Paintball is 3rd most popular extreme sport!

[SuiciDal Sn Y p ER]

By industry estimates, paintball is now the third most popular extreme sport in the country, behind in-line skating and skateboarding. Almost 9 million people played it at least once in 2002.

Posted for Renegade

[Onryou]

how old is that estimate? last time i checked we were #2, with skateboarding a couple million behind us.

[SuiciDal Sn Y p ER]

ask renegade, he told me to post this up for him

[Skywalker]

Last I heard we were #1

[yeahthatsme]

i think you heard we are the number 1 fastest growing extreme sport, i dont think we're number 1 over all yet.

[shartley]

Those numbers are really worthless, except to let folks brag…… Be honest, all you had to do is play ONCE. How do we rate against eating pie? ;)

[MayAMonkeyBeYourPinata]

Originally posted by shartley
Those numbers are really worthless, except to let folks brag…… Be honest, all you had to do is play ONCE. How do we rate against eating pie? ;)

Shartley thats not fair, the only thing that can beat pie, is maybe, just maybe breathing.

[funkykarl]

and you mean to tell me that extreme ironing is not up there? the new extreme sport that is taking europe by storm!?

[Target Practice]

I don't know...I eat an awful lot of pie...:D

[f3rr3+]

Originally posted by shartley
Those numbers are really worthless, except to let folks brag…… Be honest, all you had to do is play ONCE. How do we rate against eating pie? ;)


way to rain on our party... like most other posts of yours :rolleyes:


edit: every to most due to post below mine

[shartley]

You think Pie is unfair? Try masterbation....... :eek:

[shartley]

Originally posted by f3rr3+



way to rain on our party... like most other posts of yours :rolleyes:


edit: every to most due to post below mine
Sorry for raining on your party… I didn’t realize I was not part of AO or “the party”. ;) Reality sucks doesn’t it?


:p

[WARPED1]

Originally posted by shartley
You think Pie is unfair? Try masterbation....... :eek: Masturbation.:p

[BeaverEater]

actually its favored against us. inline skating has about 30 million or so but they start counting at age 5. Since in most places you can't play till 10 or 12 we have the disadvantage. It was in a APG about a year ago.

[Carbon]

I hope they mean extreme by the context of "differnt". Casue in all honesty, to me an extreme sport = higher possibilly of extreme injury and/or death. Surfing is extreme. Paintball is "safe" remember...

[shartley]

Originally posted by Carbon
I hope they mean extreme by the context of "differnt". Casue in all honesty, to me an extreme sport = higher possibilly of extreme injury and/or death. Surfing is extreme. Paintball is "safe" remember...
This is an important issue. Paintball players seem to want to promote how “extreme” the sort is, yet then turn around and tout how “safe” it is. You really can’t be too extreme if you are one of the safest sports out there. ;) But then again, I don’t consider rollerblading an “extreme” sport either unless they are doing all tricks and stuff… and we all know most folks don’t do that.

[steveo356]

I dunno, if ur in a rush to get from stagin area to field like i was a week or so ago. You mihgt gas up b4 removing your barrel plug n hit ur trigger on ur RT pro on acident n have a balistic barrel plug fling towards ur junk. on the other hand ive only spraing my ankle about 9 times skate boarding. I value sum think higher then others. paintball far more extreme



P.S. I have switched from barrel plug to condoms after that game

[Carbon]

well stevo, your less likeley to repeat shooting your junk than hurting your ankle a tenth time. For sure.

[luke]

Paintball, an extreme sport, I don't think so! Last time I checked it wasn't life threatening to participate in the sport..... What a stretch! :rolleyes:

[Carbon]

From now on i declare paintball and Extremely Odd sport.

[raehl]

Until last year's SGMA Superstudy, we were classified as a shooting sport. The insurance industry still classifies us as a shooting sport. I'll take "extreme" over "shooting" any day of the week.

- Chris

[Carbon]

I like how un-PC and more accurately descriptive shooting sport is.

[Bolter]

funkykarl and you mean to tell me that extreme ironing is not up there? the new extreme sport that is taking europe by storm!?


I play for Storm in Europe and we hate ironing.

[UThomas]

3rd most popular "extreme" sport translates to like 35th "regular" sport right? :)

[raehl]

Other shooting sports are things like archery and sharpshooting and hunting. I don't think that's accurate at all.

Ultimately, I'd like to see us listed as a plain ole team sport.

- Chris

[trains are bad]

I will never use the E-word again, especially not to describe paintball. Shooting sport is fine, since I'm into shooting sports, but that's not doing justice to the team element. I think Paintball should be a team sport. It's not really much different than basketball.