Editing Shane Pestana (section)

== Playing career ==

=== Original Ironmen ===

Pestana became a member of the original California Ironmen, a professional tournament team led by [[Bob Long]].

The team included players such as [[Marty Bush]], [[Dave Youngblood]], Daryl Trent and Clayton Kyle, and competed in major American tournaments during the transition from pump-action markers to semiautomatic equipment.

During the early 1990s, the Ironmen became one of the leading teams in NPPL competition.

The team won three consecutive NPPL season championships between 1993 and 1995, along with multiple individual tournament victories.[1]

Pestana was part of the Ironmen team that defeated [[Bad Company (American paintball team)|Bad Company]] in the professional final of the 1995 NPPL Dallas Open.

A historical account published by John Amodea records Pestana celebrating the victory, which was the Ironmen's third consecutive Dallas Open championship.[1]

=== Southern California Ironmen ===

Following a division within the original Ironmen organisation in late 1996, Bob Long departed and established a separate professional team known as [[Bob Long's Ironmen]].

The original organisation continued under the Southern California Ironmen name, associated with Dave Youngblood and Pestana.

Both teams competed independently in the NPPL during the late 1990s and early 2000s.

Contemporary reporting from the 1997 NPPL Las Vegas Desert Open distinguished the new Bob Long organisation from the existing Ironmen.[2]

Pestana subsequently became captain of the Southern California Ironmen.

The team's official 2001 NPPL professional roster identified him as captain alongside players including [[Oliver Lang]], [[Yosh Rau]], [[Matt Marshall|Matty Marshall]], [[Rich Telford]], [[Billy Wing]], [[Micah McGlocklin]], [[Bryon Benini]] and Marty Bush.[3]

At the 2001 NPPL Los Angeles Open, Pestana and teammate Brahim Estephan assisted with modifications to the playing fields before the tournament. The changes were intended to reduce the advantage enjoyed by teams that regularly practised at the venue.[7]

=== Retirement and later appearances ===

Pestana retired from regular professional competition following the [[2001 Paintball World Cup]].

In May 2002, he temporarily returned to tournament play with Shocktech Factory at the PSP Las Vegas Open, competing alongside fellow retired professional player Spud Jackson.

Contemporary WARPIG reporting explicitly identified the appearance as a return from retirement rather than a permanent transfer from the Ironmen.[8]