Mattia Pedrani brings us a mashup of 5 differenet session he had over the past Christmas during a quick trip to Sardinia.
It started off in Principina, Tuscany, on the 25th, with 30 knots port tack, then went to Funtana Meiga, Sardinia to sail starboard tack with 35 knots sideon on the 26th and 15 sideoff on the 27th. A little freestyle sesh in Porto pollo with 13/20 knots in Porto Pollo and then a nice clean surf session in La Ciaccia to finish everything up, and then straight back home. – Mattia
German freestyler Adrien Beholz road tripping through Italy, as he prepared for the Podersdorf Worldcup. His first stop was Sardinia followed by Lake Garda.
The Italian Stintino Freestyle competition recently took place with many top names in town, check out the video below.
Italian Pro Raimondo Gasperini (I-157) has fun and does some training with light wind and nice waves.
This video shows that even in marginal conditions, windsurfing is fun, and it’s a good workout to increase your sensitivity with light winds! – Raimondo
Hey scored this session near Marina di Palo, Rome, where NalooSurf/XRay Windsurf Center is located. winds where only 14 – 16 knots with 1.5m waves. The gear a 100 liter flare and a 5.7 Severne Blade.
Italian freestyler Mattia Pedrani has released his latest clip.
This video is different from my previous clips. The action isn’t as fast and it focuses more on the beautiful scenery covered by 15cm of powder. The track is also smoother and communicates the surreal atmosphere I could feel when walkin around the streets and the beach covered in snow, ready to hit the water. As the title suggests, the need to go windsurfing goes beyond petty things like below zero temperatures and whether it’s actually snowing or not. It’s way too easy to be doin tricks in shorts somewhere where the water’s pancake flat.
The struggle represents the ultimate test for your passion and dedication and once you overcome it, it just makes you appreciate everything more.
As you can probably understand from me autoclosing my wetsuit, I was completely by myself and I also had to leave the Ghettocam recording on the beach by itself and try to pull tricks in front of it.
Icing on the cake, there’s a pretty big surprise in it too! 🙂
It’s hard coming back to cold waters after being somewhere near Tropical. Italian freestyler Matteo Romeo is “back to the real life” in this clip. Matteo filmed this clip at his home spot Abbadia Lariana at Lake Como in Italy after being in Brazil
Young Italian freestyle Giovanni Passani having fun and training at his homespot.
Italian Pro Mattia Pedrani brings us the 5th episode of his “Mediterranean Diet” series. This time he hits up Porto Pollo, Sardinia. The clip is composed of just 2 freestyle sessions, whiche he describes as “per gusty and the wind was switching around like crazy.”.
From Italy a nice little edit about Marco Livraghi at Lake Garda. Marco’s passion and freestyle talent is showcased nicely.
A nice video coming to us from the summer in lake Garda Italy. You will want to crank the quality up to HD on this one.
This project, launched in 2010 by the will of two families of Malcesine (VR), is aimed at young people to give them the opportunity to understand what opportunities can offer on the lake where they live at the level of sports, especially windsurfing. Its no secret that Lake Garda, one of the most famous spots in Europe, during the summer windsurfer swarm from all over Italy and Europe, while local young talent are defiantly too few. Luca and Matteo, which the project is dedicated to, were two young surfers of Malcesine who made their beloved sport in their country.
Riders: Michele Benamati, Federico Guarnati, Tommaso Rosà, Arnold Pere, Sebastiano Vannini, Omar El Haddadi, Fabio Calò, Tommy Carletto, Filippo Marcolini, Piergiorgio Fravezzi, Giampi Banterla, Meiky Vieczorek.
Italian freestyler and winner of last years UK Student Freestyle Champion, Nicola Terenzi freestyling it up in some stormy conditions.
The Jaguar NeilPryde Racing Series landed in Torbole, Lago di Garda last week for its first Italian stopover. Forty-three windsurfers from Italy and Hungary competed with the universal one-design RS:One, an ISAF-approved class. The 2011 PWA Freestyle World Champion, Steven van Broeckhoven, and the Hawaiian wave rider Tatiana Howard were also part of the guest list.
The RS:One Class features a new, attractive, and dynamic race format: one sail, one board. Everyone on the same equipment, allowing male and female racers of all ages to compete together.
Courses were set in front of the Torbole Circolo surf club, just meters from the crowd, providing a unique spectator experience and allowing for some exciting close-quarter competition on water.
Racing in four divisions – female, male under 22 years (Espoir), male over 22 years (Senior) and male over 40 years old (Master) – the event comprised of two days of races with thirteen qualification heats, two fiercely contested finals held in challenging conditions with fluctuating winds.
Being a one-design class, all RS:One equipment was supplied by NeilPryde, giving an equal chance to all competitors no matter sex or age. The winners of each division and overall Super Final winner shared the prize money of US$3,000.
The Jaguar NeilPryde Racing Series will continue its journey to Nice (France), and Rio (Brazil).
Saturday Results:
Female:
1- Ginevra Gabrielli
2- Diane Detre
3- Matilde Forlin
Men Espoir:
1- Jozef Masseroli
2- Michele Nogler
3-Jacopo Renna
Men Senior:
1- Andrea Ferin
2- Fabian Heidegger
3- Fabio Calo
Men Master:
1- Ezio Ferin
2- Alexander Leupold
3- Massimo Masserini
Sunday Results:
Female:
1- Diane Detre
2- Ginervra Gabrielli
3- Verena Fauster
Men Espoir:
1- Josef Masseroli
2- Michele Nogler
3- Filippo Facchin
Men Senior:
1- Andrea Ferin
2- Fancesco Prati
3- Michael Scalet
Men Master:
1- Ezio Ferin
2- Alexander Leupold
3- Alessandro Tomasi
Super Final winner:
1- Josef Masseroli
Photo Credit: Roberto Vuilleumier
Story Credit: Neilpryde.com
Lake Garda and JP are hosting a few exciting events over the summer. The events include the now legendary Young Gun Camp, July 2nd – 3rd, and the Shaka Bump & Jump Contest July 7 – 8. Both events will be hosted at Shaka! The famous windsurf centre in Torbole, Lake Garda, is not only one of the biggest in Italy or the world, but its owner Mikel Slijk is also very active organizing both events for 2012.
* YOUNG GUN CAMP – 2-6. July
* BUMP & JUMP – 7-8. July
Freestyle action by Mattia Pedrani shot at Conche in the Venetian Lagoon close to Sottomarina on Lake Garda, Italy.
EBA… it´s the Sardinian word for WATER. Three friends, Demetrio, Nadir and Dario travel along the shore in search of beaches, wind and the windsurfing lifestyle, in this windsurfing video. What it lack in hardcore action it makes up for in atmosphere. watch as the three travel around the island of Sardinia, Italy
