Paintball became popular as a sport in 1980, but was back in the 1950s when paintball was actually formed. Farmers and ranchers used paintball guns to mark trees and cattle. As legend has it, some of the boys who had access to those guns started using them to shoot each other, and paintball was born.
Today, paintball is one of the fastest-growing sports in the world. Paintball players exist in over 40 countries today. And all players include teenagers and adults, men and women, and professional players and recreational players. While professional paintball is in its infancy, the number of professional paintball tournaments (such as PSP, NPPL) that are hosted each year continued to increase.
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1 chucky burret // Apr 26, 2009 at 10:56 am
this site sucks paintball guns were made in the 1970
2 Dave // Aug 29, 2009 at 10:58 pm
Actually paintballs were invented in the 1940s for forestry and agricultural marking. The first paintball gun, the Nelspot 007 was invented/patented in 1970. My dad was a Ranger for the US Forest Service, and our family also owned a cattle ranch. We had access to these markers, and I remember using them to play tag with my friends as early as 1977. The first official game that started organized paintball was played in 1981.
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