Name    : Gianmarco Pollacchi

Year of Born: 1989
Birthplace: Pietrasanta
Resides: Viareggio
Height: 170 cm
Weight: 67 kg
How long you've been riding: I’ve started surf when I was 11 years old
Year got sponsored: 4 years ago…
Other Sponsors: Analog clothing, Nixon, West wetsuits, Bill Jhonson surfboard, Pull in underwear, Freak grip, Future fins, Inside surf shop…
Music: all type of music, but I prefer house and minimal music…too energic
Heroes: mi hero is my grandfather Piero, a very special and very important person for me!
Favorite movies: my favorite movie is Stranger than fiction and Shipping jetstreams
Favorite word: Go big or go home!
Favorite food: every type of food!
Favorite video game: I don t like videogame!
Favorite Surfing mag: Surf Latino an Italian magazine!
Favorite trick: all air tricks, but my preferred tricks are air reverse 180 and power turns!
Top 3 activities besides Surfing: sleep, stay with my girl and eat…
Video appearances: Surf Corner Video Magazine, Analog Video and another secret video for now…
Top 5 competition achievements: I have won a local contest 2 years ago, and I’m arrived some times in the first three positions in Italian competitions, but if must be sincere I don t like do a competitions…
Top 5 media achievements: I appear in some videos, for example this is the second years the I had a personal profile on Surfcorner Video Magazine, and now I m working for other two videos, for now top secret!    
Surfing  influences: surf influence too much my life because every day when I go on the beach and I don t see the waves I become a bad mood, so this is very bad for me and for the people that are around me…
Inspirations: I try to give inspiration from some pro-surfer like Dane Reynolds, Dion Agius, Julian Wilson and Benjy Wheterly…but is only a dream…
Favorite article of clothing: I love Analog clothing and DC shoes!
Best thing about surfing: the liberty…and the nature
Worst thing about surfing: that if you fall down, sometimes can be really dangerous
Best place to ride: I think that is Indonesia, but I never surfed there, so also Maldives is very good!
Worst place to go: I think here in Italy when is very cold and windy…
Words of wisdom: be yourself everywhere and every time!
Thank you to… I want say Thanks to all my family and my sponsors, but in particular to Nicola Bresciani (analog team manager), Andrea Bonfili (DC team manger), Fabrizio Ferruzzi and Luca Palla