UMaya Gabeira wophule iRekhodi yeHlabathi kwelona Liza likhulu liGqwethwe ngumfazi

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Nge-11 kaFebruwari 2020, uMaya Gabeira wamisela iRekhodi yeHlabathi yeGuinness kwiNazaré Tow Surfing Challenge ePortugal ngokusefa elona langa likhulu lakha lakhwelwa ngumfazi. I-wave yeenyawo ezingama-73.5 yayilelona likhulu lifakwe kwi-surf nabani na kulo nyaka - amadoda aqukiwe - engowokuqala kwabasetyhini kwi-surfing yobuchwephesha, i INew York Times iingxelo.

“Eyona nto ndiyikhumbula kakhulu ngeliza yayiyingxolo xa yaphuka emva kwam,” utshilo uGabeira ku-Instagram. "Ndandisoyika ukubona ukuba ukuqina kwakusondele kum." (Inxulumene: Indlela Lo mfazi awaloyisa ngayo uloyiko lwakhe kwaye wafota iAve elabulala uYise)

Kwesinye isithuba, iimbaleki zabulela iqela lazo kwaye zaqaphela indlela ekumangalisa ngayo oku kufezekiswa kwabasetyhini kwezemidlalo. "Le yimpumelelo yethu kwaye kufanelekile kakhulu," ubhale watsho. "Khange ndiyicinge into yokuba le nto ingenzeka, [isaziva] isreal surreal. Ukuba nomntu obhinqileyo kwesi sikhundla kwimidlalo elawulwa ngamadoda liphupha elizalisekayo."

UGabeira ebeyincutshe yokusefa ukusukela xa wayeneminyaka eli-17 kuphela ubudala. Namhlanje, iimbaleki eneminyaka engama-33 ubudala ithathwa njengomnye wabadlali abagqwesileyo kwihlabathi, bephumelela amabhaso aliqela, kubandakanya ne-ESPY (okanye ukuGqwesa kweNtsebenzo yezeMidlalo yoNyaka) ibhaso loMbaleki oBalaseleyo kwiZemidlalo.

Kule minyaka idlulileyo, uGabeira uhlala ethetha ngobunzima obuza nokuba nokhuphisana njengowasetyhini kwi-surfing, eyimbali eyayilawulwa yindoda. "Isizungu esibandakanya ukuthatha isigqibo sokuba ngumtshangatshangiso omkhulu njengebhinqa senza ukuba kube nzima kakhulu," utshilo uGabeira kutsha nje. IAtlantic. "Kunzima nje ukuzimisela [njengomfazi] kwindawo elawulwa ngamadoda. Abafana bathatha abanye abantu phantsi kwephiko labo; bahamba kunye. Andinalo iqela lezintombi ezihamba nam zileqa amaza amakhulu. amaqela ahlukeneyo ukuhamba nawo."

UGabeira uye wajongana nobunzima bakhe kulo lonke ixesha lomsebenzi wakhe we-surfing. Ngo-2013, wasinda ekoyikeni okwethusayo kumaza angama-50 eenyawo amgcina phantsi kwamanzi kangangemizuzu eliqela. Emva kokuphulukana kancinci nokuziva, wavuselelwa kwakhona ngeCPR. Kwakhona wophula i-fibula yakhe kwaye wafumana idisk ye-herniated kumqolo ongezantsi ngenxa yokucinywa. (Eyeleleneyo: Uhlala njani usempilweni kwaye usempilweni xa wonzakele)

Kuthathe uGabeira iminyaka emine ukuba achache konzakala. Ngelo xesha, wenziwa utyando kathathu, enengxaki yempilo yengqondo, kwaye waphulukana nabo bonke abaxhasi bakhe, ngokuka INew York Times.

Sekunjalo, uGabeira akazange ayeke. Ngo-2018, wayengakhange achache kuphela kumonzakalo wakhe ka-2013, kodwa waye wamisela irekhodi lehlabathi labasetyhini ngaloo nyaka emva kokukhwela amaza angama-68. Ewe ufunda elo lungelo: UGabeira usete inani lilonke, kodwa Mbini Iirekhodi zehlabathi zeliza elikhulu elilelinye elaligqitywe ngumfazi.

Nangona kunjalo, ngexesha lerekhodi lakhe le-2018, kuthathe iinyanga ezininzi zokuphembelela, kwaye Isicelo se-intanethi, sokuba uGabeira afumane imvume ye-World Surf League's (WSL) ukuba athumele ingxelo yakhe kwi-Guinness World Records - umzabalazo obonakala ngathi ucebisa ucalucalulo lwesini yi-WSL, ngokoxwebhu lwezikhalazo.

"Ndikhwele ndaya kwikomkhulu le-WSL eLos Angeles, apho bathembise ukuxhasa irekhodi labasetyhini," ubhale watsho uGabeira. "Kodwa emva kweenyanga ezininzi, kubonakala ngathi akukho nkqubela phambili kwaye ii-imeyile zam aziphendulwanga. Andiqinisekanga ukuba kuqhubeka ntoni (kodwa ngokuqinisekileyo kukho abantu abangayithandiyo ingcamango yabasetyhini abasebenzisa amaza amakhulu). , mhlawumbi khange ndikwazi ukukhwaza kakhulu? Ngelizwi lakho, nangona kunjalo, ndinokuviwa nje. " (Inxulumene: Kutheni Impikiswano malunga neqela laseMelika laseMelika leBhola eKhatywayo yokuPhumelela i-BS iyonke)

Okwangoku ngokuphumelela irekhodi lehlabathi likaGabeira, i-WSL ilibazisile ukubhengezwa kwembali yakhe yokuphumelela ngeeveki ezine xa kuthelekiswa nesibhengezo samadoda, ngokuka IAtlantic. Ukulibaziseka kwathiwa sisiphumo somahluko okhoyo wokufumana amanqaku phakathi kwamadoda nabafazi abagibeli kukhuphiswano, ingxelo yeendaba yabika.

Ngaphandle kokulibaziseka, uGabeira ngoku ufumana ukwamkelwa okumfaneleyo- kwaye engqondweni yakhe, ngokuqinisekileyo linyathelo eliya kwicala elilungileyo. "Umdlalo wethu ulawulwa ngamadoda, kwaye imidlalo kwicala lamadoda ihlala yomelele ngakumbi kuneyethu njengabasetyhini," uxelele. IAtlantic. "Ngoko ukufumana indlela kunye nendawo kunye noqeqesho oluthile lokunciphisa loo msantsa, kwaye ukugqiba kulo nyaka ukuba umfazi wenza i-surf enkulu, iliza elide kakhulu lonyaka yinto emangalisayo. Ivula ingcamango yokuba kwezinye iindidi kunye nokunye iindawo zokusefa, oku kunokwenziwa, nako."

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