Sangana naCaroline Marks, Wechidiki Wekutsvagurudza kune Akazombokodzera iyo yeWorld Championship Tour

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Dai wakaudza Caroline Marks achiri kasikana kuti aizokura kuva mudiki pane vese kuti akwanise kuenda kuWomen's Championship Tour (aka Grand Slam yekusevha), angadai asina kukutenda.

Kukura, kufura pamusoro pechimwe chinhu hama dzaMarks dzaive dzakanaka. Yakanga isiri yake ~ chinhu ~. Mutambo wake, panguva iyoyo, waive mujaho wedhiramu-chiitiko che rodeo apo vatasvi vanoedza kupedzisa cloverleaf pateni yakatenderedza madhiramu epamberi munguva inokurumidza. (Hongu, icho chinhu chaicho. Uye, kutaura chokwadi, zvakangofanana neyakaipisisa seyesefa.)

"Kwakanaka kusarongeka kuenda kubva pakutasva bhiza kuenda kushamba," Marks anotaurira Chimiro. "Asi munhu wese mumhuri medu aifarira kufura pamusoro uye pandakasvitsa makore masere, hama dzangu dzakaita senge yave nguva yekundiratidza tambo." (Verenga edu gumi nemana matipi ekufambisa ekutanga-nguva-neGIFs!)

Rudo rwaMarks rwekukwira mafungu rwaive rwakanyanya kwazvo ipapo. "Ini ndaingonakidzwa nazvo zvakanyanya uye yainzwa kunge yakasikwa," anodaro. Akanga asiri munhu anokurumidza kudzidza chete, asi aiitawo zviri nani zuva rimwe nerimwe. Pasina nguva, vabereki vake vakatanga kumuisa mumakwikwi uye akatanga kuhwina-zvizhinji.

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Muna 2013, Marks akange achangosvitsa makore gumi nerimwe paakatonga Makwikwi eAtlantic Surfing, achihwina mumakwikwi eVasikana' Under 16, 14, uye gumi nemaviri. Kutenda kwaari zvaakaita zvisingadaviriki kubudirira, akazove munhu mudiki pane vese akamboita USA Surf Team.

Panguva iyoyo, vabereki vake vakaziva kuti aive aine mukana wakawanda kupfuura zvavaimbofungidzira, uye mhuri yese yakaita kuti kusefa kwaMarks kuve chinangwa chavo chikuru. Gore rakatevera, Marks nemhuri yake vakatanga kupatsanura nguva yavo pakati peimba yavo muFlorida neSan Clemente, California, kwaakanyura munyika yekusevha, achicherekedza mazita akati wandei eNational Scholastic Surfing Association (NSSA) muzvikamu zvevasikana nevakadzi. Panguva yaakasvitsa makore gumi nemashanu, Marks aive nemazita maviri eVans U.S. Open Pro Junior, uye International Surfing Association (ISA) World Title pasi pebhandi rake. Zvino, muna2017, akazove munhu mudiki pane vese (murume kana mukadzi) akambokwikwidza kuenda kuWorld Championship Tour-zvichiratidza kuti, kunyangwe aive nezera rake, aive akatogadzirira kuenda pro.

"Ini zvechokwadi ndanga ndisingafunge kuti zvaizoitika nekukurumidza kudaro. Ndinofanira kuzvipinha dzimwe nguva kuti ndirangarire rombo rakanaka ini," anodaro Marks. "Kwakanakisa kuve pano pazera diki zvakadaro, saka ndiri kungoedza kupinza zvese uye kudzidza zvakanyanya sezvandinogona." (Kutaura nezvevadiki, vatambi ve badass, tarisa anemakore makumi maviri-makumi maviri anokwira padombo Margo Hayes.)

Nepo Makos angaite seakaderera, hapana mubvunzo mupfungwa dzake kuti akawana kodzero yekuve kure kure mumakwikwi. "Zvino zvandaita rwendo, ndinoziva kuti ndipo pandiri," anodaro. "Ini ndinonzwa kunge ndakura zvakanyanya gore rapfuura semumhanyi uye zvakaratidzwa mukusefa kwangu-kunyanya nekuti iwe unofanirwa kudaro kana ndipo paunoda kuva."

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"Pandakaziva kuti ndaienda kunoshanya, ndakakatyamadzwa uye ndakafara, asi zvakare ndakaona hupenyu hwangu hwave kuda kuchinja zvachose," anodaro Marks.

Kuenda kunoshanya kunoreva kuti Marks achapedza gore rinouya pamwe negumi nematanhatu enyanzvi dzepamusoro dzepasi rose dzinokwikwidza muzviitiko gumi kutenderera pasirese. “Nekuda kwekuti ndichiri mudiki, mhuri yangu inotofanira kuenda neni kunoshanya zvinova zvinotowedzera kundimanikidza,” anodaro. "Vari kuzvipira zvakanyanya, saka zviri pachena kuti ndinoda kuita zvandinogona uye kuti vadade."

Paanenge asiri kukwikwidza, Marks anoenderera mberi nekudzidziswa kwake uye kushanda pakugadzirisa hunyanzvi hwake. "Ndinoedza kushandira muviri zuva rega rega uye nekusefa kaviri pazuva kana ndisiri kukwikwidza," anodaro. "Kudzidzira pachako kunosanganisira kutsungirira kuzvirova izvo zvinondishandira kusvika pakuneta uye zvinondidzidzisa kusundira pamusoro pekunzwa kwekuda kukanda mapfumo pasi. Nehurombo, kana iwe uri kufura uye uchinzwa wakaneta, hapana kumira uye kutora zororo. Aya marudzi zvezvibhorani zvinondibatsira kuti ndizvipe zvese kana ndiri kunze uko." (Tarisa uone edu-akafuridzirwa maitiro ekuveza mhasuru yakaonda.)

Zvinonzwika senge zvakawanda kuisa mundiro yemakore gumi nematanhatu, handiti? Marks anoshamisika nazvo: "Gore risati ratanga, ndakagara pasi naamai, baba, uye mudzidzisi uye vakati," Tarisai, hapafanirwe kuve nekumanikidzwa nekuti uchiri mudiki,'" anodaro. “Vakanditi ndisaise mufaro wangu pamaresults angu nekuti ndine rombo rakanaka kuwana gotten mukana uyu sechiitiko chekudzidza."

Akatora zano iroro pamwoyo uye ari kurishandisa munzira dzose. "Ndakaona kuti, kwandiri, ichi hachisi chipenga. Iyo marathon," anodaro. "Ndine vanhu vazhinji vanonditsigira uye vachindikurudzira kuti ndingoenda kunze uko ndinotandara-uye ndizvo chaizvo zvandiri kuita."

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Mberi kwe2018 World Surfing League (WSL) Championship Tour, Marks aive nemukana wakasarudzika wekufunda hunyengeri hwekutengesa kubva kuna Carissa Moore, mudiki WSL-zita rakakunda nakare kose. Kuburikidza nemubatanidzwa neRed Bull, Marks akashanyira Moore pachitsuwa chekumusha kwake cheOahu, uko murwi wekushanya akamubatsira kugadzirira rwendo rwake rwekutanga. Pamwe chete, vakadzingirira masaisai kumusoro nekudzika kwechitsuwa icho chakapihwa zita remadunhurirwa rekuti "Nzvimbo Yekuungana." (Yakazara: Sei Vakadzi World Surf League Mukwikwidzi Carissa Moore Akavakazve Kuvimba Kwake Mushure meMuviri-Kunyadzisa)

"Carissa munhu anoshamisa kudaro," anodaro Marks. "Ndakakura ndichimunamata saka zvaishamisa kumuziva uye nekubvunza mibvunzo yakawanda."

Chakashamisa Marks kwaiva kuzvininipisa kwaMoore uye mafungiro asina hanya, kunyange zvazvo ari mutambi ane mukurumbira pasi rose. "Paunenge uri pedyo naye, haungamboziva kuti ishasha yenyika katatu," anodaro Marks. "Ndiye humbowo hwekuti haufanirwe kufamba uine chip pamapfudzi ako chero kwaunoenda nekuda kwekuti iwe wakabudirira. Zvinogoneka kuva munhu akanaka uye akajairika, izvo zvaive zvakakura kuziva uye chidzidzo chehupenyu kwandiri. "

Iye zvino, Marks pachake ave muenzaniso wevasikana vadiki vakawanda. Sezvaanopinda muWCT, haatore mutoro iwoyo nyore. "Vanhu vanogara vachindibvunza zvandinoda kuita zvekunakidzwa. Kwandiri, kufambisa ndicho chinhu chinonakidza kwazvo pasi," anodaro. "Saka kana pasina chimwe chinhu, ndinoda kuti vamwe vasikana nevanouya vaite zvinovafadza kwete kugadzikana pane zvishoma. Hupenyu hupfupi uye zviri nani kuti upinde mauri uchiita zvaunoda."

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