Editing Dan Bonebrake (section)

== Paintball career ==

=== Planet Paintball and Enchanted Acres ===

During the 1990s, Bonebrake operated Planet Paintball, a paintball business in Oregon, and was associated with Enchanted Acres Paintball Park in Scappoose, near Portland.

In September 1997, Enchanted Acres hosted a Great Western Series tournament featuring five-player and 10-player competitions.

The tournament experienced delays caused by insufficient compressed-air capacity. Bonebrake, identified in contemporary reporting as the owner of Planet Paintball, responded by refunding entry fees to the 10-player teams and offering to reimburse the travel expenses of visiting teams.[5]

In 1998, Bonebrake and Elizabeth (Liz) Bonebrake were identified as the owners of Enchanted Acres. The facility again hosted a Great Western Series tournament and was scheduled to accommodate an event in the [[National Professional Paintball League]] (NPPL).[6]

=== Great Western Series (1997–1999) ===

Bonebrake became a partner in the Great Western Series in 1997, joining its founder [[Russell Maynard]].

Established in 1991, the series organised regional tournament competition throughout the western United States, including events in California, Nevada, Oregon, Washington and Hawaii.[1]

The competition primarily used five-player and 10-player formats with restrictions on the quantity of paintballs players could carry.

The series also permitted teams to bring their own paintballs, reducing costs compared with competitions requiring the purchase of event-supplied paint.[2]

In 1999, the organisation expanded its promotional partnership to include Liz Bonebrake and [[Jessica Sparks]]. This restructuring led to the establishment of the Pan Am Paintball Circuit.[1]

=== Pan Am Paintball Circuit (1999–2003) ===

Bonebrake continued as a promoter of the Pan Am Paintball Circuit following its establishment.

The circuit initially attempted to expand beyond the western United States but subsequently concentrated on its established regional venues.[1]

Pan Am retained the limited-paint, bring-your-own-paint format associated with the Great Western Series.

By 2002, Bonebrake and Russell Maynard were responsible for major competition decisions, including the authority to issue player suspensions.[7]

Following organisational changes during 2002, Bonebrake became the circuit's principal promoter by the end of 2003.[2]

During the 2003 season, he introduced seven-player, unlimited-paint competition to replace the existing 10-player division, reflecting changes occurring within the NPPL's Super 7 format. The five-player division retained its 200-paintball-per-player limit.[8]

=== Xtreme Paintball Sports League (2004–2006) ===

In 2004, the Pan Am circuit was reorganised as the [[Xtreme Paintball Sports League]] (XPSL).

The revised series adopted seven-player competition based on NPPL rules while retaining its bring-your-own-paint policy.

Bonebrake continued as promoter and brought Shawn Walker into the organisation during the 2004 season. Walker became head of operations before the final two tournaments of that year.[2][9]

For 2005, the league secured Proto Paintball as title sponsor and operated as the Proto XPSL.

The circuit continued providing regional competition for amateur and developing tournament teams.[9]

Bonebrake subsequently sold the XPSL to Shawn Walker. Contemporary NPPL coverage in March 2007 identified Walker as the league's owner before its acquisition by Pacific Paintball LLC in January of that year.[10]