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Also worthy of mention...
Danial Jones (product engineer/designer), Chris Haggin
(founder of KAPP), Ben Tippmann (Tippmann Paintball
and BT Paintball), Ken Kelsch
(longtime 80s writer for various paintball magazines),
Spiro Mamaligus (Blackcat
Productions scenario games),
Paul Devane (Florida Paintball
Productions), Billy Ceranski
(PMI, KEE, Aftershock), Jason Orvis (founder of Spec
Ops Paintball), Peter Russell
(Australian Paintball Industry
Association, owner of Paintball
Pete’s), Matt Brown (store and
distribution network owner,
Forest Brown (Challenge Park
founder [now called CPX] and
team Farside founder), Chris
Dilts and Chris Haas (P8nt
Magazine and the introduction
of truly creative photography in paintball), Larry Cossio
(long time player, store owner
and pioneer in paintball field
insurance), Terry Fletcher
(VP NSG, early 1980s), Dennis Day (early influential field
owner), Don Crow (writer, high
pressure air pioneer, paintball ballistics testing in the
early 90s), Jaroslav Ziugzda
(Champions Paintball Series
promoter, tournament player),
Hal Robinson (Paintball Mania
Supplies), Robert “Rosie” Rose
(Ground Zero player, World
CUp logistics, setup, oversight for many years) Owen
Ronayne (WDP, Badlands
Paintball) Richard “RT” Travis
(Master Blasters player, Survival New York 1980s), Rick
Baird (founder of the original
Ironmen), John Dale (AGD engineer), Romain Maniere (phoAugust 2014
tographer), Dan Bonebreak
(field owner, producer of the
Supergame, former captain of
Phantom Force), Ron Goldblatt
(Tippmann).
The original 12
It’s very well documented that
Lionel Atwill, Ken Barrett, Bob
Carlson, Joe Drinon, Charles
Gaines, Jerome Gary, Bob
Gurnsey, Bob Jones, Hayes
Noel, Carl Sandquist, Ronnie
Simkins and Richie White were
the first 12 people to play a
multi-player game of wh at we
now call “paintball” back in
June of 1981. It certainly is at
least worth a mention of all of
their names.