PaintballX3 Magazine PaintballX3 Magazine August Issue | Page 61

Paintball Around The Region CHINA Despite the amount of paintball products Chinese companies manufacture, paintball playing is confined to the odd recball facility in some of the major cities like Hong Kong and Shanghai. There was an attempt to host one of the PALS tournament legs on the island of Hainan but government red tape saw the idea put on hold. cities and in 2011, the National Paintball League launched their own paintball series and a PALS affiliated event. JAPAN In Japan paintball markers used at fields have to fire under 170fps to be deemed legal. Fields on US bases don’t have to abide by these laws and some of these are open to the public. The Japan Cup is the biggest paintball event in the country. Japan teams to look out for: Ku Nitamago Ryukyu Kings There are a few recball fields dotted around the country and with more regular tournament competitions being held, a small community of tournament players has finally started to form. VIETNAM Yes paintball manufacturing is big in Vietnam as well. This year marks the first year that a paintball series called the Vietnam Paintball League has begun. CAMBODIA Cambodia is once again becoming a popular international tourist destination. Nytro Paintball in Phom Penh is one of the first legal fields in the country and they are also hosting small tournament competitions to help develop the sport. THAILAND There are some great fields in the Bangkok area and in some of the tourist locations. Tournament paintball has become very popular over the past few years after the success of some of the Thai teams at international competitions. Thailand now has a permanent local series called TPOC and plays host to a leg of the PALS international series. Thai teams to look out for: Infernal Hellbourne Mission to Mars Alien 11 Highway Star TAIWAN Another hub of paintball manufacturing, Taiwan has previously INDIA hosted legs of the PALS series as Considering the population of well as played host to the World India, paintball in India could be- Games, where paintball was feacome a huge business. There are a tured as a demonstration game. few recball facilities in most major