Hey Alex! You appeared several times on our pages, but we still hadn’t your real itw. But now the time has finally come! Here we go, with the first, classic question:

How old are you, where are you from and how long have you been skating?

I‘m 25 years old, I come from Catania and I‘ve had fun with the stick for 11 years now!

Sponsors and hook ups?

Minoia Board co. SkullCandy, Etnies

Can you still remember why did you start skateboarding? And what brought you to your very first ollie?:D

Well… I must say it all happened by chance (but i believe that nothing happens by chance in our life ) Anyway, a classmate of mine, Claudio Staccioli (ex sk8er) a day (it was a fat Tuesday) introduced me to Marco Barozzi, a very strange man. He used to enter other people house to steal spray pant cans… ahahahahah, well, that day I had a lot of fun and between a can and the other Barozzi told me: ‘’if you like skateboarding, then buy a deck and come skateboarding!’’ and that was exactly what I did! XD

What do you think of the Genovese scene? Is it evolving, going towards the right direction, or you‘d like it to be different?

Man, I’m afraid the Genovese scene is going to die with us. Nowadays kids are lazy… they don’t want to do anything and most of all they don’t want to learn anything. They’re raised just like chicks! Of course I’d like to see something different.. I guess everybody does, isn’t it?

We saw you in quite every Italian contest, at least in those who people go big! Do you like competition or you maybe prefer chilling sessions with your friends?

Contests are damn good, you can skate and challenge the best skaters around… but skateboarding with your whole crew… there’s no comparison… You know what I mean!?!?!

Talking about the crew, last summer you went to a trip with your friends of Skatetoua, are you planning something similar this year? Are you working on some other video parts?

Hahhhaah that was as awesome trip! Anyway I don’t know, because we leave far from each other and probably we’ll decide where to go directly on the road.. not bad at all I’m sorry but you’ll have to wait a bit for the next video part. Roberto (lo Spesso) Sacchetti is studying hard and Carlo Cassan is pretty busy at the moment!

Which was the coolest contest you took part this year?

There was a best trick contest organized by Minoia Board co. In Brescia and it was really sick. All the contest are good.. but the one I prefer the most is The Big One, June 23-24 in Seregno (MI)… awesome!

Will you be at the Blast the Big One this year? I think so eheh! Have you already planned some trick?

Yes… during the last two editions the guys pushed it hard I won’t reveal my trick So what could I say?? I’ll quote Fabio Colombo… this year we’re going to have fun (great Fabio)

What’s your favourite spot, the one that makes you feel at home?

The skatepark in Genova Sestri Ponente heheh it’s my favourite spot just like I live next to it… how sad hehehe!

I personally love your flips over the scariest stairsets. It seems to be your trademark. But what’s your favourite trick? And what’s the one you’d like to land soon?

Fs blunt hardflip out ahhahaahh… Impossible!! only in the videogames xD

What are your sources of inspiration? Music, pro skaters, video parts that hype you before a session?

Just before a session I watch some of Rayn Scheckler’s tricks… but there’s nothing better than a joint and a good beer to hype me! XD

What does Alex Cageggi do when he’s not skateboarding? Other sports? Or you prefer chilling in some other ways?

Well… to be honest, in this period when I’m not skateboarding I’m chilling on the beach That’s relaxing…more or less

Last lines are yours, end as you like it!

Thanks Candies Magazine for the itw, I say hello to my crew (Lo Spesso,Mat il francese,Cassan, Daddy,Ema (Bestia) and Andrea Valle (il rampettaro , to the Ignoramps guys and then… mom and dad, all my family, my girlfriend, the guys at Minoia and everybody I forgot to cheer! … Bellaaaaa

Yo Alex!

Skatetoua crew, from Genoa, took part at the Vans Italian Street Cup contest. This edit features the practice and qualification sessions with several tricks of Carlo Cassan, Alex Cageggi and Stefano Ognibene.
Filmed and edited by Silvio ‘Mezzo’ Ottonello

Finally online the video report of the Sestri Skate contest powered by Skatehouse skateshop. The video is sick, and is filmed and edited by Silvio “MEZZO” Ottonello with CANON EOS 550D and GoPro HD Camera.

We remind you that all the pictures, and the results are available on the skate contest report  on www.candiesmagazine.com/..

Thanx to: DC, Protest, Fallen, C1rca, Jart Skateboards, Circolo ARCI Filippo Merlino, Skatetoua, candiesmagazine.com and Silvio “MEZZO” Ottonello

1 year of Skatehouse – Skate Contest

Can’t think of a best way to celebrate the first year of the SkateHouse than with this super sick skate contest that the guys of SH, togheter with Skatetoua Crew and supported by SKATEHOUSE SKATESHOP, Jart, Circa, Fallen and DC, held in the amazing local bowl park in sestri ponente.

It has been more than just a contest – it has been a rendez-vous for all the kids that usually skate the park and the streets of Genoa. All the local riders were there – Lo Spesso, Alex Cageggi and his brother, Mathias Meloni, Apu, Ence, Andrea and the VRZZ crew, Branca, and so on, name them all will be too long! Also Ivan Federico spotted the bowl throwing some nice tricks with his usual style.

The feeling was super friendly, everybody was skating, having fun, and pushing each other.

The format of the contest was of single runs with a few skaters in it to let the riders skating all the street area of the park being sure to be noticed by judges. In the final run the best one resulted to be Kevin Duman, followed by Julio Ramirez and Apugayun Hampe.

Here the final results:
1 Kevin Duman
2 Julio Ramirez
3 Apugayun Hampe
4 Devid Ball
5 Andrea scampino
6 Enrico montano
7 Riccardo Vallarino
8 Gianluca Nocchiero

The contest has been followed by a super cool best trick contest, and another good news is that in next months it’ll be possible to have free skate lessons in the park – That’s the best way to spread the word to the next generations!
Thanks to all the guys that came here to skate and supported the contest, we hope to see many events like this in genoa!! skate on!