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PAINTBALL

Paintball is the fastest growing sport in the United States. Since its debut, in the late 1980's "paintball has become a worldwide phenomenon". Enthusiasts have setup leagues and tournaments. But paintball still isn't as popular as older sports such as basketball and baseball. There are three main things that set paintball apart from other sports. The biggest one is the equipment that is used to play. Next there is the paintball guns and how they work. Then finally there is the playing field and how it differs from other sport's playing fields.
Equipment
In paintball there is a variety of different essential and non-essential pieces of equipment. Some of the more essential items include, the paintball gun (also called a marker), paintballs, CO2 tank, hopper, and then there's the safety equipment.
The paintballs are obviously an essential item because if you didn't have them you couldn't get anybody out, just like you cannot
go hunting without the shotgun shells.......

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