Wearing shorts to paintball?

[obladeo]

Just wondering if anyone wears shorts while paintballing?

I've just picked theses up for £3.50 new and because the weather is so nice i want to use em. I have knee pads that i wear anyway but just thought it might be abit more cooler to wear theses

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[Marcus Geezer]

It's a no no for tourney for sure, but for training and for woodsball I guess it would be down to the discretion of the site owner.

 

[obladeo]

It's a no no for tourney for sure, but for training and for woodsball I guess it would be down to the discretion of the site owner.

Could i ask why they would stop you wearing paintball short? I can see why they would stop you wearing normal shorts but paintball shorts.

 

[Mello]

I heard thats it somthing to do with paintballs hitting bare skin. Is off putting? Not sure how true that is but im sure someone will have the answer.

 

[Alex R]

I wouldn't fancy sliding into a bunker and catching my leg on the bunker pegs!

 

[Fredo]

There was a guy in the 2006 (I think it was 2006) Toulouse Millenniums with a prosthetic leg that wore shorts. He is the only tournament player I have seen wearing them.

Probably something to do with skin & paintballs not mixing too well I would guess

Andy/Fredo
LOKI

 

[Cook$]

Hits wipe off skin pretty easy...

 

[spangley_special]

they're against the mills rule book, must have long sleeves and full length legs. tho t a local level i doubt refs would care

 

[james sutton]

wearing shorts is not allowed in toruny due to the easy of covering a hit up, think about it if your shorts are a little bit high when you are kneeling in a bunker and u get hit in the upper leg for example "quads" then when you stand the shorts will lower meaning the shot will be covered.

 

[A-Dawg]

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