Event Photos
New Photos by Fabio Vinciguerra
Event Review
Frisbee freestylers from across Italy, Holland and America competed on the beach at Corallo Beach in Ostia at the 2008 Italian Open.
Several of the worlds top ranked players were in action including current world champion Tom Leitner, and 2007 world champ Antonio Piccioni Cusma from Milan.
Taking top honors in the pairs division was Edoardo Favorini from Rome, who teamed with Tom Leitner from Santa Cruz, California.
In the co-op division local Romans Lorenzo Apriani (also the tournament director) and Fernando Botrugno (the Frisbee Class teacher) also teamed with Tom in taking the Co-op title.
In the mixed division Lorenzo Apriani and Fabiana Ciciriello of Rome tied with Carlo Perrone and Cristina Nicolardi from Puglia to share the title.
The weather was a bit challenging on Saturday as strong winds - up to 22 mph - pushed the disc and the players had to really work to keep
the disc at the right angle. But even under these extreme conditions perhaps the routine of the event was turned in by Paolo Mirabelli, Alessandro
Damiano and Mauro Mercuri - they made several senstational co-ops and acrobatic catches in the strongest wind of the weekend.
On Sunday, the wind calmed for the finals and the players responded raising their level of play to new heights.
About Freestyle
The foundation of the sport of freestyle frisbee is based on what freestylers call 'moves'. A move is usually a series of tricks which
can involve spinning, tipping, brushing and rolling the spinning disc. These moves are combined together to make a 'combo' (combination) of moves.
Each 'combo' receives a difficulty and artistic rating. Combos can include 2 or more players passing the disc back and forth or just one player doing a solo.
Freestyle 'combos' are also intregrated with the music as part of the routine's choreography which can add to the artistic rating of the performance.
In the finals the routine last 4 to 5 minutes.
The challenge is for teams to try to do the most difficult moves with the fewest drops while presenting a professional and entertaining choreography
to judges and the audience.
1. Tom Leitner - Edoardo Favorini - 33.2
1. Tom Leitner - Fernando Botrugno - Lorenzo Apriani - 22.8
1. Carlo Perrone - Cristina Nicolardi - 22.3
Open Co-op Semi
Pool A
1. Andrea Rimatori - Edoardo Favorini - Claudio Massaro - 35.5
1. Paolo Mirabelli - Alessandro Damiano - Mauro Mercuri - 37
Open Pairs Semis
Pool A
1. Tom Leitner - Edoardo Favorini - 23.2
1. Paolo Mirabelli - Alessandro Damiano - 22.8
Links:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/lucas72/
Freestyle frisbee web sites:
http://freestyledisc.org// (The FPA is a non-profit, player run Association promoting freestyle frisbee around the world)
http://www.ciakkauakkateam.com/ ('Ciakka Uakka'Italian Freestyle Frisbee Team - available for shows)
http://www.freestyle-frisbee.com/ (freestyle-frisbee.com - news, instructions, photos and videos about freestyle)
http://www.shrednow.com/ (shrednow.com - online freestyle community)
Edoardo Favorini - going against the spin (by Luciano Montefusco)
Paolo Braico - chair catch (by Luciano Montefusco)
Tom Leitner - bad attitude delay (by Luciano Montefusco)
Open Co-op Final
2. Claudio Massaro - Andrea Rimatori - 30.1
3. Lorenzo Apriani - Fernando Botrugno - 30
4. Antonio Piccioni Cusma - Fabio Percario - 29.2
5. Paolo Mirabelli - Alessandro Damiano - 28.4
6. Mauro Mercuri - Serge Marconi - 22.9
Mixed Pairs Final
2. Paolo Mirabelli - Alessandro Damiano - Mauro Mercuri - 20.1
3. Paolo Braico - Marco De Lucia - Fabrizio De Rossi - 18.1
4. Andrea Rimatori - Edoardo Favorini - Claudio Massaro - 18.0
1. Lorenzo Apriani - Fabiana Ciciriello - 22.3
3. Francesca Cherici - Mauro Mercuri - 21.6
Open Co-op Semi
Pool B
2. Tom Leitner - Fernando Botrugno - Lorenzo Apriani - 34.3
3. Paolo Cipollini - Iwan de Moor - Serge Marconi - 27.6
2. Paolo Braico - Marco De Lucia - Fabrizio De Rossi - 31.4
3. Raffaelle Pilla - Antonio Piccioni Cusma - Fabio Percario - 24.8
4. Cristina Nicolardi - Fabiana Ciciriello - Francesca Cherici - 24.1
Open Pairs Semis
Pool B
2. Claudio Massaro - Andrea Rimatori - 21.6
3. Lorenzo Apriani - Fernando Botrugno - 20.6
4. Paolo Braico - Fabrizio De Rossi - 20.5
5. Carlo Perrone - Cristina Nicolardi - 18
2. Mauro Mercuri - Serge Marconi - 22.7
3. Antonio Piccioni Cusma - Fabio Percario - 20.9
4. Claudio Pietrarelli - Marco De Lucia - 17
5. Paolo Cipollini - Raffaelle Pilla - 14.4
6. Iwan de Moor - Alessandro Vinciguerra - 14.1
Photos of the event:
http://www.fristail.it/ (Non-profit Association for Freestyle Frisbee in Italy)
Andrea Rimatori - flying gitis (by Luciano Montefusco)
Fabiana Ciciriello - Halo effect (by Luciano Montefusco)
Cristina Nicolardi - ult pull (by Luciano Montefusco)
Francesca and Fabiana - btb catch (by Luciano Montefusco)
Andrea Rimatori - flying flamingo catch (by Luciano Montefusco)
Francesca Cherici - the matador? Oley! (by Luciano Montefusco)
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