BRIGANTE PROJECT

While chopping down two tall barrel bushings, we thought that the cut off rests could be reused to make a pair of plugs. The new generation of Calibers have a round KP hole, which makes the hangar free to lean. there is enough space to fit the plug, we just sanded a bit the paint on the bore. a new generation hangar on top and an old one below. After roughly cutting the bushing with a knife (definitely not the best way to do that!) we put the slice in the bushing seat. We marked the edges with a marker and trimmed with the knife again to the kp hole diameter. The slice is about 2/3 mm thick, we sanded and smoothed all the corners on the grip of a skateboard.   May pe patient sanding little by little and checking oftet if the plug fits the hangar hole. we used a very hard bushing, which was easier to cut and sand, and may last longer. the plug in place, ready to ride The plug avoids side-to-side play in the hangar. Combined with a good tight pivot cup,...

Almost two years ago we rode the Bruko 50 Free during our trip between Slovakia and Czech Republic . The board holded up extremely well and we could skate anything that we ran into: sidewalks, parks and hills. Back to Italy we spoke a lot with Bruko about the shape of the deck and finally they came up with a new symmetric, more functionnal model, the Wooland. we mesured it: L 96cm W 23cm WB (inner holes) 46 cm old school truck mounting We rode it on Independent 169, bones hardcore medium bushing, and Retro Freeride 86a / Orangatang Fat free 86a. an Earthwing Crewzer 38 and the Wooland 40 side to side The finishing and the handcrafted details are beautiful, the kicks rise gently and are less steep that the classic street decks. This allows a good pop with larger wheels. The wheel wells are deep and fit pretty good with the Indys, the concave is deep enough to lock the feet while sliding (also thanks to the sharp rails) but it's...

Last summer we spent few weeks riding our homespot and looking for new ones in the south of Rome, Italy. Jacques Chardenal came to visit us and had a great time with the rest of the team Underthebelly. Here's how we spent our holidays! Brigante Project on Vimeo . You can see some pictures of our trip on the Board Action website. And if you like it raw, you can watch Davide on his home spot and Matteo taking corners at 70 km/h from the same holidays.

The Sundrive is an handcrafted guitar effect, inspired by the legendary Zendrive. Stefano asked us to find a look for his lineup so we started out with a new graphic and a previw video for the Sundrive. We hope we'll work again with SDV and all the video crew! For those geeks who want to know more about it here's some technical info: 112mm x 60mm x 50mm, 250g True Bypass Switching, 9VDC/90mA, 9VDC x1 battery, 500k ohm (min) impedance IN, 5k ohm impedance OUT Check it out on the official page  sdvpedali.altervista.org/pedal ... or sdvpedali.altervista.org/ if you want to have a look to the others SDV productions. SDV Pedali | The Sundrive from Brigante Project on Vimeo . guitar: Emilio Quaglieri sound mix: Alessandro Martini film/edit: Davide & Fabio Spalvieri

The last number of the french longboard magazine, directed by Marvin Thine, is finally out and this time also in english version. Starting from page 40 you'll find an article talking about us. We must thank Adriano Spalvieri, Jacques Chardenal and Matteo Di Carlo for the additional pictures. Enjoy! Here's the blog of the mag

The RoDB* crew experienced the first full-sun weekend ever in the whole history of the Wallonhill editions! A lot of people, a lot of speed, some crashes and the first freeride experience for the most of the crew! Take a look to the charming analogic pictures taken by Bod and enjoy the video! Keja, after the very first run of the weekend

This summer many riders from Paris had some fun dh sessions in Dampleux, not so far from the french capital. The spot is fast and narrow, running through a wood, and a rider was closing the road at the end of the spot just the time of each run. We had then a full track, could take the best lines and learn how to skate in packet groups. Here's an edit of the 14th july ... ... and a raw run of the same day You can also check some edits from the same spot on the Supaphonik channel

  Last summer my brother and I had a trip around Slovakia and Czech Republic, skating, meeting people and finally got to Kozakov to watch the IGSA race. I hope it's not too late to show you some footage... Here's the first episode,filmed in Nitra, Slovakia. 6am, Wein after 17 hours of bus a nice spot on the hills of Nitra Bruko Boards and La Ola gave us two nice decks for the trip, check out their sites.

During the winter holidays we had some warm, sunny day in Italy, so my brother and I took the chance and rode some hill. Here's a raw run, with a small bonus on how I lost a wheel!

Rain and cold weather... Wintertime sucks for longboarding so looking back to this summer I really miss my home. Here's a run I had somewhere in the centre of italy, late August. Thanks to my brother for waking me up early and taking me up the hill.

I've been working on this video during my spare time all summer long and finally I can say it worthed waiting. At the beginning I was filming anytime I could and collecting random footage I really didn't know what to do with. But then I though that the perfect "glue" that could hold all together were the friendship and the good moments spent in a city: Paris. Longoarding made me meet nice people who are passioned for film and we shooted just for fun... now I want to thank them all! But while I was trying to edit the clip, something really interesting happened. I showed my project to my brother, who told me that a good sound was needed, and he maybe had an idea. That's how I met The Marphoi Project , who was able to match up the perfect sound in some days. The hardest part was to communicate via email and wait for new details, but finally everything was cool. I hope to collaborate again with him, and all the people that helped me in this project. Now let...

Home sweet home! I'm spending the summer riding and discovering my hometown. Adriano Spalvieri did a nice job taking pictures to my brother and me. Have a look to his album