Meet Bear D'Egidio, One of Paintball's Brightest Stars

By RantSports Staff
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For over a decade, Bear D’Egidio has been one of the most influential players, industry members and ambassadors in the sport of paintball.  After being introduced to the sport by his father Giovanni D’Egidio at a young age, Bear quickly rose amongst the ranks in the Southern California tournament paintball scene, eventually becoming one of it’s youngest professional players at the age of 14.

Since then, he has gone on to win both national and international titles in over half a dozen countries, having played for such notable professional teams including Russian Legion, Dynasty Entourage and Moscow Red Storm. He has been featured in two paintball video games, has served as the official MC of the prominent World Cup Asia tournament, and been twice selected to the West Coast All-Star team in the National Professional Paintball League, as well as winning SPLAT Magazine’s “Player of the Year” award.

Bear has also seen similar success off the field, serving as the co-founder and CEO of Giant Sportz, the premier operator of paintball parks in the United States, with locations including the World Famous SC Village Paintball Park, Hollywood Sports Park, California Paintball Park and Giant Paintball Park. Through Giant Sportz he has also designed and released his own line of top-tier paintball equipment, dubbed Giant Tactical, which has become a respected industry brand and the product of choice for many high-level tournament competitors and celebrity players.

Additionally, Bear’s work as a paintball ambassador has grown in the last year, having become one of the top five sought-after coaches and clinicians for teams all across the world. He has recently launched an instructional series of paintball videos called “Project Upgrade,” which he distributes for free in an effort help raise awareness of the sport and encourages players to grow their skills.

You can follow Bear, his projects and his lifestyle through his Instagram.

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