E hui me Caroline Marks, ka Heʻenalu ʻōpio loa i kūpono no ka huakaʻi hoʻokūkū honua

Anter

• Pehea ʻo ia i lilo ai i mea heʻenalu Pro
• Ka mālama ʻana i ke kaomi o kahi huakaʻi honua
• He aha ke ʻano o ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana me nā kaʻao heʻe nalu ʻē aʻe
• Nānā no

Inā ʻoe i haʻi aku iā Caroline Marks ma ke ʻano he kaikamahine liʻiliʻi e ulu ʻo ia i ʻōpio i hiki ke lilo i ka Women Championship Tour (aka ʻo Grand Slam o ka heʻe nalu), inā ʻaʻole ʻo ia e manaʻoʻiʻo iā ʻoe.

Ke ulu nei, ka heʻenalu ʻana he mea maikaʻi nā kaikaina o Marks. ʻAʻole ʻo ia wale nō kāna ~ mea ~. ʻO kāna haʻuki, i kēlā manawa, he heihei barela-kahi hanana rodeo kahi e hoʻāʻo ai nā mea holo e hoʻopiha i kahi ʻano cloverleaf e pili ana i nā barela preset i ka manawa wikiwiki loa. (Yep, he mea maoli kēlā. A, i mea kaulike, like ʻino me ka heʻe nalu.)

"He hele wale ʻole mai ka holo lio i ka heʻe nalu ʻana," i ʻōlelo ai ʻo Marks Kinohi. "Akā makemake nā kānaka a pau o koʻu ʻohana i ka heʻenalu a i ka piha ʻana o koʻu makahiki he 8, manaʻo koʻu mau kaikunāne ua hiki i ka manawa e hōʻike mai iaʻu i nā kaula." (E heluhelu i kā mākou heʻe nalu he 14 no ka poʻe hoʻomaka mua-me nā GIF!)

ʻO ke aloha o Marks no ka heʻe nalu i kahi manawa koke. "Ua hauʻoli nui wau iā ia a ʻano kūlohelohe ia," i ʻōlelo ai ʻo ia. ʻAʻole wale ʻo ia he aʻo wikiwiki, akā ua ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi a ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi i kēlā me kēia lā i hala. Ma mua o ka manawa lōʻihi, hoʻomaka kona mau mākua iā ia i ka hoʻokūkū a hoʻomaka ʻo ia e lanakila-he nui.

Pehea ʻo ia i lilo ai i mea heʻenalu Pro

I ka makahiki 2013, ua huli 11 wale ʻo Marks i kona wā i lanakila ai ma luna o ka hoʻokūkū heʻe nalu ʻAkelanika, a lanakila i ka mahele o nā kaikamahine ma lalo o 16, 14, a me 12. Mahalo i kāna mau mea i hoʻokō ʻole ʻia, ua lilo ʻo ia i mea ʻōpio loa i hana i ka Hui Heʻe nalu o USA.

I kēlā manawa, ua ʻike kona mau mākua he ʻoi aku kona mana i ka mea a lākou i noʻonoʻo ai, a ua hoʻolilo ka ʻohana holoʻokoʻa iā Marks i ka heʻe nalu ʻana. I ka makahiki aʻe, ua hoʻomaka ʻo Marks a me kona ʻohana e hoʻokaʻawale i ko lākou manawa ma waena o ko lākou home ma Florida a me San Clemente, Kaleponi, kahi i komo ai i loko o ka honua heʻe nalu, me ke kiʻi ʻana i nā poʻo inoa National Scholastic Surfing Association (NSSA) i nā maʻa kaikamahine a me nā wahine. I ka manawa i piha iā 15, he ʻelua mau poʻo inoa ʻo Vans U.S. Open Pro Junior, a ʻo ka International Surfing Association (ISA) World Title ma lalo o kāna kāʻei. A laila, i ka makahiki 2017, ua lilo ʻo ia i mea ʻōpio loa (kāne a wahine paha) i hiki ke koho i ka World Championship Tour-e hōʻike ana, ʻoiai ʻo kona mau makahiki, ua mākaukau ʻo ia e hele pro.

"ʻAʻole au i noʻonoʻo e hiki wawe ana ia. Pono wau e ʻūlū iaʻu iho i kekahi manawa e hoʻomanaʻo i koʻu laki," wahi a Marks. "Maʻalahi loa ka noho ʻana ma aneʻi i ka wā ʻōpio, no laila ke hoʻāʻo nei wau e apo wale i nā mea āpau a aʻo e like me ka hiki iaʻu." (Ke kamaʻilio nei e pili ana i nā ʻōpio ʻōpio maikaʻi ʻole, e nānā iā 20 mau makahiki i ka pōhaku pōhaku ʻo Margo Hayes.)

ʻOiai ua like paha ʻo Marks me he poʻe ʻaʻahu ʻole, ʻaʻohe kānalua i loko o kona manaʻo ua loaʻa iā ia ke kuleana e hele i kēia mamao i ka hoʻokūkū. "I kēia manawa ua huakaʻi wau i ka huakaʻi, ʻike wau aia ma hea kahi e manaʻo ʻia ai wau," i ʻōlelo ʻo ia. "Manaʻo wau ua makua wau i nā mea he nui i kēia makahiki i hala iho nei ma ke ʻano he ʻlapa a ua hōʻike ʻia i kaʻu heʻenalu ʻana-ʻo ka hapa nui no ka mea pono ʻoe inā ʻo ia kahi āu e makemake ai."

Ka mālama ʻana i ke kaomi o kahi huakaʻi honua

"I koʻu ʻike ʻana e hele ana au i ka huakaʻi, ua haʻalulu au a hauʻoli hoʻi, akā ua ʻike pū wau ua kokoke e loli koʻu ola," wahi a Marks.

Ke hele nei i ka huakaʻi no ka mea e lilo ana ʻo Marks i ka makahiki e hiki mai ana ma ka ʻaoʻao o 16 o ka heʻe nalu ʻoihana ʻoi loa o ka honua e hoʻokūkū nei i nā hanana he 10 a puni ka honua. "Ma muli o koʻu ʻōpio, pono wau e hele huakaʻi me koʻu ʻohana, a he mea ia e hoʻonui ai ke kaomi iā ia iho," i ʻōlelo ʻo ia. "Ke mōhai nui nei lākou, no laila maopopo leʻa makemake wau e hana i ka mea e hiki ai a haʻaheo lākou."

Ke hoʻokūkū ʻole ʻo ia, e hoʻomau ʻo Marks i kāna hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻana a hana i ka hoʻoponopono maikaʻi ʻana i kāna mau akamai. "Hoʻomaʻo wau e hana i kēlā me kēia lā a heʻe nalu ʻelua i kēlā me kēia lā ke hoʻokūkū ʻole wau," i ʻōlelo ʻo ia. "ʻO ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻana iā ia iho ka mea e hoʻopili mau ai i nā drills hoʻomanawanui e hana ai iaʻu a hiki i ka luhi a aʻo iaʻu e kāpae i ka manaʻo o ka makemake e hāʻawi. Eia naʻe, ke heʻe nalu ʻoe a luhi hoʻi, ʻaʻohe kū a hoʻomaha ʻana. ʻO kēia mau ʻano o nā drills kōkua nui iaʻu i ka hāʻawi ʻana i kaʻu mau mea āpau ke hele wau i waho. " (E nānā i kā mākou hoʻomaʻamaʻa heʻenalu no ke kālai ʻana i ka ʻiʻo lean.)

Kani paha e like me ka nui e kau i ka pā o 16 makahiki, ʻeā? Kāhāhā wale ʻo Marks e pili ana iā ia: "Ma mua o ka hoʻomaka o ka makahiki, ua noho wau me koʻu makuahine, koʻu makuakāne, a me kaʻu kaʻi a ua ʻōlelo lākou," E nānā, ʻaʻole pono ke kaomi no ka mea ʻōpio loa ʻoe, "" wahi a. "Ua ʻōlelo mai lākou iaʻu ʻaʻole e hoʻokumu i koʻu hauʻoli ma muli o kaʻu mau hopena no ka mea ua laki wau i ka loaʻa ʻana loaʻa kēia manawa kūpono ma ke ʻano he haʻawina aʻo. "

Lawe ʻo ia i kēlā ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo i ka puʻuwai a ke hoʻokō nei ia i kēlā me kēia ʻano. "Ua ʻike au, noʻu, ʻaʻole kēia he sprint. He marathon ia," wahi āna. "Nui nā poʻe e kākoʻo iaʻu a paipai iaʻu e hele wale i laila a leʻaleʻa-a ʻo ia nō kaʻu e hana nei."

He aha ke ʻano o ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana me nā kaʻao heʻe nalu ʻē aʻe

Ma mua o ka World World Surfing League (WSL) Championship Tour 2018, ua loaʻa iā Marks ka manawa kūpono e aʻo mua i nā hana o ke kālepa mai Carissa Moore, ka muli loa WSL-poʻo inoa lanakila. Ma o ka launa pū ʻana me Red Bull, ua kipa ʻo Marks iā Moore ma kona mokupuni ʻo Oʻahu, kahi i kōkua ai ka mea heʻe nalu kahiko iā ia e hoʻomākaukau no kāna huakaʻi huakaʻi mua. Ua alualu like lākou i nā nalu i luna a i lalo o ka mokupuni i kūpono i kapa ʻia ʻo "The Gathering Place." (Pili: Pehea ka wahine poʻokela heʻe nalu o ka honua ʻO Carissa Moore i kūkulu hou i kāna hilinaʻi ma hope o ka hoʻohilahila kino ʻana.

"He kanaka kupaianaha loa ʻo Carissa," wahi a Marks. "Ua ulu au me ka hoʻomana kiʻi iā ia no laila he mea kupanaha ka ʻike ʻana iā ia a me ka nīnau ʻana i nā nīnau he nui."

ʻO ka mea i kāhāhā iā Marks ʻo ia ka haʻahaʻa a me ke ʻano wiwo ʻole o Moore, ʻoiai ʻo ia ka mea hoʻokūkū kaulana o ka honua. "Ke kokoke ʻoe iā ia, ʻaʻole ʻoe e ʻike ʻo ia he mea hoʻokūkū honua ʻekolu manawa," wahi a Marks. "He hōʻoia ʻo ia ʻaʻole pono ʻoe e hele a puni me kahi ʻāpana ma kou poʻohiwi i nā wahi āu e hele wale ai no ka mea ua kūleʻa ʻoe. He kanaka maikaʻi a kūlohelohe paha ia, a he haʻawina nui ia a me ka haʻawina ola naʻu. "

I kēia manawa, ua lilo ʻo Marks iho i kumu hoʻohālikelike no nā kaikamahine ʻōpio he nui. Ke hele ʻo ia i loko o ka WCT, ʻaʻole ia e lawe i kēlā kuleana me ka māmā. "Nīnau mau ka poʻe iaʻu i kaʻu makemake e hana no ka leʻaleʻa. Noʻu, ʻo ka heʻe nalu ka mea leʻaleʻa loa o ka honua," i ʻōlelo ʻo ia. "No laila, inā ʻaʻohe mea ʻē aʻe, makemake wau i nā kaikamahine ʻē aʻe a me nā mea e hele mai ana e hana i ka mea e hauʻoli ai lākou a ʻaʻole hoʻi e hoʻomaha iki.

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