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From the Prez
Welcome
PaintballX3 history Pr
august 2014
So it’s with that backdrop th
want to introduce you to som
thing new we are doing here
at X3. We have just officially
named what we’ve already b
doing for almost 30 years an
are now making it a part of
Mission Statement. The Pain
ballX3 History Preservation P
ect (PHPP) has begun with t
issue of our magazine (see t
175 People That Shaped Pai
ball article in this issue). The
PHPP is our ongoing preserv
tion of paintball’s history and
we’ll share that history throu
If you’ve followed PaintballX3
Magazine for any length of time a series of articles, e-books
a complete historical website
or Paintball 2Xtremes before
dedicated to the cause. This
it, you probably already know
we’re pretty big paintball history is ongoing in that we will
geeks around here. I personally continually refine, correc
and add to anything that
have been collecting historical
present as new data is fo
data (not memorabilia) since
or becomes available.
I began playing 29-plus years
ago. I have one of the largest
paintball magazine collections in This is a monumentally huge
task. If you would like to he
the world that spans 27 years,
this project please send us a
I’ve kept tournament scores
email and we’ll get you start
from all the major events, I
Although we currently have
have thousands of interviews
over 100 people assisting us
I’ve done over the years and
in this endeavor, we still nee
I’ve witnessed in person hunmore. Maybe you have a firs
dreds of historical moments in
paintball. Paintball history is my hand account of a milestone
passion and literally everyone in in paintball? We’d love to he
that from you. Maybe you’ve
our office shares that passion.
got some old paintball photo