I dont think anyone disputes paintball being an action sport. Add it please

Paintball is fun... But it's not an extreme sport. I'm sorry, but it doesn't take all that much skill to be good at paintball. If you make paintball an extreme sport, then laser tag, tubing, and sledding all should be extreme sports too.

have u seen pro paintball?! it takes a shit load of skill. if hunting can be considered a sport so can paintball!

I'm sorry, but there is no "going big" in paint ball. No Gnarly frontside fives or 270' to backside boardslides. Death or injury is not really a factor. I'm down with paintball but this is a place for riders.

You people who say paintball isnt an "extreme sport" are retarted, look at this (btw eat it snowboarding):

**This information has been abstracted from the new Superstudy of sports participation conducted by American Sports Data, Inc., which monitored an unprecedented 102 sports and fitness activities. This year's study has measured an additional 42 sports/activities.


FIVE MOST POPULAR EXTREME SPORTS IN U.S.A.
US Population: 6 years of age or older

Sport of participants
Frequent who participated at least once since 1998
Participants


1. In-Line Skating
32, 010, 000 10, 617, 000 (25+days/year)

2. Mountain Biking
6, 611, 000 2, 254, 000 (25+ days/year)

3. Skateboarding
7, 190, 000 1, 262, 000 (52+days/year)

4. Paintball
5, 923, 000 793, 000 (15+ days/year)

5. Snowboarding
5, 461, 000 1, 145, 000 (52+ days/year)

Damn guys.... its fun. Just not extreme. Dont get all but hurt.

tools, paintball owns.

I used to be on a sponsored team for paintball and I been on a bmx for 8 years..
Paintball isnt an "extreme" sport, its just a sport haha funny way to put that..
but yeah I mean there isnt any risk of injury in paintball unless you dont wear a mask. Bruises and stuff happen in every sport like football and baseball.

and that study was pointless, inline rollerblading would be considered girls roller blading around a lake or something too. Actual skating is dead, theres no money there.. its got like 3 pros in the world.

The fact that people keep debating whether or not paintball is extreme pisses me off. To those of you who bash the great sport, saying anyone can be good at paintball without hard work, I DARE YOU to step on the field against me!
Now, to those of you who agree with me, praise be to you, my fellow paintballers.

I don’t much care for any sport other than paintball. And being the captain of a paintball team myself, (Team Inhuman), it really annoys me when people come up to me and say that it’s not extreme. Or better yet, that it’s not even a sport, that it’s just a game. Especially when there is no way any of the people that have said that have ever even held a paintball marker.

So please, enough bickering about it, just add paintball already!

Kurt wrote:
I used to be on a sponsored team for paintball and I been on a bmx for 8 years..
Paintball isnt an "extreme" sport, its just a sport haha funny way to put that..
but yeah I mean there isnt any risk of injury in paintball unless you dont wear a mask. Bruises and stuff happen in every sport like football and baseball.

and that study was pointless, inline rollerblading would be considered girls roller blading around a lake or something too. Actual skating is dead, theres no money there.. its got like 3 pros in the world.

for one thing paintball dose have injuryies in it more then just welts. it is infact more dangerouse because you are useing compresed co2. if one of those tanks were to explode then the user of the marker, aka a paintball gun, would be dead. and the sharpnel could hit anyother playeres. 2 aggresive inline has way more the 2 pros you just don’t hear a whole lot about it because you get brain washed with skate boarding and BMX.

I could say it could be a sport alot of people just dont agree... my parents own a paintball company 4 17/ 18 yrs now i just strongly disagree

Paintball is an extreme sport. for those of you who disagree your wrong. yes all that happens in paintball is you run hide and shoot other player with paintballs, but there is alot of strategy in the game and the paintballs are traveling at a speed of around 188 to 205 miles per hour. that fact alone proves that paintball is an extreme sport.

Extreme sport (also called action sport and adventure sport) is a media term for certain activities perceived as having a high level of inherent danger.[1][2] These actives often involve speed, height, high level of physical exertion, high specialized gear or spectacular stunts.[1]

this was found on wikipedia. all of the things mentioned are involed with paintball. so do ur reasearch before bashing something u dont kno about.

it doesnt take much skill? Have you ever watched a NPPL pro 7 man tourney. I would like to see you beat a team like dynasty or joy. They spent endless days of working drills in 100 degree weather just to be where they are so dont say it is easy