da u4bs8 | Feb 24, 2021 | ENGLISH, MAIN POST
What the hell are you doing? “The water is warmer than the air, they say. In some cases they are wrong” The water is warmer than the air, they say. It’s the wind that’ll get you afterwards, they say. Yet something has brought you to this point. That letter from the...
da u4bs8 | Feb 11, 2021 | ENGLISH
Archery is a feeling, even in northern Sweden Artistic portrait of a noble discipline and its followers in the cold North How can you investigate the aesthetics of archery? George (Giorgi) Nebieridze gives us his point of view, accompanying us to the discovery of a...
da u4bs8 | Feb 9, 2021 | ENGLISH
Beginners. Until the last bell A dive, through the words and pictures of Timur Yilmaz, into Finnish Mixed Martial Arts The weight-ins starts at eight in the morning. The fights are located in the edges of town, in old boxing gyms. The cage waits in the corner. These...
da u4bs8 | Gen 29, 2021 | ENGLISH
Behind The Lights – Michael Blann The interview with the refined English photographer, capable of capturing the maximum expression of the two wheels and of what surrounds them. Put the effort into the context, put the context into the effort. In order to...
da u4bs8 | Gen 27, 2021 | ENGLISH
Handball at The West 4th Street Cage You can’t grow up in The City and not play handball A Snapshot of Handball at The West 4th Street Cage Winter won’t end in New York City. Four nor’easter storms in two weeks blanket the first day of spring in snow. On a Saturday...
da u4bs8 | Gen 14, 2021 | ENGLISH
The football’s effect on society. And vice versa. From Nazi Salutes to Kneeling: the significance of politics in football Perhaps unknowingly, football both affects and is affected by the most important issues in our society. Coming from an outsider’s...
da u4bs8 | Dic 23, 2020 | ENGLISH
Nordic Ice Skating is a matter of life In Norway you can skate between fjords and frozen lakes. Per Sollerman explains why To understand Nordic Ice Skating you need to take a step beyond the simple concept of sport. We must abandon ourselves to a series of images, of...
da u4bs8 | Dic 20, 2020 | ENGLISH, Senza categoria
Any Given Sunday. Any Blessed Derby A journey into the strangest football rivalry of the world: the Isles of Scilly derby Barcelona-Real Madrid, Partizan-Crvena Zvezda, Boca Juniors-River Plate, Celtic-Rangers, AC Milan-Inter. Undoubtedly these are the biggest derbies...
da u4bs8 | Dic 15, 2020 | ENGLISH
Snowboarding and skiing in my Neverland Just behind the mountain, through cloud generators and warm lakes Found a cloud generator just behind the mountain and it looks like a warm lake. Wanna fly like a bird? But will you be brave? Weird mushrooms in the land of the...
da u4bs8 | Dic 9, 2020 | ENGLISH
Behind the Lights – Kevin Couliau Basketball as a piece of art, as a sacred rite. The discovery of the French photographer and his intertwined shots: portraits of Obama and the courts of Hong Kong. Expressing the aesthetics of basketball, expressing aesthetics...
da u4bs8 | Dic 4, 2020 | ENGLISH
To play God, for a moment It’s in all of us, and in all the things we do for immortality To craft clay is to sculpt life, and to sculpt life is to play God for a moment. That’s the gift of the potter’s wheel, or indeed the baker’s oven, the writer’s pen, the...
da u4bs8 | Nov 26, 2020 | ENGLISH
The last stand, the last tackle Grubby’s story is a tale of football and resilience. This is its last chapter “I’m Grubby, I’m 51. I’ve played football for 11 years and I couldn’t imagine my life without it” Carol’s story is a tale of...
da u4bs8 | Nov 26, 2020 | ENGLISH
A body lost between dreams and metaphysics Tresigallo, the utopian city. Running here is a sensory experience, it’s an irrational journey into yourself I don’t know if I’m running, I don’t know if I’m dreaming. Silence accompanies my...
da u4bs8 | Nov 23, 2020 | ENGLISH, GRIGLIA 3 POST
Lord, give us the courage to ride Welcome to Mexico, welcome to jaripeo. Where jinetes defy time and pain It’s deathly silent. The whole town holds its breath for me, for all the jinetes 1 who kneel in the sand. The band and the sound of opening beer cans has fallen...
da u4bs8 | Nov 20, 2020 | ENGLISH
‘Goal Click’, football as a narrator Discover people and cultures, all thanks to football Shared football, football as a common heritage. The ‘Goal Click’ project starts from these concepts, a journey to over 100 countries, which leads us to...
da u4bs8 | Nov 16, 2020 | ENGLISH, GRIGLIA 3 POST
Like human birds Ancient Matera teems with the athletes of Red Bull Art of Motion The soaring masses of the Sassi of Matera cut through the sky. There’s art in shifting, a beauty in movement. Freerunning, the new, modern wave of urban hyperactivity, is transported to...
da u4bs8 | Nov 11, 2020 | ENGLISH
Una Cancha Llamada Medellín Football as memory, art and social transformation “A court called Medellín”. It’s an artistic and documentary project by the artist Oscar Cardona Álvarez, which shows how football is important in Medellín. A practice that...
da u4bs8 | Nov 10, 2020 | ENGLISH
Bonga Cycling Team When cycling helps kids avoid a life of crime Cycling is an expensive sport and often associated with privilege. Starting with the grassroots, Bonga Ngqobane and his organization Bonga Cycling Academy are hard at work to change this image and bring...
da u4bs8 | Nov 6, 2020 | ENGLISH, GRIGLIA 3 POST
¡Va de bo! Pilota speaks valencian In Valencia the pilota is more than a game, is a ritual The women drink beer and laugh openly. They speak quickly, basking in the sun with back-combed hair and contented faces. The ladies of Valencia are ageless because they have...
da u4bs8 | Nov 6, 2020 | ENGLISH
Dreaming on the skate, Yumeka Oda A visual journey into the world of the 13 year old Japanese skateboarding phenomenon This is a short film, directed by Jack Flynn, about 13 year old Japanese skateboarder Yumeka Oda, who would have been representing Japan at the Tokyo...
da u4bs8 | Ott 30, 2020 | ENGLISH
The importance of people’s gyms Sport shouldn’t be a privilege for a few. Journey to the italian people’s gyms The phenomenon of the people’s gyms was born in Italy about 20 years ago, today there are about 50 centers scattered throughout the...
da u4bs8 | Ott 29, 2020 | ENGLISH
Marwari, horses beyond legend Curled ears and millennial history. Horses in India are a cultural heritage In early 2018, I went on a two-month long equine odyssey in ancient India. I am a horse rider myself and had heard rumours of a charismatic breed called the...
da u4bs8 | Ott 22, 2020 | ENGLISH
Cheerleading is a Bavarian thing Welcome to V-Town Panthers home: where 75 sisters, bored of soccer and folk dancing, reach the air every week I’ve known Theresa probably fifteen years, and as I sit at her kitchen table, we talk endlessly about growing up here. Those...
da u4bs8 | Ott 16, 2020 | ENGLISH
Afterlife What comes after swimming? What comes after an intense sports life? ‘Afterlife’ is a short documentary directed by Ryan Rundle, it follows the Bulgarian-born Olympic swimmer Mihail Alexandrov, as he struggles to reconcile the inevitability of...
da u4bs8 | Ott 9, 2020 | ENGLISH
LSD, Long Slow Distance The best drug, for some men, is running into the wild Petter Lundgren is a long distance runner and this is his quest to reconnect with nature. In a world where everything always goes too fast, he tries to reach inner peace while running. LSD...
da u4bs8 | Ott 7, 2020 | ENGLISH
Oisin Murphy, phenomenon jockey Photographic journey into the fascinating world of the new Frankie Dettori They say he’s the new Frankie Dettori. An important legacy, a very high expectation to be respected. Oisin Murphy is an Irish jockey born in 1995, a...
da u4bs8 | Set 17, 2020 | ENGLISH
Darts are serious business BUSTED! : A day at the William Hill Darts Championship The PDC World Darts Championship (or William Hill Darts Championship as it is commonly known) stretches out over a month and takes place at the iconic Alexandra Palace in North London....
da u4bs8 | Set 10, 2020 | ENGLISH
For Boundless Journeys: The Ties That Bind The first of a new series chronicling the freedom of cycling, a partnership between NOWNESS and Brooks England British saddle and bicycle accessory makers Brooks England have collaborated with NOWNESS to create an...
da u4bs8 | Ago 18, 2020 | ENGLISH
Minutes to Midnight Ghosts in the London night, welcome to the Midnight Half The Midnight Half, was a first of its kind race in the UK. It was a checkpoint style ‘scratch’ running race with no set route, starting at midnight in on Halloween. Unconventional in many...
da u4bs8 | Ago 12, 2020 | ENGLISH
Lost in Carranza The story of a skater and his battle against years of addiction In the night of October 12th 2015, Pablo Carranza falls back into hard drugs despite his sobriety and battle against years of addiction. Alone in his apartment, filled with regret and...
da u4bs8 | Ago 11, 2020 | ENGLISH
Romanza Gym: spartan and winning Visual journey to the mecca of Mexican boxing Romanza Gym is a boxing Mecca in Mexico City where Hall of Fame trainer Ignacio “Nacho” Beristain has held court since 1992. Now 80 years old, Nacho has managed more than 30 world...
da u4bs8 | Lug 22, 2020 | ENGLISH
Femminile Femminile is an ongoing project that follows Italy’s female national rugby team during training sessions, matches and retreats (adj, feminine, female. The word is normally used on its own in Italian to distinguish the female team of a club from the men’s) As...
da u4bs8 | Mag 8, 2020 | ENGLISH
Figure skating is a collective art Dance, synchrony, primitive connections. The ice reportage by Dmitry Ermakov A collective rite, a primordial union of bodies and movements, comes to life in Kazan. It is staged by the ‘Tartastan’ figure skating group. A...
da u4bs8 | Mag 8, 2020 | ENGLISH
Simeoni and Armstrong, a cruel cycling film 23 juillet 2004, the streets see the Good and Bad, the Right and Wrong Rebellion is a category of spirit. Cycling is the first of the great popular sports. Before the business side of it prevailed, before media attention...
da u4bs8 | Mag 6, 2020 | ENGLISH
Daniele Cassioli: sport gave him freedom Water give him protection, this is why the solution is inside himself Daniele Cassioli finds solutions inside himself. First of all, Daniele Cassioli is someone who solves his problems by turning them into opportunities....
da u4bs8 | Mag 4, 2020 | ENGLISH
FTBLITO, football is God in South America Culture and community, songs and colours. A journey in the unique world of South American fans Football in South America reaches the pinnacle of sacredness. Whole lives and communities revolve around the ball: a sacred and, at...
da u4bs8 | Apr 22, 2020 | ENGLISH
There is no absolution Luis Resto at 57 is given it up, no more games for him Billy Collins Jr. went into the corner with his face bashed in he still couldn’t believe it that he could end up this way the undefeated the Irish hope and pride his fathear sustained him...
da u4bs8 | Apr 22, 2020 | ENGLISH
Salt, speed, legend Icarus or Prometheus. How fast would you have to pedal to escape? The heat turns the air into wobbling solids and the sky burns down like it’s raining fire. There’s no respite, no shadow, no cool place to lay down anywhere around here, just this...
da u4bs8 | Apr 18, 2020 | ENGLISH
‘Balling Icons’, history plays basketball Interview with illustrator Elad Shagrir, the artist who makes basketball players Einstein, Bruce Lee and Mona Lisa Human monuments, bright colors and a basketball. The illustrations by Elad Shagrir, a young Israeli...
da u4bs8 | Apr 17, 2020 | ENGLISH
The sanctuaries of the bicycle A journey through the sacred places of worship of cycling Do you play tennis? Fine, but get rid of any idea about making the cut for Wimbledon. Football’s the most pleasant and premature of infectious diseases, isn’t it? Well, you should...
da u4bs8 | Apr 15, 2020 | ENGLISH
Boxe is a personal revolution In boxing there is an epic tale that you only understand when you ecounter it ‘The ocean is an immense, quiet storm. The waves sweep it, descending to unexplored depths, as dark as they are luminous’ The Homeric extension of...
da u4bs8 | Apr 15, 2020 | ENGLISH
Swimming around my own psyche Hold your breath, break the surface: welcome to a world of azure and sunshine When it rains, puddles form in the street outside my window. Some people love rain for the sound it makes on the roof as they sleep. I love it for the windows...
da u4bs8 | Apr 15, 2020 | ENGLISH
The Motion Hunters Science and technology, a dive in the modern-day sports biomechanics A science that makes technology the pivot to achieve applied and measurable results. Scenario number 11878, with photography still in its infancy: photographer Eadweard Muybridge...
da u4bs8 | Apr 10, 2020 | ENGLISH
Diving in my own Arcadia Giovanni Tocci and his relationship with the Tyrrenhian Sea Cosenza is in the heart of Calabria, in a Southern Italy that lies halfway between the ancestraland the hyper-realist: “I get in the car and in twenty minutes I feel free. Outside the...
da u4bs8 | Apr 10, 2020 | ENGLISH
Why cricket in California? People have been playing cricket in LA since 1888 Blame it on the English. It’s Dr. Frankenstein’s fault, too. But nobody thinks of the fog-shrouded atmosphere of Mary Shelley’s book, it’s better to focus on the Californian sunshine. Well,...
da u4bs8 | Apr 10, 2020 | ENGLISH
Football was punk with Robin Friday The striker who didn’t give a fuck He came before punk. Before the photo that shows Paul Simonon banging his bass against the stage, on the cover of “London Calling”. Before Sid Vicious burned himself out. Before anarchy...
da u4bs8 | Apr 10, 2020 | ENGLISH
New generations, new athletics European athletics is changing due to a new wave of migration There are nights when the sea roars, you close your eyes and you huddle under the blankets. But the noise is deafening, deep, and prolonged. Fear is not allowed, you just have...
da u4bs8 | Apr 9, 2020 | ENGLISH
The Eden of Atlanta is to win Every woman, every champion has an archetype Any champion has an archetype. A mirror on the wall in which the Queen and Snow White coincide and the hunter is a prey that translates into an infinitive verb: to win. The legend is born from...
da u4bs8 | Apr 9, 2020 | ENGLISH
Collector of jerseys, collector of dreams The players move on, what remains is only the jersey William Sembenini owns six hundred Hellas Verona jerseys, but he is still missing nine. William has eyes filled with life over a rough and uneven face; the tone of his voice...
da u4bs8 | Apr 9, 2020 | ENGLISH
Fight for yourself Embracing Muay Thai to defend yourself from the outside world, then discover yourself as a champion. The fighter Jay Counsel in the shots of David Hendrick Jay Counsel is an Irish professional fighter, Muay Thai national champion. His approach to...
da u4bs8 | Apr 7, 2020 | ENGLISH
The baseball myth of Cardines Field A small team in a small town plays on a field with a great story This is where John Fitzgerald Kennedy and Jacqueline Bouvier got married, on 12 September 1953. This is where the Vanderbilts settled – legendary nineteenth-century...
da u4bs8 | Apr 7, 2020 | ENGLISH
Billiards isn’t like life Effects, curves, trajectoires. A story of green baize and matchematic The last game to play‘Anyone who has time shouldn’t wait for time,’ my grandfather would often say. It’s a saying, but also a fact. A saying and a fact that I was...
da u4bs8 | Apr 7, 2020 | ENGLISH
Little, but real motorcyclists A dive into the world of miniature motorcycling Between sharp bends and the smell of gas, the passion that unites father and son. Place the ball on the spot, ready to take the penalty. Decide in a fraction of a second, or in a time that...
da u4bs8 | Apr 7, 2020 | ENGLISH
Hope Refugees Football Club For some refugees in Athens, football is the only way to escape depression On a beautiful Sunday in spring, like many others, at a football pitch in Athens’ Tavros neighbourhood, a match kicks off. It’s somewhat different from the...
da u4bs8 | Apr 2, 2020 | ENGLISH
The soap opera of pain A tour in the USA wrestling: from small provincial shows to bloody and ultra-violent matches This body of work looks at the world of independent professional wrestling, an extreme type of physical storytelling that mixes soap opera storylines...
da u4bs8 | Mar 27, 2020 | ENGLISH
Junior Banger Racing Cars that collide, smell of gasoline. They are more than children, they are pilots Junior Banger Racing is a motorsport event for 11-15 year olds where old scrap vehicles are raced against one another. Whilst the vehicles are usually otherwise...
da u4bs8 | Mar 24, 2020 | ENGLISH
Even in Vannes, a small French town, american football is more than a contact sport Knights in armour, helmets that clash, English slang… American football is more than a contact sport, is a conflict against ourselves and against the opponents, a tough battle...
da u4bs8 | Mar 24, 2020 | ENGLISH
John McEnroe, ‘The Genius’ With his racket, he was artist and musician. Quite simply, he was the most creative player of his time McEnroe was jazz. He was rhythm and improvisation. Virtuosity and imagination. The legendary Duke Ellington once said that “jazz has...
da u4bs8 | Mar 24, 2020 | ENGLISH
A journey among the pioneers of female Sumo Sumo wrestling is known as the extreme ballet of giants. Physically demanding and tactically straining, sumo is a nuanced and exciting sport. There are 82 distinct winning techniques or ‘Kimarite’, meaning weight and...
da u4bs8 | Mar 10, 2020 | ENGLISH
Várzea, the Eden of football Inside the várzea all that counts is who you are, not what you have The word várzea refers to the geographical terrain of the ‘floodplain’ areas, where football was first played in Brazil in the late 1800’s. It is also a...
da u4bs8 | Mar 9, 2020 | ENGLISH
Thundering of hooves Jockeys, trainers, owners, fans: welcome to the Cheltenham Festival This is what it was all for. All those months of early mornings, rising with the mist still on the fields, watching from the Jeep as the horses’ breath catches first light; all of...
da u4bs8 | Mar 9, 2020 | ENGLISH
The mythology of Kendo The Japanese ‘Way of the Sword’ Kendo is a story of the East. It comes from a legendary and captivating Japan that has its roots in mythology. It’s said that the Land of the Rising Sun was born from a coral blade that pierced the...
da u4bs8 | Mar 9, 2020 | ENGLISH
My world is Venice The steel of bowls, the salt on the walls, my world is small but immense From here I can smell them. I wait until April, maybe May. They’re short, wide and flat, with a green color that can turn to gray. To catch them we use trezze, nets, laying...
da u4bs8 | Mar 4, 2020 | ENGLISH
Fighting in the suburb of Surcin, Belgrad, is a matter of toughness Belgrade suburb of Surcin became infamous during the 90s when the break up of Yugoslavia evolved into a number of regional wars and general lawlessness resulted in a sharp rise in crime. Years of...
da u4bs8 | Feb 24, 2020 | ENGLISH
Monster trucks Donut, Wheelie, Flip, a gravity-defying world Monster trucks have been entertaining the masses since the seventies. It’s a motorsport that combines a potent combination of destruction and showmanship. It’s rough and ready, honest and down to earth,...
da u4bs8 | Feb 24, 2020 | ENGLISH
The cars hospital The ovale racetrack in which to finish first, first you must finish “The best cars are those you get to love twice.” His eyes take on a faraway look, his lips betray the beginnings of a smile. “Once in the build,” he pauses slightly, his smile...
da u4bs8 | Feb 24, 2020 | ENGLISH
In the name of the bulls’ blood Bullfighting is an unequal struggle, marked by disdain and pathos I’m Spanish. When a culture of death can’t be explained. Or even understood. You don’t understand. I don’t understand. We’re too far away. What do you see? I...
da u4bs8 | Feb 24, 2020 | ENGLISH
Pacific Northwest Big fish, long hikes, fickle spots and wild weather Even if you’ve never heard of the Pacific Northwest, you’ve probably seen photos. It’s dangerously beautiful, yet wildly untamed. I often hear the term ‘PNW’, so let’s tell it like it is:
big fish,...
da u4bs8 | Gen 20, 2020 | ENGLISH
Vitas Gerulaitis, the “Lithuanian Lion” Drugs, disco, wooden rackets, and a heart of gold. The story of the edgiest, most exceptional player at the turn of the Eighties A vanilla-gold Rolls Royce pulls up outside a trendy New York club. The entourage that files out...
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