Question about a certain piece of Italian Fencing Attire..

[sabremoose]

Tarantino, Baldini, Vezzali, Montano, all of them wear this white and blue patch on their whites. It appears to be of two figures sitting back to back, and I've always wondered what it stands for. Its probably something famous and obvious that I'm just not cool enough to know of, but please enlighten me!

Thanks!

[downunder]

this one?

http://www.soccercorner.com/v/vspfil...rers/Kappa.jpg

It's an Italian clothing brand.

[keith]

Tarantino, Baldini, Vezzali, Montano, all of them wear this white and blue patch on their whites. It appears to be of two figures sitting back to back, and I've always wondered what it stands for. Its probably something famous and obvious that I'm just not cool enough to know of, but please enlighten me!

Thanks!

Kappa is the brand.

[sabremoose]

Ahh, I see!
That's interesting, I must say they've got quite an appealing logo.

Thanks guys!

[Phrogger]

I always thought it looked like those trashy truck driver mudflaps. It has quite a different connotation in Europe, I'm told!

[chinbeard]

Ahh, I see!
That's interesting, I must say they've got quite an appealing logo.

Thanks guys!

That's what I thought, until I discovered that the one on the left is a guy.

[JacoKierkegaard]

So what's the deal with the patch? I checked out Kappa's website and it doesn't look like they make fencing clothing, do they just sponsor the Italian team or something?

[oiuyt]

So what's the deal with the patch? I checked out Kappa's website and it doesn't look like they make fencing clothing, do they just sponsor the Italian team or something?

And what's the deal with the Mercedes logo on the German team? I checked out M-B's website and it doesn't look like they make fencing cars, do they just sponsor the German team or something?

And don't get me started on trying to find a car like Jimmy Johnson's at Lowe's.... Closest I could find was a riding lawnmower, and there's no way I could get it up to 200 mph, no matter how hard I tried in the parking lot.

-B

[Allen Evans]

And don't get me started on trying to find a car like Jimmy Johnson's at Lowe's.... Closest I could find was a riding lawnmower, and there's no way I could get it up to 200 mph, no matter how hard I tried in the parking lot.

(You need to remove the rev-limiter, and use a higher quality of gas...)

[kapunga]

And what's the deal with the Mercedes logo on the German team? I checked out M-B's website and it doesn't look like they make fencing cars, do they just sponsor the German team or something?

And don't get me started on trying to find a car like Jimmy Johnson's at Lowe's.... Closest I could find was a riding lawnmower, and there's no way I could get it up to 200 mph, no matter how hard I tried in the parking lot.

-B

I'm guessing what with Tim Morehouse's begging for dollars and the USFA's budget problems, corporate sponsorship seems kind of like a foreign (excuse the pun) concept to most US fencers.

[Fencergrl]

It isn't a foreign concept. As part of the Canadian National team my former coach had a whole binder on how to get corporate sponsorship.

What's different here is the popularity of different sports. If a basketball team (or soccer, or hockey) team and a fencing team both ask a company for sponsorship and they only can afford to sponsor one, which is more likely to get funding? Which is better advertisement? Which is more likely to have a personal connection to the person deciding?

I'm not saying it's impossible to get funding... it's a matter of going around to local businesses in your community. However, if you want significant private funding... such as a contract with Kappa or Mercedes, it's much tougher to secure that kind of commitment of funds. There's lots of top athletes in line, and each is deserving as the next. Again, companies make decisions based on what makes the most sense from an advertising perspective.

[Mr.MightyMouse]

(You need to remove the rev-limiter, and use a higher quality of gas...)

and run it on grass , not asphalt

[Gav]

I always thought it looked like those trashy truck driver mudflaps. It has quite a different connotation in Europe, I'm told!

Depends where you are.

I associate with the bottom feeders who live on the local housing estates in my home town.

I'll be moving this to WC as it's not about fencing.

[D'Art]

I associate with the bottom feeders who live on the local housing estates in my home town.

Surely they've moved on to Burberry by now?

[chinbeard]

So what's the deal with the patch? I checked out Kappa's website and it doesn't look like they make fencing clothing, do they just sponsor the Italian team or something?

Negrini has a Kappa line, just like Uhlmann has an Adidas line.

http://www.negrini.com/ita.php?conte...abella=listino

[Gav]

Surely they've moved on to Burberry by now?

I think they're wearing a mish mash of crap now.

[D'Art]

I think they're wearing a mish mash of crap now.

That wouldn't surprise me in the slightest to be perfectly honest. I hope to God they've got past the crisp bags for condoms stage though. Especially if they liked salt and vinegar flavour :S

[Gav]

That wouldn't surprise me in the slightest to be perfectly honest. I hope to God they've got past the crisp bags for condoms stage though. Especially if they liked salt and vinegar flavour :S

At least our lot use something unlike the pox ridden inbreds that pass for Fifers.

[jessicasimpson]

Depends where you are.

I associate with the bottom feeders who live on the local housing estates in my home town.

I'll be moving this to WC as it's not about fencing.

Like Ed Hardy in the States

[D'Art]

At least our lot use something unlike the pox ridden inbreds that pass for Fifers.

So do we. They're called obesity and trackie bottoms tucked into socks. And we're not all inbreeds - there's at least four surnames in Fife



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