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| The_Paintball_Training_Institute Training for players, referees, and field owners in marker repair, airsmithing, and safety. |
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| Paintball_com Information and meeting place for new and experienced players. Features industry news, equipment reviews, information for new players, links to online stores, field listings, forums, tournament and ev |
| Paintball_org Articles, reviews, news, listings for players, clubs, fields, and teams, forums. |
| P8ntballer_com Paintball news, reviews, tactical advice, live tournament coverage, competition calendar and field guide. |
| Ronn\'s_Paintball_Art Custom artwork, team banners, and browser skins by Ronn Stern. |
| Stock-Class_Paintball Includes news, calendar of events, player listing, classified advertisements, playing tips, forum, and articles about stock class paintball. |
| War_Paintball_Style Contains helpful tips for beginners who want to enter the sport plus reviews for paintball players. |
| World_and_Regional_Paintball_Information_Guide_(WARPIG) Rookie information, tournament, big game, and scenario coverage, news, FAQs and infosheets, and picture gallery. |
| Honolulu_Star-Bulletin__Splat Burl Burlingame reports on the opening of Hawaii All-Star Paintball, a field operated by Brandon Cayetano, son of then-Governor Benjamin Cayetano. (January 15, 2001) |
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| Boomerang_Team_Young_Guns Member profiles for this German team. |
| Digital_Boomerang_Systems Offers photos of original boomerang designs, and the basics of catch and throw. |
| Gel_Boomerangs Tuning and throwing instructions, tips on corrective measures for accuracy problems, and an explanation of events from this retired manufacturer. |
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| Long_Distance_Boomerangs News, bulletin board, tournament results, and instructions; dedicated exclusively to long-distance throwing. |
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| Billiard_Directory Guide to help people find billiard-related businesses such as pool rooms, suppliers, instructors, pool tables. Offers search tools by location, and provides details for paid membership. |
| Billiards_Digest_Interactive__Message_Board Message board with on-line with experts, players and enthusiasts of the sport. |
| Billiards,_Pool,_Snooker_Links_from_Blackball A mammoth site of categorized Billiard, Pool and Snooker links worldwide. |
| Billiards_Reference_Worldwide Personal and commercial billiard sites, magazines, professional players, tournaments and leagues. Places To Play in the St. Louis Area. |
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| Billiard\'s_World Created by a Bali International School Student, this site offers a overview of the sport's history, development, and local halls in Bali. |
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Since its introduction in the 1980s, paintball has become a worldwide phenomenon. Enthusiasts have formed teams, set up leagues and organized game tournaments. Paintball is still a long way from the popularity of older sports like basketball or football, but new paintball playing fields and organizations are popping up all the time.Paintball Image Gallery 
Photo courtesy WARPIG.comA player at the Mardi Gras Open 2000, a paintball tournament with hundreds of participants. See more paintball pictures.The main thing that sets paintball apart from other sports is the equipment involved: You don't find guns and paint projectiles in too many traditional sports. In this article, we'll look at this equipment to see what is involved in a paintball attack. We'll also find out about the basic game of paintball, as well as some of the other uses of paintball equipment.
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