Umdlali we-skateboard u-Leticia Bufoni Ulungele Ukugingqika ku-X Games

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Ukushwiba esemncane ku-Leticia Bufoni kwakungeyona into evamile yokushaya iqhwa egqoke izingubo ezinhle, ezicwebezelayo nezinwele zakhe ebhani elimpintshayo. Esikhundleni salokho lo mfana oneminyaka engu-9 ubeshaya imigwaqo kakhonkolo eshayiwe namapaki okushushuluza amapaki aseSão Paulo, idolobha elikhulu kunawo wonke eBrazil. I-skateboarding yilokho abangane bakhe, okungabafana ababalelwa kwabangu-10 abangomakhelwane (abekho amantombazane ahlala eduzane), abakwenzela ukuzijabulisa futhi konke ayefuna ukukwenza ngaphandle kokukhathazeka kukababa wakhe.

"Ubaba wami akazange alusekele uthando lwami ekuqaleni. Wayengathi, 'Umdlalo wabafana futhi uwukuphela kwentombazane'," kusho lo mfana, 21, manje osethathwa njengomunye wabaphambili emhlabeni abadlali be-skateboarders besifazane. Ngenhlanhla, umama wakhe namanye amalungu omndeni babenomhlane. "Ugogo wami uMaria, owayehlala ezansi nomgwaqo, wangithengela i-skateboard yami yokuqala ngineminyaka engu-11."

Ngokukhuthazwa ngumama wakhe nogogo wakhe, uBufoni uqhubeke nokuzijwayeza nsuku zonke noMaria embuka eceleni kwepaki le-skate, emnikeza ukudla namanzi kuze kube ngamahora amahlanu ngesikhathi. Lapho esethole ibhodi lakhe lokuqala, waqala ukungenela futhi anqobe imincintiswano yendawo lapho wayevame ukuba yedwa lapho ababambiqhaza besifazane. Kungakapheli unyaka wabe esethole ukunakwa ngumxhasi wakhe wokuqala omkhulu, uphawu lwengubo yaseBrazil, kanye noyise, owaqala ukuqonda ukujula kwethalente lakhe.

"Ukubona mina emincintiswaneni kwavele kwamkhanyisa ingqondo. Wathi, 'Hawu, lesi yisivumelwano sangempela.' Ngemuva kwalokho, waqala ukungiyisa e-skate park nasemincintiswaneni, ”kusho yena.

Ngo-2007, inkanyezi eneminyaka engu-14 ubudala yathuthela e-L.A. nabangane abadala ngemuva kokuncintisana emidlalweni yayo yokuqala ye-X. Eminyakeni emithathu kamuva, wawina indondo yakhe yokuqala ye-X Games (yesiliva) emgwaqeni we-skateboard wabesifazane. Manje usenesamba sezindondo eziyisithupha zeMidlalo ye-X, okuhlanganisa namagolide amathathu, futhi eseqoqe izindebe ezingaphezu kuka-150 kusukela eneminyaka engu-11.

"Nginempilo enhle. Ngenza lokho engikufunayo futhi ngiyazijabulisa," kusho oweqokwe ku-2013 ESPYS Female Action Sports Athlete of the Year, onabalandeli abaningi ezinkundleni zokuxhumana (222,000-abanye abalandeli kuFacebook kuphela). Ngabaxhasi abangaphezu kwabayishumi okubandakanya uNike, Oakley, noGoPro (hlola enye yamavidiyo akhe amnandi) esekela izifiso zakhe zomsebenzi ("ukugcina ukuthola izindondo"), iBufoni ingazibophezela futhi igxile ekuqeqesheni ukuthola imigilingwane waziwa.

Yize ebekhuthele kakhulu impilo yakhe yonke, hhayi nje ukushibilika eqhweni kodwa futhi nokuntweza nokushayela esibhakabhakeni, usajuluka kanzima ukuze ahlale eqinile futhi eshesha. "Ngisebenza nomqeqeshi wami ejimini ihora lonke kuze kube kathathu ngesonto. Ngiphinde ngizame ukushibilika eqhweni ihora elilodwa kuya kwamathathu epaki cishe zonke izinsuku," kusho uBufoni. Ukuba sesimweni esigculisayo kuhlanganisa ukujabulisa amajaji anejubane namakhono obuchwepheshe emizuliswaneni emithathu yamasekhondi angu-45, lapho ungampintsha khona amaqhinga ayisithupha umzuliswano ngamunye. Izinyathelo zakhe zokusayina zihlanganisa amaqhinga amaningi kaloliwe aqinile futhi asheshayo iningi lontanga yakhe besifazane (abacishe babe ngu-10 abaqhudelana kakhulu emhlabeni wonke) abangeke bawazame.

Ukuzimisela ukuphoqa imingcele yakhe ngokomzimba kusho nokuthi ezinsukwini eziningi uBufoni ujwayele ukuhamba kude nepaki ye-skate, noma ngabe ukhona ukuzozijwayeza noma umcimbi, igazi liconsa phansi izindololwane, imicu noma izintende. Ukugingqa amaqakala nakho kuyinto evamile. "Ngithanda nje i-skateboarding kangangokuthi angicabangi nje ngokulimala. Uma ngilimala, kulungile. Yilokho engikwenzayo; kungumdlalo wami. Futhi uthando lubuhlungu, akunjalo?," uyancokola. Ukulimala kwakhe okubi kakhulu kuze kube yimanje kwakudinga ukuhlinzwa eqakaleni kanye nokululama kwezinsuku ezingu-30 ngenxa yokudabuka komsipha ngonyaka odlule. Noma kunjalo uyenqaba ukugqoka noma yiziphi izinto zokuzivikela uma egibele. Ngeza esimweni sakhe sesibindi isitayela sakhe esiyingqayizivele esine-surf yaseBrazil, umuzwa obukhali wemfashini, kanye nokukhiya okuqabula ilanga anamandla okubuka.

Ungayibamba iBufoni bukhoma ku-ESPN naku-ABC e-X Games Austin, egubha unyaka wayo wokuqala ngemuva kokubanjelwa e-LA iminyaka eyi-11. Imicimbi yama-skateboarding izoba ngeSonto, ngoJuni 8, iqala ngo-1 emini. isikhathi esimaphakathi (hlola ukufakwa kuhlu kwasendaweni ukuze ushune).

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