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At its very core, paintball has always been inclusive, accessible and is one of the few leisure activities that is truly open to anyone, and everyone. But at its highest competitive level it has, for the most part, been an exclusive playing environment for athletic males. Until now. Blasted! - © Fava Photography After hosting a showcase event at the 2021 NXL World Cup, the 2022 season added one more division to its list. The WNXL. Consisting of all-female teams the WNXL was created to show the world that paintball is an exciting sport that females can, and should consider participating in. Not only that, but for those who do play and want to push their playing careers as far as possible there's an elite professional level that they can aspire towards and help open more doors for women in competitive paintball. So, we captured some of the great action and the thoughts of those awesome women who are working hard to prove their worth in this sweet video. Thanks to our incredible WNXL ...

We arrived on site and set up our tech booth on Thursday 24th to be ready to go the next day for the International Women’s Paintball Tournament featuring female teams and players from The United States, Mexico, Venezuela and Colombia. Starting at  8:00 a.m. on Friday, teams where gathered all around the field getting ready for the first match at 9:00 a.m. Inside the netting Planet Eclipse field wraps were prominently displayed setting the stage. Team USA which featured players from team Destiny was sponsored by Planet Eclipse and was assisted by Luis Rodriguez, the onsite tech support representative in the pits helping out as needed. They had 6 CS2 in their camp and won first place in the tournament. Friday afternoon was a practice day for 507 tournament teams, and we stayed on site offering help with servicing and repairing any markers. The next morning games started with D4 and D3 matches.   We were ready to go at 7:00 a.m. At noon the day got ...