PAINTBALL
Daniel Bacci and friends at HSP, January 19, 2019
Bacci Paintball at Hollywood Sports Park - January 19, 2019
On Saturday, January 19, 2019 Daniel Bacci and Friends played paintball at Hollywood Sports Park in Bellflower, CA. Known for having the most extensive vintage Paintball collection in the world, Bacci Paintball and PaintballHistory.com travels to many paintball events sharing and educating players and attendees with it's traveling paintball museum of rare markers and paintball gear.
Linh Truong, Manny Medina, and Bea Young at Linh's 7th Annual Paintball Charity Event on Dec. 9, 2018.
Linh Truong's 7th Annual Paintball Charity Event 2018
On Sunday, December 9, 2018, over 320 paintball players showed up at Action Star Paintball in Perris, California for Linh Truong's 7th Annual Paintball Charity Event.
This year raffle proceeds went to the family of Jung Hong and Gardens of Innocence. Cal State University Art lecturer Jung Hong died of cancer on August 28. Jung taught graphic design and served as a part time faculty member at CSUN for over 17 years. In the world of paintball, he was known for many designs created for Khrome Paintball. Garden of Innocence provides dignified burials for abandoned & unidentified children.
Many sponsors attended this year, including CC Paintball, UQL, Push Paintball, and crowd favorite Bacci Paintball with his mobile history paintball museum, PaintballHistory.com. Of course, for lunch, Pops Tacos returned to many delighted attendees. Games spanned up to 3 fields combined with as many as 80 players per side with respawns to extend longer game play to accommodate the crowd.
Special guests showed up to promote and help run the event with notable paintball team members from Destiny and superstar Destiny Team Captain Bea Youngs assisting with the raffle draw.
This year raffle proceeds went to the family of Jung Hong and Gardens of Innocence. Cal State University Art lecturer Jung Hong died of cancer on August 28. Jung taught graphic design and served as a part time faculty member at CSUN for over 17 years. In the world of paintball, he was known for many designs created for Khrome Paintball. Garden of Innocence provides dignified burials for abandoned & unidentified children.
Many sponsors attended this year, including CC Paintball, UQL, Push Paintball, and crowd favorite Bacci Paintball with his mobile history paintball museum, PaintballHistory.com. Of course, for lunch, Pops Tacos returned to many delighted attendees. Games spanned up to 3 fields combined with as many as 80 players per side with respawns to extend longer game play to accommodate the crowd.
Special guests showed up to promote and help run the event with notable paintball team members from Destiny and superstar Destiny Team Captain Bea Youngs assisting with the raffle draw.
Garden of Innocence founder Elissa Davey expresses her gratitude to the sponsors and attendees for their generosity at Linh's 5th Annual Paintball Charity Game on December 11, 2016
Linh's 5th Annual Paintball Charity Game 2016
Paintball players from far and local returned for Linh's 5th Annual Charity Paintball Game held at Action Star Games in Perris, California on Sunday, December 11, 2016. This year all proceeds from raffle ticket sales went to Garden of Innocence, which provides dignified burials for abandoned and unidentified children. Tons of items, products, and new paintball markers were generously dontated by the different vendors and sponsors supporting the event. Back by popular demand was Pop's Tacos serving up quesidillas and taco plate combos. The lunch line was full!
It actually rained slightly in the morning on the way in, but not bad as the weather cleared up for plenty of big back to back games with respawns using up 3 large fields. The parking lot was pretty full comparable if not more attendees from last year.
On vendor row, many return sponsors were back. Paintball Gateway was there with their famous impromtu barbeque tables and big trailer. A huge thank you to their friendly staff for fixing my tank leak which they had operational in a jiffy! New to the scene was Dirty Bastard Soap Company, who had the most stand out unique booth that made a lot of sense to be there, since players get so dirty after a big day of play. When asked how the company came up with the idea and the unique line of products, Laura Hudson said "Why not, if the ladies can have all natural and sustainable ingredients the guys should too!"
Bacci and his Old School Paintball booth was back for year 5, showing off a rich history of rare and vintage paintball markers and gear. You can see actual markers owned by well known famous names of paintball like Dave Youngblood and Bob Long. The booth had rare tournament jerseys and on the tables you could see masks from long ago that early paintball players wore that wouldn't pass today's ATSM standards.
A huge welcome to "Mean Gene" Stein from Autocockerparts to his first time at this event. He brought samples of his "SLICE" modular pump kits, which was really cool to see and new to the pump scene. Pump players at this game were abundant and this was a good place to see the kits up close. With these you can customize and change different lengths and colors of your pump handle as you want.
Overall, it was a fun day that was family friendly and looking forward to Linh Truong keeping this end of year tradition continuing on!
To see photos from this event click on the button above.
Omega Sector Paintball Team celebrates the life of Alan "Ash" Hanagata
Omega Sector Paintball Team is saddened by the loss of one of it's team members.
Alan S. Hanagata had a severe stroke and passed away on May 22, 2016 at the age of 61
Alan (nickname "ASH" #54) was the anchor of the team and will be sorely missed.
His family held a small private service on Saturday, June 25 to celebrate his life. Teammates, friends, co-workers, and family gathered and told stories about Alan. Since it was his favorite, people wore Hawaiian shirts at the event to honor him. Tears were shed, laughter was shared, reunions were made.
Husband, Father, Grandfather, Friend, Mentor, Coach, Teammate.
Alan is immortalized by his loving wife of over 40 years, Kathy Hanagata,
His three sons, Alan, Mathew, Cody,
His daughters, Brandy and April
His daughter-in-law Rocio, and Son-in-law, Ryan
His 6 Grandchildren
and his 2 Great Grandchildren
"A man larger than life who was always seeking a new adventure, never fearing the unknown, an infections laugh, a story to tell, a life worth remembering. Our love is never ending, you will live on in our hearts forever." - The Hanagata Family
Alan S. Hanagata had a severe stroke and passed away on May 22, 2016 at the age of 61
Alan (nickname "ASH" #54) was the anchor of the team and will be sorely missed.
His family held a small private service on Saturday, June 25 to celebrate his life. Teammates, friends, co-workers, and family gathered and told stories about Alan. Since it was his favorite, people wore Hawaiian shirts at the event to honor him. Tears were shed, laughter was shared, reunions were made.
Husband, Father, Grandfather, Friend, Mentor, Coach, Teammate.
Alan is immortalized by his loving wife of over 40 years, Kathy Hanagata,
His three sons, Alan, Mathew, Cody,
His daughters, Brandy and April
His daughter-in-law Rocio, and Son-in-law, Ryan
His 6 Grandchildren
and his 2 Great Grandchildren
"A man larger than life who was always seeking a new adventure, never fearing the unknown, an infections laugh, a story to tell, a life worth remembering. Our love is never ending, you will live on in our hearts forever." - The Hanagata Family
Linh Truong's 2nd Annual Big Game Charity Event 2013
Players from across Southern California gathered on December 8, 2013 at Action Star Games Paintball Fields to enjoy a day of full of paintball games, good food, fun and to help out a good cause. Those who attended braved the severe cold weather and were in luck that that the rain stopped for an exciting day of paintball hosted by world famous paintball player Linh Truong with assistance by teammate Kat Secor and members of Destiny and LA Hitmen. Sponsors and vendors overwhelmed the charity organization, IT AINT CHEMO with tons of prizes and items donated for the super sized raffles! I had my battle-worn camera on hand to document the event. The raffle prizes were so many that the sun set down quickly as the super raffle draw went on and on outlasting my camera batteries!
Flo's Paintball Game May 26, 2013
FLO's Flowers & Paintball
A good size group frequents the monthly FLO's Flowers Paintball game held at Jungle Island. On a trek towards Castaic Lake, seasoned players and first timers get up early to make the drive out for an action packed day of paintball. People of all ages, fathers & kids, tourney ballers, and weekend warriors take a day away from work and school for the best of what paintball has to offer: challenge, comraderie, and fun. Check out the pictures posted above and consider joining us for the next time out!
Flo's Flowers Paintball Store is located in Pico Rivera, California. It's a family run store that's very friendly and knowledgeable. There, you can get expert repairs for your paintball marker as well as paintballs and other needed equipment. While at the store, check out the wall of fame - you'll see previous group photos with faces familiar and new. Lastly, don't forget to buy flowers for your wife or girlfriend, that way she just might let you go paintballing!
Flo's Flowers Paintball Store is located in Pico Rivera, California. It's a family run store that's very friendly and knowledgeable. There, you can get expert repairs for your paintball marker as well as paintballs and other needed equipment. While at the store, check out the wall of fame - you'll see previous group photos with faces familiar and new. Lastly, don't forget to buy flowers for your wife or girlfriend, that way she just might let you go paintballing!
AO SoCal Paintball Game March 16, 2013
Annual Automags.Org SoCal Paintball Game 2013
After a couple days to dry out, the rainy day that dropped in earlier that week made way for clear & clean weather perfect for the Automags.Org Members to hold its Annual AO SoCal Paintball Game on Saturday, February 16, 2013 at Jungle Island Paintball Park at Castaic Lake. By coincidence, the M Carter Brown Members also had planned to play at the same field on the same day turning it into a Paintball Meet & Greet and Show Off Your Guns AO/MCB day! Suprise AO VIPs were in
attendance with BIGEVIL flying in from New York, SEACHIP driving in from Las Vegas, and SK8RMOG popping up from Bakersfield after a 2 year long hiatus. On
the MCB side GILLIE rolled out his mech semi while BACCI took downtime to record video interviews with the players. The BEO Mafia sported their latest jersey design adding plenty of color to the field that was not from paintballs! A big thanks to LOGUZZZZZ for taking initiative to make this game happen!
attendance with BIGEVIL flying in from New York, SEACHIP driving in from Las Vegas, and SK8RMOG popping up from Bakersfield after a 2 year long hiatus. On
the MCB side GILLIE rolled out his mech semi while BACCI took downtime to record video interviews with the players. The BEO Mafia sported their latest jersey design adding plenty of color to the field that was not from paintballs! A big thanks to LOGUZZZZZ for taking initiative to make this game happen!
IT AINT CHEMO Charity Paintball Game 2012
The weather couldn't be anymore perfect for the IT AINT CHEMO Charity Paintball Game this Christmas season. Action Star Games in Colton, California opened up for nearly 300 players and guests on a bright yet cool Sunday on December 9, 2012. Various stores, vendors, and Paintball companies showcased their goods at the event and donated a whopping $6000+ items for 2 huge Charity raffles.
Kat Secor from Team Destiny, and Manny Medina from Those Pump Guys went into super Elf mode assisting with registration and the raffles. There were so many prizes, the giveaways kept going and going! Military Assault Gear provided Tiberius Markers and First Strike Rounds to use for a Sniper Shoot Competition, with Justin Villar taking 1st place.
Organized by Linh Truong, the ALIVE Cancer Warriors' IT AINT CHEMO Charity Game was a huge success! It brought out the generosity of paintball players, teams, and companies to help raise money to beat cancer. Thank you Linh and thank you to everyone who participated!
Kat Secor from Team Destiny, and Manny Medina from Those Pump Guys went into super Elf mode assisting with registration and the raffles. There were so many prizes, the giveaways kept going and going! Military Assault Gear provided Tiberius Markers and First Strike Rounds to use for a Sniper Shoot Competition, with Justin Villar taking 1st place.
Organized by Linh Truong, the ALIVE Cancer Warriors' IT AINT CHEMO Charity Game was a huge success! It brought out the generosity of paintball players, teams, and companies to help raise money to beat cancer. Thank you Linh and thank you to everyone who participated!
SoCal End of Season PUMP BBQ 2012
The Annual End of Season Pump BBQ at Whittier Ranch was held Sunday, November 25, 2012. John and the Kamandags pulled out their grills for another memorable day! The parking area was stacked and the tables were full as players and teams from throughout the Southern California area arrived a few days after Thanksgiving to celebrate once more with some good games and great food!
A lot of familiar players came to join the Pump Potluck tradition including members of Order of 7, Ronins, Batteries Not Included, Blitz, Omega Sector, Lightning Strike Coalition, Protagonist, Xandata, Check-It, and Those Pump Guys. New to the field, players from Master Vaders and Whatever Paintball made their first time visit to the Ranch. From Team Destiny, players Kat Sacor and Linh Truong made a suprise appearance just recently returning to the US from their Malaysia Paintball Tour. The LA Hitmen arrived with a large number of players with plenty of reason to celebrate, with their Divsion 3 Semi team bringing home 1st from Vegas WCCPL and the series title!
Special thanks to Russ, Hector, and The Ranch for hosting the SoCal Year End Pump BBQ and a Huge Thank You to John and the Kamandag Team for organizing the event.
A lot of familiar players came to join the Pump Potluck tradition including members of Order of 7, Ronins, Batteries Not Included, Blitz, Omega Sector, Lightning Strike Coalition, Protagonist, Xandata, Check-It, and Those Pump Guys. New to the field, players from Master Vaders and Whatever Paintball made their first time visit to the Ranch. From Team Destiny, players Kat Sacor and Linh Truong made a suprise appearance just recently returning to the US from their Malaysia Paintball Tour. The LA Hitmen arrived with a large number of players with plenty of reason to celebrate, with their Divsion 3 Semi team bringing home 1st from Vegas WCCPL and the series title!
Special thanks to Russ, Hector, and The Ranch for hosting the SoCal Year End Pump BBQ and a Huge Thank You to John and the Kamandag Team for organizing the event.
