come off as a little rough around the edges sometimes but they take the game and their goals very seriously.
Paintball has made a huge and positive difference in their lives and they expect to be doing this for a long time. Some of them even expect their children will eventually be picking up a paintball marker. The Skulls give back to the community and are trying to be remembered for something positive and inspire others to keep the sport alive.
The Highland Skulls do it all from Scenario and Woodsball to Speedball as well. To date they have been together as a team since 2006. Under the direction of Team Captain Robert Ruiz the team itself has grown to become 15 members strong. Hailing out of Brooklyn NY they take a total of three Sundays each month to practice at Cousins Paintball in Staten Island…quite the practice regimen.
Here’s an excerpt from an announcement recently written by the owner of the TTPL tournament series:
Highland Skulls:
Highland! Highland! Congratulations to you all. First time playing the TTPL and you adapted to the format as if you played it for many years. I can truly say it was an honor to have you guys as I saw a lot of sportsmanship both on and off the field. This is a team to look out for in 2010. Thanks to all.
As far as 2009, The Highland Skulls had a fairly busy itinerary having attended several events and tournaments as follows:
-Paintball Sports Inc at Highland in Upstate NY
-Strategy Plus Paintball in East Hampton, CT
-Dark Ops in Manchester NJ
- EMR Castle Conquest in New Milford PA
-Cousins Big Game in Long Island NY-NJ Nam
-CPX Living Legends in Chicago
-Liberty Paintball in Patterson,NY, -NYC Paintball in Long Island City
-TTPL Qualifications -West Point Paintball in West Point NY -Quick Shot Paintball -BT big game in Shamong NJ ( where they won the MVT award ) -Black Market War PSI in Up State Highland NY - TTPL OTP Paintball in Pemberton -NJ,DARK OPS 4 NOV ( won 3rd place and two awards) and the team is set to attend Strategy Plus Toys For Tots in December
The Highlands Skulls sport all manner of markers and equipment with everything from Tippmann 98′s, A5′s and X7′s to the TPX,Smart Parts SP1′S, NXT’S, Dangerous Power Revi, G3′s, Multicam Pod Packs & Tactical Vests, Animal Custom jersey’s,Pinokio Hoppers, Save Phace Skull masks, Metadyne Launchers and finally the Tiberius pistols
The Highland Skulls are proud to be sponsored by Save Phace, Pinokio Hoppers, Urban Ops, Animal Paintball and Cousins Paintball
The overall goal of the team is to be able to experience paintball fields all around the world and to influence others to do something positive.
To learn more about the Highland Skulls or connect with them to interact please visit
www.myspace.com/highlandskulls
http://highlandskulls.110mb.com/
www.facebook.com/highlandskulls
Twitter- highlandskulls
