Editing Ed Poorman (section)

== Paintball career ==

=== Avalanche ===

Poorman was closely associated with [[Avalanche]], an American professional tournament paintball team that became prominent during the 1990s.

He served as team owner and also competed as a player.

A contemporary roster from the 1999 Skyball tournament listed Poorman alongside Chris LaSoya, Glenn Forster, Bill Abell, Richmond Italia and Rocky Cagnoni.[4]

Avalanche won the 1999 NPPL professional 10-man season championship, having also recorded tournament victories in Las Vegas and Dallas that year.[5]

The team continued competing at the highest level of American tournament paintball during the early 2000s.

Published NPPL professional rosters for 2001 and 2002 listed Poorman as an Avalanche player, alongside teammates including Chris LaSoya, Rocky Cagnoni, Todd Martinez, Travis Lemanski and Steve Rabackoff.[6][7]

By October 2002, Poorman had largely retired from professional playing, although contemporary WARPIG coverage documented his temporary return to the Avalanche lineup during that year's World Cup.[8]

Poorman remained involved in the organisation's management as Avalanche continued competing in the NPPL Super 7 series.