Editing Sticks and Stones (paintball film)


'''Sticks and Stones''' is a tournament [[paintball film]] produced by [[DerDer Productions]], documenting the 2006 season of the [[Carolina Field Owners Association]] (CFOA) in the United States. The DVD features five-player tournament competition and X-Ball events, with approximately 35 minutes of footage and additional bonus material.[1]

The film is the third instalment in DerDer's CFOA series, following ''[[The CFOA Experience]]'' and ''[[Insult to Injury]]''.[1]

== Content ==

''Sticks and Stones'' documents regional tournament paintball during the 2006 CFOA season, combining footage from traditional five-player competitions with the league's X-Ball events.

=== Five-player tournaments ===

The film includes footage from three CFOA five-player tournaments:[1]

* '''Trauma Challenge''': 29–30 April 2006.
* '''Smokey Mountain Roundup''': 27–28 May 2006.
* '''Grand Strand Classic''': 29–30 July 2006.

The tournament names and dates are also recorded in the historical CFOA event listings maintained by PBLeagues.[2]

=== X-Ball competition ===

In addition to five-player tournament footage, the DVD features three CFOA X-Ball events held at Rock Hill, South Carolina.[1]

During the 2006 season, the CFOA organised both traditional five-player competitions and X-Ball tournaments. Contemporary coverage by [[WARPIG]] documented the continued popularity of five-player paintball within the league.[3]

== Production and release ==

''Sticks and Stones'' was produced by DerDer Productions as part of its series documenting regional tournament paintball in the southeastern United States.

The production follows two earlier CFOA DVDs:

* ''[[The CFOA Experience]]'' (2004)
* ''[[Insult to Injury]]'' (2005 season)
* ''Sticks and Stones'' (2006 season)

The DVD was advertised with a running time of approximately 35 minutes, excluding bonus footage.[1]

Its promotional description appeared in a paintball DVD catalogue published on 10 January 2008, establishing that the film was available by that date. Its exact commercial release date has not been independently established.[1]

== See also ==

* [[DerDer Productions]]
* [[Carolina Field Owners Association]]
* [[The CFOA Experience]]
* [[Insult to Injury]]
* [[Paintball films]]

== References ==

# [https://spiderpainballgun.blogspot.com/2008/01/paintball-dvd-and-videos.html "Paintball DVD and Videos", Spyder Paintball Guns, 10 January 2008. Includes the original DerDer promotional description, tournament coverage, running time and position within the CFOA series.]
# [https://pbleagues.com/leagues/11 PBLeagues, "Carolina Field Owners Association", historical tournament listings and 2006 event dates.]
# [https://warpig.com/paintball/tournament/cfoa/2006/tarheel/index.shtml Bill Mills, "CFOA Tarheel Open", WARPIG, August 2006. Contemporary coverage of the CFOA's five-player and X-Ball tournament formats.]

[[Category:Paintball films]]