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:

4 months old

 

in Scilla

 

out of the family home

 

the day of my first steps

 

with mom

with my sister Fabiana

with dad

 

my first birthday

cooking at kindergarten

having a bath

 

my room

my first nephew, Alessia

 

with mum and dad

 

my second nephew, Francesca

 

holy communion

 

confirmation

 

with Alessia and Francesca

 

guitar lessons

 

with Ruggero

a Salina

 

in Calabria

 

artistic gymnastic

 

my 18th birthday

at the Aquarium in Genova

 

in Tampa

in Fregene

 

lots of Carnival pics...
1982 - chaplin
Hawaï
bride & groom
the mobster
count Dracula
Pinocchio

it's not just the ice.. snow will do as well...

 

my first skating photos...
first costume and first partner, Flavia
first Junior Worlds in Korea with Ortensi (owner of the rink in Rome) and Nadine
paso doble
jive
Jennifer
mambo
autumn trophy
beatles
fd
compulsories

all the photos are © Massimo Scali
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