ABOUT ME
Marcello MargottSan Diego Dynasty
Professional Paintball Player
Being a true paintball professional requires a full time commitment. While most are working the 9-5 shift, top professional players like Marcello Margott travel the world to compete in professional paintball events and host premier paintball seminars.
San Diego Dynasty
Dynasty is paintballs most successful paintball franchise in the history of the sport. They have accumulated the most wins and have rostered dozen of hall of fame caliber players. The modern day Dynasty is stacked with high caliber players, including all star - Marcello Margott.
For me, paintball is my life.
I eat and breathe this sport every day wanting to find new ways to be the best and continuously help the growth of our community. I play for San Diego Dynasty and have been in the professional scene for over 13 years.
How it all started...
I first played when I was 9 years old and instantly became addicted to the game.
It became an undeniable obsession that filled my week with hopeful thoughts of the weekend coming sooner, only so I could get out there and feel the adrenaline again.
I grew up playing every weekend, constantly on the pursuit of getting better. I would sneak over and watch the pros practice, trying to learn anything I could. During the week I would draw up paintball maps in class and pretend to play out a game, deciding what I would do in certain situations.
Paintball from the beginning was something I knew I wanted to spend my life doing. It made me happier and more content than anything else in the world. It was the one thing I could use as a true escape from everything that was going on in my life. It was my way of expression and tranquility.
It was a chance for my dad and me to create a bond that would one day prove to be the backbone of our relationship and a huge part in how close we became.
11 years old
I first started playing competitive tournaments when I was 11 years old and after getting a taste of victory, as we won every beginner event that year, I knew that I wanted to be the best in the world. It never mattered what I did, I always wanted to be the best. If I would lose at something, anything, then I would practice and practice until I couldn't lose.
15 years old
I grew up learning the game any way I could. When I was 15 years old I was picked up by my first professional team, the LA Ironmen. This was when I really started to learn the game and understand what it took to play at the highest level. I was surrounded with the biggest names in the business and was able to learn from the best coaches in the world.
18 years old
By the time I was 18 years old I had won two World Championships and countless other professional events. My game had evolved and I was now being respected in the pro ranks as a threat on the field. That wasn’t enough for me though, I wanted more, I wanted more than respect, I wanted people to fear playing me because I didn’t want them to believe they had a chance if I was on the other side of the field.
By the time I was 18 years old I had won two World Championships and countless other professional events.
My game had evolved and I was now being respected in the pro ranks as a threat on the field.
"You can always learn, and you should never get complacent."
I refused to let my victories be the end of my growth and knew that I wasn’t the player that I could be and that there was an incredible amount of room for me to improve. No matter how good you get, you can always get better, you can always learn, and you should never get complacent.
From student to teacher...
Over the next few years I really grew to love teaching paintball.
I continued to grow with the sport, becoming a young veteran in the game. I taught my first clinic when I was 16 and by the time I was 21 years old I was teaching at least 5 a year. Thats a small number now but at the time it was a lot for me. Over the next few years I really grew to love teaching paintball. It became a passion just like competing is.
Now I teach at least 20 clinics a year and its something that I have grown to appreciate as much, if not more than winning a gold medal. Theres something about watching another person get excited about developing in the sport that puts a gigantic smile on my face.
I feel it is my job to give back to paintball as much as it has given me.
As my career has taken form and I am now set into the heart of my passion I am starting to feel the need to take on more and more responsibility for the game I love. I feel it is my job to give back to paintball as much as it has given me. My goal is to help spread paintball knowledge around the world and grow the sport by making people aware of how great it really is. If you know me, then you know I am paintball inside and out.
