PaintballX3 Magazine August 2014 Issue | Page 54

54 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.