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TAG HISTORY 1985-2007

Roland Accepting his Paintball Institute Training Certificate from Bud Orr in 1999

We started with a humble goal

1985 - "Give Our Very Best"

23 years later, we still have a humble goal

2008 - "We Stand Behind our Service"

(we are not stoopid enough to stand in front of it!)

Boy! We sure have learned a lot in 23 years!!!

TAG was started in 1985 by Steve Mekler. In 1986, Roland Chick caught the notice of Steve, due to his 'ability to test the rules' and was hired immediately. Roland and another manager - Chuck Hensch, grew in the sport rapidly and they decided to put that experience in a manual form to help others grow in the sport. The two met with Reggie Denner and Tom McGinley, who were already underway with this endeavor, and aided them to continue with an international paintball regulatory organization, NAPRA.

Roland grew so much that he: became an instructor; became a qualified air-smith technician; played for a pro team that won the largest tournament circuit in the country at the time, (which was back then in 1991, considered to be 'the world championship' of paintball); wrote articles; worked at indoor paintball fields; retail paintball shops; and other promotional venues.

In 1995, after several years of managing TAG, Roland became the owner of TAG. With full authority, the changes were rapid and bold. Offering higher safety standards, increasing the number of fields as well as increasing the number of games played in a day, better rental gear, using revolutionary concepts, pushing innovation trends had become the norm for him.

In 2004, Roland married Michelle, and became father to Halie, age 11; and Connor, age 7. He moved to Sacramento and started the 3-hour commute. Michelle saw Roland's vision of TAG, that she put up their homes for sale (one of them was her dream home) to buy the land in Hollister for TAG. There, they will build a house ON the field at TAG!

The challenges were big, but the vision was bigger! The latest challenge when developers offered the owners $53 million for the 70 acres that TAG sits on. The owners (L&W Inc) said 'no'. They gave their word to Roland and to sell it to him first! These men of honor know the value of integrity. They said that they have a 'greater responsibility' to the community than to sell out and make a lot of money. They will build this land into a destination location for recreation. In the next 2 years they will put in a miniature golf course, a go cart track and a water slide park for the community!

TAG has plans for a castle with a moat in 2009, a CQB for police/airsoft training, flushing toilets, etc. But no matter what happens, no matter what new features get built, no matter the innovations, it is still a family business with family values. 'I believe God has a sense of humor', Roland says, 'by putting me, of all people, in charge this!'

You can see the joy in the Chick Family as they serve everyone who comes. Their dedication and enthusiasm is unequalled. They get poked at for being 'Christians with Guns', but they just laugh it off and keep shooting (oops, I mean 'serving') people. You will be in for a treat when you come meet the humor filled, ball of energy in Roland. He will keep you entertained and make your visit a memorable one and not easily able to forget!

Their Mission Statement is: 'To Impact as Many People as Possible'. Their goal is to 'out serve the servers'. Everyone who comes to TAG blesses their family so much; what keeps Roland 'juiced' is to see if he can give more than he gets! This is really fun to watch!

THESE ARE JUST A 'SNAPSHOT' OF THE HIGHLIGHTS OF TAG HISTORY
1985 TAG is the 1^st paintball fields to start in California
1986 Roland is the 1^st employees to start working at TAG
1987 TAG is the 1^st to offer a Money Back Guarantee, in the nation
1988 Roland is the 1^st authorized Tippmann Technician on the West Coast, by Jim Miller
1989 Roland is the 1^st NAPRA Referee's (#21) and NAPRA Instructors in the world
1990 TAG is the 1^st to mandate the use of barrel plugs in California
1991 TAG's team win 1^st place in 'the world championship' of paintball (Black Diamonds)
1992 TAG is the 1^st to have 2 locations, (moves to Felton)'
1993 Roland is the 1^st to almost die at TAG (He hates that story...so ask him about it!)
1994 TAG is the 1^st in California to mandate the 'Potty-Mouth Rule' (now, a national standard)
1995 Roland is the 1^st '2^nd' generation manager to take over a paintball company in California
1996 TAG is the 1^st to achieve more than twice the number of games played per day in California
1997 TAG is the 1^st to have the most fields (6) in Northern/Central California (moves to Watsonville)
1998 TAG is the 1^st fields in California to use an 'air ball' field, for tournaments
1999 Roland is the 1^st in California to be certified by PTI (C1, C2, C3, #314)
2000 TAG is the 1^st to use N2 exclusively for its rental gear in California
2001 TAG is the 1^st to introduce new safety standard protocols in California
2002 TAG is the 1^st to achieve more than 20 games per day in California
2003 TAG is the 1^st fields to mandate the use of barrel covers in California
2004 TAG is the 1^st paintball company to move to a public high school campus; (administrator of Scooter's Paintball Club)
2005 TAG is the 1^st on the West Coast to mandate 'N2 Only' for safety
2006 TAG is the 1^st to institute the 'Pop Rule' in the nation
2006 TAG is the 1^st to achieve more than 40 games per day, consistently, in California;
2006 TAG is the 1^st fields to offer to serve the sport of 'airsoft'
2007 TAG officially becomes the oldest paintball company in Northern and Central California
2007 TAG is the 1^st to offer Instructional Courses for FREE in the country! (Soon to become another 'national standard')
2007 TAG is the 1^st to offer the most value than any paintball park in the history of paintball in California, year after year'
2007 TAG is the 1^st to offer FREE paint grenades to every rental player
2007 TAG is the 1^st to have a permanent modular CQB for paintball/airsoft in California
2007 TAG is the 1^st to....be continued!

TAG never had the goal to be the biggest...just the best! It is clear that TAG is "The originator, not the imitator".

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