THOK E-Bikes, the famous Italian brand producing e-mtbs, has intensified its collaboration with excellent athletes from different sporting sectors: rallying, ski mountaineering, motorbikes, aerial disciplines. What the brand and its ambassadors have in common is their adherence to the brand's values, summarized in the claim “Performance First”.
The THOK testimonial team is made up of highly determined athletes, athletes at the top of their discipline who are also passionate about e-mtb. Everyone uses THOKs for alternative training, demonstrating the versatility of e-bikes: perfect for those who aim to reach new goals, not always possible with traditional bikes, ideal for high-level sports practice in a broader sense and for training performance , offering new solutions with which to maintain your physical condition.
THOK attaches great importance to authenticity: athletes not only represent the brand, but actively use its products.
DARIO COSTA AND STEFANO MIGLIORINI
The “Performance First Team” includes prominent names such as the Dakar winners Stéphane Peterhansel and Edouard Boulanger, the Moto GP and rally rider Danilo Petrucci, the ski mountaineering champion Matteo Eydallin, the former world championship dominator Loris Capirossi.
Since last year, Dario Costa, Italian aviation excellence, Stuntman, Air Race Pilot and Red Bull athlete, who has achieved 11 records during his brilliant career, has also joined the THOK ambassador team. His most famous feat is the flying crossing of two twin motorway tunnels at over 300 km/h, flying between 30 and 70 cm above the ground with his wings skimming the walls.
Dario Costa is an athlete accustomed to leaving nothing to chance, often walking that thin line beyond which he would put his life at risk; a speed enthusiast who summarizes in a single person the continuous search for adrenaline and the meticulous precision of the professional.
To prepare he often uses the bicycle and breakneck descents among the trees are in his training plan. He uses them to practice reaction times in ultra-fast changes of direction and to get used to dealing with unexpected events in the absence of time.
STEFANO MIGLIORINI, CEO OF THOK, EXPERIENCES THE THRILL OF A 10G+ PLANE
The practice of mountain biking was at the origin of Dario Costa's friendship with Stefano Migliorini, the CEO of THOK and former protagonist of the world cycling scene. downhill. Stefano (stage name “MIG”) provided him with an e-mtb and revealed the secrets of downhill riding.
The day has now come when Dario Costa returned the favor, inviting Migliorini on an aerobatic two-seater, the production version of the single-seat prototype that Dario uses in his projects, a machine that is today the most maneuverable airplane in the world. The two-seater used for this occasion is certified up to 10G and easily exceeds 400 degrees per second of roll.
The video below shows the day without brakes to hold on to, experienced by Migliorini in the skies above Salzburg, Red Bull headquarters: from the preparation in the legendary "Hangar 8" which acts as a garage for the aircraft, to the 3D track where, in the blue, Dario Costa draws trajectories that are impossible for most humans.
For viewing it is recommended (as Migliorini himself had to do) to allow at least 6 hours to pass from the last meal.
Dario Costa was born in Manchester to an Italian father and an Iranian mother. In the first years of his life he traveled a lot: he moved from the United Kingdom to North Africa until arriving in Bologna, where he began the path that would lead him to become the first and only Italian aviator to qualify for (and therefore win) a World Cup Red Bull Air Race.
Dario Costa was born in Manchester to an Italian father and an Iranian mother. In the first years of his life he traveled a lot: he moved from the United Kingdom to North Africa until arriving in Bologna, where he began the journey that would lead him to become the first and only Italian aviator to qualify for the Red Bull Air Race, to get on the podium in his second race and then to win a World Cup in his second season.
