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00:00Downhill is the gnarliest type of skateboarding that there is, in my opinion.
00:04I'm Matterzaps, and I'm on a mission to explore skateboarding's outside edge.
00:09Hop in as we travel the globe meeting skateboarding's mavericks to find out what skating means to them.
00:37So we just got to Brazil, Floripa, here at Curva de Hill Skate Shop.
00:44Met up with the locals, and as you can see, there's nothing but hype.
00:49So we're gonna go and check out how a skateboard is made in Sergio's factory.
00:55Yes, man. Welcome.
00:56Come with us to Brazil as we go downhill sliding on a crazy island with legend Sergio Yupi and his
01:03fearless family crew.
01:05Hitting power slides at speeds in excess of 50 kilometers an hour, Sergio's insane board control has taken him from
01:13humble origins to international respect.
01:16This one is out there. Buckle up.
01:20Let's go see how a skateboard is made.
01:23Curva de Hill style.
01:26The bricks. I like the style.
01:28Yeah, it's like, you know, people in Brazil say it's like a favela style, you know?
01:37Which year did you start skateboarding?
01:39Exactly in 1987, after I watched the movie Trashin', you know?
01:46Trashin'.
01:46Oh, my God.
01:47Blew my mind, because at the time, a little boy, like 11 years old, something.
01:54At the time, I don't know nothing about skateboarding.
01:57Traged my BMX bicycle with a friend for a board.
02:01After this, my mother was really mad.
02:05But finally, my dad says, okay, you prefer skateboarding before, you know?
02:10Yeah.
02:11But when I'm not skating, I love my skateboard.
02:16So, you know, from the movie, it turned out, you know?
02:18From the movie, it woke up this ladder.
02:19But, in Brazil, since that time, from 1984, there was a Brazilian championship in San
02:26Paul, a Don Rio Slide, or, in 1987, it was a Ferviliano.
02:31So there were other friends of the Brazilian Don Rio
02:36who were walking and were always on the hill.
02:39And in parallel to that, I also liked walking in the street.
02:42Let's go skateboarding.
02:45And now...
02:45Thank you so much.
02:47My pleasure.
02:48I made skateboarding because I love skateboarding.
02:53It's a kind of part for my job.
02:55Let's go skateboarding.
02:58I got myself a new board.
03:05When I was younger, this was one of the cars that I wanted to get.
03:09That's my first car, but it was too expensive.
03:13I couldn't afford it.
03:15Seems like Sergio is living the dream life right here.
03:24This is a slide glove I developed years ago.
03:29You know, it's kind of...
03:32Similar to plastic.
03:33Yeah, exactly.
03:34It's hard, though.
03:36I'm going to be using these a lot, I'm sure.
03:41But I said for the kids,
03:44when you try to go skating, be careful using your helmet,
03:48knee pads, gloves.
03:50Be careful with cars.
03:51And, uh, respect the hill, you know.
03:54Let's go.
04:15Ready? 900? 1080? What was it?
04:25Making my breath away right now.
05:08Yeah!
05:11Come on, come on, come on.
05:12Good luck.
05:14Bumbing hills, straight flips, grinds, everything.
05:17That's what's up.
05:18Respect.
05:19Wow.
05:19Yeah.
05:19Yeah, thank you for the lesson.
05:21Yeah, gloves, Curva de Hill, let's get it.
05:27We're about to do a barbecue, Brazilian style.
05:30Sergio is gonna cook it up.
05:33Don Hill Slide's history starts early 1960s
05:38in Berkeley, California, from Cliff Coleman.
05:42He's the dad from Don Hill Slide.
05:44So you actually met Cliff Coleman.
05:46He's the guy who invented the trick that I was doing today.
05:49He's playing with my left and my right arm.
05:55I feel so blessed to be here.
05:57Nice, man.
06:00That's his talk, we're sharing moments, you know?
06:04Yeah.
06:05Things.
06:06Moments is all we got.
06:16Don Hill Slide is speed, the adrenaline all the time.
06:22Radicality, wind on your face...
06:25It's a pleasure.
06:28Brazil is crazy style.
06:55People are up there, mellower down here.
06:58Seems like this is their local spot.
07:00Look at that guy.
07:08Crazy Brazilian style.
07:31This is how I want to do my slide.
07:34Yoga style.
08:12I have a lot of respect to the primitive skates.
08:18So, the slalom is one of the first things that started skates.
08:23So, for me, everything that is old school is in my veins.
08:42It's a dangerous sport.
08:44I've been hurt a few times.
08:47It's sad to lose friends and people who are skating.
08:51So, very careful.
08:53I myself, I pray a lot.
08:55It's the family, right?
08:57You have to worry about the family.
08:59To see if everyone is okay.
09:01My concern and my joy is skating,
09:03just like this day.
09:04We're going to skate.
09:06Everybody's enjoying it.
09:07There's no pain.
09:09It's okay.
09:10So, we're going to go to the beach.
09:15Which is where I would like to be.
09:19In the water.
09:22With all my band-aids.
09:24Right now, we're going to the beach.
09:25After a nice day skating board.
09:32I have to go around.
09:33My life has always been a challenge.
09:35As I started skating, I didn't have, in the beginning,
09:37I started to work early,
09:39to have my money for my skating skating.
09:41So, at the age of 12, I working with my parents
09:44at the car office
09:45I went to work outside.
09:47I worked for seven years at a bank.
09:48And then I started to travel skate and I said to the bank,
09:52send me out because I just want to travel and skate.
09:56It's a good life.
09:58You also like it, right?
10:01A skateboard life.
10:35Got a little skateboard action, got a little beach action, coconuts.
10:41Good day.
10:43All in all, it was a good day.
10:48It's a good day.
10:52I'm going to do 45 years old.
10:54So, I said, I'm going to do my skate with my style of life.
11:00And to help, I pay my accounts.
11:03Here is a part of my business.
11:06I had this shop from 11 years ago.
11:09Here is my pro model, Sergio Yuppie.
11:14Today, I'm grateful to have my shop and my ship brand,
11:19which helps my support and my family.
11:21Because at the moment, I'm without any support.
11:25My family is big.
11:26I have to go a lot of skate to support everyone.
11:43So, we just drove to Camboriú for an hour and a half.
11:47And here we have this super nice hill.
11:50The name is Ladeira da Rainha.
11:53The steep hill is basically one of my favorite hills in Santa Catarina.
11:59I love it.
12:01The next hill, took so many stars.
12:04I live upon your dogs, the dead dogs, they love them.
12:17Oh, my God.
12:47Let's take a ride.
13:0679.
13:0779.
13:09This is older, but looks newer.
13:11Yes, it's better.
13:26I'm not really supposed to feed them, but...
13:31You've got to eat.
14:01You've got to compete with me there.
14:02I was in the first place, but he was in the second place.
14:05In 2010, when I won the Ladeira da Morte, which is Gordia Wright.
14:10Who's that supposed to be?
14:12Basically, it's myself.
14:14Ah, yeah.
14:15In 2011, I went to the Ladeira da Morte, I was the champion again, and then I got married
14:21and I didn't compete anymore.
14:23And then Fernando, he got it.
14:25Like, after I stopped competing, he started competing in the professional and started winning
14:31all the championships.
14:32This is Fernando's pro-model.
14:35It's a good old Brazilian ass.
14:39My friend at the Ladeira da Morte, the recruiter, when Fernando won the Ladeira da Morte,
14:45he said, Sérgio, it's the first time in history that I can give a trophy in the first place
14:50for you, father, and in the next year, I'll give a trophy for the champion, for the
14:54children.
14:58The last day, and it's time for the ender.
15:03It's gonna be fire.
15:06Is it gonna be fire?
15:07Yes.
15:19What is skateboarding for you?
15:21Skateboard, pra mim, é vida.
15:24Só é vida, alegria.
15:27Porque tem gente que acha que a pessoa que anda de skate, da sociedade normal, que você
15:33é uma pessoa diferente, uma pessoa louca.
15:36Eu, como louco, não me considero.
15:40Considero mais como maluco, mas aí você vê, ó.
15:42Através do skate, eu viajo o mundo, eu falo português, espanhol, falo um pouco de inglês
15:52também, e é sabedoria pra mim, isso é lição de vida.
15:56Eu acho que se eu não tivesse andado de skate, sei lá o que eu ia fazer na vida.
16:00Fernando, é Justin, Justin, board.
16:04Thanks, please, if you can skate that.
16:07Thanks.
16:07Sergio, eu wanna give you my board.
16:09Oh, my God, are you serious, man?
16:11You gave me your board, so I'll give you my board.
16:14Oh, man, my pleasure.
16:19Oh, man, thank you, big presents, thank you so much, you, and thanks so much, Burmajara.
16:27Myself and all my family and my friends is happy to watch you like a good skater, and you
16:36come here for like three days, you got new skills, between good styles, and you're happy to watch
16:47you skating, I'll respect you, man.
16:49Thank you for teaching me.
16:51Oh, it's a pleasure.
16:52I really appreciate it.
16:56What did I learn from Sergio?
16:58Well, here's someone who is living the Californian skate dream in Brazil, as well as making a
17:03living from the tiny, super dangerous world of downhill skateboard sliding, he has raised
17:08his family within the unique environment of Brazilian skateboarding.
17:12Sergio quit an office job and gambled everything on skating, and now he helps keep the culture
17:18alive every single day.
17:20If there is a skateboarding dream life out there, Sergio's is probably as close to it
17:25as I've ever seen.
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