Michele Ramazza who?

I started kayaking when I was 10 years old. I learned a lot about this sport training for junior slalom world championship. I began to understand what 'working hard for a dream' means and how incredible can be when you get closer to it. At 18 years old I decided to study Physics at university and I had to stop slalom racing. However, inside myself, I had always felt the needing of adrenaline and challenges. To feed this hunger I began to live the river in a different and wonderful way: with my creek kayak. I started to travel around the world running all sort of rivers surrounded by all kinds of landscapes. Since I was 18 I used all the time left to earn some money to live experiences in some rivers lost in the middle of nowhere. I've paddled in Africa, South and North America, all Europe and I still feel there are so many places I'd like to discover... I still feel like a child who want to discover the world.

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Wave project

The project aim to create a solid scientific base to design river waves in open channel and to create spots for freestyle kayaking and surfing. About this subject few studies have been done but not enough to achieve satisfactory results. During the studies conducted for my thesis in physics I got the theoretical background that permits to understand waves.

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Results

Medals

2012

Marmore Race 25/3/12: 1st downriver

2011

Adidas sick-line world championship (Otztal, Austria) 1/10/11: 8th downriver
Extreme Sport Week: 1st downhill, 2nd boaterX
Extreme Sport Week (Voss, NOR): 1st Team Race (Ramazza, Brunetti, Sutton)
Teva Extreme Outdoor Games:1st boaterX, 3rd overall
Teva Mountain Games (Vail, CO, USA): 4th place steep Creek
Valsesia River Festival (Sesia, ITA): 2nd Freeride, 2nd BoaterX

2010

Adidas sick-line world championship (Otztal, Austria) 2/10/10: 2nd downriver
EkstremeSportVeko (Voss, NOR): 1st Team Race (Ramazza, Brunetti, Waldner)
Valsesia River Contest (Sesia, ITA): 1st BoaterX
Teva Extreme Outdoor Games: 9th overall

2009

Italian Cup (Tegliamento, ITA): 6th downriver
Teva extreme outdoor games: 2nd downriver, 2nd sprint, 4th boaterX, 9th overall
Extreme sport week: 1st downriver
Adidas sick-line world championship (Otztal, Austria) 4/10/09: 8th downriver
Italian Cup (Nera, ITA) 31/10/09: 1st place

2008

Teva extreme outdoor games (Rassa, ITA): 2nd place overall, 1st team race, (4st downriver, 2nd sprint, 2nd slalom, 8th boaterX)
Straight Down Striit (Elm, SWI) 24/5/07: 2nd place
Teva mountain games (vail CO, USA): 7th place steepcreek, 4th downriver, 1st divtimate mountain challenge (pro team division)
Extreme sport week (Voss, Norway) 28/6/08: 2nd downriver, 3rd team race, 4th boaterX
Sweet Rumble (sjoa, Norway) 19/7/08: 1st boaterX
Teva cup (dutch water dream, Holland) 23/9/2008: 1st boaterX
Adidas sick-line world championship (Otztal, Austria) 4/10/08: 3rd downriver
Italian Cup (Nera, ITA) 26/10/08: 1st place

2007

Teva extreme outdoor games (Rassa, ITA): 6th place overall, 1st team race, (1st downriver, 2nd sprint, 17st boaterX)
Italian Cup (Vanoi, ITA) 20/5/07: 2nd place 1st team race
Soca River Race (Bovec, SLO): 2nd place
Italian Cup (Sermenza, ITA) 2-3/6/07: 1st place boaterX, 2nd place sprint, 3rd team race
Italian Cup (Ayasse, ITA) 17/6/07: 1st place
Nissan outdoor games by Columbia (Interlaken, SUI) 1/7/07: 5th place overall (3rd slalom), 2st team race
Italian Cup (Aurino, ITA) 7/7/07: 1st place, 3rd boaterX
Italian Cup (Grande Eyvia, ITA) 2/9/07: 1st place
Italian Cup (Nera, ITA) 27/10/07: 1st place
Italian Cup final resdivt: 1st place

2006

Teva extreme outdoor games (Rassa,ITA): 2nd place overall, 1st team race, (2nd downriver, 7th sprint, 2nd slalom, 1st boaterX)
Wave and Wheel (Brentgarden, SUI): 4th boater X
Powerade Outdoor Games (Interlaken, SUI): 1st boaterX
Sweet Rumble (Sjoa,NOR): 4th boaterX
7down: 1st place
Italian Cup 1st place
Italian Cup (Sermenza, ITA) 21/5/06: 1st place, 2nd team race
Italian Cup (Vanoi, ITA) 4/6/06: 1st place 5th team race
Italian Cup (Grande Eyvia, ITA): 1st place
Italian Cup (Nera,ITA) 29/10/06: 2nd place 1st team race