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NOT JUST M OTORSPORT
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" Alea iacta est". The di e i s cast. Com i ng back i s not allow ed. Im ages speak m ore than w ords. Behi nd a story there i s m uch m ore than a si m ple "cli ck ".
There i s
dedi cati on to w hat w as, i s and w i ll be our fi rst love: m otorsport. But our narrati on of
i m ages does not stop at tw o or four w heels: w e li ke dynam i sm and style behi nd every si ngle sports di sci pli ne. That i s w hy w e are "Not Just Motorsport": w e do not w ant to be joi ned to only one category, but w e ai m to show you m any aspects of sports from preparati on to acti on. "Not Just Motorsport" em bodi es all thi s phi losophy. Enjoy!
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SUM M A RY
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Ov erture
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Enl i gh tment
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V i ttori o A mbrogi o
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Lady Stage
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Entr'acte
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Caf f è Corner
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V I TTORI O A M BROGI O
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It is said that doing a walk in the nature or talking to someone you love can help relieve effects
of adrenaline
rushes
and
handle
stress. And then there are those who go looking for an adrenaline
rush, just to fight
stress and daily routine. We are talking about
bmxers. As Vittorio Ambrogio tells us, BMX is not simply a discipline; it is not an alternative use of the bike. It is a style, a particular
road to freedom.
You just go down
through a tortuous dirt path and start with your warm-up. Just like a race car, never start without a previous warming up. Only when body, mind and BMX transmit on the same frequency,
only in that moment you can try something
more daring. And that is when the slope becomes
a
sequence
in
of turns in rapid successione,
culminating
embankments. Somebody says the real sense of freedom is enclosed in those brief moments when you lose contact with the land. It is not only a connection between man and BMX: it is a rediscovered union with yourself.
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There are some roads they hold a special place in our heart. In
one way or another, they gained space inside us like hairpin turns of a special stage. You think of "Manghen" and the image of the idyllic pond and the tyrolean-style hut comes to your mind. Very poetic this far. But try to ask crews who challenged narrow hairpins of the homonymus Alpine pass. Ask them how much is so poetic a special stage like the Manghen...
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ENTR'A CTE
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On the road agai n . We're back . And also our cam eras com e back to feel the li ght, after the w ell-k now n lockdow n. Acti vi ty starts agai n and w i th i t all the hubbub of our ci vi li zati on. There's som ethi ng that struck m e along these m onths and that's the si lence. Yes, just the si lence. A deafeni ng si lence, i f w e li ke oxym orons. Look i ng out and not heari ng anythi ng, or nearly. A peri od that m ade us understand (m aybe) the i m portance of our dai ly li fe, even the si m plest one, and last but not least, our passi ons. I don't k now about you, but I m i ssed eati ng the dust of a gravel rally, sm elli ng overheated tyres on the tarm ac, or even stunts of sk aters and bm xers. I m i ssed bei ng out there, to observe and docum ent. Now here w e are, and here's agai n the "sam e routi ne" of thi s passi on: planni ng the next stop, tak i ng the w heel and goi ng up and dow n through "the Old Boot", seek i ng routes and strategi c posi ti ons to take hom e a better pi cture. And then, paper and pen, or com puter, i n hand, telli ng all thi s. The journey hom e i s a constant osci llati on betw een w hat you experi enced and the w ork that w ai ts for you. And even i f i n the car there's a debate on the next event, your head i s already there, at your new desti nati on, even before endi ng up planni ng the sam e "blessed" routi ne.
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motorsport experiences unique moments of relax where we can pick atmospheres of magical colours.
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"Air" .
The beginning of all things.
According to the Greek philosopher Anaximenes, this nature element is principle of motion and change. We could say that Anaximenes unknowingly founded the philosophy of windsurf. Or windsurf adopted, just as unknowingly, that philosophy.
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NOT JUST M OTOR SPORT
EDI TOR Lorenzo Vannoni TEX T Lorenzo Vannoni PHOTO Luca Barsali LA YOUT & GRA PHI C Luca Barsali
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