Massimo Braconi

Nick name: Brac
Nationality: Italian
Date of Birth: 10.24.6?????
Discipline: professional Free-skier
Titles: ski instructor, Telemark national istructor, tutor for ski instructors in Freeride, New School and Telemark.
Sponsors: Nordica skis & ski boots, SWEET Helmets , THE North Face Apparel.

Massimo Braconi is definitely a thousand-sides man: ski instructor, professional freerider, testing manager for Nordica but also big mountain climber, telemarker, expert traveller, husband and daddy.
Skiing is an important part of his life; both his work and his great passion

TESTING MANAGER
Since 1991 Brac is the testing manager for Nordica skis and ski boots; since 2009 is also Promotion manager for Italy. thanks to his great experience Nordica has an important chance to check its products quality and performance directly on the field.

COMMUNICATING BRANDS
Massimo is team manager and rider of the Nordica International Freeride Pro Team.
He took part to various Freeride Ski DEMO Tour, Road Trip, videos and photoshootings for different magazines or companies in many countries all aroud the world (USA, ALASKA, CANADA, ARGENTINA, PATAGONIA, LIBANON, NEPAL, PAKISTAN, CHILE, INDIA, FRANCE, SWITZERLAND, GREECE, ITALY). He got the opportunity not only to help his sponsors communicating their brand, but also to increase his personal and professional skills while meeting and comparing different people and culture.
In 2001 he attended the World Championship in Tigne, Big Mountain contest.

VIDEOS & PHOTOSHOOTINGS
During his various trips abroad he worked with famous photographers (Tony Harrington Carlo Miari Fulcis, Luca Dalla Palma, Damiano Levati, Ray Giubilo, Alessandro Trovati) and he had a starring role in 4 Videos produced by Nordica (Nordica Patagonia Tour 2005, Hot Rod China Tour 2006, Gransport Nordica video 2007, Supercharger Nordica video 2007).
Freeradicals 2010 He attended several foreign and italian TV shows.

BIG MOUNTAIN CLIMBER
In the ‘80s he took part to different expeditions, sometimes discovering new tracks (HIMALAYA - 1984, LangTang 7200 mt; 1985, Gangela 6800 mt; 1991, Dhaulagiri 8167 mt; ANDES -1986; China promotional tryp 2004/5/6 ;Patagonia 2007;Caucaso 2008;Lofoten 2008; Svalbard expedition 2009, Freeradicals 2010

SOCIAL COMMITMENT
Brac has also a cooperation with “AIPD Belluno” (Down Syndrome Italian Association – Belluno Department) as a testimonial; he attends all their events and projects with sensitiveness and enthusiasm.