Hlangana noCaroline Marks, uSferfer Omncane Kunabo Bonke Ofanelekele i-World Championship Tour

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• Uba Kanjani I-Pro Surfer
• Ukusingatha Ingcindezi Yohambo Lomhlaba
• Kunjani Ukuhlangana Nezinye Izinganekwane Ze-Surf
• Buyekeza kwe-

Ukube wawutshele u-Caroline Marks esemncane ukuthi wayezokhula abe umuntu omncane kunabo bonke owake wafanelekela Ukuvakasha Kobuqhawe Besifazane (okubizwa nangokuthi i-Grand Slam yokuntweza), ubengeke akholwe.

Ukukhula, ukuntweza olwandle kwakungokuthile abafowabo bakaMark babekwenza kahle. Kwakungeyona nje into yakhe ~. Umdlalo wakhe, ngaleso sikhathi, wawungumjaho wemigqomo-umcimbi we-rodeo lapho abagibeli bezama ukuqedela iphethini ye-cloverleaf ezungeze imigqomo esethiwe ngesikhathi esisheshayo. (Yebo, lokho kuyinto empeleni. Futhi, ukukhuluma kahle, kubi njengokuntweza emanzini.)

"Kuhle okungahleliwe ukusuka ekugibeleni amahhashi uye kwi-surfing," kusho uMarks Umumo. "Kodwa wonke umuntu emndenini wami wayethanda ukuntweza emanzini futhi lapho ngihlanganisa iminyaka engu-8, abafowethu babona sengathi sekuyisikhathi sokungibonisa izintambo." (Funda amathiphu ethu angu-14 okusefa abantu abaqalayo-ngama-GIF!)

Uthando lukaMarks ngamagagasi agibele ngokushesha kakhulu. "Ngangiyithokozela kakhulu futhi yazizwa ingokwemvelo," usho kanje. Akagcinanga ngokuba ngumfundi osheshayo, kodwa futhi waba ngcono futhi usuku ngalunye oludlulayo. Kungakabiphi, abazali bakhe baqala ukumfaka emincintiswaneni futhi waqala ukuwina-kakhulu.

Uba Kanjani I-Pro Surfer

Ngo-2013, uMarks wayesanda kuba neminyaka engu-11 lapho ephethe i-Atlantic Surfing Championship, ewina emikhakheni yamantombazane angaphansi kweminyaka eyi-16, engu-14, nengu-12. Ngenxa yempumelelo yakhe engakholakali, waba ngumuntu omncane kunabo bonke owake wenza i-USA Surf Team.

Ngaleso sikhathi, abazali bakhe babona ukuthi unamandla amakhulu kunalokho ababengakucabanga, futhi wonke umndeni wenza ukugxila kukaMark okugxile kakhulu kubo. Ngonyaka olandelayo, uMarks nomndeni wakhe baqala ukuhlukanisa isikhathi sabo phakathi kwekhaya labo eFlorida naseSan Clemente, eCalifornia, lapho acwila khona emhlabeni wokuntweza, eqaphela iziqu ezimbalwa zeNational Scholastic Surfing Association (NSSA) esigabeni samantombazane nabesifazane. Ngesikhathi eba neminyaka eyi-15, uMarks wayesenezicoco ezimbili zeVans U.S. Open Pro Junior, kanye ne-International Surfing Association (ISA) World Title ngaphansi kwebhande lakhe. Kwathi ngo-2017, waba ngumuntu omncane kunabo bonke (owesilisa noma owesifazane) owake walungela i-World Championship Tour-okufakazela ukuthi, yize ayemdala, wayesekulungele kakhulu ukwenza pro.

"Bengingacabangi ukuthi kuzokwenzeka ngokushesha okungaka. Kumele ngizincwebe kwesinye isikhathi ukukhumbula ukuthi nginenhlanhla kangakanani," kusho uMarks. "Kuhle kakhulu ukuba lapha ngisemncane kangaka, ngakho-ke ngizama nje ukumunca yonke into futhi ngifunde okuningi ngangokunokwenzeka." (Ekhuluma ngabadlali abancane, be-badass, hlola umgibeli wamadwala oneminyaka engu-20 uMargo Hayes.)

Ngenkathi uMarko engabonakala njenge-underdog, akukho kungabaza engqondweni yakhe ukuthi uzuze ilungelo lokuba kude nalokhu emncintiswaneni. “Manje njengoba sengiluhambile lolu hambo, ngiyazi ukuthi kulapho okufanele ngibe khona,” usho kanje. "Nginomuzwa wokuthi sengikhulile kakhulu kulo nyaka odlule njengomdlali futhi lokhu kukhonjiswe ekushayweni kwezinga lami ikakhulukazi ngoba kufanele uma kulapho ufuna ukuba khona."

Ukusingatha Ingcindezi Yohambo Lomhlaba

"Ngesikhathi ngithola ukuthi ngizovakasha, ngathuka kwaphela nasozwaneni, kodwa ngabona nokuthi impilo yami isizoshintsha ngokuphelele," kusho uMarks.

Ukuqhubeka nokuvakasha kusho ukuthi u-Marks uzochitha unyaka ozayo ehambisana nabatshuzi abachwepheshile abayi-16 abaqhudelana emicimbini eyi-10 emhlabeni jikelele. “Ngenxa yokuthi ngimncane kakhulu, umndeni wami kuzomele uhambe nami ekuvakasheni, okuyingcindezi eyengeziwe kuwona uqobo,” usho kanje. "Badela kakhulu, kusobala ukuthi ngifuna ukwenza konke okusemandleni ami futhi ngibenze baziqhenye."

Lapho engancintisani, uMarks uzoqhubeka nokuqeqeshwa kwakhe futhi asebenze ukulungisa amakhono akhe kahle. “Ngizama ukuzivocavoca nsuku zonke futhi ngishwibe kabili ngosuku lapho ngingancintisani,” usho kanje. "Ukuziqeqesha uqobo kuvame ukufaka ukubekezela okungisiza ngize ngikhathale futhi kungifundise ukudlulisa umuzwa wokufuna ukuyeka. Ngeshwa, uma ushweza futhi uzizwa ukhathele, akukho ukuma nokuhlaba ikhefu. Lezi zinhlobo zokuzivivinya zingisiza ngempela ukuba ngizinikeze konke enginakho lapho ngilapho." (Bheka izivivinyo zethu eziphefumulelwe nge-surf ukuze uqophe imisipha ethambile.)

Kuzwakala njengokuningi ukubeka epuletini lengane eneminyaka engu-16 ubudala, akunjalo? UMarks ushaqekile ngalokhu: "Ngaphambi kokuqala konyaka, ngahlala phansi nomama, ubaba kanye nomqeqeshi base bethi, 'Bheka, akumele kube khona ingcindezi ngoba umncane kakhulu," uthi. “Bangitshele ukuthi ngingayisusi injabulo yami emiphumeleni yami ngoba nginenhlanhla ngokuyithola itholakele leli thuba njengesipiliyoni sokufunda."

Usithathile leso seluleko futhi usisebenzisa ngazo zonke izindlela. "Ngabona ukuthi, kimi, lokhu akuyona i-sprint. Yi-marathon," usho kanje. "Nginabantu abaningi abangisekelayo futhi abangikhuthazayo ukuthi ngivele ngiye lapho ngiyozijabulisa-futhi yilokho kanye engikwenzayo."

Kunjani Ukuhlangana Nezinye Izinganekwane Ze-Surf

Ngaphambi kohambo luka-2018 lweWorld Surfing League (WSL) Championship Tour, uMarks ube nethuba eliyingqayizivele lokufunda amaqhinga okuhweba mathupha kuCarissa Moore, umncane kunabo bonke owine isicoco se-WSL. Ngokubambisana ne-Red Bull, u-Marks wavakashela e-Moore esiqhingini sakubo i-Oahu, lapho umakadebona wase-surf wamsiza khona ukulungiselela ukuvakasha kwakhe kokuqala. Ndawonye, ​​bajaha amagagasi behla benyuka esiqhingini esibizwa ngokufanelekile ngokuthi "Indawo Yokuhlangana." (Okuhlobene: Umpetha Womdlali Womhlaba Wabesifazane WeSurf League uCarissa Moore Wakha Kanjani Ukuzethemba Kwakhe Ngemuva Kokuhlazeka Komzimba)

"UCarissa ungumuntu omangalisayo," kusho uMarks. "Ngikhule ngimkhonza ngakho bekumangaza ukumazi nokubuza inqwaba yemibuzo."

Okumangaze uMarks ukuzithoba kukaMoore nokungakhathali, yize engumgijimi owaziwa umhlaba wonke. “Uma useduze kwakhe, ngeke wazi ukuthi ungumpetha womhlaba izikhathi ezintathu,” kusho uMarks. "Uwubufakazi bokuthi akudingeki uhambe uzungeza i-chip ehlombe lakho nomaphi lapho uya khona ngoba uphumelele. Kungenzeka ube ngumuntu omuhle futhi ojwayelekile ngokuphelele, obekuyisifundo esikhulu kimi nesifundo sempilo kimi. "

Manje, uMarks uqobo useyisibonelo kumantombazane amaningi amancane. Njengoba eya ku-WCT, akawuthathi kancane lowo mthwalo. "Abantu bahlala bengibuza ukuthi ngithanda ukwenzani ukuze ngizijabulise. Kimina, ukuntweza phezu kwamanzi kuyinto emnandi kunazo zonke emhlabeni," esho. "Ngakho-ke uma kungekho okunye, bengingathanda ukuthi amanye amantombazane nabaqhamuka phezulu benze lokho okubajabulisa bangazinzileli kancane. Impilo imfushane futhi kungcono ukudlula kuyo wenze lokho okuthandayo."

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