Paintball is a fantastic fun activity, where mums, dads, kids, grandparents, and business teams, get to run around in the bush doing an adrenalin-fuelled activity, but in a safe environment.

And it’s great exercise when the adrenalin gets going; the sweat pours off even when you’re just standing! 2010 is going to be a big year for Adrenalin Paintball. The environment is unique to visitors from Wellington. Owner and top ranking paintball player, Jason Newport, says “There’s so much to do up here. It’s a family’s haven really. It’s all here for the taking.”

When Rotorua hosted the first national Volcanic Paintball Tournament, it wasn’t held in the bush. It also wasn’t a playground for war games by trigger-happy adrenalin junkies. It was at the Rotorua stadium, and kicked off a strong movement to get paintball out of the war-game mentality and into the sports arena.

Jason Newport from Adrenalin Sports in Paraparaumu is a driving force behind this change in attitude about paintball. “I liken the game to chess; it’s very strategic, and a lot of fun,” he says. “I love being able to present this sport to people.

Jason, a national competitor in the sport, has represented New Zealand in the Australian Masters. He also won the first and second Rotorua tournaments.

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