On Saturday at the Spazio Polaresco in Bergamo was staged the third Italian Bmx Freestyle championship, this time organized by Matteo Testa's 4t Project. In these Covid times it is not easy to organize events, we see it every day with the cancellation of hundreds of events with a much longer history. I was therefore delighted that the championship could go ahead and proud to have taken part as official photographer.
The Italian national team was already in Bergamo for a couple of days for a training internship so in contrast to the usual one I traveled alone. Of the boys in the national team, only Elia Benetton and Ramon Francesconi were missing, both recently injured. However, there were 3 new guys, new at least
After doing a BMX 'zine for ten years (1987 - 1996) FATBMX made it on the internet. The year was 1998. Here to stay.