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.

Depending on your style, this board can handle anything! Quite agile in the pool, yet stable bombing a hill (the 19"wb makes it sketchy but fun!). The nose and the tail are less steep than a common street deck to have a nice pop even with bigger wheels. Sliding and freeriding is extrimely fun and easy: I could work on my stand ups and find my stance as soon as I stepped on the board. May add some rising pad to skate loose but the wheel wells still do their job, matching perfectly with the indys. I'm currently running a set of Independent 169 trucks, Abec11 retro freeride 86a / 3dm cambria 62mm 78a.

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

Here how my Comet Ethos 40 looks like after I chopped off the nose and part of the kick tail. The nose had some bad cracks and the tail was wrapping and I realized it was not necessary on a deck I use for dh. I also drilled some new holes on the back truck to have a longer wheelbase. I actually ride a symmetrical setup with randal 180mm 42° and divine barrel bushings 90a. increasing the wb by about 2cm handmade wheelwells lighter and easier to carry! Here's some footage on my local hill

  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.

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...

Mauro Conti è uno shaper che realizza tavole su misura. Quest'estate ho avuto il piacere di provare un suo modello topmount freeride/freestyle, con leggero flex, carbonio, wheelbase corto e agile, kick rialzati e gas pedal, cosa chiedere di più? Le dimensioni e le forme sono studiate in modo estremamente funzionale; il tutto la rende una tavola polivalente che permette di raggiungere buone velocità ma soprattutto di imparare molti trick. Il vantaggio dei kick si sente soprattutto quando si gira in città: si possono sorpassare piccoli ostacoli e imperfezioni del suolo con pochi sforzi e inventare combo per salire o scendere marciapiedi. Questo modello è stato testato con truck Paris, carvosi e morbidi, ideali per slide e trick freestyle e successivamente con un set di Bear 852, più stabili e precisi in velocità e nel freeride. Per farvi un'idea dei sui prodotti date un'occhiata al sito longboard-skate.it e intanto guardate la tavola in azione nel ...

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