The Fiat
'Freestyle Team' has entered a new sporting arena after the
latest new team member, Piercarlo Ricasoli, took part in the
recent Kitesurf World Cup at Lake Como.
Set up recently to support Italian athletes, the 'Fiat
Freestyle Team' includes well-regarded Italian surfing
champion Nicola Bresciani, and internationally reputed
skater George Zattoni, amongst its members. These also
include snowboarders Giacomo Kratter, Tania Detomas and Simone Malusą, and
freestylers Mattia
Pegorari and Claudius Bosia, all of whom are now
preparing - away from their home 'limelight' - for Torino
2006, when the XX Winter Olympics will be staged in Fiat's
home town, an event that the Italian carmaker is pleased to
be supporting as a corporate sponsor. In fact Fiat, along
with their Alfa Romeo and Iveco divisions, will be providing
the athletes and organisers with transport around Turin:
from cars to buses.
Meanwhile, as the summer basks over Italy and the white
snows are far from the public spotlight, it is the turn of Piercarlo Ricasoli
to attract the keen attention. Born in Rome on 30th October
1975, Ricasoli is a mechanical engineering graduate who
began his kitesurf career back in 2001.
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