The first game of the 1996 ESPN World Championships of Paintball, held in Orlando, Florida. The #1 ranked IRONMEN vs. #12 ranked PARAPLEGIC TURTLES. Considered by many to be the biggest upset in paintball history, even though it was over 13 years ago. The captains are Bob Long for the IRONMEN (California) and Dale Price for the PARAPLEGIC TURTLES (Utah). This was when there was only one IRONMAN team in paintball. This team soon after split up and reformed as two teams each with the Ironman name, Bob Longs Ironman, and the California Ironman. Teams with these names still compete today. The Turtles competed till 2007, when Captain Dale Price retired from pro level tournament play. He continues to play and guest at smaller events when requested. Many of the Turtle players still regularly play together at tournaments/events but compete under other team names unless Dale plays with them. And yes, I really do have a pegleg.
Dale
P.S. I've been asked by so many people in the Paintball industry if I had a copy of this event and how could they see it. For this reason I finally decided to start making available this event, as well as many, many others from paintball 'back in the day'. I started playing paintball in 1987, and have tons of old school video to share. I hope they bring back some memories for you, or help you newer players understand where paintball has come from.
30 сен 2024
