Name: Alessandro Barbero
Hometown: Ceva, Italy / Woodward, PA, USA
Started riding BMX in: As a kid in the late '80's. Pro since 2001.
Number of bikes in the collection: Most of my bikes are Race bikes from 1975 to 1985. I don't know how many exactly.
What is Italy's history like regarding BMX Bikes. Do you have any Italian BMX bikes in your collection?
Alessandro Barbero: Of course I got some, so I usually try to split the BMX Toys from the Real BMX that
Italian BMX PARK National Championship, Bergamo / Spazio Polaresco, Italy 16 July 2022
Park MEN:
1 Alessandro BARBERO ITA 200.00 UCI Ranking points
2 Elia BENETTON ITA 160.00
3 Vittorio Ludovico Germano GALLI ITA 130.00
4 Francesco MONGILLO ITA 110.00
5 Emanuel BETTASSA ITA 90.00
6 Christian CERESATO ITA 70.00
7 Gabriele PALA ITA 50.00
Pic by Alessandro Barbero
Quarantine Parks. Private places to ride during Covid-19 times. Part 9: Alessandro Barbero
Name Park: ZOOPARK
Operator: Me, Alessandro Barbero
Location: Priero (CN), Italy
You've had your park for some time now. When did you first start it?
Alessandro Barbero: Yes Bart it's been a while now! I was very lucky to have a lot of good sponsors that helped out. But in the last 5/6 years I had to find budget. We started out in 2007 but we only finished in 2010. Now it has been 10 years this year I would love to organize an event to celebrate the DECADE
I hope this COVID-19 situation will end soon. By the way a lot of work all around I spent days and days
A perfect weekend to watch the best Mountain Bike and BMX freestyle bikers in Premià de Dalt (Barcelona). The contest will have more than 120 top international riders who will finish up their season in this freestyle party, which will combine amateur and pro contests. On the weekend of 18th and 19th of October, the la Poma BikePark, in Premià de Dalt (Barcelona), will host for the 7th time the Happy Ride Weekend.
For this edition, the Happy Ride Weekend will have the best riders including the Catalan Red Bull rider, Andreu Lacondeguy, who has just landed from Utah where he has won the Red Bull Rampage 2014, the most prestigious and broadly known contest that combines freeride, freestyle, downhill and slopestyle. There will also be other riders like Xavi Pasamonte, MTB Dirt winner at the Extreme Barcelona 2014 and at the last Masters of Dirt; also the English rider Matt Jones, Yannick Granieri and Tomas Lemoune coming all the way from France, Alessandro Barbero from Italy and the 14 year old rider from Argentina,
Inaki Mazza, amongst many others.
The qualifiers will take place on Saturday October 18th, and the big PRO Mountain Bike and BMX Super Finals will be celebrated on Sunday October 19th.
After doing a BMX 'zine for ten years (1987 - 1996) FATBMX made it on the internet. The year was 1998. Here to stay.