Editing Chuck Hendsch (section)

== Paintball career ==

=== Early industry involvement ===

Hendsch was involved in professional paintball during the 1990s, combining tournament competition with work in the paintball equipment industry.

By October 1998, he was working with [[JT USA]], the American manufacturer of paintball goggles and protective equipment.

Contemporary [[WARPIG]] reporting from the 1998 NPPL World Cup identified Hendsch among the company's representatives providing equipment and support to participating players.[7]

He continued working with JT during the early 2000s.

At the NPPL organisational meeting held in January 2001, Hendsch was identified as the league's vice-president and a representative of JT.[8]

=== Formation of San Diego Dynasty (2001) ===

Hendsch played an important role in the establishment of [[San Diego Dynasty]].

The team was formed in 2001 from a group of young California tournament players, several of whom had previously competed with [[IronKids]].

According to a 2006 ''Los Angeles Times'' retrospective, Hendsch organised the creation of a new professional team after the young players achieved success in amateur competition.[1]

The original Dynasty roster included [[Ryan Greenspan]], [[Alex Fraige]], Angel Fragoza, Kevin Bredthauer, Brian Cole, Brad Maughan, Rodney Squires and other established tournament players.

Hendsch was identified as the team's captain in the published 2001 and 2002 NPPL professional rosters.[2][9]

Dynasty won the professional 10-man division at the 2001 NPPL World Cup in Orlando, Florida, defeating Aftershock, Bob Long's Ironmen and Bad Company in the final round.[10]

The team subsequently finished level with the Southern California Ironmen in the 2002 NPPL professional 10-man season standings.

Hendsch's involvement with Dynasty diminished as his responsibilities with the NPPL increased.

On 22 August 2003, the team announced that it had separated from Hendsch and reorganised as Dynasty Paintball Club LLC, an independently managed organisation without an individual owner.[11]