Roseau Times-Region - Serving Roseau County for over 100 Years - The Official Roseau County Newspaper

by Laurel Latham

Chad Thompson's first experience playing paintball was as a teenager in 2002. His buddy, Trevor Bernard, had set up a course between his dad's collection of old cars.

"Trevor had extra paintball guns, so Trevor, Adam and John Moyer, Noah Johnson and I had a lot of fun playing paintball for three or four years," recalls Chad. "This spring my kids brought up the idea of playing paintball. Connor is 13, and Breanna is 11. They thought it would be fun to have extra paintball guns so they could play with their friends.

"Airsoft paintball is big on YouTube. Regular paintball guns ar...