I'm Quita and I'm 30 years old

我叫Quita，今年30歲了。

learning how to skateboard.

學習如何滑板。

Skateboarding is something that

滑板是一種

I've always wanted to learn how to do.

我一直想學做。

It's always been on my bucket list since I was a child.

從小到大，它一直在我的遺願清單上。

I couldn't really learn because I lived in a very rural area

因為我住在農村，所以學不到東西。

with not very many concrete roads to practice on.

在沒有多少水泥路可以練習的情況下。

Not only that, there just

不僅如此，還有就是

wasn't a lot of representation for black and brown girls.

黑人和棕色女孩的代表性不多。

So that kind of discouraged me as well.

所以這也讓我有點灰心。

But I figured, you know what?

但我想，你知道嗎？

F it.

F it.

You only live once.

你只活一次。

It's time to learn.

是時候學習了。

Cause I want to learn how to do the Ollie.

因為我想學習如何做奧利。

An Ollie is done by using your back foot

奧利是用你的後腳來完成的。

to snap the tail of the board to the ground

將板子的尾巴扣在地上

so that the board goes almost vertically in the air.

使板子幾乎垂直於空氣。

Right as the tail hits the ground,

就在尾巴落地的時候。

you're sliding your front foot

你在用前腳滑動

against the board to level it out.

對板子進行平整。

I have made myself a list of three things that I need to be

我給自己列了一個清單，其中有三件事是我需要做的。

able to do to make me feel like I have mastered the Ollie.

能夠做到讓我覺得自己已經掌握了奧莉。

Number one, all four wheels have to leave the ground.

第一，四個輪子都要離開地面。

Number two, I have to be able to do this on concrete

第二，我必須能在混凝土上做這件事。

without my skater trainers.

沒有我的滑板教練。

Number three, to be able to do the Ollie while moving.

第三條，要做到邊移動邊奧莉。

And the cherry on top would be

而最重要的是

to jump over something very unintimidating.

要跳過很不嚇人的東西。

I studied a few videos that made me feel

我學習了幾個視頻，讓我覺得

confident enough to go outside and try it.

有信心到外面去嘗試。

I tried as hard as I could for two days,

我盡我所能地努力了兩天。

but something just wasn't clicking.

但有些東西就是沒有點擊。

Then this complete stranger came up to us

然後這個完全陌生的人走到我們面前

and started showing off.

並開始炫耀。

This is when I knew I needed to phone a friend.

這時我才知道我需要給朋友打電話。

So I reached out to Latosha Stone.

於是我聯繫了拉託莎-斯通。

You are the first black woman to own a skateboarding brand.

你是第一個擁有滑板品牌的黑人女性。

How do you feel about that?

你怎麼看？

- [Latosha] Feels weird.

- [拉託莎]感覺很奇怪

Like I didn't really think about being the first,

就像我真的沒有想過要做第一個。

until my past couple of months here.

直到我過去幾個月在這裡。

And like people really pointed that out.

而像人們真的指出了這一點。

It's a great thing.

這是一個偉大的事情。

It feels awesome.

感覺很爽。

- I have been watching Betty.

- 我一直在看貝蒂。

When I was looking you up it was saying

我查你的時候，上面寫著

that your boards were featured in an episode or two.

你的板子在一兩集裡出現過。

- It was like in the beginning.

- 就像當初。

A couple of episodes that came out,

出的幾集。

I was just watching every single deck.

我只是在看每一張卡牌。

Like was that one mine?

就像那個是我的嗎？

Trying to spot it.

試圖發現它。

- I'm definitely interested in getting one of your boards.

- 我肯定有興趣買你的板子。

But my thing is I don't want to mess it up.

但我的事情是我不想搞砸了。

- I hear that from so many people.

- 我從很多人那裡聽到這句話。

They're like, "It's so pretty, I don't want to ride it".

他們說，"太漂亮了，我不想坐"。

Just message me which one you want,

你想要哪一個就給我留言。

and I'll just send you one.

我就送你一個。

- Oh! Thank you.

- 哦，謝謝你

I wasn't expecting that.

我沒料到會這樣

- I do have completes coming out, in two months.

- 我確實有完整的作品出來，兩個月後。

And I have this really cute collab coming up

我有這個非常可愛的合拍來了。

with Black Girls Anime.

與黑妹動漫。

- That's exciting.

- 真令人興奮

Okay, so I'm trying to learn the Ollie for this video.

好吧，所以我試圖學習奧利的這個視頻。

Do you think that's too ambitious?

你覺得這樣做是不是太野心勃勃了？

- No.

- 不知道

Ollie is the base of every trick you're going to learn.

奧利是你要學習的每一個技巧的基礎。

So that's definitely one thing that

所以這絕對是一件事

you should work on getting down first.

你應該先下地幹活。

- I'll send you the video of me doing this Ollie

- 我把我做這個的視頻發給你，奧利。

and maybe you can critique me on what I'm doing wrong.

也許你可以責備我，我做錯了什麼。

- You know what, my friend Latisha is in LA.

- 你知道嗎，我的朋友Latisha在洛杉磯。

Maybe you can meet up with her

也許你可以和她見一面

and she can show you how to do it better.

她可以告訴你如何做得更好。

Oh, that'd be so much easier.

哦，那就簡單多了。

- Yeah, that'd be perfect.

- 是啊，這將是完美的。

- You got this.

- 你能做到這一點。

- Thank you.

- 謝謝你了

I took Latosha's advice and I reached out to Latisha

我接受了拉託莎的建議，我找到了拉蒂莎。

and she got back to me.

她又回到了我身邊。

- My name is Latisha Nicole.

- 我叫Latisha Nicole.

I've been skating for about 10 years.

我已經滑了10年了。

You can start off by showing me what you have

你可以先讓我看看你的東西

and then we can go from there.

然後我們就可以去那裡。

Super good.

超級好。

It's awesome.

它的真棒。

You started off with your back foot

你是用後腳開始的

a little off of the tail.

尾巴上的一點。

I personally think that you'll get a better pop

我個人認為，你會得到一個更好的彈幕。

if you put your foot more on the tail.

如果你把你的腳更多的尾巴。

And your goal should be that when you pop,

而你的目標應該是，當你爆。

you want to try and land on your bolts.

你要試著在你的螺栓上降落。

- There's just so much to think about all at once.

- 一下子要想的東西實在是太多了。

- [Latisha] Yeah.

- 是的.

Perfect.

完美的。

In your head, say the steps.

在腦海中，說出步驟。

It's all about like muscle memory.

這都是關於像肌肉記憶。

You already know that as soon as you step on

你已經知道了，只要你一踏上

you bend your knees.

你彎曲你的膝蓋。

So don't say that.

所以不要這樣說。

You're working right now on remembering to pop,

你現在就在努力記住啪啪啪。

then say pop and then jump on the bolts.

然後說啪，然後跳上螺栓。

Then your body will get used to doing those,

那麼你的身體就會習慣做這些。

and you won't have to say the mechanics.

你就不用說力學了。

You'll just automatically kind of start doing it.

你就會自動開始做了。

- Pop, slide, jump on the bolts?

- 啪，滑，跳上螺栓？

- Yeah.

- 是啊。

Use your toes.

用你的腳趾頭。

Your board's not coming with you.

你的板子不跟你走了

So that's what you're gonna do is

所以，這就是你要做的事情是

you're going to use your tippy-toes.

你要用你的小腳趾。

- Oh!

- 哦！

I don't know why it's messing me up now.

我不知道為什麼現在把我搞得一團糟。

Why?

為什麼？

- Main thing is really getting

- 最主要的是真正得到

that tail to touch the ground.

那條尾巴觸地。

- I'm okay.

- 我很好

- [Latisha] Cool, that was perfect.

- 酷，那是完美的。

- Okay, I think we might've unlocked something.

- 好吧，我想我們可能已經解鎖了一些東西。

(laughs)

（笑）

- Right now you're kind of just doing this,

- 現在，你只是在做這個。

but what about that finesse?

但那種細膩的感覺呢？

Put that finesse in it with your ankle.

用你的腳踝把那種細膩的感覺放進去。

Nice.

很好啊

- That was scarier, but it felt right.

- 雖然比較嚇人，但感覺還不錯。

- [Latisha] Yeah.

- 是的.

Perfect!

完美！

- All of a sudden I'm scared.

- 突然間我害怕了。

Like now that the board is actually doing (beep),

就像現在，板子其實是在做（嗶）。

now my mind is like.

現在，我的頭腦是這樣的：

- [Latisha] Wiggle it out.

- 把它扭出來.

Perfect.

完美的。

So good.

這麼好。

Good.

很好啊

- Oh my god!

- 哦，我的上帝！

Why is my board flipping all of a sudden?

為什麼我的板子會突然翻轉？

(upbeat music)

(歡快的音樂)

I think I need to do something else for awhile.

我想我需要做一些別的事情一段時間。

- [Latisha] Yeah.

- 是的.

(upbeat music)

(歡快的音樂)

- [Quita] I just want to take a few minutes

- 我只想花幾分鐘時間。

to actually chat with you

和你哈拉

and learn more about your experience in skateboarding.

並瞭解更多關於你在滑板方面的經驗。

- I wasn't really allowed to skate until

- 我是不真正允許滑冰的，直到

I was out of the house and all that.

我當時不在家裡，所有的一切。

So I was like 17 years old, bought my own skateboard

所以我17歲的時候，買了自己的滑板。

and started doing what I wanted to do.

並開始做我想做的事。

There wasn't like very many women in skateboarding at all,

在滑板界，根本就沒有像很多女性。

much less women of color.

更不用說有色人種婦女了。

I've always been like super attracted to skateboarding.

我一直喜歡超級吸引滑板。

I thought it looks like magic to me.

我覺得它看起來像魔術。

How can you make something that's under your feet

你怎麼能讓你腳下的東西？

move without touching it?

動而不觸？

- [Quita] Yeah!

- [奎塔]耶！

- It's magic.

- 這是神奇的。

- All right, I guess we've had enough of a break, right?

- 好了，我想我們已經休息夠了，對吧？

I feel revived.

我覺得自己恢復了活力。

Now it's time to cross off number two on my list.

現在是時候在我的清單上劃掉第二項了。

But first I'm going to put these skater trainers on

但首先我要穿上這雙滑板訓練鞋。

because I'm scared and I'm going to slowly remove them

因為我很害怕，我要慢慢地把它們移走。

as I get used to working on the concrete.

當我習慣於在混凝土上工作時。

Oh, dope.

哦，塗料。

Wooo!

嗚！

Feeling kind of brave.

感覺挺勇敢的。

Medic on standby.

醫護人員待命

- Oh, that was good!

- 哦，這是很好的！

- That really moved.

- 真的很感動。

Yo, that was pretty good.

喲，那是相當不錯的。

- [Latisha] Take one off.

- 脫掉一個.

- Take one off.

- 脫掉一個。

- Take the last one off.

- 把最後一個拿掉。

- Oh word.

- 哦，字。

I'm not even going to think that anything changed, you know.

我甚至不會認為有什麼變化，你知道的。

Except that - I just rolled.

Whoa, I'm rolling before I'm even ready.

哇，我還沒準備好就開始了。

I got scared.

我害怕了。

- [Latisha] You got it.

- [Latisha]你得到了它。

I think we did a lot today.

我想我們今天做了很多。

- [Latisha] Yeah.

- 是的.

You've come far.

你已經走了很遠。

You've come a long way.

你已經走了很長的路。

- Oh man, I don't think I would've got this

- 哦，夥計，我不認為我會得到這個。

with just the internet and videos.

只用網絡和視頻。

So thank you.

所以，謝謝你。

- [Latisha] Probably not.

- 可能不會

- I'm 30 doing this,

- 我30歲了還在做這個。

so I feel like I'm starting real late in the game.

所以我覺得我開始真正的晚在遊戲中。

- I'm 33.

- 我33歲了

I don't feel like there's ever like an age that's too late.

我不覺得有什麼時候像一個年齡，太晚了。

- There's ladies that start and they're like 50.

- 有女士們開始，他們像50。

They have cancer and this is their thing

他們得了癌症，這是他們的事

that they're going to put all their energy into

他們將把所有的精力投入到...

that takes their mind off of

讓他們忘卻

all their stress and their problems.

他們所有的壓力和問題。

- You skate clinics where people from the community

- 你的滑冰診所，從社區的人。

can come and learn how to skate.

可以來學習如何滑冰。

And I was one lady that was like 57 that showed up.

我是一個女士，像57歲，出現了。

She learned how to roll and go down the ramp and stuff.

她學會了如何滾動和走下坡道之類的東西。

Yo, this is dope.

喲，這是塗料。

- Skating has no age.

- 溜冰沒有年齡之分。

You can skate forever.

你可以永遠滑冰。

- My dad literally asked me

- 我爸爸真的問我

if I was having a midlife crisis.

如果我有一箇中年危機，

So today's my first day outside practicing

所以今天是我第一天在外面練功的日子。

since my lesson went Tish and I'm gonna go for it.

因為我的教訓去Tish和我要去為它。

(upbeat music)

(歡快的音樂)

Ow.

嗷。

I really wanted to get the Ollie nice and locked in.

我真的很想把奧莉好好的鎖起來。

So I kept practicing and practicing

所以我一直在練習，練習

until I felt like I can jump over something.

直到我覺得我可以跳過什麼東西。

Something nice and small and not intimidating.

好的、小的、不嚇人的東西。

(upbeat music)

(歡快的音樂)

I didn't hit it?

我沒打到？

I went all the way over?

我一路走過來？

- [Spectator] Yes.

- 是的

- What!

- 什麼！

(laughs)

（笑）

When I was younger, not seeing people who look like me

當我年輕的時候，沒有看到像我這樣的人。

do this was a big factor in me not being interested anymore.

做這個是我不感興趣的一個重要因素了。

It is really cool to be part of a community of women

能成為女性社區的一員，真的很酷。

who skate and who uplift each other.

溜冰的人和互相提升的人。

It's so pretty.

它是如此的漂亮。

Thank you, Latosha.

謝謝你，拉託莎。

This is awesome.

這是真棒。

This is where it's gonna go.

這就是它要去的地方。

It's kind of perfect actually.

其實挺完美的。

(upbeat music)

(歡快的音樂)