Bear Ridge Paintball: The Mecca of Georgia's Competitive Paintball

Our Bears

Justin Bailey

Age: 35
Years in Paintball: 15 years in paintball
Favorite Paintball Position: Home
Favorite Part of Paintball: Playing the home
Advice to a Newbie: Learn how to play the home

Joey Dipolito

Years in Paintball: 17
Favorite Paintball Position: Everywhere
Favorite Part of Paintball: Getting to travel and do something I enjoy with my friends

Matt Hull

Age: 32

Years in Paintball: 17
Favorite Paintball Position: Front
Favorite Part of Paintball: Team camaraderie
Advice to a Newbie: Listen well and ask questions. The faster you understand the game the better you will be at it.

Joshua Milligan

Bio: it was either this or therapy and I don’t like talking

Age: Old enough (26)

Years in Paintball: too many (12)

Favorite Paintball Position: I just kinda pick whatever position Alex plays to steal his play time because honestly I can play anywhere and I’ll make it happen.. I hate tall people.

Favorite Part of Paintball: meeting all the fellow spectrumees like myself. Anyone who spends thousands of dollars a year to throw projectiles at each other using a pressurized potato launcher with a computer board in it is definitely borderline. I have found my family.

Advice to a newbie: Quit while you’re ahead

Michael McGowan

Age: 37

Years in Paintball: 27

Favorite Paintball Position: Up the Middle. Individually, 5pack run-thrus are tough to beat. Shooting people off break and they just stop running to their spot is another great one. Teamwise, on the field when you feel like you’re reading each other’s minds and you come through for each other.

Favorite Part of Paintball: Off the field, all the hilarious moments, tears streaming down, dying of laughter. Paintball people are unconventional which makes them even more fun … or make funnable! But it’s all love because they’re your teammate, a member of the pack, and as competitors we’re all trying to get better at everything, not just paintball.

Blaine Povalitis

Age: 33

Years in Paintball: 20 years

Favorite Paintball Position: Anywhere in the front

Favorite Part of Paintball: The escape from Reality and Real Friendships

Advice to a Newbie: Always be coachable and willing to take advice from anyone

Aaron Rios

Age: 30
Years in Paintball: 18
Favorite Paintball Position: I enjoy playing all over the field but my strength is up front in the center of the field.
Favorite Part of Paintball: Easily the brotherhood that forms amongst you and your best friends as you all truly sacrifice to work together towards a common goal. There’s no better feeling than succeeding with your friends.
Advice to a Newbie: Enjoy it! If you’re not playing with people you care about being around on and off the field, chasing the paintball dream alone can burn you out quick. Focus on whatever paintball does for you to enjoy it the most.

Davis Stephens

Age: 25

Years in Paintball: 13 years in total, 11th season playing tournaments

Favorite Paintball Position: Anywhere on the snake side or up the middle

Favorite Part of Paintball: Shooting people

Advice to a Newbie: Watch, play, ask questions and absorb as much paintball as you can. Don't be afraid to play with or against better players as that's how you'll grow as a player. Kill the ego.

Daniel Tiner

Age: 30
Years in Paintball: 10 years on and off
Favorite Paintball Position: Anywhere
Favorite Part of Paintball: Hanging out with my friends

Wesley Ward

Age: 34

Years in Paintball: 28

Favorite Paintball Position: Any position

Favorite Part of Paintball: Winning

Advice to a Newbie: Confidence is everything

In The Pits

Our Pit Boss

Meet Kaeli — When she isn’t fulfilling pudding dreams with her Gudd Pudd Delights, she is busy being your friendly neighborhood paintball pit boss and part-time chaos coordinator. With a rag in one hand and a pod full of paint in the other, she keeps the games running, the gear working, and the players organized and wiped down. “Stay ready, you ain’t gotta get ready” is her motto.
Known for expert-level sarcasm, quick reflexes, and an uncanny ability to settle arguments, Kaeli keeps the pits fun, safe, and just the right amount of intense. If there’s a problem, she knows how to fix it.
Paintball may be war, but in Kaeli’s pit, it’s all about good vibes, clean gear, and maybe a little friendly trash talk.

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Contact Bear Ridge

Have a question about scheduling a party, or about how we can match your specific needs? Send us a message, and we will get back to you as soon as we can.

Interested in starting paintball or being a vendor at one of our future events? Please contact Josh Stanley.

Bear Ridge Paintball

8795 Highway 53 East, Jasper, Georgia 30143, United States

Paintball, Rentals, NGXL: Josh Stanley (706)669-8389