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Bad Steps, Ep. 02 - Female Stereotypes
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From Ecuador, Mimi Barona, one of the most recognized surfers in South America and the world, tells us about the path she has had to take to be where she is. In parallel, the Colombian skater Greisy Barragán Elles has practically had to leave professional skateboarding due to the lack of support and spaces. Both tell us how difficult and almost impossible it is to have a sports career as women.
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Through sports, Bad Steps gives us an inspiring perspective on environmental, disability, and social issues in Latin America.
Citation
Main credits
Arriagada, Sebastián (film director)
Hechenleitner, Javier (film producer)
Núñez, Byron (screenwriter)
Other credits
Cinematography, Roberto Olivares; editors, Sebastián Arriagada, Felipe Hurtado; music, Taller Secreto [and 3 others].
Distributor subjects
South America; Latin American Studies; Youth; Women; Economics + Social Class Issues; Environment + Sustainability; Sociology; Urban Studies; Central AmericaKeywords
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Because that's what they
have imposed on women,
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since they are young,
since long before that.
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That woman must take care of the household,
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and the man is who works.
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And a man can't pick up a broom,
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because that's a woman's thing.
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But, really, I don't picture myself
as a housewife.
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Things in life can be very hard,
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or even seem impossible, at times.
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but if you really want it,
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no matter how hard it seems to be,
you can achieve it.
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Female stereotypes
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Well, skateboarding got to my life
thanks to my younger brother,
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he was the first of us to begin skating,
since he was six.
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And then I began to get involved
with skateboarding.
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At first, I rode my brother's board.
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Then we began looking for funds
to get my own board.
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We began with those boards known,
here in Colombia, as 'exitosas'.
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Those are the boards sold for kids,
at common stores.
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When I got a little bit better,
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the skate was of no use anymore, because
the trucks became immediately damaged.
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Then I went to skateboarding classes
at Santa Lucía,
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where I rode on borrowed boards.
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If we talk about the evolution
of skateboarding here in Colombia,
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if nowadays it's still difficult
to be a skater.
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I can't imagine how it was before,
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when there was no scene.
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It has been us,
with self-management,
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that we, skategirls,
have achieved a lot of things.
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My name is Greisy Elles,
I'm 21 years old.
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I live in Medellín, Colombia,
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and I've been practicing skateboarding
for seven years now.
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I began surfing because
I practiced bodyboard before.
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There you laid down on the board.
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And I did it for many years, and I used
to compete in tournaments, but against boys,
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because there were no girls
who practiced that sport.
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But one day there was
a tournament in Salinas
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in which we didn't have someone to represent
Club Montañita. That's my club.
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And my brother Israel told me,
'Why don't you sign in?
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You've stood up on the bodyboard.'
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I stood up, and had
to perform a little maneuver,
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and that day, when I stood on the board,
I felt a special connection.
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I liked it much more than laying
on the bodyboard.
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I loved the adrenaline of standing up
and riding down the wave,
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like if you were mounting it.
It was weird.
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But the sensation, the adrenaline
of riding it down, I loved it.
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And, well, I began practicing it
since that day.
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It was my brother, in fact,
who insisted on it,
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and told me to practice it,
that I'd be good in it.
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I made it all for love, really.
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I did it to be there in the water,
surfing all day long,
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sharing with all my friends,
who all wanted to be surfing.
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That's how it slowly began.
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I began practicing it with my brothers,
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because we became interested
by watching people surfing,
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and, once we got on the board,
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we didn't want to stop doing it.
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So we began dreaming of being
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professional surfers who travelled
around the world.
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But we didn't see it as something possible,
due to the lack of resources.
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But that didn't stop us.
We're still doing it until today.
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Sometimes they want the blonde,
thin girl with blue eyes,
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that will help them sell the most.
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It's difficult.
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It's very difficult.
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And everything
you have to do, as well.
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You don't only leave your family,
your country,
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everything you love behind,
to pursue that thing
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that you wish so much.
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It's not like you train
one day and that's it.
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It's a 24/7 thing.
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Breakfast, lunch, dinner.
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And to be there,
and to fall down and rise up,
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and fall down again,
and rise up once more and being strong.
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Giving the fight.
There's nothing else to do.
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It's the will that you have,
to overcome the circumstances.
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Well, I'm Dominique Barona.
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They call me Mimi.
I'm from Montañita,
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I was born here in Manglaralto.
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I'm an athlete.
I'm a professional surfer.
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And I've been 14 years,
more or less, doing this.
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The way society looks at us.
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When you see a skategirl,
you see a girl skating.
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If she's too beautiful,
she's just showing around.
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If her outfit is too nice,
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if she wants to wear make-up,
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she's also looked down upon.
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But, if I'm a girl
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who skates and wears loose clothing,
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and likes a more neutral style,
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or I wear a cap, they also look down
upon me, because then I'm a tomboy.
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A boy may ride a skate
however he wants,
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and he's just a boy that's skating,
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and there is no problem with that.
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I've been very fortunate
with my mother and stepfather,
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because they have supported us.
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But the rest of my family,
they say that I'm a girl,
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that I shouldn't be skating,
that that is a boys' thing.
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So there's that stigma
they throw at us girls,
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when we skate.
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And I've been able
to succeed as a woman,
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and I've also been able
to be very sociable.
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I've met many incredible people.
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Before this I was very insecure,
I didn't have friends.
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When we lived in Santa Marta,
and then when we moved to Medellín,
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it was worse.
I was only nine years old.
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You are arriving to a place
where I didn't know anyone,
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and you have a different accent,
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and a different kind of hair,
and those things.
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I've paid close attention to it.
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In 26 years,
it's something I've seen a lot.
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When they've been
practicing for a while,
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they acquire a lighter physiognomy,
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but strong, in the end,
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and they prove that their body
is also designed to be skillful.
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To do all the kind of exaggerated things
that a guy also does.
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But the chauvinist part,
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or that part where the stereotype
of the woman resides,
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the dolls and all that,
are all household items.
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From the moment the mother tells the girl,
'What are you doing up that tree?
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Or why are you playing soccer
with the boys?
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Why do you want a skateboard?'
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They instantly reply
that those things are meant for boys.
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And it has been them who have proven that,
no, they are for who wants to do them.
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A woman can easily beat a man.
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And that has to do with preparation.
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That's what we've been
talking right now, after many years.
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Girls nowadays are proving
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that they can be better than a man,
and that's because they train their bodies.
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But if they don't allow them to do
all these things since they are little,
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their body won't build enough muscles
to do this.
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But, if since childhood
you make an experiment
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with a boy and a girl of the same age,
and they practice the same,
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they are going to be equals.
I'm totally sure of that.
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I've seen it.
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This career, here in Ecuador,
has been very hard.
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I didn't have anyone at the beginning.
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I was always advised by people.
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Everyone who lives in Montañita,
who saw me grow up.
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My brother, correcting me,
my friends, as well.
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I believe that what made the difference
that allowed me to go out there
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and achieve these historical results
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was that I was constantly
surfing among boys,
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among guys, my brothers,
my cousins,
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because we're a family of surfers,
here in Ecuador.
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So, that was how I began
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a new notebook, you may say,
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a new page in which
I wrote a new history in Ecuador,
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in which girls wouldn't get behind,
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without performing maneuvers,
or things like that.
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We can surf even better than boys.
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This is a matter of confidence.
You must believe in yourself.
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And I believed in myself.
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And I still believe in myself.
And I'm confident,
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so I can reach the farthest goals.
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But behind this, there are a lot of people
who are important
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in every sense. They've been
my support to achieve these results.
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Mimi Baron, has been up to this date,
three times
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winner of the Latin American
Surf Tournament.
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She has won the gold medal three
times in the Juegos Bolivarianos,
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and has been champion of
VICE World Champ ISA in two opportunities.
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I find it a bit too difficult
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even today, to be a professional
here in Ecuador,
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as we don't count with many brands
that are willing to sponsor sports.
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Many people who were at the top level,
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and wanted to improve, such as Mimi,
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weren't able to do so,
as it's difficult to hold this struggle.
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But we kept on giving the fight,
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until we were able
to get the sponsorship,
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and the government support
to keep on travelling and competing.
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To be a professional
and get a sponsorship,
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you must have discipline.
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You must train, have a very good
public image as well,
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to be consistent in the tournaments,
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to be a role model for society,
for the future.
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For all the kids who want to make progress
and achieve something through sports.
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Many of the brands are looking forward
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to sponsor models,
before than real surfer girls.
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because it's more profitable.
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But there are other girls, like Mimi,
who doesn't have a huge sponsor,
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who are able to surf much better
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than thousands of girls who are sponsored
by the best brands the world.
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So, sometimes,
the brands are looking forward to do that
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than supporting a girl
who is a very good surfer.
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There are few girls who are
really sponsored by the brands
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because they deserve it,
due to the way they surf.
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We're talking about the sport,
right now.
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Skate has been evolving,
here in Colombia,
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due to the girls' own self-management.
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Not because other people are willing to help.
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The skategirl movement begins,
here in Colombia, with Daniela González,
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who had this dream to make us come together.
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Why? Because girls...
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It's often to see that there's rivalry
between women.
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And that's something that usually
is your own fault.
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That's why she's wanted
to bring all the girls together,
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and she's been successful.
There have been many occasions,
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with many girls, very happy,
very united in the movement.
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In 2012, a group of girls founded
the Skategirls movement in Colombia.
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Up to this day,
they've held several events of integration,
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opening new spaces
for female skateboarding.
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I love my mom,
and I admire her work so much.
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But I can't picture myself
being like her.
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I believe that we must change things.
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And everything begins in you.
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For me, machismo begins
with the mothers.
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At first, with the magazines.
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You only see male skaters.
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Female skateboarding begins with Elisa.
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That's her name.
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Old-school, skating among men,
on the streets,
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and even when
she was very good at it...
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She was, basically, our mother,
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I haven't been able to find
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photos of her in the old magazines.
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There you can notice this pattern
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in which the boys
are the ones who stand out the most,
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when having to sell
skateboarding products.
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In the scene you can see
that sometimes
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it's more important
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your physical aspect
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than the way you skate,
or your talent.
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For example,
girls like Marisa dal Santo,
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who had a really incredible level.
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Very few times big brands
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will sponsor that kind of talent,
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like Vanessa Torres.
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She's incredible, but they are girls
who just pick a board and skate.
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They love doing it,
but they are also very good at it.
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They are old-school,
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but they've never received the support
of any major brand.
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Skateboarding, over here,
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isn't something that allows you
to make a living.
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To live only from skating
is very difficult.
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No one really supports us here.
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If someone sponsors you,
they'll give you a board,
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or any other gadgets, sneakers, maybe.
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but it's very difficult to get a wage.
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And I'll put it as it is.
If it's so hard for a boy
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to make progress as a professional,
here in Colombia,
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just imagine how it is for a girl.
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It must be two or three times
more difficult.
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Well, it's very sad,
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and the big names from around here,
those who have been professionals,
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have had to, basically, go abroad
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to be able to achieve it.
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That was my role model.
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But, at some point, my brother,
my cousin, my aunt,
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everyone who surfed told me,
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'Come and surf like a man.
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Take this wave. Do this.
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You must do this.'
They always corrected me.
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Competing with me.
00:19:59.748 --> 00:20:04.206
And, when I noticed,
I was learning more from men,
00:20:04.598 --> 00:20:07.324
and my level was higher.
And, at some point,
00:20:07.514 --> 00:20:11.557
I didn't want to get stuck
at the level of the girls.
00:20:11.733 --> 00:20:16.069
Because maybe for them,
a roller, o a maneuver, was enough.
00:20:16.214 --> 00:20:20.498
They didn't imagine we could
get into a pipe, or perform an aerial,
00:20:20.665 --> 00:20:22.683
or any other sick trick as the boys did.
00:20:22.774 --> 00:20:24.737
They said,
'No, those are things for men'.
00:20:24.894 --> 00:20:27.120
I think they did limit themselves a bit.
00:20:27.296 --> 00:20:30.025
And I wanted to go further.
00:20:32.921 --> 00:20:34.629
I think that was what happened.
00:20:34.939 --> 00:20:39.657
The boys always had a higher level,
00:20:40.227 --> 00:20:43.830
but because the girls didn't want
to be equals or better than them.
00:20:44.669 --> 00:20:47.325
Because we all have
the ability to do it.
00:20:47.748 --> 00:20:51.093
But you must be there,
you must make the jump.
00:20:51.714 --> 00:20:54.744
Many times you have
to get cut or smacked.
00:20:54.883 --> 00:20:59.042
So, if you don't want that to happen,
you could take it easy, like a girl.
00:20:59.233 --> 00:21:02.137
But if I kept on doing that,
00:21:02.437 --> 00:21:05.009
I wasn't going to be able to win anything.
00:21:05.177 --> 00:21:08.380
Maybe, if I stayed here in Ecuador,
I was going to win, having that level.
00:21:32.420 --> 00:21:36.074
Maybe the dream of every girl
is to have her own Prince Charming,
00:21:36.289 --> 00:21:39.303
to marry, have a home,
have a car,
00:21:39.430 --> 00:21:41.957
to graduate, have a family,
00:21:42.545 --> 00:21:44.846
and try to live happily.
00:21:45.649 --> 00:21:49.713
But I didn't want to follow that path.
Because it was like a path for me.
00:21:50.912 --> 00:21:54.942
We took the decision with my brother
and it was like, 'No!'
00:21:55.089 --> 00:21:57.406
Let's do what we really want to do!'
00:21:58.266 --> 00:22:00.897
We wanted to be happy
by doing what we loved to do.
00:22:02.071 --> 00:22:05.045
And our happiness was
in living at the beach,
00:22:05.469 --> 00:22:08.481
surfing, struggling.
00:22:15.474 --> 00:22:17.099
There were many things,
00:22:17.699 --> 00:22:21.387
to be able to achieve,
00:22:23.168 --> 00:22:26.195
some of your dreams,
00:22:26.519 --> 00:22:28.558
or your goals in life.
00:22:28.731 --> 00:22:31.598
Right now,
I'm making the best out of it.
00:22:31.759 --> 00:22:34.942
I think I have the best job
in the world.
00:23:05.459 --> 00:23:08.922
I can't complain.
00:23:09.933 --> 00:23:13.745
Because when we have an image
here on the top of our heads,
00:23:13.904 --> 00:23:15.722
we want to be creative,
00:23:15.997 --> 00:23:17.500
and we want to pull out a trick.
00:23:18.010 --> 00:23:21.379
And sometimes it isn't easy.
Sometimes you must give the 130%.
00:23:22.133 --> 00:23:23.465
It's the only way.
00:23:23.629 --> 00:23:27.964
Why? Because there are many mistakes.
Many attempts.
00:23:28.184 --> 00:23:31.494
In the worst scenarios,
00:23:32.097 --> 00:23:33.724
even 85 times.
00:23:33.873 --> 00:23:35.753
Once I was recording a trick,
and after 85 takes
00:23:35.914 --> 00:23:39.444
I still wasn't able to pull it out.
00:23:40.680 --> 00:23:42.768
But that means
that I have another opportunity.
00:23:43.143 --> 00:23:46.760
And the next day,
I did it on the third try.
00:23:47.239 --> 00:23:50.739
That's why I said that,
out of failing so much,
00:23:51.049 --> 00:23:53.261
you can achieve something beautiful.
00:23:53.411 --> 00:23:56.090
And how does that feel?
Wonderful.
00:23:56.244 --> 00:23:59.695
I think it's a very beautiful thing.
00:24:37.602 --> 00:24:40.557
What I've learned from all of this
is that you must not give up,
00:24:41.465 --> 00:24:44.297
that you can always find a solution.
00:24:45.416 --> 00:24:50.059
That it is a huge life lesson.
00:24:50.894 --> 00:24:52.359
That everything is possible.
00:24:52.466 --> 00:24:55.481
We've pulled out tricks
that we've imagined only.
00:24:56.403 --> 00:24:58.720
And skateboarding
teaches us all of that.
00:24:59.394 --> 00:25:03.753
To be free, to decide by ourselves,
00:25:04.344 --> 00:25:05.516
I don't know.
00:25:18.867 --> 00:25:22.079
I want to pursue a career
in physiotherapy,
00:25:22.370 --> 00:25:25.380
and I'd like to work
00:25:25.738 --> 00:25:28.001
preparing future skaters.
00:25:29.430 --> 00:25:32.673
And working to expand this sport
here in Colombia,
00:25:32.858 --> 00:25:36.680
so the athletes themselves
are able to skate,
00:25:36.910 --> 00:25:39.626
and to make a living doing it,
something very difficult to achieve here.
00:25:40.550 --> 00:25:42.477
I could do many things.
00:25:42.631 --> 00:25:46.184
But I think that it's best to be
where your passion is, your vocation.
00:25:47.487 --> 00:25:51.055
That's why I'd like to do
something with skateboarding,
00:25:51.250 --> 00:25:55.386
As they once told me:
Not everyone can be a professional skater,
00:25:56.012 --> 00:25:58.211
but everyone can be
a professional who skates.
Distributor: Pragda Films
Length: 26 minutes
Date: 2019
Genre: Expository
Language: Spanish
Grade: Middle School, High School, College, Adult
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