Paintball is not an extreme sport

[YoBoneDaddy]

Last night I was at an indoor skatepark doing my thing. I'm a rollerblader. To you x-games fruits I guess you could call it, "Aggressive Inline". Whatever. Anyway I shot down this quarter pipe and did a cess slide across a box that was about 5-6 feet off the ground. Unfortunately I caught my front foot on a wheel and did an unintentional dive face first over the edge. I managed to catch myself but I still tore off the skin on the bottom part of my chin. Then I thought to myself, "This is 'extreme'".

Which brings one to the definition of what is exactly extreme. Paintball, is not. A lot of paintball players dress 'thug' and stuff to play paintball and there's a certain adrenaline rush in playing the game. However, there really is not danger. Diving into bunkers and stuff is interesting. But not particularly dangerous. I'm sure some people would say, "I broke my leg sliding into a bunker!" You could also break your leg sliding into first base. Still baseball is not extreme. Anyway it just kind of annoys me when paintball players consider themselves "extreme" or when websites promote paintball as being "extreme". I love paintball, it's a great game. But it's just a game. Care to rebut?

[nerdcore]

Extreme nowadays doesn't necessarily define an action as being dangerous. it refers to the action being non-mainstream. Under that assumption, i'd agree that paintball isn't "extreme." it's popular enough to be considered just a sport.

[Sniper15]

Football is a dangerous sport with a high risk of injury and it's not considered extreme. Neither is hockey. If you only classify a sport as extreme because there is a great risk of injury then most sports would have to be classified as "extreme".

I do consider paintball to be an extreme sport. If you ask me, a bunch of people shooting paint at each other a 300 fps is pretty extreme...

[ShockerKid82]

Bonedaddy I did that agreesive skating for 5 years. Its extreme yes I: Cracked my head open ( most of you saw the video ), snap my leg, broke my arm twice, got a number or slices etc. I still consider paintball an extreme sport...

[YoBoneDaddy]

There are so many buffers for your safety. FPS limitations, equipment that protects against any real danger (i.e. mask). And like nerdcore said it's pretty mainstream. Aren't there varsity paintball teams and such? I wouldn't be surprised if skateboarding becomes varsity since it's so freakin' mainstream lately. However it'll always be an extreme support since it's one of the original extreme sports.

[I.A.O.A.B]

Originally posted by YoBoneDaddy
There are so many buffers for your safety. FPS limitations, equipment that protects against any real danger (i.e. mask). And like nerdcore said it's pretty mainstream. Aren't there varsity paintball teams and such? I wouldn't be surprised if skateboarding becomes varsity since it's so freakin' mainstream lately. However it'll always be an extreme support since it's one of the original extreme sports.

You failed to make a point here. Skateboarders/BMXers/Inline skaters wear pads, don't they? Do they have to? No. Do Paintballers necessarily have to chrono their gun? No. But in competitions,Both Paintball and the other sports reqiure you to have certain pieces of safety equipment and follow main guidlines,right? Look at it that way.

[ShockerKid82]

I got dress up like the pilsberry dough boy and skate board and I would be safe but I dont so... If this makes any sence to what your trying to egt across, think about what i jsut said.

[I.A.O.A.B]

Originally posted by ShockerKid82
I got dress up like the pilsberry dough boy and skate board and I would be safe but I dont so... If this makes any sence to what your trying to egt across, think about what i jsut said.

I can't. You fail at the English language immensely.

[Mr Murderdoll89]

Originally posted by YoBoneDaddy
Last night I was at an indoor skatepark doing my thing. I'm a rollerblader. To you x-games fruits I guess you could call it, "Aggressive Inline". Whatever. Anyway I shot down this quarter pipe and did a cess slide across a box that was about 5-6 feet off the ground. Unfortunately I caught my front foot on a wheel and did an unintentional dive face first over the edge. I managed to catch myself but I still tore off the skin on the bottom part of my chin. Then I thought to myself, "This is 'extreme'".

Or what us skateboarders call Fruit booters eh whatever I dont care. I see what you mean by "extreme". It is used way to often.

[rcxpaintball]

Main Entry: 1ex·treme
Pronunciation: ik-'strEm
Function: adjective
Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French, from Latin extremus, superlative of exter, exterus being on the outside -- more at EXTERIOR

5 a : of, relating to, or being an outdoor activity or a form of a sport (as skiing) that involves an unusually high degree of physical risk <extreme mountain biking down steep slopes> b : involved in an extreme sport <an extreme snowboarder>
synonym see EXCESSIVE

Main Entry: 2sport
Function: noun

1 a : a source of diversion : RECREATION b : sexual play c (1) : physical activity engaged in for pleasure (2) : a particular activity (as an athletic game) so engaged in

[Radius]

No danger in paintball? Get real!

I separated my ribs, almost broke my leg and have been cut up so bad I had to take weeks off to heal.

My ribs still hurt to this day and I crunched them years ago. I ran into a tree running really fast and hit my chest on the trunk. That was it for me. I can't get out of bed somedays it hurts so much.

[can'tthink of1]

Originally posted by Radius
No danger in paintball? Get real!

I separated my ribs, almost broke my leg and have been cut up so bad I had to take weeks off to heal.

My ribs still hurt to this day and I crunched them years ago. I ran into a tree running really fast and hit my chest on the trunk. That was it for me. I can't get out of bed somedays it hurts so much.

Not laughing at you, but poking fun at what happened .

Those tree's, spring up out of no where.

[YoBoneDaddy]

Originally posted by Radius
No danger in paintball? Get real!

I separated my ribs, almost broke my leg and have been cut up so bad I had to take weeks off to heal.

My ribs still hurt to this day and I crunched them years ago. I ran into a tree running really fast and hit my chest on the trunk. That was it for me. I can't get out of bed somedays it hurts so much.

Wow, you should wrap your clumsy butt in bubble wrap you accident prone freak. I've done Muay thai kickboxing, various martial arts, rollerblading, wrestling and other sports and the worse i've injured myself is like busted lips and nose from kickboxing, dislocated jaw from karate, 5 stitches from rollerblading and that's about it. I'm pretty sure if someone like you did the sports I did you'd be dead.

I guess you can call walking an extreme sport if you're that oblivious to your surroundings.

[YoBoneDaddy]

Originally posted by I.A.O.A.B
You failed to make a point here. Skateboarders/BMXers/Inline skaters wear pads, don't they? Do they have to? No. Do Paintballers necessarily have to chrono their gun? No. But in competitions,Both Paintball and the other sports reqiure you to have certain pieces of safety equipment and follow main guidlines,right? Look at it that way.

Hows this for a blunt point. Falling off a 10' drop onto concrete wearing no pads (which most street rollers/skaters/bikers do) is a boat load more serious than getting hit with a bath bead. N'est pas?

[rchayes44]

are u done bragging about ur injuries uve had while rollerblading if u would ask me i think ur scared of getting hurt while playing paintball so u took up rollerblading paintball is very extreme one of my dads friends was killed while playing he had one shoot right down his throat and explode it suffocated him (they werent wearing masks) so go ahead dont call it extreme

[Mr Murderdoll89]

ooh yobonedaddy you just got served.

[rchayes44]

by the way my setup is a spyder fenix 16` black cp barrel 20 oz. co2 viewloader evolution hopper upgrades on the way: nitro tank with rhino cover dye boomstick 16`

[Canadia_PBaller]

Originally posted by rchayes44
are u done bragging about ur injuries uve had while rollerblading if u would ask me i think ur scared of getting hurt while playing paintball so u took up rollerblading paintball is very extreme one of my dads friends was killed while playing he had one shoot right down his throat and explode it suffocated him (they werent wearing masks) so go ahead dont call it extreme

Yea, ok...

Originally posted by rchayes44
by the way my setup is a spyder fenix 16` black cp barrel 20 oz. co2 viewloader evolution hopper upgrades on the way: nitro tank with rhino cover dye boomstick 16`

So?











I consider a sport to be extreme if it is more of a "Generation X" sport, like Motocross, Paintball, Snowboarding, Skateboarding, etc. Most sports are dangerous.....Paintball, isn't that dangerous, but it's still an Xtreme sport.

[pbdan9190]

Originally posted by rchayes44
one of my dads friends was killed while playing he had one shoot right down his throat and explode it suffocated him (they werent wearing masks) so go ahead dont call it extreme

I hate to be the bad guy, but paintballing without a mask is just plain stupid. If the velocity is kept to a safe limit, masks on while on the field, and all other safety precautions taken than I highly doubt you will be hurt easily while playing. And we have sigs for a reason, my friend.

[clown_13_2001]

Originally posted by rchayes44
by the way my setup is a spyder fenix 16` black cp barrel 20 oz. co2 viewloader evolution hopper upgrades on the way: nitro tank with rhino cover dye boomstick 16`

Wow, you are very oblivious of your surroundings.