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A damn fine bmx rider, a nice person to talk with, we had the luck to share a few question with Federico Saoner. Check out!

Hi Fede! Welcome on Candiesmagazine.com! Introduce yourself, how old are you, where are you from and how long have you been riding?

Hi, I’m Federico, I’m 18 and I come from Milan. I’ve been riding for three years.

Sponsors and hook-ups?

My sponsors are Frontocean and Osiris.

How did you become a bmxer? Can you recall the moment when you realized it was something more than just a hobby?

3 years ago my dad took me on a biking day in Milan, where I met a few riders. And it all began. Now bmxing is way more than a hobby for me, it’s my way of life. I couldn’t live more than 3 days without riding ahah

What does bmx mean to you?

Bmx means everything to me. Without it I wouldn’t know what to do. I guess.

Where do you usually ride? Do you have any favourite spot (not necessarily near home)?

I usually ride Lambro or some of Milan’s street spots with my crew. I like Centale because there are tons of walls perfect for combos and so on.

You’re the hero of the last Enel TV spot. I’m curious. How did it happen that such a big company, so far from the action sports, chose a bmxer for its spot, and how did they come to choose you? Was it a good experience?

A friend of mine told me there was a casting in Milan to find a good bmxer. I showed up and a week later they called to tell me that I had been chosen for the spot. It was a great experience and it doesn’t happen everyday to be the protagonist of a spot!! I was very happy to do that.

What did it happen to your missing tooth?

Unluckily I had a slam in June 2011. It wasn’t my fault, another rider hit me while I was dropping! It took me a month to recover, and soon I’ll have a new tooth.

Are you working on any video projects?

Yes I’m starting to work on my new edit and maybe I’ll shoot it in Barcelona. Soon we’ll also shoot a clip with my crew, the M.B. from Milan.

What do you think about the bmxing scene in Italy? Is it growing or not?

The Italian scene is growing very slowly. It’s better than the past, but we’re still far from the other countries.

What are you going to do this summer? Contests, trips, holidays?

I’m in a tour through all the pool parties in Italy until September. Then I’ll go to Barcelona for a few months!

Pictures and clips don’t show how hard it is to be noticed in the competitive world of the freestyle sports. Did bmx lead you to give up anything in your life?

Yes I made a lot of sacrifices. 2 years ago I left school to focus almost entirely to bmx. The level is really high now but with commitment you can do everything!

How do you spend your days when not riding?

Sometimes I swim, or I go out with my friends…

Where do you take inspiration for a riding day?

I watch some videos, I relax and then I’ve fun with the others in street!

Thanks a lot for your time Fede! You can add whatever you want:

Thank you for the itw! Have fun..!!

The city of Turin goes in the street again for the third, terrific, episode of the “Torino Street Style” – a mixture of different freestyle sports such as flying disc, bike polo, fixed bikes, mtb, free-climbing, street acrobats, and of course BMX and skateboarding (I had the chance to shoot a bit also in the wonderful Skate Plaza Valdo Fusi, what an incredible place! A sport report will be published in next days).

Travelling 3 hrs by train (Italian trains, if you know what I mean) in a hot a sunny Sunday could have been discouraging but to be honest I was hyped foreseeing the event!

Main location for the event was the beautiful Piazza Castello in the city center, where the 365bmx crew built an amazing park featuring two quarterpipes, a pyramid box, a funbox, and a wallride!

Riders compete for the final on Saturday, and after elimination rounds, only fifteen of them gained a place for Sunday finals. We had there the most talentuos Italian bmx riders: Simone Barraco, Stefan Lantschner,Davide Altobelli,Alessandro Froio,Emanuel Bettassa,Dario Loconte,Mirko Andreani,Stefano Giusiano,Stefano Nicastro,Leonardo Longato,Jan Balugani,Mattia Rocchi,Ludovico Watson,Edoardo Botti, Federico Tralongo (in qualification order).

Competition format was 20 min run and then 10 minutes for the “best trick” for each battery. Riders were already hot (well, maybe also cause the temperature was near 30°C ), but in my opinion they were more focused to perform a good riding than to “win the competition”, and that’s an amazing, less stressing, feeling!

I’ve been impressed by the variation of tricks, each rider rided the park in his own way drawing new lines in each run. I’ve been stoked especially by Mirko Andreani’s 360 out of bound off the kicker, landing in the street…

…Stefan Lantschner’s HUGE kicker to kicker transfer, gapping the quarter…

…Davide “Dadda” Altobelli’s sick 540 over the box, he won the best trick competition with this one…

…and almost any trics by Simone Barraco

After the finals, here’s the result:

- Best Trick: 540 Over the funbox Davide Altobelli

- 1st Simone Barraco
– 2nd Stefan Lantschner
– 3rd Davide Altobelli
– 4th Alessandro Froio
– 5th/6th ex aequo Stefano Nicastro and Stefano Giusiani
– 7th Mirko Andreani
– 8th Jan Balugani
– 9th Emanuel Bettassa
– 10 Ludovico Watson

After some random occurrence (like losing my train ticket and finding it half an hour of desperate research), I had a nice, warm, trip back home with Federico “The Engineer” Tralongo and Simone “The Creative Guy” Barraco. Too bad I haven’t kept the beautiful piece of art the guys created during the travel

Torino Street Style 2012 – 365BMX Contest powered by: 365BMX – Frontocean – Monster Energy – 45Strada.
Thanks to Umbo, Cocis, Fede and Kid,il Butta, Ale and all the guys that made my day there. Pros kids!

More pictures to be published later on Facebook page

Guys i’m sure you already checked out tons of last X Games videos these days, but well, here we have a previously unreleased footage straight from LA. Check it out – Filmed and edited by Nick Pescetto.

“We went down to LA for the X GAMES. It was a blast. Our man Simone Barraco got 5th at the bmx street park, his first x games, so stoked. X was so fun, lots of partying, crazy people, hots chicks, some surfing, sun and stoke. Cp Gang x Frontocean”

…and don’t miss the full recap from X Games 2012 Los Angeles

Day 1 Day 2  Day 3 Day 4

Party On!

After the big success of the first edition, Vans and 45°NORD are here again to promote freestyle through art, shows, rock and fun.

On Saturday 16 and Sunday 17 April, inside the shopping mall 45° NORD Entertainment Center  of  Moncalieri (Turin), the huge BMX contest that will see pros and amateurs giving their best to gain the 2000 euro money prize.  The ramp is even higher of the last year one. It’s a mini ramp with a 23x8x2 meters spine. The structure has been realized by Nelziskateramps, and the public is going to enjoy some breathtaking stuff!

Moreover, during the weekend there will be music, dj sets, live concerts, and even more…

The program of  Saturday is: 12h00 inscriptions, from 14:00 free trainining on the ramp, and the qualifications will start at 16 o’ clock.

On Saturday night don’t miss the live concert of the Dumper, who’ll play next to the ramp performing the most famous pieces of the Motorhead.

The event will end Sunday: at 15h00 there are the finals and then the prize giving of course!

Don’t miss it!

Thanks to the sponsors: 45° NORD, Vans, Spy, Fiat, SkullCandy, Nelziskateramps, Frontocean, Befed, Monster Energy, 365bmx, 45 Streetwear Store.

By Luca Piras

365 Bmx, Turin, 11-12 September. Some other shots of the event, kindly sent by our new collaborator, Luca Piras !

He’ s a photographer, a biker….well we’ll soon present him to you in a proper way!

By the time, enjoy his nice shots!

And have a look also at his Flickr album

11-12 September, Turin

As you see from the pictures, it has been a huge week end in Turin, with two days fully dedicated to street freestyle sports.

And, most of all, two days dedicated to bmx and skateboard, with two great contests in the middle of the town.

The bmx event started on saturday with the qualifications. Only 9 riders survived and struggled yesterday to win the battle.

It has been a warm sunny Sunday of September, and it couldn’t be better. From 3 o’clock the bikers started riding despite the hot sun. The contest started at 16 o’clock and it was organized in a sort of jam session with the final best trick section.

The atmosphere was extremely cool and everyone, from the riders to the public, had a lot of fun.

The judges had to work hard to decide who rided better, because the level was really high and it was really difficult to choose among them!

Finally, the result has been

1^st: Davide Altobelli

2^nd: MC

3^rd: Mattia Rocchi

4^th: Vittorio Galli

5^th: Michele Virdis

6^th: Thomas Di Feo

7^th: Raffaele Pionna

8^th: Carletto due cappotte

9^th: Ivan Piloti

Big thanks to 365 bmx, Frontocean, Etnies and 45^th Street for the great day they gave us !

IT CONTINUES WITH THE VANS ROYAL CHALLENGE. !