[JI TeamWorthless]

36. First time was a company outing. I bought a 98 custom the next week! 7 years later I played my first PSP tournament. 6 years after that I still get this big *** grin on my face every time I'm crouched down with my barrel tip touching the starting bunker, staring at the snake feeder, and waiting for the horn to blow.

[deltapaintball]

12 years old when I started.

I've been playing for 16 years now.

[Paintball719]

I was 11 and it was a tournament that my local field had and it was the day of my birthday (im 16 now) and I used a rental gun (spyder) and the first time I got shot was in the nipple haha and well that's when I got hooked then I bought a brass eagle raptor and it broke then I bought a salvo (: now I rock an empire axe with a pinokio

[bhacker15]

I was 18 when I started. Played on a lot of Ohio teams .invasion,bunker junkies ,black out,preparation H ,wow , was out for 9 years now playing in indiana under Rippin n Tearin

[paintballcapt062]

I Was 13 when I started playing and played steadily until I was 20, took an almost 5 year break and am now playing again. Played PSP, NPPL, local series but started in the woods. Moved all over the country, played all over, and loved every minute of it.

[Kayo]

I first played at 35 withs some guys at work. I have been playing for twenty years now. The oldest reagular player at the park.

[southjerzeyballer]

I was 12 saw paintball on espn with wooden bunkers got a diablo pump gun since I was the only person with one we took turns shooting each other think it was about $15 for 200 and 100 for a case of proball now 28

[doomsday57]

started at like 17 18 and that fist time had me hooked. 5 years later still playing and loving every minute of it!

[F22ace]

i was 9

[OPIO]

Was 16 in '97 when mags and cockers ruled the field.

[bulzeye]

19 when i played for the first time back in 1998. borrowed a spyder a few times and then bought an automag

[AJpaintball4life]

first time ever was at 18

[DB-1071]

Wow this thread is still going, nice job.

[Danny96211]

Originally Posted by DB-1071

Wow this thread is still going, nice job.

Thanks! It was starting to die up until it made it onto pbnations home page, then it really took off!

[JRC Amik]

i was 13 when i played my first day. went out with my soccer team at the time.

no one owned equipment, no one had played much (if any), kids vs dads.
such a great day.

[Osmosis44]

I was 12ish, with my sweet tippmann 98 I got used on craigslist. Gas eatin machine that thing was. Loved every minute of it back then.

[nicademus26]

its was 1999....i was 19

[griffan2]

14th birthday. Been a crazy 10 years.

[gopro_pballer12]

I was 10 when I first played at a friends birthday party. Since then, I have been playing every chance I get with my own gear.

[IPlaySoccer]

Freshman year, I had a blast. Now I'm a junior looking to play in tourneys.

[OpenNox]

First time I played paintball was in my cousins woods. We built the course from the ground up with sticks, plywood, and anything else we could find. Since everyone moved away it's still there but has decayed.