Mattia Pedrani is a freestyler with really high skills.And he not only lands the tricks, when the conditions are perfect and warm, he lands the tricks when snow falls, when the temperatures are below zero. Protected with a drysuit, gloves, booties and a thick hood. That’s really tough. And he not even had someone, who closes the rough-running zip of the drysuit at the parking area of Malcesine and nobody, who captured the video from his sessions. Read some lines from Mattia (I-00), which must be written by a 100% dedicated windsurfer. Respect Mattia!
“This video is different from my previous clips. The action isn’t as fast and it focuses more on the beautiful scenery covered by 15cm of powder. The track is also smoother and communicates the surreal atmosphere I could feel when walkin around the streets and the beach covered in snow, ready to hit the water. As the title suggests, the need to go windsurfing goes beyond petty things like below zero temperatures and whether it’s actually snowing or not. It’s way too easy to be doing tricks in shorts somewhere where the water’s pancake flat.” Mattia Pedrani
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Sick!Only ever seen Garda in the summer, pretty cool too see what its like in the winter! And great sailing too 😉
Hello Guys, thanks for the feedback! I too get a different feeling when watching this video compared to my other clips and I’m really glad you like it! @Nils: drop me a line here pedran100@gmail.com so I can send them to your inbox @Silver: Thanks, I appreciate it! That’s pretty much the only way around here..but also in a lot of other spots in europe. If you wait for the perfect conditions, that you’d probably miss 95% of your sailing time. @Alistair: Yesterday I went for a double sesh, sailing in the morning and snowboarding in the afternoon! @Maarten: Yeah,… Read more »
Yep, respect dude. My lowest temperature for sailing so far has been 5°C and then I was alone on the water. My excuse? I don’t wear gloves, and anything below 8°C hurts like hell, but this clip reminded me of an old saying you could keep in mind when you think its too cold: ‘no matter how gnarly and cold conditions are, there’s allways someone out there on the water who thinks you’re a pussy’.. guess that’s you Mattia 😉
big respect dude. but if there was 15cm powder and I lived near mountains I would probably just go skiing 🙂 or boarding if you swing that way.