I-Skateboarder Leticia Bufoni Ilungele ukuQengqeleka kwi-X Imidlalo

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Ukukhwela njengentombazana encinci ku-Leticia Bufoni yayingengawo amava wokubetha umkhenkce onxibe ezintle, iilokhwe ezimhlophe kunye neenwele zakhe kumbhinqo oqinileyo. Endaweni yoko, umntwana oneminyaka eli-9 wayebetha izitrato zekhonkrithi ezigqwethekileyo kunye neepaki zokutyibiliza ezikroliweyo zaseSão Paulo, esona sixeko sikhulu saseBrazil. I-skateboarding yile nto izihlobo zakhe, malunga namakhwenkwe ali-10 abamelwane (akukho mantombazana ahlala kufutshane), ayenzela ukonwaba kwaye yinto yonke awayefuna ukuyenza ngaphandle kokukhathazeka kukatata wakhe.

"Utata akazange axhase ukuthanda kwam ekuqaleni. Wayenokuthi, 'Ngumdlalo wamakhwenkwe kwaye nguwe wedwa intombazana, "utsho lo mfana oneminyaka engama-21 ubudala, ngoku othathwa njengenye yezona zinto zibalaseleyo emhlabeni. ababhinqileyo beskateboard. Ngethamsanqa, umama wakhe kunye namanye amalungu osapho babenomqolo. Umakhulu wam uMaria, owayehlala ezantsi kwesitrato, wandithengela ibhodi yam yokuqala yokutyibiliza xa ndandineminyaka eli-11 ubudala.

Kukhuthazo lomama wakhe kunye nomakhulu wakhe, uBufoni uqhubeke nokuziqhelanisa yonke imihla noMaria emjongile evela kwipaki ye-skate park, ebabonelela ngokutya kunye namanzi ukuya kuthi ga kwiiyure ezintlanu ngexesha. Nje ukuba afumane ibhodi yakhe yokuqala, waqala ukungena-kwaye aphumelele ukhuphiswano lwasekhaya apho wayehlala ekukuphela kwakhe umntu obhinqileyo. Kwisithuba sonyaka waye wabamba ingqalelo yomxhasi wakhe wokuqala ophambili, uphawu lwengubo yaseBrazil, kunye notata wakhe, owaqala ukuqonda ubunzulu betalente yakhe.

"Ukundibona kukhuphiswano kwasuka kwabetha ingqondo yakhe. Wathi, 'Wow, le yinto yokwenyani.' Emva koko, waqalisa ukundisa kwipaki yokutyibilika kunye nakukhuphiswano, utshilo.

Ngo-2007, inkwenkwana eneminyaka eli-14 ubudala ekhulayo yafudukela e-LA kunye nabahlobo bayo abadala emva kokukhuphisana kwimidlalo yakhe yokuqala ye-X. Kwiminyaka emithathu kamva, waphumelela imbasa yakhe yokuqala ye-X Games (isilivere) kwisitrato sabasetyhini esityibilikayo. Ngoku uneimbasa ezintandathu zeMidlalo ye-X, kuquka iigolide ezintathu, kwaye xa iyonke iqokelele ngaphezu kwe-150 yeendebe ukusukela kwi-11 yobudala.

"Ndiphila ubomi obumnandi. Ndenza into endiyifunayo kwaye ndonwabile, "utsho i-2013 ESPYS i-Female Action Sports Athlete of the Year, onomdla omkhulu kwi-social media (222,000-abanye abalandeli kwi-Facebook kuphela). Ngaphezulu kwabaxhasi abali-10 kubandakanya uNike, Oakley, kunye noGoPro (jonga enye yeevidiyo zakhe ezimnandi) exhasa iinjongo zakhe zomsebenzi ("ukugcina iimbasa ziphumelele"), iBufoni inokubhabha phantsi kwaye ijolise kuqeqesho lokufumana ubuqili waziwa.

Nangona ebesebenza kakhulu kubomi bakhe bonke, ingekuko ukubhabhela phezulu kuphela kodwa kunye nokusefa nokubaleka esibhakabhakeni, usabila nzima ukuze omelele kwaye abe mde. "Ndisebenza nomqeqeshi wobuqu kwindawo yokwenza umthambo kangangeyure ukuya kathathu ngeveki. Ndizama nokutyibilika kwisikelibhodi kangangeyure enye ukuya kwezintathu epakini phantse yonke imihla," utshilo uBufoni. Ukulungela ukubambelela kwiijaji wow ngesantya kunye nezakhono zobuchwephesha ngexesha lokujikeleza kwemizuzwana engama-45, apho ungatyibilika ukuya kumaqhinga amathandathu kumjikelo ngamnye. Utyikityo lwakhe lubandakanya amaqhinga kaloliwe anzima kwaye akhawulezayo apho uninzi loontanga bakhe ababhinqileyo (abamalunga ne-10 abakhuphisanayo kwihlabathi liphela) abangayi kuzama.

Ukuvuma ukutyhala imida yakhe yomzimba kukwathetha ukuba ngeentsuku ezininzi uBufoni ukholisa ukuhamba emke kwipaki yokutyibiliza, nokuba ulapho ngenjongo yokuzilolonga okanye isiganeko, enegazi elithontsiza phantsi kweengqiniba, iimpundu, okanye iintende. Ukuqengqeleka amaqatha akhe kuqhelekile nako. "Ndiyathanda nje i-skateboarding kangangokuba andicingi nje ngokulimala. Ukuba ndiyalimala, kulungile. Yinto endiyenzayo; ngumdlalo wam. Kwaye uthando lubuhlungu, akunjalo?, "Uhlekisa. Eyona nzame yakhe imbi ukuza kuthi ga ngoku yayifuna utyando lwe-ankle kunye nokuchacha kweentsuku ezingama-30 kwiligament ekrazukileyo kunyaka ophelileyo. Okwangoku uyala ukunxiba naziphi na izixhobo zokuzikhusela xa ekhwele. Yongeza kwisimo sakhe sobukroti isimbo sakhe esikhethekileyo saseBrazil esiphenjelelwe kukusefa, imvakalelo ebukhali yefashoni, kunye nezitshixo ezitshixwa lilanga afuna ukuzibukela.

Ungayibamba iBufoni ngokuhlala kwi-ESPN nakwi-ABC kwimidlalo ye-X ye-Austin, ebhiyozela unyaka wayo wokumiselwa emva kokubanjwa e-LA kangangeminyaka eli-11. Imisitho yokutyibiliza iya kuqhubeka ngeCawa, ngoJuni 8, ukuqala ngentsimbi yoku-1. Ixesha eliphambili (jonga uluhlu lwasekhaya ukuze ungene kulo).

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