Paintball Magazine Paintball Media Magazine July 2019 | Page 88

Photo By Zac Arbuckle
Around 80+ players lined up to experience
this “battle sans batteries”. As they were
trying to divide players in each group and
the confusion became thick, one player
stood out amongst the rest shouting “It
doesn’t matter who we play against, we just
want to play paintball!” That statement truly
does capture the spirit that is Living Legends
and that is Paintball itself, it doesn’t matter
who you are and what you carry, we just want
to shoot you and with that beautiful pump
on the line, it was a target rich environment.
The event was a literal dogfight the entire
time and a window into what the weekend’s
event would have to offer. The Mech/Pump/
Magfed players got some of their anticipation
and angst out early. With Saturday morning,
day one, looming, every player would soon
get their chance to taste blood.
reach boundaries and they push them. We,
the Paintball community, are fortunate to say
that we have them in our midst. They are
explorers, innovators, promoters, builders
and most importantly of all, they are ballers.
Their love for this sport enabled us to have
the advances and the opportunities that we
have today. We are gifted with opportunities
to engage in conversation with them, learn
from them and in some cases be guided
by them. CPX Sports went a step further in
recognizing these innovators of Paintball by
creating the Paintball Hall of Fame. Each year,
since 2017, the Paintball Hall of Fame has
inducted the Legends of our sport into their
Halls so they may be forever remembered
for the contributions they brought to all of
our lives. We have recognized people like
Bob Gurnsey the Inventor of paintball, Bud
Orr, Bambi Bullard, Tom Kaye, Lou Grubb,
A Legend, by definition is an extremely Mike “Boogie” Bogolub and many more
famous person, especially in a particular field. builders of our great sport. For most of these
They are the ones that inspire greatness, they Legends they are still active in our sport and
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