IT'S ALMOST TIME....

Al's been super busy over the last couple of weeks sorting out the new GFH website. We've amazingly already outgrown the blog and I can't believe what he has achieved with the new site in such a small space of time! It takes the GFH to a whole new level and will be going live TODAY!!!!

Stay tuned and watch this space for an update as soon as we unleash the beast!

ALL CHANGE AT GFH HQ.

Quick bit of noise and exciting goings on at GFH-HQ as we move into operation web design. Yep, the blog was thrown together quickly so we could get the GFH machine rolling hard, which it actually has and thanks to everyone that helped us reach nearly 3000 hits in less than 2 months. But, we want a nice website that we can build on so we've been working hard to design and build a cool place to get involved and enjoy more GFH!!

Don't worry though, we're huge fans of keeping things simple so we won't be following some of the other ballin' sites lead by trying to fit as much ugly content into every square pixel of space that we can. Ain't gonna happen. It's gonna be loud, clean, simple and easy to find all the stuff you wanna read about. The blog element is still the main bit but other things like reviews and interviews will be pulled out separately to make them easier to access.

There'll be teething problems and my love of tinkering means it'll no doubt change as we go but hopefully it'll be a better place to hang out.

Watch this space y'all!!

LEARNING CURVE.

We're back. It's official and I know I don't just speak for myself when I say it was the best decision we've made in a long time, well that and getting off our asses to make the GFH blog happen.

Have we learned anything so far this year now we're ballers again? The answer is yep, shit loads if I'm honest and we got some werk to do. We've always stayed in touch with the game and seen new teams come and go, rules change and the shift between the original XBall style of play to how teams play now and there are definite differences.

I used to skate, and I loved it!! I gave it up a long time ago then paintball replaced it for my adrenaline buzz. A year or so ago I went for a skate again with my old gang and picked it up again pretty quick. You can't really do that with paintball. Why? Well for one, your board doesn't change the way you deal with it and challenge you every time you try a trick but with paintball you have another group of guys shooting at you, being more aggressive and being more tactical. This is even before you remember what you should do when you make the 50. If you get there at all.

You see, the game's moved on. There's a much more collective mindset across all skill levels, not the huge talent gap like there was half a dozen or so years ago. The teams who would never even think of aspiring to play the top boys are actually playing the same game, albeit without quite as much desire to be the very best. So you don't get an easy re-introduction; you have to fully 'compete' to ease yourself back into the scene. Which is hard, but if I'm honest, exactly what we want and need.

So where does this leave us and what are we gonna do this year? Simple. We always want to play the very best we can and have a ton of fun doing it. It would be awesome to move up the ranks with the Planet Eclipse factory team, the SandBaggers, and play some exciting paintball that is great to watch, super fun to play and a little bit scary at times for our opponents. This won't happen straight away, we learned pretty quickly that our guncraft needs some werk and our fitness is lacking, but these things are easy to fix. We're planning a few training days over the next few months to brush up on our winning skills and there should be a clear difference in how we play, even at the next event. Once we're back on form there should be no stopping the GFH from whuppin' a few asses.

Has the progression if the game put us off a full blown competitive comeback tour? Hell no!! If anything it's made us want it so much more.

GFH: Coming to podium near you. Soon.

DAILY PUMP - HIJACK

Yup, it's me again stealing the airwaves with my old school balling pumps. We know that, no matter what age the film is, we all love a good balling clip so I'm trawling through some awesome Traumahead footage to see what we can pleasure you with next, until the slick nu-school fancy kids do some more NASA shit.

Check out this one from 05 for Huntington Beach, see I can have some kind of modern relevancy, interesting to see how things have changed in 7 years. Seems less aggressive these days.

Until next time, have a good wash and always keep it GFH.

GEO3. WHAT DO WE RECKON?

Following on from our other mini product reviews we thought we should give our ballers eye view on our new toys. The Planet Eclipse GEO3. Before we go any further, if you're after gas efficiency specs, weight figures or ball on ball accuracy numbers then you're gonna be massively disappointed. Our reviews are very much what we think about the product, not necessarily supported by accurate figures. So yeah, pretty useless I suppose. But don't let that spoil a good read though eh.

Prior to our GEO3 hook up we shot our GFH Edition EGO05s which were awesome!! Accurate, fast and easy to use with a good feel about em on the field, plus they look sick in GFH Green. Moving to the GEO felt a little strange because of the massive size difference and the fact they shoot completely differently. Obviously the EGO is an open bolt design whilst the GEO has the spool system. What difference does this make? Well the gun seems a lot smaller with a lower profile and all the magic stuff happens inside so you don't see a bolt buzzing back and forth as you let rip, which is something I thought I'd miss.

On the field the GEO feels light and almost like an extension of your arm because of this lower profile. There's pretty much zero kick to it when opening up, you really do almost forget it's in your hand. The last CPPS event was the first time we even shot them, so no road test, no practice shooting, no trial run or anything. Real Pros. We wanted to do this to see just how much of a difference it made and how easily you can adapt to it. VERY easily is the result of that little test. Chris had a couple of issues with his but the Planet Techs made a quick tweak and he was off again.

Running and gunning, diving, crawling, gun-fighting; all this felt super natural with the GEO without any clumsiness or awkwardness that some gats have. We bonded with these bad boys instantly. Zero breaks, zero leaks, zero problems. Incredible!! And I usually break stuff.

The GEO sits pretty much at the top of the food chain when it comes to markers and for very good reason. We saw lots of other top end markers go down at the weekend which shouldn't really happen when you spend upwards of £1000 on one. The GEO was faultless, even with 5 star grade tournament paint that broke on clouds.

Ok, so maybe a bit of tech stuff. Ball on ball this thing was awesome. Snapping, wrapping, laning and feasting was easy with steady streams flying everywhere. With a trusty Flash Signature trigger job this is such an easy gun to shoot and to keep shooting. I pretty much kept mine rolling constantly without a splutter or fear of breaks...when I was alive that is.

Gas efficiency was hard to judge as I used my 45; I only ever plan on living for 2-3 minutes a game. But on a 3k fill I managed 3 pots and half a loader which only used around 12-1500 psi so I reckon if you're a 5 pot ninja you're good with a 45.

Good points:
Light, small, fast, looks pretty cool, simple to fix (not that I ever get into that side of things), bullet proof, zero kick.

Bad points:
Doesn't come in GFH Green...yet, maybe a little too quiet and kickless? Cost. That's about it.

Verdict:
Awesome piece of high end kit that feels as much a part of you as Ash's chainsaw in Evil Dead 2. Easy to shoot, hold, play with and feast with. Plus, you get amazing support from Planet Eclipse as always if something does go wrong.

So there we are. Pretty much no technical specs at all, just our experience of coming back into the game, strapping on some GEO and getting out there. We can't wait to get back out there and add a few more kills to the belt.

The only thing that DOES need to be put through its paces is us. But we'll get there.

DAILY PUMP - HIJACK!

Ok, don't tell Chris but I thought I'd jump in and hijack his daily pump today. He's been super busy and, well let's be honest, a bit of a GFH slacker this week so I'm gonna steal all his glory!!

And what can I bring to the table? Some OLD SCHOOL BAAAAAAWLIN!!!! Straight from 2004 yo, here's a little Traumahead treat.

Yep, bad quality video, no fly-by cams, no slo-mo or dub step just raw, noisy Trauma Trauma Traumahead Sportz.

Awesome!

GFH DOES A LITTLE HADOKEN.

A few weeks ago we went for a nice walk to our local for a bit of Sunday noms with the fam; me, my wife, sister and sister's fella, and he'd seen the flash-in-the-pan craze of Hadokening on TV. We walked, we talked then decided to have a crack at it and take a few snaps.

For those who don't know, it's super easy and a bit of a laugh; just have one of you throw out a Streetfighter Hadoken move, or any Streetfighter move to be honest and pretend you're all getting owned. Simple.

This was fun. Then the GFH got involved and we decided the CPPS needed to feel some GFH Hadoken love. Which was also fun. Until we nearly missed a game, but hey you gotta live a little right?

Anyways, here are some pics, have a giggle, have a go and don't forget to #hadoken.

I'm off to Yoga Flame my Tiger Uppercut out of my Hundred Hand Slap. Too much spicy food you see.

CPPS ROUND 1. THE SKINNY.

UK Paintball is dying on its feet.

BULLSHIT!! Whoever spread that rumour is an asshole!!

Our opinion may be biased as we're only playing the CPPS this year but if that one event is anything to go by, UK Paintball is very much alive. Screaming, kicking and punching alive.

Which was actually a problem for us. We'd kinda expected to come barging back into the scene after 6 or so years out and smash fools up. Oh how wrong we were. We did a bit of smashing, played some pretty badass ball but overall...we kinda sucked!! And we aren't too proud to admit it. We've always wanted to play against the best and there was always a huge gap between the best and the rest. That gap, for whatever reason just got a whole lot smaller.

The guys at the CPPS have done a staggering job of building a series that consistently delivers a level of events that we haven't seen for a long time. You'd play your standard UK events that were good at best, then hit up the Millenniums for something 'proper'. Which is probably why the talent gap was so big. Now, the CPPS is gifting us with a series that has given teams without a ton of money or sponsorship something big to play regularly. And it shows. From Elite right down to Division 5, you get to watch and play against teams that all seem to know what the deal is. All teams worked together, all teams seemed to know how to hold and shoot a gat, all players were running and gunning, shooting both handed and moving quickly up the field. Everyone knows their shit, which is super good to be a part of. And it can only get better.

This progress at lower levels means the top boys really gotta shine to show the difference, and after catching a handful of Elite games they really do. London Tigers have a fresh squad of ballers including the 04 legend Kyle 'milk tooth' Milton who play solid, fast and controlled ball. London Nexus always a joy to watch especially with another of our 04 compadres, Clint Moore, being on the top of his game these days. Birmingham Disruption are a bunch of great guys having fun who can turn a game around with pace and aggression and the new all star GI Sportz team; London Defiance had some real talent there with the likes of 2012 PSP rookie of the year, Jason Wheeler, showing us how the Russians do things. Really top drawer paintball from the Elite boys and having a long stint out of the game helps you appreciate it all the more. And, if I'm honest, it gives you something to aspire to.

So, the SandBaggers, how did we do? Our Div4 team came 3rd whilst we played in Div2 and came...5th. Sounds bad but once we'd realised that zero field knowledge, zero tactics and zero trigger time meant it was a pretty fair result. We won 3 and lost 2 games in the Race to 2 format, which was fun. We smashed our win games 2-0 in all three and lost 2-1 in both lose games. I lost count of the times we were eliminated for false starts or running out of bounds so we could have easily been top 3, but for now it is what it is. The teams we played just played better together, tighter, more controlled and more aware of their surroundings which we need to sort out. The teams below Elite all played good solid paintball. Which is awesome to see.

On to the event itself.

Good points: Amazing set up, great fields, staging areas were fully sorted for each team with plenty space, great viewing areas especially the mound and the refs made sure the rules were followed.

Bad points: Not many really. Not enough toilets I suppose, some dudes weren't stoked about the food but we brought our own, but other than that...nothing wrong.

Verdict: The guys at CPPS have genuinely built a series that really gives UK paintball a boost and a stage to shine on all levels. Worth every penny. The guys are chatty, honest and welcome criticism, the only egos there are the ones being shot on field. It's also a great event for appreciating and watching some good paintball, at all levels, whatever the age.

Our event could have gone better but we expected that. We knew we were rusty, still full of confidence in our skills and game but we definitely need a bit of freshening up.

Special thanks to Ledz and Planet Eclipse for all the incredible gear. From pants, shirts, gloves to pads, packs and more importantly our GEO3s, we had everything we needed to bring it. Also thanks to GI Sportz for paint and VForce Grillz.

Playing with the SandBaggers was a ton of fun. The guys on the team are buddies old and new and can really play ball. Thanks to those guys for having us join in the fun an here's to some great ballin' action for the rest of the season Won't be long before we're tearing fools up. It was great to have the first of the K2Kids with us, Jack, who's Chris' first born and LOVES his paintball. Won't be long before he's tearing up the d-side with his dad.

Event 1 done. Lessons learned. Good times had. More to follow. Until round two, we out!!

Check out CPPS on Facebook and for SandBaggers capers click the tab at the top of the page.

LOVE THE SMELL OF PAINTBALL IN THE MORNING.

It's on!! The GFH are officially on our way to our first event of the season. The CPPS is THE only series to attend in the UK, with a real Cup Event feel to it, making every leg feel special for all divisions.

We got two SandBaggers teams in this event, one in Div4 and the one we're ballin' with in Div2.

I'd forgotten how much the 4:50am starts hurt but I'd also forgotten how AWESOME that paintball morning vibe feels.

Just waiting to see the sunrise and the paintball mist rising from the cool dewy morning ground.

We'll keep you posted as we go, but for now it's on!!!!!

I'd also forgotten how bad paintball ass smells too.

BAG OF NERVES?

It's almost time. It really is. Just two days to go before the GFH make the first event of the year and as pumped and excited as I am, the 'paintball nerves' have just kicked in yo. C'mon, you all know EXACTLY what I mean.

What is it with paintball nerves? I mean we aren't scared of getting shot, we aren't scared of winning or losing so why do we get those feelings before an event? Some say its just pure adrenalin, you brain is working overtime getting you all worked up and that chemical reaction has to do something to your body. Others say it IS to do with failure. No one wants to be the guy shot on the break every point, or the guy that's bunkered outta the snake or d-side, or the guy who didn't shoot anyone for five points straight. And this doubt has an effect on your body. Either way its your brain going crazy with scenarios and your body paying the price.

So as I sit on the train, about to start a busy day at work I'm already preparing myself for the odd moment of 'paintball nerves' throughout my Friday and I'll be honest...I LOVE IT!!!!

PUSH YOURSELF.

Now, I gotta admit I do like to reminisce...a lot...but that's mainly because I love to look back on good times and never want to forget them. I think it's always good to remember the good stuff you've experienced as that is what shapes our lives. Never, ever forget the things that make you who you are. Ever.

So why's this relevant? Well, I introduce something very dear to our hearts and shaped our lives as ballers. PUSH.

Like all the great skate videos I used to watch when I was busting myself up like a stuntman, PUSH has that 'coming of age' feel about it. It doesn't just show you something and how to do it; it captures the whole emotion and feeling of that era of paintball, which I'm pretty sure anyone playing around the 12 year mark will completely understand.

What is it then? Well, pull up a chair, grab a pack of biscuits and a cup of tea and let me tell you a little story.

When we played Bully's Series in 2000 we set up a fresh little team called K2 (we'll do a post all about K2 soon, you'll like it). All buddies, getting together to play paintball once a month for fun. This then became hugely competitive and we started to take things more seriously, playing the Mayhem Masters, Campaign Cup, French Masters, ZAP European Indoor and more, but still having a ton of fun at the heart of it. During the week we'd all hook up at Chris' house, watch paintball vids, talk about our plans for the weekend and basically LIVE paintball. Good times; no, GREAT times. Traumahead Sports VHS tapes, yes kids actual video tapes, were our vice. We loved em. Watching hours of event footage from the states to copy how the big players did things and trying out some of their tactics really helped us build a team that played pretty solid paintball. Watching these videos defined our 'golden days' of paintball as we grew into the sport. We loved Traumahead, but a certain mister Patrick Spohrer decided one day to create a totally new way of telling the paintball story, that became so much more than simply showing games. Enter PUSH.

I remember the night well. Most of the K2 mob were there and we played it. First impressions were that we just wanted games and we were a bit miffed by it. It seemed a little too artsy. So we played it again, and again and I think we almost watched it 4 times back to back that night, which set the tone for our love of this movie. What Patrick Spohrer, Bryon Benini and their crew had achieved was incredible. A road movie that embodied the very soul of everything that paintball means to every single paintballer on the planet. The hunger to win, the love of playing, the passion for the game, the upset that comes with loss and above all; the bond that paintball creates between every member of every team. And its this bond between team mates that PUSH captures so, so well.

This film itself came out in 2001 and is a documentary style film following the journey to the 2000 World Cup. It follows the stories of the biggest names in paintball history, who's teams and players pretty much laid the foundations of tournament paintball as we know it. Avalanche, Ironmen, Image, Aftershock and the All Americans take centre stage to show us, through the eyes of their superstar players, their stories.

Chris LaSoya, Rocky Cagnoni, Shane Pestrana, Mike Bruno, Billy Ceranski, young Matty Marshall and Todd Martinez; all the big old school names who were the dominant role models give interviews, tell stories and talk about their feelings before and after key games in the run up to the Cup. There's footage of players goofing around outside of ball, having a laugh together and sharing their paintball roller coaster ride to the Cup, something that just hadn't been done to this standard before. It truly was...IS, a groundbreaking piece of film making that set the tone for how new paintball films were to be approached.

Then there's the soundtrack. Every single track, when you hear it even now, strikes a chord of emotion right through you. Maybe it's because of the good times we had then, maybe its the awesome film sections related to the tracks that makes you feel all gooey inside, whatever it is the soundtrack is amazing. So much so that we've managed to find most of the tracks and created a Spotify playlist in the sidebar. I gotta admit, the night before every event from 2001 to the present day I always listen to one particular track. It gets me in THAT place...you know what I mean.

I could literally go on all day about PUSH and how much it means to us. But I won't. And I'll be honest, I love PUSH so much but no review could ever really do it justice. You should experience it for yourselves. We love to see all the new school documentary series' that are now being pumped out monthly such as the Artifact Series, which do a similar thing. They take us into a world that some of us have tasted, that some of us never will and that some of us aspire to reach. And this, my compadres, is all because of a film called PUSH.

Is this a good watch?
No, it's an AMAZING watch. The action, although dated now is brilliant and features some of the games most eye opening moves, such as Cagnoni's snake attack. The stories are superb and ones that we can all relate to, even now.

Highlights:
So, so many. This film is loaded with gems and one liners. Look out for Rocky Cagnoni diving the snake, Danny Love crying like a baby and Renick Miller getting all confused with his Aftershock maths.

Verdict:
This is a must-see for any self respecting paintballer, more than ever if you ask me, with all the big money moves and career balling that goes on nowadays. It captures the very soul of what paintballing is to everyone at every level and for that alone is worth it.

Right, I'm off to watch it again and have a little cry.

PRACTICE MAKES PERFECT.

Ok, I won't blow smoke up your asses and say we've been training hard for the season...because we haven't. Actually, that's not entirely true because the way we see it watching vids, talking about it and planning what you fancy doing is all sort of practice. If you have that 'feeling' and have ideas then you're doing something, right?

I know, you still need real trigger time to hone your guncraft, but we've covered that off too. We've ran around Chris' house with all our new gear on, done some snap shooting drills from the doorways and even put a few crawls in on his rug. Perfect. What? That STILL doesn't count for real balling and facing real opponents? Well...we covered that too!! Thanks to the specially designed piece of military spec paintball simulation software; Greg Hastings Tournament Paintball, we've managed to compete against the best in the world!!

So, the big question is are we ready to bust up the D-Side at CPPS next weekend? I think, without a shadow of a doubt, that we're gonna be the best we've ever been.

Bring it!!

GFH REWIND: K2 CAMP MASTERS 2002.

So, Chris is gonna hate me for this but thanks to one of our original K2 team members, The Andy, we have rare footage of my comapdre speaking in public. With French subtitles!!

Nothing more to say other than the guy shouting his head off in the huddle at the start, getting the team PUUUUMPED...well, that's me but it aint the same as a full blown interview. Jealous? I do like a camera. So yes. There's time.

Enjoy.

BABY STEPS.

So you may have noticed a couple of little changes round here. Al's been a busy boy as usual working his magic on the place, and even I got my hands dirty figuring blog stuff out! We've shifted the tabs round at the top of the page and now every one of them has something sweet for you crazy kids to get your teeth into.

The Sandbaggers tab now has a nice link to their Facebook page which is full of stuff on the team, mainly about their drinking exploits, but I'm sure I spotted something about balling on there? Can't wait to play the CPPS league with these guys and I gotta say our team is looking bad ass for the first event!

Reviews is pretty much unchanged at the min. It's just the snippets of important info from the full on stuff we post in the main blog feed. You can also use the reviews tag down in the 'Dogtags' section on the side panel to see all our archived main blog posts.

DailyPump is now fully functional! Every single pump that's posted is automatically shoved in there so if you stupidly forget to visit us for a few days you can just pop in and watch the latest ones. Bad ass!!

The most popular page at the min is the #gfhpropaganda. This thing is getting crazy amounts of visits. Me and Al think it's probably cos your all as vain as us and you just wanna see your pretty instagram pics showed off! Who can blame ya cos that leads us onto the next tab.....

Yup its GFH? This is basically our own personal showroom. We love to see pics as much as the next dude, and the only thing better is when they're pics of our own hawt selves! Basically its just a lowdown on who the GFH are and what were about.

Come on in and have a look around. If your liking the place, or even if you think it's total ballbags, throw us a comment somewhere and let us know. Peace xx

CONFESSIONS OF A PEA HEAD.

If you've read Chris' review of the VForce Grillz you'll have read a bit about comfort and fit ya de ya and some crap about me moaning about my little pea head. Well, I hate to admit it but my arch nemesis and compadre is totally right. I do have a little head. And a skinny frame, so most masks seem to look too big on me and feel weird. I know, sucks to be me right?

I LOVED the first DYE InVision mask because of how small and compact it was, I remember seeing Aftershock looking baaaaadaaaass in em at the time and thinking 'I wanna look badass...and with a mask that fits.' So I rocked a sweet red one for a while and did look pretty badass. And comfortable. Thing is on the mask front I have my AWESOME red gang banging bandana frame ProFlex which is the bomb but I just don't get along with the ProFlex. The jaw piece sticks out too much, the foam ears are always popping out and the faff just gets on my balls.

Enter the VForce Grillz. Good size, nice and snug, still looks a bit big though on me and if anything the strap doesn't seem to close tight enough so I need to do some werk on that. Love it though!!

Useless moaning post? Probably, but everyone take a moment to feel sorry for us little pea heads who always struggle with these things.

Tick tock...BOOOOM!

Ok sports fans, how are we all doing today? Good, we like that. So, you've probably noticed the blog constantly changing as each day flies by. New posts whizzing up at an insane pace and new cool stuff being added, such as new tabs and some crazy sidebar widgets, like the polls and our latest arrival...the countdown to PSP Atlanta clock. Cool eh??!!

Anyway, keep checking in, there'll be heaps of new content going up all the time. We have lots of crap to say about this sport we love so much and the people in it and we have some interviews lined up with people we're privileged to have access to so watch this space. Plus, we'll be getting some history up about us, because we know you're all so interested in our massive under achievements.

Oh, and if you're even MORE interested in what we have to say, follow us both on Twitter @gfhpropaganda and @gfh316.

Keep it GFH.

VOTE NOW!!

Al's hooked us all up with a couple of new votes in the side panel. Lets see who you lot think was the MVP (Most Valuable Player) from the Dallas PSP that took place the other week. Was it Odds on favorite, Ryan Greenspan (Think Al is actually after having his babies right now), or maybe fellow Dynasty players Tyler Harmon or Kyle Spika? Maybe Dynasty don't do it for you and you thought someone like Bryan 'Agent' Smith was a worthy contender after his return to Damage, or you thought J-Rab was back on form considering his slightly underwhelming performance in 2012.

Plus he's also stuck another poll up to see who you all think is gonna take the cake at next months Atlanta PSP. Dynasty are sure to be up their after the showing in Dallas, but could anyone else take it? We all know what a force Heat was last year. Can they bounce back and show the other teams that one semi poor showing doesn't mean they're done. Hows about Damage? They looked real strong, or Impact. With the new superstar team they've built they must be in for a shot. You never know, CEP could even surprise everyone more than they did in Dallas and go all the way!

Lets see what you lot think is ripping and stick a couple of votes down. All for fun like, but at least it gives us all an idea who's getting the love.

ECLIPSE PRODUCT REVIEW.

Okey dokey, review time. We're Planet Eclipse fanbois, we make no bones about that. Not because that's all we know; we've both shot a few different whips and tried different gear over the years but we always go back to Eclipse. It's where our hearts are and we really do think they make the best quality gear and a ridiculous amount of design effort goes into every little thing they do. Which brings us smoothly into our pre-battle test review of our latest kit that was in our support crate.


Eclipse Overload Slide Shorts:
I've never really felt the need for a pair of these, even though I dive around quite a lot. These are real nice and tight but have a soft flex to em so don't feel like they're cutting off your circulation. The padding's in all the right places and if, like me, you don't like wearing a cup then there's a thin foam padded piece that fits into a Velcro pouch. Great idea!

Eclipse Overload Padded Jersey:
Makes you feel a bit like Scotty Kemp when you wear it...apart from the stretchy belly part that shows us 30 something's where we need to cut the calories. This is more suited for someone who's used to wearing a padded undergarment, I just don't feel comfortable with anything other than a tee, but I'm gonna give it a whirl to see how it does. Design wise, again this is really cool with neat padding in all the right places with a good level of stretch to the fabric.Chris loves this thing, mainly cuz he wants to look muscular. Overall a really cool item, well padded and comfortable, but I'll need to play in it first to give a true opinion.

Eclipse Overload Pads:
Juuuuuust plain awesome!! I've been rocking the same DYE pads since 2002 which is a good product endorsement I suppose but I know Chris had loads of issues with his cutting into his soft, peach-like skin. The new Eclipse Distortion pads are really well made as you'd expect from any Eclipse product, but they're well considered too. A nice wide padded area so your knee will survive any serious Platoon death throw moments and the comfy sleeve means they are super nice to wear. Their stretchy Velcro strap works a treat too so you can wear em as loose or as tight as you like without em sliding about.

The arm pads are crazy good, with a twist in their tail, literally. These have been twisted to bend and move naturally with your elbow so they'll never end up halfway around your arm like some pads do ad they feel really natural and comfy. Also, the now essential thumb loops are also included with good quality stitching to stop em ripping your thumb off.

Eclipse Distortion Gauntlet Gloves:
So, the gauntlet. These things are an amazing piece of thinking and design and will work brilliantly for people who fancy something a little different. They're a bit like an MMA glove but with no separation between the fingers, more like a sleeve that covers and protects your knuckles. They're elasticated inside around your fingers to keep your digits in check. For me, these are brilliant but I don't like how they hold my fingers together, kinda freaks me out but that's purely a personal thing. And for those non-glove wearers they have these cool wristbands with thumbholes which protect your hands but give you bags of freedom. Kinda Emo looking but they feel an look awesome!!

Socks:
Do NOT forget about these bamboo based socks. These things are by far the comfiest socks I've ever owned and the bamboo fabric means more sweat dissipation which means dryer and less stinky dogs. Awesome!! They come in ankle length or trainer sock style in one colour way.

So there we are. The GFH looking hot, sexy and legendary, with a bit of our view on a few things. All reviews we post will be shortened and added to our reviews archive up top.

Like I say, these are our views and really don't reflect everyone's so give everything a try as what doesn't work for us may be perfect for you.

Keep it GFH.

VICTORIA'S SECRET IN TROUBLE.

Weeeell I get a feeling they don't have to worry too much, let's be honest, Victoria's Secret has tons of hot models looking tight in thongs and lace and all that good stuff. The GFH version...well, it's just us goofing around in our new Eclipse Compression gear.

I've never been a fan of slide shorts, bounce vests and all that but this full set we got is awesome!!

Totally hot right now eh? Well we haven't got serious abs or ripped biceps so the best we can do is clown around in our new second skins.

We'll throw up a review this weekend of the products themselves prior to wearing them in the field, then report back to see how well they performed.


Stay safe. Over and out.

CHIN STRAPS R KEWL.

Buwaaaaahhhh, I don't think so. We recently got our hands on our new headgear courtesy of Planet Eclipse and VForce and I'll be honest, I hate the chin strap loops; so, I pinged off my VForce badges and sent those annoying loop things to the bin.

Everyone does this right? Well, apparently my boy Chris thinks he's all cool and agg by keeping his on. Kewl? Fresh? I don't think so!!

You decide.