Father/ son painballing .. or any parent

[nastymag]

i think its great when a parent plays paintball.
my mom never liked the thought of me playing and spending so much money ... but then when my dad got hooked , she couldnt say very much. its really nice having him understand everything i talk about. Though we do get in a couple of arguments over paintball. like eveyr time we go, we always buy two cases. and i tend to dip into his paint when i run out of mine. i play 3-4 times a month .. he plays 1-2 times a month. he is only 38 ( im 17 ) soo he can keep up with me pretty well. i wonder if their are other pairs of parents and and sons/daughters that play ?

and if so how you got them to start playing or what the shoot and stuff?

my dad has his Minimag, crossfire 68/45 , 16 inch boomstick , 12 inch carbon fiber, 12v revy ... he hates jerseys ..so he just plays with a sweater. when i dont play with one of the multiple guns i have .. he plays with one of those.


he likes to think he is tough when i took that picture

[nastymag]

here it is

[Russ]

I play with my Kid...I'm 42, He's 20. I WISH I could keep up with the young 'uns!

We have a great time, and get to "connect" by par-taking in a hobby we both enjoy :)

[tony3]

I tottaly wish my dad would play paintball with me, that would probably be the coolest/best thing ever. But he's about to turn 51, and has bad bad knees.

[bmexline]

im 30 and my dad is 52 but he keeps up w/ the best of them. we have been playing for 15 or so years. some of my best memories are with my dad playing paintball. its the stuff you cherish for the rest of your life.

[Torbo]

i wish my family would play

[Lohman446]

I (24) play with my step son (13). I'm trying to convince my daughters to play but there barrel discipline on the range is poor still (course ones 5 and the others 3).

[aaron_mag]

I enjoy playing with family and friends more than any other sort of play. My stepson plays with me and he enjoys it but he is not totally "into it". He plays when I'm going with my old high school buddies/brother or sometimes just the two of us go. He actually is the only reason I let my brother talk me into trying it at all! The reason I say, however, that he is not totally into it is that he never initiates a paintball outing. For him it is just a fun way to pass the time if there is nothing better going on but not an obsession. I've got an Omen on the way for him to use (currently uses a Tippmann).

Best outings ever, however, is when I actually convince the wife to play. It is totally fun to go as a family. She is actually a pretty good athlete and to be honest does better than me alot of the time (with the Spyder clone she uses). Something about going with the family really makes it complete for me. I'm not sure what it is since alot of times we are in totally different areas of the field. At any rate I recommend it to any parent (although on this board that is preaching to the choir :).

[SatansGun]

my dad got me in too paintballing but he will naver go anymore maybe its because hes 40 maybe not

[AcemanPB]

My dad doesn't play paintball with me but he is very supportive. Not supportive as in giving me loads of money to go buy the latest gun out. But he's supportive like he drives me and my friends to the field before I got my liscense, he helps me work on paintball guns, and he's always intrested about paintball and has watched me play several times.


Although if he's not off golfing he said he might play next time I go to the field. And also if this helps any there are several father son pairs at the field I go too and they seem to get along and do very well.

[Mag Master 04]

lol

my dad plays, on my 10th b day he took me and we both bought markers, i bought a spyder compact A and he bought a tippmann carbine...he had the carbine for about 4 years and whould whoop any one u could throw at him...didnt matter what marker they had or what team they were on...it brings truth to the saying its not the marker that makes the player...but now he shoots a TRICK model 98...used to be mine and hes jsut a badass now...but its cool that we both can relate on sumthing so sweet like p ball

[Steelrat]

My son is 1, im 30, by the time he can play im gonna be pretty old. I guess I'm gonna have to keep in shape, because playing PB with my son sound like a load of fun.

[jayel579]

i think its cool and all, but i hate playing against father/son groups. ive seen problems when a kid got hit and then a father felt his son was being picked on and went after the guy that shot his kid. anyone how plays alot knows the difference, i guess that pertains to like walk-ons or weekend players. not regular players like you guys all seem to be.

[irbodden]

My dads in his mid 50's and plays at Big Games/Events every so often :)

[adam shannon]

i play with 2 father son combos...and sometimes the one daughter plays. usually they want to be on opposite teams so they can light eachother up.

when i ref games and there are parent/child combos i always tell the parents its legalized corporal punishment...for better or worse you cant smack your kid nowadays...but if they dont clean their room, or do the chores you can take em out on sunday and light em up!