Kitesoul Magazine #16 English Edition

KS_Who are the Banga Foil athletes in the
world?
PP_After Gizzeria, we have been rushed, everybody
wanted Banga Foil but in early 2016 we
only had a few athletes, both from Italy and from
abroad, our brand was totally unknown, despite
the fact that Maxime Nocher was already using
Banga Foil. The World Cup in China and the final
leg in Qatar represented our consecration.
The rest is already history, Maxime Nocher wins
the world circuit and six other athletes in the top
ten positions (Maxime Nocher, Axel Mazella, Titouan
Galea, Theo Lhostis, Julien Kerneur and
Mario Calbucci), Simone Vannucci and Andrea
Beverino in Italy, Alejandro Climent Hernandez
in Spain, and the speed record-man, Alex Caizergues.
In the Women ranking we are second
with Elena Kalinina and I can’t go on without
mentioning Jade O'Connor who helps us a lot in
the development.
KS_What is the contribution by the professional
athletes to the design, development
and testing phases?
PP_Luca is in charge of the relations with external
designers and testers. We are always there
during competitions, to provide maximum support
to the athletes, but also to gather important
information for future developments. Professional
athletes are essential to keep improving the
product, they have a perception that allows us
to make minor changes, but which do make the
difference. I am only in charge of the commercial