MASSIMO
tells his story
After 18 years from my brother Rodolfo and my sister Fabiana, my arrival
was a bit of a surprise for my parents, Loredana and Francesco.
It was December 11th, 1979, and my mum always remembers me as beautiful
as any mother would, with an astonishing mass of dark hair....
My great love for skating started, like all the best things, by chance,
and also a bit late, if compared to lots of other skaters.
It was 1990, I was ten years old and after trying every possible sport,
I was brought by my school to the rink for a figure skating class during
the PE hours. It is then at the "La Mezzaluna" ice rink in Mentana,
the town where I was born and raised, that I finally discover this amazing
sport which combines athleticism and art: I fell in love right from the
start, probably because of this special combination.
I trained at the Mezzaluna for ten years, skating with Flavia Ottaviani, but then the circumstances forced me to move from Rome to Milan to pursue my dream of one day becoming a great skater. There I started a new life, in a new city far away from my family, with a new partner, actually two: the first was a sunny american girl (Jennifer Wester) to whom both my family and I are still very attached, and then I found my current partner, Federica.
We've been skating together for almost 5 years now and we're building - determined and united as ever - our future; to reach together our goal we're working hard, fully dedicating ourselves to bring on the ice not only a good athletic performance, but also a thrilling interpretation to pass these emotions to the audiences watching us.
We like to be called "dancers who skate", not "skaters who dance".
and now... some photos:
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4 months old
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in Scilla
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out of the family home
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the day of my first steps
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with mom |
with my sister Fabiana |
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with dad
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my first birthday |
cooking at kindergarten |
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having a bath
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my room |
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my first nephew, Alessia
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with mum and dad
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my second nephew, Francesca
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holy communion
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confirmation
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with Alessia and Francesca
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guitar lessons
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with Ruggero |
a Salina
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in Calabria
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artistic gymnastic
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my 18th birthday |
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at the Aquarium in Genova
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in Tampa
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in Fregene
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lots of Carnival pics...
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1982 - chaplin
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Hawaï
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bride & groom
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the mobster
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count Dracula
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Pinocchio
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my first skating photos...
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| first costume and first partner, Flavia |
first Junior Worlds in Korea with Ortensi (owner
of the rink in Rome) and Nadine
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paso doble
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jive
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Jennifer
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mambo
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autumn trophy
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beatles
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compulsories
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all the photos are © Massimo Scali
Do not use or reproduct without explicit permission.