Rider’s Profile: Giacomo Salizzoni (and his special tour!)
Let me start this entry by taking you to a special tour that showcases the talent, patience & creativity of our featured rider.
Vespa – A Special Tour!
Now, let’s get to know more about the guy who created this Vespa ad.
rider’s name: Giacomo Salizzoni
also known as: Jack
ride: Vespa PX200
homebase: Bologna & Firenze, Italy
job: phtographer | videomaker | designer
more about the rider: Jack is a big Vespa fan and painstakingly created the above ad utilizing stop-motion animation in a studio in Florence. It took him three months — between March and September 2005 — to complete the project. He hopes that Piaggio will take notice and eventually pick it up. He’s still awaiting for the company’s response. But until then, he wish to share the clip to all the Vespa lovers all over of the world. He also invites everyone to visit www.lavespata.com (click here for the site’s English translation) for those who want to get a glimpse of the scootering scene in Bologna.
Here’s another video; this time a ‘behind-the-scenes’ look with images about how the ad came to be.
Backstage “Vespa – A Special Tour!”
This is actually the video where I took notice of the LùnaPop song. I thought the tune fitted well with the treatment of this ‘backstage’ video better than the song’s original music video. But that’s just me.
Jack’s website is www.giacomosalizzoni.it but it’s still under construction. But you could see his other works here 
Keep watchin’!
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J0HNRANA
john[dot]rana[at]gmail[dot]com
WOW!!! Super great job! Can stop watching over and over again. See yah am off to his website now…
FABULOUS!!!
very very interesting blog on vespas! i haven’t seen an actual Vespa yet, but it looks really vintage (and cool) and unique!
by the way, i blog-hopped to your site from another blog!
Thanks for dropping by, Scott!
I really thank everybody but expecially John Rana for the space he offered to us for sharing our Vespa-passion!
Ride with pride, my friends…
Jack
Hey Jack! The pleasure is mine. Thanks for agreeing to be featured and for sharing these wonderful videos.
This is sooo cool!
Give me more!
C.
Glad you like it, Carlo!
a great clip for a great ride!