My name is Brady Nichol, and I’m the creator of the Paintball Broadcast Network. I’m a player, just like you — someone who fell in love with this sport the first time I stepped onto the field. Paintball has always been more than a game to me. It’s competition. It’s creativity. It’s that electric feeling of being alive and part of something that demands both your body and your mind.
But for most of us, that love story has an expiration date. Paintball is a luxury sport — expensive, time-consuming, and physically demanding. As life moves forward, responsibilities stack up, and priorities shift. I started competing later in life, close to 30, with a wife and two young kids. The idea of chasing a pro career didn’t make sense anymore. The travel, the cost, the time away from home — it just wasn’t realistic.
Still, I couldn’t walk away. I wanted to find a way to stay in the game — to build a life in paintball without having to give it up. That became my mission: to create something that could change not just my own path, but the path for anyone who dreams of building a career in this sport.
For years, I experimented, failed, and kept creating. Then, one weekend, I found myself behind the camera — broadcasting local tournaments in St. Louis. And something clicked. From that vantage point, I could see everything: every breakout, every clutch point, every story unfolding in real time. I wasn’t just watching paintball; I was telling its story. And I fell in love with that all over again.
Broadcasting became my way to give back to the game — to capture its intensity, showcase its players, and help fans experience the sport in a way they never had before. It was like discovering a new side of paintball that had been hiding in plain sight. I realized that if we could give the sport a proper platform — professional storytelling, real coverage, and a unified hub — we could finally build the respect it deserves.
That’s how the Paintball Broadcast Network (PBN) was born.
PBN is built on one simple belief: paintball deserves to be treated like every other sport. That means structure. That means coverage. That means a professional ecosystem that supports players, teams, and creators. And yes — that means it can’t all be free. Every dollar that comes through this platform goes toward upgrading production, expanding reach, and funding the kind of growth that pushes paintball forward.
If a Big Mac meal costs $12, and your PBN subscription costs about the same — then you’re investing in the future of paintball. You’re helping us build the ESPN of this sport. You’re helping make paintball not just cheaper to play, but cheaper to get good at. Because every player who dreams of going pro deserves a path to get there — and once they do, they deserve to make a real living doing it.
But this isn’t just about the tournament scene. The heartbeat of paintball runs through big games, scenario events, and the players who live for those massive weekend experiences. Those stories — the families, the veterans, the kids, the lifers — are just as important as the pros on the field. PBN will be there for all of it, documenting, celebrating, and showcasing the passion that drives the sport forward.
We’re building something that belongs to all of us — a platform created by players, for players. A home for the storytellers, the grinders, and the weekend warriors who keep the sport alive.
So to everyone reading this: you’re not just a subscriber. You’re part of the movement. You’re part of the new age of paintball.
This is our hill.
And we’ll build it — and defend it — together.
See you on the field.
– Brady Nichol
Founder, Paintball Broadcast Network
