The history of paintball

Paintball History - How it all started !!

1970 James Hale of Daisy Manufacturing, invented and patented what would become the first paintball gun. This original paintball gun was manufactured and used by farmers and ranchers for marking trees and livestock.

May 1981 Paintball began in New Hampshire, U.S.A. the principal creators were Bob Gurnsey, a sporting goods retailer Hayes Noel, a stockbroker Charles Gaines, a writer June 27, 1981

The first game played: 12 players competing against each other Using Nel-spot 007s pistols
The game was capture the flag
The winner captured all flags without firing a shot! 1982
The first outdoor playing field was opened in Rochester, N.Y., by Caleb Strong Charles Gaines marketed paintball as the National Survival Game (NSG)
PMI (Pursuit Marketing Inc.), was founded to market and distribute paintball products
1983 The first NSG National Championship was held with a $14,000 cash purse
The first outdoor paintball fields opened in Toronto, Canada
1984 Paintball started in Australia under the name of Skirmish Games November 1984 The first indoor playing field opened in Buffalo, N.Y., by Caleb Strong
1985 The first outdoor playing field was opened in England
1988 IPPA (International Painball Players Association) was founded as a non-profit association dedicated to the education, growth and safety of paintball
1991 Paintball begins in France, Denmark and other countries in Europe
1992-1993 NPPL (National Professional Paintball League) was founded and the NPPL Pro-Am Series started with sites around the U.S.
1996 Paintball playing fields, stores and tournaments can now be found in these and other countries:
U.S.A. Canada Mexico Australia England Scotland Denmark France Holland Italy Norway Sweden Africa Russia New Zealand Brazil Venezuela Philippines Germany Austria Ireland Belgium Greece Israel Korea Thailand

sources: http://www.paintball-guns.com/paintball_history.html

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