Posts Tagged ‘carbon fiber tanks’

With spring coming, paintballers are gearing up with new carbon fiber tanks and a fresh batch of paintballs. Things are heating up, and not just in competition. As the weather gets warmer some players are having trouble finding the balance between staying cool and staying protected. We wrote a little bit about this theme last [...]

When I was a young kid, the neighborhood kids and I would go out on weekends after dark and play capture the flag. These games would go on for hours and hours with either the end of the game coming with a victor or with our parents yelling that it was time to come in. [...]

Christmas is over, and it’s getting a little late in the game for you to be buying gifts for the paintballers in your life. Or is it?? Just because the holidays are over doesn’t mean there aren’t plenty of opportunities to get carbon fiber tanks, aluminum tanks, or any other great paintball accessories online. But if [...]

While some folks may be apprehensive to spend an intensive day playing paintball once the weather starts to turn cold for others that is exactly the right time to do it. Summers spent buried under hot masks and long-sleeve camouflage gear can get pretty intense and I have found myself more than once bordering on heat stroke [...]

It may surprise you to find that league paintball is one of America’s fastest growing sports, for many reasons, one of which being the fact both parents and kids love it. Kids raised on video games like the real life combat and shoot-em-up action provided by paintball. Most kids will tell you actually loading a [...]

Scenario Tactics for Paintball

Posted: 30th August 2011 by MattC in Paintball
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Sure, having the proper gear on the paintball field is crucial. You don’t what to get out there and realize you really should have gotten some good carbon fiber tanks. But, being prepared incorporates a whole lot more than just the marker and its gear. You want to have proper communication within your team as [...]

When I was younger I had the good fortune of having a rich friend. He had a pretty big house, but the real draw was his backyard. It was a huge open lawn with tall oak trees and the occasional boulder that had never been removed. Since we were both into paintball we’d fill up [...]

Building a Paintball Toolbox

Posted: 14th July 2011 by KristenM in Paintball
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After you become more knowledgeable about your paintball marker, you’re probably going to start tinkering around with it and making adjustments to specific components. Learning the anatomy of the marker is important and will save you big bucks if you learn how to fix things yourself. Dedicate a toolbox to just your marker and carbon [...]

Until recently, I was admittedly, a paintball novice. I did not think it was something I would enjoy and was uninterested in participating. I didn’t know what carbon fiber tanks or paintball valves were nor did I think I cared. Then, a group of friends convinced me to go paintballing with them. I was skeptical [...]

For a long time, everyone believed that stretching was key to superior athletic performance. So we’d touch our toes and bob, hanging there for a minute until we get tingly in our hamstrings and then we come up, red-faced and light-headed. About ten years ago, researchers discovered that this kind of stretching, static stretching, could [...]