1 00:00:11,678 --> 00:00:15,140 I feel like I'm one of the skaters that have the most hate. 2 00:00:16,308 --> 00:00:19,019 A lot of people talk-- talk bad stuff. 3 00:00:19,102 --> 00:00:22,272 But I never care what other people are saying. 4 00:00:22,773 --> 00:00:27,402 I just took that as a motivation, and I kept doing what I wanted to do. 5 00:00:36,662 --> 00:00:38,372 I grew up in São Paulo, Brazil. 6 00:00:40,999 --> 00:00:43,710 So when I started skating, I was ten years old. 7 00:00:43,794 --> 00:00:47,256 Touched the board for the first time, and I just fell in love. 8 00:00:49,132 --> 00:00:52,719 As soon as I started skating, I just-- I learned everything really fast. 9 00:00:52,803 --> 00:00:55,931 You know, I was just trying tricks the first day that I skated. 10 00:00:56,014 --> 00:00:58,100 It was like, I don't even know how to push, 11 00:00:58,183 --> 00:00:59,518 and I'm already trying tricks. 12 00:01:01,353 --> 00:01:03,230 I used to hold the gate, 13 00:01:03,313 --> 00:01:05,607 and I used to try to do kickflips, heelflips… 14 00:01:08,026 --> 00:01:10,279 In skateboarding, it's really easy to fall. 15 00:01:10,362 --> 00:01:11,238 We fall all the time. 16 00:01:11,822 --> 00:01:13,824 A lot of people give up when they start skating 17 00:01:13,907 --> 00:01:15,409 because it hurts. 18 00:01:17,703 --> 00:01:22,624 I remember the first time I was going down a hill and I fell. 19 00:01:22,708 --> 00:01:25,252 And I was-- I had, like, scratches all over my body. 20 00:01:25,335 --> 00:01:26,837 And I was like, 21 00:01:26,920 --> 00:01:28,839 "This is fun. I wanna do it again." 22 00:01:34,178 --> 00:01:37,639 I used to skate with the boys. I was pretty much a little boy, you know? 23 00:01:37,723 --> 00:01:39,516 I was, like, fighting them. 24 00:01:39,600 --> 00:01:41,018 I was trying the same tricks. 25 00:01:41,602 --> 00:01:42,853 I was the only girl. 26 00:01:43,353 --> 00:01:45,522 My neighbor used to call me all the names 27 00:01:45,606 --> 00:01:49,193 because I was wearing the same thing that the boys was wearing: 28 00:01:49,276 --> 00:01:52,696 baggy pants, hat, and I was carrying a skateboard. 29 00:01:54,198 --> 00:01:56,283 My dad just hated skateboarding. 30 00:01:56,366 --> 00:01:57,868 He didn't want me to skate. 31 00:01:57,951 --> 00:02:00,037 He was, you know, like, a strict dad. 32 00:02:00,120 --> 00:02:02,581 He said I should be home studying 33 00:02:03,248 --> 00:02:05,292 and not outside with the boys. 34 00:02:05,375 --> 00:02:07,169 He even broke my board in half. 35 00:02:08,377 --> 00:02:10,964 But the next morning, I got a board with my friend, 36 00:02:11,048 --> 00:02:12,299 and I set up a new board. 37 00:02:12,382 --> 00:02:14,801 And all I wanted to do was skate. 38 00:02:23,018 --> 00:02:26,855 When I was 14 years old, I got invited to come to Los Angeles 39 00:02:26,939 --> 00:02:28,690 to skate at X Games. 40 00:02:28,774 --> 00:02:31,235 That's the moment that I realized, that I was like, 41 00:02:31,318 --> 00:02:33,028 "Okay, I think I'm good at this." 42 00:02:34,488 --> 00:02:38,367 Welcome, ladies and gentlemen, to Los Angeles, Californ-i-ay. 43 00:02:40,285 --> 00:02:42,996 My first X Games, I didn't do that well. 44 00:02:44,164 --> 00:02:47,251 I was so used to skating the contests in Brazil, which-- 45 00:02:47,334 --> 00:02:49,086 The skate park was really small. 46 00:02:50,045 --> 00:02:54,341 When I got here to X Games, everything was double the size. 47 00:02:55,217 --> 00:02:56,426 And I got last place. 48 00:02:58,345 --> 00:03:00,055 I think I needed that. 49 00:03:00,138 --> 00:03:01,974 It changed my whole skating. 50 00:03:03,308 --> 00:03:05,894 You know, it pushed my level to get better. 51 00:03:05,978 --> 00:03:08,856 And I was like, "Okay, I gotta step up my game." 52 00:03:10,524 --> 00:03:13,318 Leticia's first ever gold medal 53 00:03:13,986 --> 00:03:15,904 comes in her home country. 54 00:03:15,988 --> 00:03:18,282 Letí! Letí! Letí! Letí! 55 00:03:20,492 --> 00:03:24,413 Leticia Bufoni is your gold medalist. 56 00:03:27,124 --> 00:03:30,335 Leticia Bufoni back on top. 57 00:03:30,419 --> 00:03:32,379 Another gold medal. 58 00:03:34,423 --> 00:03:36,675 Three X Games gold medalist. 59 00:03:36,758 --> 00:03:38,969 One bronze, two silver. 60 00:03:43,932 --> 00:03:46,393 When I started winning at X Games, 61 00:03:46,476 --> 00:03:48,687 everything happened really fast. 62 00:03:48,770 --> 00:03:49,771 It was pretty awesome. 63 00:03:49,855 --> 00:03:52,232 You know, I got to meet up with pro skaters. 64 00:03:52,733 --> 00:03:56,236 And I got a lot of opportunities to be in magazines, 65 00:03:56,320 --> 00:03:57,571 like fitness magazines, 66 00:03:57,654 --> 00:03:59,323 fashion magazines. 67 00:04:03,202 --> 00:04:07,372 A lot of people were saying that I wasn't skating anymore, 68 00:04:07,456 --> 00:04:09,791 saying that I was a full-time model, 69 00:04:09,875 --> 00:04:11,168 that I was a fitness model. 70 00:04:12,669 --> 00:04:16,173 It hurt because my priority was always skateboarding. 71 00:04:16,255 --> 00:04:18,175 That was always in first place for me. 72 00:04:20,427 --> 00:04:23,263 When I got invited to the ESPN Body Issue, 73 00:04:23,347 --> 00:04:24,348 I was really honored. 74 00:04:24,431 --> 00:04:26,433 At first, I was really nervous 75 00:04:26,517 --> 00:04:29,311 because I knew I was gonna be naked. 76 00:04:30,395 --> 00:04:32,648 I did it, and I loved the result. 77 00:04:32,731 --> 00:04:34,483 But a lot of people, 78 00:04:34,566 --> 00:04:38,445 they didn't know the concept of showing the athlete's body 79 00:04:38,529 --> 00:04:41,865 and, like, the muscles, and not showing other stuff. 80 00:04:43,408 --> 00:04:46,662 So a lot of people was talking a lot of bad stuff, 81 00:04:46,745 --> 00:04:48,914 saying that I got paid to do that. 82 00:04:48,997 --> 00:04:51,166 They said that I was selling out. 83 00:04:51,250 --> 00:04:54,169 And that happened right before Street League, 84 00:04:54,253 --> 00:04:55,629 the first-ever Street League. 85 00:04:55,712 --> 00:04:58,423 We are here live in Chicago. 86 00:04:58,507 --> 00:05:01,260 A historical day here for Street League Skateboarding. 87 00:05:01,343 --> 00:05:02,845 In its six-year history, 88 00:05:02,928 --> 00:05:06,139 women have never competed in Street League until tonight. 89 00:05:06,807 --> 00:05:10,060 Street League was the biggest competition in skateboarding. 90 00:05:10,143 --> 00:05:13,188 I was going through a hard moment in my career, 91 00:05:13,272 --> 00:05:15,399 and I really wanted to win. 92 00:05:16,233 --> 00:05:18,944 This is a game changer in women's skateboarding. 93 00:05:19,027 --> 00:05:22,197 Let's take a look at the women who are going to be going for the title. 94 00:05:22,281 --> 00:05:24,283 A lot of people competing with me, 95 00:05:24,366 --> 00:05:26,785 they were the ones saying that I wasn't skating anymore. 96 00:05:27,953 --> 00:05:30,539 Once we all get to the course, everyone is friends. 97 00:05:30,622 --> 00:05:32,416 But in the back of my mind, 98 00:05:32,499 --> 00:05:35,043 I knew they were the ones talking about me. 99 00:05:36,086 --> 00:05:39,047 I put a lot of pressure on myself to prove them wrong. 100 00:05:40,966 --> 00:05:43,135 The nerves that I have before a competition, 101 00:05:43,218 --> 00:05:46,597 like, the feeling that I have, it's not the best feeling. 102 00:05:47,639 --> 00:05:51,059 But the moment that I start skating, everything changes. 103 00:05:51,810 --> 00:05:54,855 I just get in my zone, and I don't listen to anything. 104 00:05:55,355 --> 00:05:58,400 You can be screaming next to me, calling my name. 105 00:05:58,483 --> 00:05:59,902 There could be, like, fireworks. 106 00:05:59,985 --> 00:06:01,904 I'll just be focused on my tricks. 107 00:06:04,615 --> 00:06:06,658 She knows how to put together a couple ollies, 108 00:06:06,742 --> 00:06:07,618 good single tricks. 109 00:06:08,285 --> 00:06:09,578 She's good skating fast. 110 00:06:10,495 --> 00:06:12,748 She's good on transition. She's good on street. 111 00:06:14,541 --> 00:06:16,960 The course was a really fun course. 112 00:06:17,044 --> 00:06:20,964 There was a really big SLS logo in the middle of the course 113 00:06:21,048 --> 00:06:24,176 that no one was really jumping over 114 00:06:24,259 --> 00:06:26,261 'cause there was just a big gap. 115 00:06:27,596 --> 00:06:29,223 A huge ollie. 116 00:06:30,516 --> 00:06:31,808 There we go. 117 00:06:32,976 --> 00:06:34,228 There we go. 118 00:06:34,311 --> 00:06:38,315 I wasn't even thinking about the first place or second place. 119 00:06:38,398 --> 00:06:40,901 I just wanted to land all my tricks. 120 00:06:43,445 --> 00:06:44,988 Nice. Perfect run. 121 00:06:45,072 --> 00:06:46,698 Nice frontside 180. 122 00:06:47,866 --> 00:06:49,910 I remember I was in second place, 123 00:06:49,993 --> 00:06:51,495 and I had three more chances. 124 00:06:51,578 --> 00:06:55,040 And I needed-- not a really big score. I needed an okay score. 125 00:06:55,123 --> 00:06:56,917 If I did something easier, 126 00:06:57,000 --> 00:06:59,586 I would get the score, and I would jump to first place. 127 00:06:59,670 --> 00:07:02,506 But in the back of my mind, I was not counting the points. 128 00:07:02,589 --> 00:07:05,259 I just wanted to do something good. 129 00:07:05,342 --> 00:07:08,178 Like a real trick. Not just something easy to win. 130 00:07:08,804 --> 00:07:10,389 What's she got for us? 131 00:07:14,351 --> 00:07:17,813 Big 360 flip just gets away from her. Doesn't quite rotate. 132 00:07:17,896 --> 00:07:19,231 I tried to 360 flip. 133 00:07:19,314 --> 00:07:21,149 I missed the first one. 134 00:07:21,233 --> 00:07:23,735 And I was like, "Okay, I got two more. I got this." 135 00:07:30,325 --> 00:07:32,661 Second one, I missed it again. 136 00:07:32,744 --> 00:07:35,539 And I was like, "Well, now it's gonna be hard. 137 00:07:35,622 --> 00:07:38,292 Like, the pressure's on me. I only have one more chance." 138 00:07:38,375 --> 00:07:40,460 A 3.9 is what she's gonna need. 139 00:07:40,544 --> 00:07:43,672 We'll see if she goes for that 360 flip-- we've seen two bails on it-- 140 00:07:43,755 --> 00:07:46,049 or if she's gonna try something she knows she has. 141 00:07:46,133 --> 00:07:49,595 In my head, I knew I didn't need to go that big. 142 00:07:50,137 --> 00:07:51,847 But I wanted to go big. 143 00:07:51,930 --> 00:07:53,724 I wanted to land that trick. 144 00:07:53,807 --> 00:07:57,436 Especially that I missed it twice, so I need to land this. 145 00:07:57,519 --> 00:08:01,231 I'm not just gonna change my trick because I won't win. 146 00:08:01,315 --> 00:08:03,150 If I win, I want to win the right way. 147 00:08:03,233 --> 00:08:05,068 Needs to stay focused. 148 00:08:06,778 --> 00:08:10,490 Normally, when you do a trick, you know when you're gonna land 149 00:08:10,574 --> 00:08:11,575 or if you're gonna miss. 150 00:08:12,743 --> 00:08:14,453 I had my board under my feet, 151 00:08:14,536 --> 00:08:17,539 so I was like, "I got this. This is it. I'm landing it." 152 00:08:17,623 --> 00:08:21,251 But as soon as I land it, I kind of lose my balance a little bit. 153 00:08:21,335 --> 00:08:24,087 And then when I got into my balancing again, 154 00:08:24,171 --> 00:08:26,256 I was like, "Okay. I got this." 155 00:08:26,340 --> 00:08:28,675 And then I just started celebrating right away. 156 00:08:28,759 --> 00:08:30,677 Banking it! Yes! 157 00:08:30,761 --> 00:08:32,429 Sick. 158 00:08:32,513 --> 00:08:35,557 Leticia Bufoni is our first-ever 159 00:08:35,640 --> 00:08:41,230 women's SLS Nike SB Super Crown World Champion. 160 00:08:42,231 --> 00:08:44,149 When I landed the last trick, 161 00:08:44,775 --> 00:08:46,860 I had the best feeling ever. 162 00:08:46,944 --> 00:08:48,654 It's hard to explain the feeling. 163 00:08:48,737 --> 00:08:51,281 It's like skydiving. You've gotta jump to know. 164 00:08:53,742 --> 00:08:57,204 That was my greatest win 'cause of the moment I was living. 165 00:08:57,287 --> 00:08:59,957 After that, I think I got a lot of respect. 166 00:09:00,040 --> 00:09:02,084 It's a dream. It's a dream. 167 00:09:02,167 --> 00:09:05,045 I've been having dreams about Street League for, like, two weeks. 168 00:09:05,128 --> 00:09:06,880 And I did it. 169 00:09:06,964 --> 00:09:08,006 I'm super happy. 170 00:09:08,924 --> 00:09:11,093 It was one of the best moments of my life. 171 00:09:13,345 --> 00:09:15,472 I got to a place that now I understand 172 00:09:15,556 --> 00:09:19,685 that if you're doing something good, people are always gonna say bad stuff. 173 00:09:20,269 --> 00:09:21,270 But I never care. 174 00:09:21,353 --> 00:09:25,065 I always wanted to take skateboarding to the next level. 175 00:09:25,691 --> 00:09:27,901 Of course winning matters, 176 00:09:27,985 --> 00:09:31,905 but skateboarding is way more than just winning. 177 00:09:33,448 --> 00:09:35,784 I have a lot of parents come to me 178 00:09:35,868 --> 00:09:40,163 and say that their daughters skate because they saw my videos. 179 00:09:40,247 --> 00:09:42,124 It's great when I hear that, you know? 180 00:09:43,500 --> 00:09:48,463 I always try to be someone that I didn't have when I started skating. 181 00:09:48,547 --> 00:09:51,675 'Cause I wanted to show my dad that women can skate, 182 00:09:51,758 --> 00:09:53,468 that women can be professional. 183 00:09:53,969 --> 00:09:55,679 And I didn't have that. 184 00:09:55,762 --> 00:10:00,267 So today I want to be that person for the young generation, you know? 185 00:10:00,350 --> 00:10:03,478 I want to show them that you can do whatever you want. 186 00:10:03,562 --> 00:10:05,606 You just gotta follow your passion. 187 00:10:05,689 --> 00:10:06,982 You can do it all.