SUP BATTLE OF THE FRIENDS

I came back from Hawaii four weeks ago, and I still didn't surf at the home spot in Rome. The wave forecast this summer in Italy are so bad, the ocean it's completly flat and there aren't any good news for the next week. I' m doing some other sports, just to be ready for the next big swell! 

Keep calm and relax is the Italian rule of the summer 2013

- 1st palce Red Team - 

Last weekend  at Jimmy Lewis Rome Test Center I did the First Stand Up Battle of The Friends.

The organization of the contest was supported from Gabriele and Silvia that provide JL Sup boards, and from all friends that had partecipated at the sup battle. 

At 10 am I had the briefing contest where they showed the format of the race.

There were two teams, Red and Blue, with 30 Sup riders that were ready to paddling in a crazy battle.

I was in the Red team with three girls Silvia The Shark Lady, Betty The Long Distance's Paddler and with some other guys.

The format was a relay race, the track was simple with only two turns, and the distance was just perfect for everybody. 

The vibes that I could feel were so good, I was so proud of my friends that organized this event, and I had a lot of fun!

I did the first race versus Fabio, (my personal masseur) where I arrived behind him just for a second. At the second race I was paddling straight to drop Fabio, when I crashed his sup board and he fall off..ah ah ah...after that he tried to bring the tail of my sup board  but he was swiimming too slow and he couldn't finish his tricky job ah ha ah!!!

I was stood up on  the Sup with a big smile and I watched him that was swimming back to get his sup and paddle. I'm sure he drunk some salty water!! Of course I waited him just to be friendly and we paddling back to the beach. It was a great race.....thanks again Fabio!!

The Red team won the First Battle of  The Friends 2013!! 

I'm waiting for some good pictures from you guys to upload on my blog and to remeber this beautiful Sup battle!

- Stay tuned for the 2nd Battle of the friends - 

SK8 IN ROME

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- Mars -

        When I was living in Brescia nine years ago I loved skateboarding during the freetime. I still remember when I learned how to do the ollie. I think I spent one month just down the street not far from my parents house to try to jump on the sidewalk. I practised hardly and finally I did some great ollies, it was very fun and I was proud that I was moving to do something bigger.

            After the first trick that every skaters learn when they're training, I had the opportunity to go to some great bowls and skateparks in the city where I was born. Around one years ago I went back to Brescia where there is an  amazing bowl. I was with the long skate that I bought when I visited  Venice beach, California. It was strange to go back to the palces where I grow up, I just went down from the coping and I still remeberd the same lines that I was riding ten years ago.  It was a great experice!

Yestarday after work I was ready again for a great sk8 session. 

         I got off at Anagnina metro stop (Rome) after almost an hour, and I followed the direction that I recived from a friend by fb. Thanks so much Lea!

         I walked 15 min and behind some condos there is an amazing free skatepark. It is just in the area that it calls Cinetittà. I arrived there around 6.30 pm, just the time to find Lea that she introduced me some her friends, and to find a place for the bag...and I was skatebording again.

         Initially I felt not very ready to go back in a skatepark after a long time, but I just thought:

  'the life is one and everyday is special'.

I putted the tail of the skateboard on the coping, I watched down and I dropped in. I was so happy and I felt free!!!! I was skateboarding for an hour and I  tried to close some triks, like the show-it and some ollies on the flat zone. Thanks Mars! For the first day it was enough, but I had the idea to print in my mind this beautiful evening, so I got the camera and I took some shoots of the skaters that I met there.

 

 Thanks so much for a great time toghether, see you soon!