13 May Interview to BlackFlag

If in the street world, (skate / bmx) is widely widespread tradition of composing and giving name to a crew. In climbing world is rather rare habit. There are areas where old habits die and give way to new forms of expression of the "herd" as in the case dela Tuscan and BLACKFLAG.
The BlackFlag are a group of stray dogs in the shade of the rocks of Uliveto Tanks and Sasso Fortino combined their passion and in a short time have refreshed the movement of that area notoriously rich but conservative. I have discovered them casually browsing the web and could not remain indifferent to this charge of energy.
Given the later you start to have in Tuscany and not only that, I think it right to give credit to those who were the founders of the crew. So who was the catalyst of the group?
Everything is born from the refusal of the cliff by the Mayor (Giulio Nicolai). After knowing Crazy Horse (Diego Gaetani) and Maniscalco (Simone Frua) at Melloblocco, the doors of the boulder and the burning passion for this discipline would not have found more obstacles but only fertile soil in which to grow and multiply. During a year  that trio has grown to become the Black Flag Crew.
Tell us the reason for this name
The reason for the name is simple: we are pirates of the mainland but those romantics. We wander, with the wind at your back, riding the wave of passion, struggling, bleeding and rejoicing for a unique flag, our freedom.
In Italy there are very few crew. Often groups of climbers are identified in their gym. For you it is not. I understand that Huliveto Tanks is your area…
Well to be honest, it all started in the woods of Sassofortino. Here we met and where it all took shape. If Sassofortino was the spark, Huliveto Tanks was the real consecration of the crew. Here we had the opportunity to bring to light an area abandoned area. T here were a lot of work and many changes and we are very proud of the fact that this place is experiencing a veritable "golden age". Now we are working to maintain what we have helped to create, hoping that everything does not.
Hulivero had always known, but always snubbed. Why?
Huliveto has had a very troubled history. There are many reasons that led to this area to be snubbed. First of all, no one could see the beauty that we were able to put a light over the last two years. It ‘s always been considered by the few who were going to climb thousand years ago as a small "den" where fold when the weather was not the best. In this way the area that was not to be "rediscovered" then again be forgotten, immediately after. Another reason, the area was quite infamous, often frequented by toxic that left all kinds of dirt everywhere, and very often happened to run into unpleasant situations that made me want to just go home. For us it was quite a challenge. We rolled up our sleeves and we just started to clean, from the blocks to the trails, making it clear that the area was crowded. Slowly the secluded areas disappeared, and with them dirt, weeds and syringes. Surely the media attention that Huliveto received during this process of "revitalization" was the key and after the process of cleaning it all it had an impressive boom in attendance. Huliveto today is the busiest area blocks of Tuscany, there are more than 120 steps and the highest concentration of hard lines in the region. In addition to Huliveto it will be climb even at night! The night sessions have increasingly followed, and often happen to run into real parties and which includes people who have never climbed in their life. All we gathered around the fire, with the right music, barbecue and climbing into the night.
We understand that Tuscany has never had a great tradition in bouldering, although you may find that in places where to practice "the art of bouldering" there are a variety of excellent quality. What has been opposed this growth?
It ‘s true, Tuscany has never had a great tradition in the boulder, indeed, one can say that this tradition has never existed, and that perhaps begins to be there now! The potential of bouldering in Tuscany are really huge, just think of the variety of rock offering, the granite island of Elba and Giglio Island, the volcanic rock of Mount Amiata and Sassofortino, the limestone Huliveto Tanks. What it has hindered this growth are a set of things, first of all the fact that Tuscany has a strong tradition of climbers. Although in this field over the years climbers Tuscans have worked very well, there are some world champions of "dissemination" and "sharing." I believe that much of the initial enthusiasm has worn in the classic wars between poor routes of secret spots and small personal revenge. This has made the doors of climbing in Tuscany were closed to those who came from outside, feeding minded "local only" that even today this region is hard to shake off. 
Do you have goals beyond climbing the rocks?
Our main objective is the enhancement of our territory, and our dream is that most people are as close to the sport and these places through the dissemination and sharing of information, and they have a chance to land in a healthy and free, where the only thing that matters is the desire to have fun. Try to keep what you got today is definitely the biggest challenge of all, but we are quite motivated!
You are all climbers "young" but dated. There are real Juniors who aspire to take up its part of the Black Flag? and what are the conditions, since the payment of the mere entry can not solve the problem.
It ‘s the same crew to decide who will be the new members and not the other. The "call to arms" is always dedicated meeting and after a trial period in which the person is completely unaware of the fact that all eyes are on him. This is really important to measure the enthusiasm of the adept and see if there really is within him a member of Black Flag Crew. Having said that yes, there are many young people and many young people who aspire to join the crew, and already many of them attending all day without being official members. It ‘easy to see how our enthusiasm was contagious, and gives us great satisfaction to see new guys fly the flag of the crew with a smile and willing to spend nice days to climb and play, without asking anything in return. Surely the core crew is consolidated to 8 members and we believe will remain so for the simple fact that each has its own characteristics, capabilities, and now we feel we can make coordinated to perfection as we were one person. In too many, this would not be possible, which is why the new revenue will be satellites of the central core. We evaluated several times the idea of becoming an amateur sports association, so that we can self-finance for cleaning work, but for the moment this hypothesis is excluded. Our only form of self-financing is derived from T-shirts courtesy of ROCKSLAVE, they’re going like hot cakes :)

BFS: The Mayor (Giulio Nicolai), Cavallo Pazzo (Diego Gaetani), BigCri (Cristiano Mattioli), The Stone (Gabriele Michetti), Rubber (Raffaele Profili), Rock Z (Zeno del Corso), Billy The Kidd (Luca Andreozzi), Il Maniscalco (Simone Frua).
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