OUR STORY

Young, energized, and confused, we started playing paintball in the late ’90s. We played for fun at first—then we discovered competition. We started a team; we lost at first, then we practiced. We practiced a lot, and met friends who liked to practice and play as much as we did.

Beginning to travel and grow, we saw many strange and wonderful places and met thousands of interesting people. We fell in love with the game of paintball—moving and growing with the game, innovating, creating, teaching, and exploring. In 2005, at the height of our tournament success, the world pulled us apart as we parted ways. Years later, our paths intersected once more for another successful run of tournament wins. Although we began to transition out of top-level competition, we still love and believe in the game, still full of fun and excitement every time we play.

Style and superstition always held an important place in our ritual and beliefs—wanting to look good and wear the adornments that held meaning to us. Whether it was a lucky shirt reserved only for Sunday competition or a tattered headband worn in enough to prove your experience, we cared deeply for these items. They not only gave us security and confidence, but helped define the style of our generation of players.

Looking through old photo albums and boxes of old gear, we stumbled upon some of our original headbands—beat up and faded, but full of memories and magic. As time has passed, paintball companies, teams, and players have come and gone, but somewhere live those memories, frozen in time, of a game or a move that will remain forever unchanged.

Our motivation is to create a special product that instills confidence and focus—something crafted with care and attention out of natural and organic materials. A piece of material to collect memories, the successes and the failures. A reminder that each moment happens only once: embrace it, give your best, and leave nothing behind. We create Hormesis headbands for players willing to go the distance to accomplish their goals—whether they strive to have fun, win tournaments, bond with a friend or family member, build a team, or capture the rush of the game.