# Paintball- Who da man? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 14, 2004, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paintball-who-da-man/279843 "2004-12-14T20:21:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ArrMatey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/arrmatey/32/3522_2.png) [@ArrMatey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ArrMatey)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2004, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paintball-who-da-man/279843/1 "2004-12-14T20:21:09Z")
Hey all. I’m looking into the Paintball ‘xtreme’ :rolleyes: sport for gift purposes this year, and I’m wondering… As Tony Hawk is to skating, is there ‘the guy’ for Paintball? ---
**Author:** ![St\_Ides](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ccd318/32.png) [@St\_Ides](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/St_Ides)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2004, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paintball-who-da-man/279843/2 "2004-12-15T05:26:37Z")
Possibly… There are two major sides to paintball; woods (recreational) and tournament. It’s really not possible for recreational play to have a “Tony Hawk” type character, so that eliminates that side of the arguement… I pay absolutely no attention to tournament paintball, and only glean certain information. There are a couple names I can think of that might be of note, but there’s no Tony Hawk or Wayne Gretzky that I know of. Try looking up Chris LaSoya (player) Bob Long (ex-player, now coach and marker designer), Greg Hastings (apparently has a video game named after him, though this is the first time I’ve heard the name). If you are really dedicated, you could try asking in dedicated paintball forums, such as [PBNation](http://www.pbnation.com) or [PBReview](http://www.pbreview.com). There are some truly knowledgable people on those forums, but it’s up to you to find them. Good luck.