[Dover]

I just did a Google search and apparently Southern BC Paintball Forums are down, can anybody recommend the best way to connect to paintballers from Kelowna and south ?

[KanadaKid]

pm me, I dont think many of the peeps use any forums. most of us use facebook to organize stuff

[Dover]

Cool thanks, there was a Reball practice up at CNC in Kelowna on Saturday but they start too late, at 9pm WTF

[KanadaKid]

Originally Posted by Dover

Cool thanks, there was a Reball practice up at CNC in Kelowna on Saturday but they start too late, at 9pm WTF

Yah its always late for reball. its the only time the cnc have available and where we can play all night.. its a good deal playing reball for how much ball we get in.

[Nahib_Stilgar]

Other than safari Ridge...is there any paintball that goes on in Kelowna?

Its weird, how a town full of people who like toys only have a single paintball field...which isn't the greatest...

[KanadaKid]

Glenmore has a speedball field as well... its not open during winter im pretty sure thoough. and if you play in the woods go to Bushwackers paintball in vernon.

[Dover]

Originally Posted by Nahib_Stilgar

Other than safari Ridge...is there any paintball that goes on in Kelowna?

Its weird, how a town full of people who like toys only have a single paintball field...which isn't the greatest...

Safari Ridge has been around for a long time, like over twelve years? They do a super job with their operation, Brad maintains a variety of fields, i think four different layouts?

They also installed plywood staging areas so they can remain open all-year round.

For more bushball, contact Hardcore Paintball up in Kelowna, Gary Holling. A bunch of bushballers get together pretty regularly up at Postill Lake Road when weather is good, there is a faithful group of mil-sim, pump and pistol players, as well as rental folks.

Outdoor speedball is set up as KanadaKid Dustin Cathro mentioned, but usually also weather permitting so mainly spring to fall.

Penticton used to have an outdoor rec ball field, Action & Adventure Paintball down south by Skaha Lake, but the owners now run an indoor speedball arena with reballs. However they are taking 2012 off

[Nahib_Stilgar]

Thanks for the info.

I played my first game of paintball ever at safari ridge in about ... 1995ish? Using original tippmann sl68IIs. Then PMI 3s...

I visited last year and was ... Less than enthused as to what I found. . Too bad, the place has potential and just needs proper refs more than anything. (As of the one day I visited, well over a year ago...)

I doubt I will have a chance to play over my visit this Holliday season but I will keep the other places in mind for the next time I make a summer visit.

[firestar403]

Hey im new to the penticton area n looking for ballers to play with n stuff pm or something thanks

[Dover]

As for local paintball in Penticton, there is nothing.

For about 12 years, Jack and Barb Sevy ran Action & Adventure Paintball, an outdoor field down south by Skaha Lake, just as you are heading south out of Penticton.

It was completely rec field built on sand, with bark mulch over top. Plywood bunkers like cable spools on the main field, although a small airball field was purchased and set up shortly before closing.
They used to have a fleet of Trracer pump markers run off CO2, before upgrading to PMI Piranha semi-autos with 3000psi 48ci steel HPA tanks.

However in 2008 the real estate company decided to double the lease for the property the outdoor field was on, unlike residential rent increases which can only be a certain percent over a certain amount of time.

A&A Paintball was not willing to pay such a high lease so they moved to a new location; the Adidas Sportsplex, and began operating as Action & Adventure Paintless Paintball, with a complete speedball layout, a brand-new Italian diving compressor capable of 4500 psi fills, and actual name-brand Reballs.

This was a perfect venue as it was a covered, indoor soccer arena with artificial turf and everything was brand-new: concession stand, bathrooms, change-rooms, a spectator area and plenty of parking.

However the SOYSA (South Okanagan Youth Soccer Association) did the same thing that happened to the outdoor field; they asked for double the lease rate.

So Jack & Barb moved out and tried a new lease agreement with the Penticton Curling Club, right beside the Visitor Centre and Rec Centre.

However because it is a curling club, they flood the floor and make ice from fall to spring, so no indoor reball or paintball in Penticton right now www.okanaganpaintball.com