News and Releases

our friends from Airsoft Extreme have been getting a lot of attention online lately! Check out some online articles from kitup and Soldier systems at the links below:

Kitup : Small Business Saturday Spotlight on AEX

Soldier Systems : AEX Tier One – The Movie

Anyone else shop at AEX either in person or online? How has your experience been? Don’t forget that today is the last day for their online sale!

From the desk of team leader Tim Tran:

 

Dear Friends,
I am training for the San Diego Classic Triathlon on September 8th. What is a triathlon you ask? It’s a 1500 yard swim, 25 mile bike ride and a 10k run. It’s pretty much Ninja Training. I am not doing this just for me though. I’m doing it for a cause; it’s for the Leukemia and Lymphoma society. In 2011 Blood cancers affected approximately 662,789 people, and that’s just way too many for one ninja to help. This is where I need you. In order to help, we need to raise $2,900. It does not matter how much you contribute, it’s the fact that you did.

Six months ago my father passed away from liver cancer after fighting it for 6 years. During this time I kept wondering what I could do to help. But what if there was something we could do to help others? Team in Training does just that. Since 1998, Team in Training has trained more than 460,000 people and has raised over a billion dollars to support patients with blood cancers and fund research to find a cure for blood related cancers.

Your donation will help fund research for blood cancer and support patients. You can help save thousands of patients from blood-related cancers. These donations are 100% tax-free (tax ID# 12-5644916). Thank you for your time, and if you could, we need the donations by July 10. Please copy and paste the address below into your browser to access my donation page.


http://pages.teamintraining.org/los/sdtrcla12/ttrand

Alright guys, it’s that time of the year again! The 2012 season of Formula Drift officially kicked off to a great start earlier this month.

Round One was held down here at Long Beach and used turns 8, 9 and 10 of the Long Beach Grand Prix course. As always there was plenty of high speed drifting with awesome cars and amazing drivers. You can check out some of the action from Long Beach here:

Formula D is definitely picking up attention, as this was the first time that they have sold out for an event. With all the new drivers coming up and many of the veterans returning, this is sure to be one of the best seasons yet!

As always, the final battles of Round One were heated , each driver making the other work hard for a win! There were also a couple of surprises to be noted for this season. The biggest one of all was probably newcomer Daigo Saito, a driver for Achilles Tires. Here at his first ever Formula D event he came in 3rd overall for Round One and currently holds that same position in the overall season bracket. Now while Saito may be a new driver to Formula D, he is definitely not new to Drifting competatively. Dai Yoshihara with the Discount Tires and Falken Tires team came in second place after a heated battle with current leader and Round One leader Justin Pawlak from Falken Tires.

If you wanted to check out the new Scion FR-S, Ken Gushi from the Scion Racing team was proving that the car definitely had what it takes to keep up!

Here’s the schedule for the coming 2012 season!

Round 1: Long Beach GP Street Course – 6-7 April 2012
Round 2: Road Atlanta – 11 – 12 May 2012
Round 3: Palm Beach International Raceway – 1-2 June 2012
Round 4: Wall Speedway – 22-23 June 2012
Round 5: Evergreen Speedway – 20-21 July 2012
Round 6: Las Vegas Motor Speedway – 24-25 August 2012
Round 7: Toyota Speedway at Irwindale – 12-13 October 2012

I hope you guys’ll check it out, this season is promising to be the best yet.

Can’t make it out to any of the races, but still want to check them out? Log onto www.formulad.com and you can stream the races live from your computer!

While we did plenty of walking and interviewed many vendors, we also had fun during Shot Show 2012. Having fun is really what the team is about. Enjoy our videos summing up our few days at SHOT SHOW. We are definitely looking forward to next year. See if you can recognize any friends or celebrities!