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Josh: Who are you and where
Larry: My name is Larry Motes a
NC. I was the creator and promo
the CFOA. A title I held from 199

Josh: Before we get into your
and what it’s all about, let’s tal
did you start playing paintball a
competitive paintball?
Larry: I first started playing pain
I was fresh out of the US Army an
a sales ad for Splatmasters in a m
gun News. We ended up getting
ten-round tubes of Nelson paintba
game after dark the evening that
It was such a rush, and I was hoo
that point forward, the next 3 – 4
ing on private family property. M
spent introducing friends and co-w
game. During this time, there wa
amongst our playing group.

We started with 12 gram tube fed
gram bulk –feed pump guns, then
to constant air, then we finally up
semis. It was during this last upg
local stores to buy from. We end
2 hours to do business at a “local
Quest. There we met the store o
and he invited us to his field. At
ping outside of our own group to
thought, but after awhile, we nee
we finally accepted Randall’s invit
That was an eye opening experien
ly played against any organized te
experience at playing at a public
business with Randall, led to us p
eventually lead to an invite to join
helping to put together, somethin
Carolina Field Owners Association
VA-NCFOA, my original playing gr
ed. A couple of years later, my n
Gallatin’s Traumahead Sports Circ

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