Paige Vasser, proprietor of Legacy Boxing Health club in Vero Seashore, is without doubt one of the top-10 skilled ladies in paintball — and she or he by no means performed a sport till she was 21 years previous.

Vasser grew up in Southeast Georgia earlier than transferring to Sebastian, the place she ultimately opened Legacy Boxing Health club in Vero Seashore to present again to the group.

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“I grew up in Southeast Georgia close to Brunswick; it is sort of the center of nowhere, and I did not get into sports activities till I used to be 21,” Vasser stated.

Her introduction to boxing got here earlier than paintball, and she or he embraced it absolutely.

“I had by no means actually exercised earlier than. I by no means did sports activities earlier than doing boxing. I simply thought it was sort of — pardon my wording — bada**,” Vasser stated.

Because the fitness center’s proprietor, Vasser was in search of extra. Her boyfriend, who had been enjoying paintball for about 10 years, launched her to the game.

“I had by no means even heard of paintball earlier than, however my boyfriend had began about 10 years earlier than I began,” Vasser stated.

She took her group at Legacy for a day of paintballing and rapidly fell in love with it.

“We simply ended up loving it on the weekends as one thing that saved us busy,” Vasser stated.

What began as a weekend pastime rapidly become one thing a lot greater. A coach seen Vasser enjoying and recruited her for his divisional group. A 12 months later, she signed together with her first ladies’s skilled group.

Her rise by the game has been speedy. Vasser is now ranked among the many high skilled ladies in paintball, and final weekend she competed internationally at an occasion in France.

“I really received to play internationally final weekend. We flew into Paris, and we had an occasion in France,” Vasser stated.

The occasion was held on the website of the United Paintball Federation, the place Vasser and Workforce USA received gold in one of many largest occasions within the sport.

“I received to play with ladies that I by no means get to play with earlier than, which is an superior expertise. They’re wonderful, and it was quite a lot of enjoyable,” Vasser stated.

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