Gianmaria Coccoluto

YOUR HOBBIES ASIDE KITEBOARDING?

Skate, surf, photographer, wakeboard, skimboard, sailing.. 

WHAT DO YOU DO ON A DAY WITHOUT WIND? 

Body weight work out, eat pizza and pasta 

WHAT STYLE OF MUSIC ARE YOU INTERESTED IN? 

Hip hop, reggae, rock

HOW AND WHY DID YOU START KITEBOARDING? 

 I stared kiteboarding thanks to my best friend Gabriele, in 2011, after 6 mouth I was Italian champion.

WHY ARE YOU RIDING FOR DUOTONE?

I did my first water start with the VEGAS back in 2011, and from there I never change kite, with duotone we are like a family, they grow me up since day one, if I’m the person who I am now is also thanks to duotone family.

WHAT IS YOUR MAIN GOAL FOR THE FUTURE?

 My mail goal side last November was become worlds champion, but now I did it, so I set up my goal to win 3x world title :)

WHAT TRAINING DO YOU DO TO STAY FIT? 

The most important think is the alimentation, that I follow every single day, + some training out of the water when I don’t kite, and I really take care about my rest, because rest in part of the progress.

WHAT WOULD HAVE BEEN YOUR JOB IF YOU WOULDN´T BE A PRO KITEBOARDER? 

For sure I was pro in some other sport, like maybe skate or football, or sail.. sport has been always part of my life since my dad in a biker, and at 60 is still pushing hard..

WHAT´S YOUR FAVOURITE FOOD? 

Pizza and pasta is my fav, I don’t eat vegetable.

WHAT DID YOU ALWAYS WANT TO SAY?

Message for new generation:

Believe in yourself, even when people say that u will never made it in your dream, this happens to me a lot as I start kiting when I was 19 year old, so I was to old they say but at the end I never gave up and I’m f***ing WORLD CHAMPION <3