Kumanani ndi Caroline Marks, Wachichepere Woyang'ana Kwambiri Kuti Akhale Woyenerera pa Ulendo Wampikisano Wapadziko Lonse

Zamkati

• Momwe Amakhalira Wofufuza
• Kuthana ndi Mavuto a Ulendo Wapadziko Lonse
• Zomwe Zimakhala Zogwirizana Ndi Zolemba Zina Za Surf
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Mukadamuuza a Caroline Marks ngati kamtsikana kuti akula kukhala munthu wachichepere kwambiri yemwe angayenerere kupita ku Women's Championship Tour (aka Grand Slam of surfing), sakanakukhulupirirani.

Kukula, kusewera mafunde ndichinthu chomwe abale a Marks anali kuchita bwino. Sizinali zake ~ chinthu ~. Masewera ake, panthawiyo, anali othamanga mbiya-chochitika cha rodeo pomwe okwera pamaulendo amayesa kumaliza kupanga cloverleaf mozungulira migolo yomwe idakonzedweratu mwachangu kwambiri. (Inde, ndicho chinthu. Ndipo, kunena zowona, ndiyabwino monga kusefera.)

"Ndizosavuta kuchoka pa kukwera pamahatchi kupita pamafunde," a Marks akuti Maonekedwe. "Koma aliyense m'banja mwathu adakonda kusefera ndipo nditakwanitsa zaka 8, abale anga adamva ngati yakwana nthawi yondiwonetsa zingwe." (Werengani maupangiri athu okwera 14 okwanira koyamba-ndi ma GIF!)

Kukonda ma Mark pamafunde akukwera kunali kwakanthawi. "Ndinkasangalala nayo kwambiri ndipo imamva ngati yachilengedwe," akutero. Osati kokha kuti anali wophunzira wachangu, komanso anali kukhala bwino ndi bwino tsiku lililonse likadutsa. Pasanapite nthawi, makolo ake adayamba kumuika pamipikisano ndipo adayamba kupambana-zambiri.

Momwe Amakhalira Wofufuza

Mu 2013, a Marks anali atangofika zaka 11 pomwe amalamulira Masewera a Atlantic Surfing, opambana mgulu la Atsikana a Under 16, 14, ndi 12. Chifukwa cha zomwe anachita zosaneneka, adakhala munthu wachichepere kwambiri kuti apange Gulu la US Surf.

Panthawiyo, makolo ake anazindikira kuti ali ndi luso lochulukirapo kuposa momwe akanaganizira, ndipo banja lonse linapangitsa kuti Marks ayambe kufufuza kwambiri. Chaka chotsatira, a Marks ndi banja lake adayamba kugawa nthawi yawo pakati pa nyumba yawo ku Florida ndi San Clemente, California, komwe adadzilowetsa mdziko la mafunde, ndikulemba maudindo angapo a National Scholastic Surfing Association (NSSA) m'magulu atsikana ndi azimayi. Pofika zaka 15, Marks anali ndi maudindo awiri a Vans U.S. Open Pro Junior, ndi International Surfing Association (ISA) World Title pansi pa lamba wake. Kenako, mu 2017, adakhala munthu wocheperako (wamwamuna kapena wamkazi) yemwe angayenerere nawo World Championship Tour-kutsimikizira kuti, ngakhale anali wokalamba, anali wokonzeka kuchita bwino.

"Sindinkaganiza kuti zichitika mwachangu. Ndiyenera kudzitsina nthawi zina kuti ndikumbukire mwayi wanga," akutero a Marks. "Ndizosangalatsa kukhala pano ndili wamng'ono kwambiri, kotero ndikuyesera kutenga chirichonse ndikuphunzira momwe ndingathere." (Ponena za othamanga achichepere, a badass, onani wazaka 20 wazokwera miyala Margo Hayes.)

Ngakhale a Marks angawoneke ngati achichepere, palibe kukayika m'malingaliro ake kuti ali ndi ufulu wofika pano pampikisano. “Tsopano popeza ndapanga ulendowu, ndikudziwa kuti ndi kumene ndiyenera kukhala,” akutero. "Ndikumva ngati ndakhwima kwambiri chaka chatha chathachi ngati wothamanga ndipo izi zikuwonetsedwa pamafunde anga - makamaka chifukwa muyenera kukhala pano pomwe mukufuna kukhala."

Kuthana ndi Mavuto a Ulendo Wapadziko Lonse

"Nditazindikira kuti ndikupita kukacheza, ndidadandaula komanso kusangalala, komanso ndidazindikira kuti moyo wanga watsala pang'ono kusintha," akutero a Marks.

Kupita kukaona kumatanthauza kuti Marks azikhala chaka chomwe chikubwera limodzi ndi akatswiri 16 ochita masewera olimbitsa thupi padziko lonse lapansi omwe akupikisana nawo muzochitika 10 padziko lonse lapansi. "Popeza ndili wachichepere kwambiri, banja langa liyenera kupita nawo kukacheza nane, zomwe ndizopanikizika zina mwa izo zokha," akutero. "Akudzipereka kwambiri, kotero mwachiwonekere ndikufuna kuchita zonse zomwe ndingathe ndikudzikuza."

Akapanda kupikisana nawo, Marks amapitiliza maphunziro ake ndikuwongolera luso lake. "Ndimayesetsa kuchita masewera olimbitsa thupi tsiku lililonse ndikusambira mafunde kawiri patsiku pomwe sindipikisana," akutero. "Kuchita masewera olimbitsa thupi nthawi zambiri kumafuna kupirira komwe kumanditopetsa mpaka kutopa ndikundiphunzitsa kuti ndisiye kumverera kofuna kusiya. Tsoka ilo, mukamasefukira ndikukhala otopa, sipangakhale kuima ndikupuma. Izi ya ma drill amandithandizadi kuti ndizipereke ndi khama langa ndikakhala panja. " (Onani zochitika zathu zolimbitsa ma surf kuti tizisema minofu yowonda.)

Zikumveka ngati zambiri kuyika mbale wazaka 16, sichoncho? Marks akudabwa modabwitsa ponena za izi: "Chaka chisanayambe, ndinakhala pansi ndi amayi, abambo, ndi mphunzitsi ndipo anati, 'Tawonani, pasakhale zovuta zilizonse chifukwa ndinu wamng'ono,' akuti. "Adandiuza kuti ndisakhazikitse chisangalalo changa pazotsatira zanga chifukwa ndili ndi mwayi wokhala nawo anapeza uwu ndi mwayi wophunzira. "

Amatsatira malangizowo pamtima ndipo amawagwiritsa ntchito mwanjira iliyonse. "Ndinazindikira kuti, kwa ine, iyi si sprint. Ndi mpikisano wothamanga," akutero. "Ndili ndi anthu ambiri omwe akundithandiza ndipo amandilimbikitsa kuti ndipite kukasangalala - ndipo ndizomwe ndikuchita."

Zomwe Zimakhala Zogwirizana Ndi Zolemba Zina Za Surf

Pambuyo pa 2018 World Surfing League (WSL) Championship Tour, a Marks anali ndi mwayi wapadera wophunzirira zamalonda kuchokera kwa Carissa Moore, wopambana kwambiri paudindo wa WSL. Kudzera mu mgwirizano ndi Red Bull, a Marks adapita ku Moore pachilumba cha Oahu, komwe katswiriyu adamuthandiza kukonzekera ulendo wake woyamba. Pamodzi, adathamangitsa mafunde kukwera ndi kutsika pachilumbachi chomwe chimatchedwa "Malo Osonkhanira." (Zokhudzana: Momwe Champion wa Women's World Surf League Carissa Moore Anamangiranso Chidaliro Chake Pambuyo Pochita Manyazi)

"Carissa ndi munthu wodabwitsa kwambiri," akutero a Marks. "Ndinakulira ndikumupembedza kotero zinali zodabwitsa kumudziwa ndikufunsa mafunso angapo."

Chomwe chinadabwitsa Marks chinali kudzichepetsa kwa Moore komanso kusasamala kwake, ngakhale ali wothamanga wodziwika padziko lonse lapansi. "Mukakhala pafupi naye, simudziwa kuti ndi wopambana katatu padziko lonse lapansi," akutero a Marks. "Ndiumboni wakuti simukuyenera kuyenda ndi chipaso paphewa kulikonse komwe mungapite chifukwa choti mukuchita bwino. Ndikotheka kukhala munthu wabwino komanso wabwinobwino, zomwe zinali kuzindikira kwakukulu komanso phunziro la moyo kwa ine. "

Tsopano, a Marks omwewo atengera chitsanzo cha atsikana achichepere ambiri. Pamene akulowera ku WCT, sakuwona udindowu mopepuka. "Nthawi zonse anthu amandifunsa zomwe ndimakonda kuchita kuti ndisangalale. Kwa ine, kusewera mafunde ndi chinthu chosangalatsa kwambiri padziko lapansi," akutero. "Ndiye ngati palibe china chilichonse, ndikufunanso atsikana ena komanso odziwa kubwera kuti achite zomwe zimawasangalatsa osakhazikika ayi. Moyo ndi waufupi ndipo ndibwino kuti mupiteko mukuchita zomwe mumakonda."

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