NINE HUNDRED, by SARAH NARDUCCI

NINE HUNDRED, by SARAH NARDUCCI HOGAN | MADE TO MOVE, BORN TO RISE Rome, December 31, 1999. While the entire world waits for the arrival of the new millennium in front of a television screen, Mara, a young skateboarder, has only one goal: to sneak out of the house and land a Nine Hundred, skateboarding’s most iconic trick, before midnight. Rebellious, restless, and driven by a longing for freedom, Mara escapes the New Year’s Eve dinner and crosses a nocturnal Rome alongside a tribe of skaters. While everyone else looks anxiously toward the year 2000 and the prophecies of the end of the world, she chooses movement, risk, and possibility. Her journey becomes the story of a young girl suspended between two eras. On one side lies the past, represented by static interiors; on the other, the future, embodied by an empty city alive with motion and charged with a new energy. When she finally launches herself into the skatepark to attempt the decisive trick, the clock strikes midnight. The world does not end, it begins again, opening the door to new possibilities. The Hogan Interactive sneakers accompany Mara through this symbolic passage between the analog and digital worlds, embodying the spirit of those who choose to look ahead and transform every change into an opportunity.