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Series · 2020 · Documentary

Challengers for Now

★0.0 2020 1 Season TV-MA

A challenge without comparison, the oldest trophy in the sporting world. 1000 days, 100 professionals, 1 obsession: winning the America's Cup and win for Italy.

Seasons & episodes

1 season · 8 episodes

Chapter One

Episode 01

Chapter One

Jun 9, 2020 · 5 min

What does it take to win the America's Cup? You need a boat, a team, and a lot of willpower. It's this need to win that pushes a team to fight all the way to the end. The America's Cup is a challenge against oneself.

Chapter Two

Episode 02

Chapter Two

Jun 9, 2020 · 5 min

How do you build a boat that flies? Luna Rossa is an amazing technological object. Not only is it a boat, it is an ongoing challenge in constant evolution. Sailing on her, with her, is a unique feeling, it's almost like flying.

Chapter Three

Episode 03

Chapter Three

Jun 9, 2020 · 5 min

Designing a new class means experimenting, pushing limits to the maximum, until you reach the breaking point. But only when you know how far you can push can you understand from where to start again.

Chapter Four

Episode 04

Chapter Four

Jun 9, 2020 · 5 min

In an America's Cup time is the most precious commodity, where you have almost no margin for error. Time is also your worst enemy; the team works relentlessly to optimize every minute it has to be back on the water as quickly as possible.

Chapter Five

Episode 05

Chapter Five

Nov 5, 2020 · 5 min

At the Cagliari headquarters after the lockdown activities have resumed and training sessions revved up. Mastering a machine as complex as an AC75 requires many hours on the water and on the simulator to learn how to control the unpredictable.

Chapter Six

Episode 06

Chapter Six

Nov 5, 2020 · 5 min

Everyone has a challenge to win. But only as a team can one achieve great accomplishments. A group of over one hundred people, by collaboration and sharing, turns into a close-knit and motivated team.

Chapter Seven

Episode 07

Chapter Seven

Nov 5, 2020 · 5 min

Details are crucial and make the difference. Infinitesimal grams are stripped off the hull to gain fractions of knot-speed on the water: races are won also thanks to these little numbers.

Chapter Eight

Episode 08

Chapter Eight

Nov 5, 2020 · 5 min

The team is getting ready to leave Cagliari and move to Auckland. A complex logistic operation which also includes the load of the hull on an Antonov aircraft. The countdown to the first race has begun.

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Synopsis

A challenge without comparison, the oldest trophy in the sporting world. 1000 days, 100 professionals, 1 obsession: winning the America's Cup and win for Italy.

Documentary

Cast

6 principal cast

Davide Tagliapietra

Davide Tagliapietra

Himself

Keith Sexton

Keith Sexton

Himself

Max Sirena

Max Sirena

Himself

Shannon Falcone

Shannon Falcone

Himself

Gilberto Nobili

Gilberto Nobili

Himself

Romano Battisti

Romano Battisti

Himself

Where to watch Challengers for Now

Challengers for Now is available to stream on Flicksy via 6 verified sources, aggregated from publicly available embed providers. The documentary has 1 season and 8 total episodes, rated 0.0/10 by — viewers.

Frequently asked

How many seasons does Challengers for Now have?

Challengers for Now has 1 season with 8 episodes in total.

Is Challengers for Now still on the air?

Challengers for Now has ended and is no longer in production.

When did Challengers for Now first air?

Challengers for Now first aired on June 9, 2020.

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