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Bangkok Exhibition of Sport that’s like “Ice Hockey — Except that Players are Armed with Stun Guns”

How I missed this exhibition the other evening I will never know…

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Today’s Bangkok Post reports:

The atmosphere was electric as a shocking new sport came to Bangkok.

Players took aim with electric stun guns at PAC Sports Centre as the Philadelphia Killawatts, Toronto Terror, San Diego Spartans and LA Nightlight battled it out in exhibition matches last night and on Friday.

UTB’s rules are similar to ice hockey — except that players are armed with stun guns that put out three to five milliamperes of electricity, with participants getting shocked dozens of times per match.

Police-grade tasers are not that much stronger and have been known to cause cardiac arrest and inadvertent death in their targets.

Eric Prumm, a cofounder of the four-team UTB league, said the stun guns hurt but are essentially harmless. The players, who have been recruited from the cream of the North American professional paintball circuit, have signed liability waivers resembling those in other contact sports.

The sport came to Bangkok as part of a marketing drive in Asia. Other exhibition matches are planned in Malaysia and elsewhere.

There’s more info on the sport’s official site, which includes this video (embedded below and on YouTube here).

(Image: Bangkok Post.)

(All emphasis mine.)

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