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00:07I'm Madder Zapps and I'm on a mission to explore skateboarding outside edge.
00:12Hop in as we travel the world meeting skateboarding mavericks to find out what skating means to them.
00:39What's up? Welcome back to Skate Tales.
00:43In this episode we're in Culi Chiba, Brazil. Skating together with the incredible Felipe Nunes. Skateboarder without legs. So come
00:57and join.
01:10Felipe!
01:26The man, the myth, the legend.
01:28Felipe Nunes!
01:31Hey!
01:33How are you?
01:35Fine.
01:36How are you?
01:37I'm Madders. Nice to meet you.
01:40Felipe Nunes is a 22 year old skater from Curitiba, Brazil. Aged just six, he lost both legs playing on
01:47train tracks.
01:48After five years in a wheelchair, somebody gave him a longboard to get around on. That longboard became a skateboard
01:54and the rest is history.
01:56Felipe never thought of himself as different from the others and went on to compete and win against able bodied
02:02skaters in contests.
02:03People started to notice just how talented he was. Aged 18, he felt ready to make it beyond Brazil and
02:09started a social media fund to enter Tampa AM.
02:12Tony Hawk championed his cause and Felipe was headed to Florida. Incredibly, he made the semis and finished 21st overall
02:20as the only adaptive skater in the contest.
02:23Felipe had the skateboarding world's attention and soon joined Tony's brand, Birdhouse.
02:27In 2019, he scored a cover of Thrasher Mag and did the loop second go. Now pro for Birdhouse, his
02:34career has gone from strength to strength. As the man himself says, no excuses.
02:49When I was six years old, and that day I was having a Junina party at school, my friends had
02:56the idea of going to the train line.
02:58Then I accepted it, we pulled the wall from the school and went to the train line.
03:03Then I arrived in front of the train, and then the wagon was passing, making the wind wind on me,
03:11tremendo on the ground.
03:13Usually, they ran from the side of the train and went to the train. I was stopped.
03:18Like, when the train came, I was just stuck in my hand. Then he pulled me and opened everything.
03:27Then when I went to the train, I looked at my feet.
03:31Then I went to the train line, and I was just stuck in the train line.
03:38I don't have the trauma of the train, I don't have the fear of the train line.
03:42I like to come here.
03:44I stop thinking a lot about it.
03:48I'm kind of grateful for the accident that happened.
03:52If I didn't have the accident, I wouldn't know what would be my life until now.
03:57Because here, where I lived at the time, there was a lot of crime, such things, bad influences.
04:07I probably wouldn't have followed my right life.
04:11I knew the skate, and it changed my life.
04:15That's it.
04:16I'm glad you are still alive, my friend, to tell your story and to do these amazing tricks.
04:31My life started after the accident. I had to learn how to live this way.
04:36Skating came into my life when I was 12 to 13 years old.
04:41I was a woman who lived near my house, and her son didn't use it anymore.
04:46She gave me this long for me to be my locomotion.
04:54Crash Fermi.
04:55Crash Fermi.
04:55It's called the Pico because, on the side there is a school, on the other side there is a crash.
05:02It was very close in the middle.
05:04And this is the name.
05:07This is Murilo Marques.
05:09He's a my childhood friend.
05:12We started skating together, practically.
05:15The first time I met Felipe, he was coming on the road with a skateboard, with a longboard.
05:24With a longboard hair.
05:25He didn't even walk around, but he liked to be locomover with that.
05:30He didn't like to use the prĂ³teses.
05:32With a longboard, my friends helped me, gave me a skateboard.
05:37I changed, I changed shape.
05:41I changed the shape, I changed the skateboard.
05:42I changed the skateboard.
05:43I changed the skateboard.
05:44I just changed the longboard wheels.
05:45It was even easier to walk on the road.
05:50And that's how the skateboard entered my life.
05:55Back to back, over the pyramid.
06:29Wow, how do you even balance that?
06:53It makes it look easy.
07:17That was a slam.
07:21Looks like he's falling on bare knuckle.
07:24I don't think he has any pads on.
07:27So when you fall, it's painful.
07:34It's a lot of impact.
07:36I feel a lot on the neck.
07:39But, skate is it.
07:42Let's go, sorry, no skills.
08:12Let's go.
08:14Let's go.
08:35Let's go.
08:39Let's go.
08:40Let's go.
08:41Let's go.
08:43Let's go.
08:49Let's go.
08:52I'll go to where I can see what I can do.
09:31Welcome to my house.
09:32I live here in this front house. My mother lives in the front house.
09:37Let's go meet Mama.
09:40What do you call her? Viviane.
09:42Viviane?
09:43I'm Madars.
09:46Looks like traditional Brazilian food is for dinner tonight.
09:49Rice and beans and some meat and salad.
09:54That's why they're all so strong.
09:57When was my first championship?
10:00It was a very special thing for me,
10:03because it was when my father had recently died.
10:07He had given me a Shaped Skate,
10:09on the day of children,
10:11and at the end of October, he died.
10:14And this championship, if I'm not mistaken, was in November.
10:16I remember.
10:17I remember that I said to myself,
10:20like,
10:21Father, I dedicate this championship to you.
10:23And that's it.
10:24I won the first place.
10:27And these are my trophies.
10:29Which trophy is most important to you?
10:32All.
10:33All?
10:33All.
10:34Because each one has a story.
10:36Tony Hawk wrote it to me.
10:39Felipe Ormes, Tony Hawk.
10:41Little...
10:46Meow, meow.
10:49You know?
10:51You skated this one?
10:52Yes.
10:53The first shape of the Bird House.
10:56The Thrasher cap.
10:5850-50.
10:59Five.
11:03What the fuck?
11:05First try!
11:07First try, Thrasher cover.
11:15And this is the biggest trail you ever skated?
11:18Yes.
11:19First try.
11:20First try.
11:20First try.
11:22And this is the biggest trail you ever skated?
11:33Yes.
11:35First try.
11:35First try.
11:36I do it like this.
11:38It seems like I'm remembering the maneuver, but my hand started to do a lot.
11:42He broke his hand and then we traveled to X Games.
11:47My hand was closed.
11:49I started taking drugs for pain.
11:52I participated in X Games.
11:54I was in second place.
11:56This is a whole other game.
11:57This is like strong upper body.
12:00And the medal of X Games.
12:01Tata-tata.
12:03Prata.
12:04Yes.
12:05I heard that you built this roof.
12:08Yes.
12:09I made this garage here when I got a prize.
12:13And the money I used to do it.
12:16Because I always wanted to do it.
12:19And it's even better to be able to keep the cars.
12:21It has a shadow.
12:23With the skater money?
12:26Okay.
12:27Respect.
12:35Curitiba has got a lot of downhills.
12:37So...
12:38I couldn't resist.
12:41So I gotta go down there.
12:42Keep going down the Atlantᧄ.
12:46Though.
12:50bullies.
13:01The speed of it.
13:02My God.
13:04I was looking at the feet.
13:08O WEB ISAED.
13:11Wow, fast! That was fast!
13:15It fell a little bit too.
13:39We are at a DIY skate park, a little bit outside of Curitiba and I can see from far already
13:46that Carlos de Andrade is here.
13:48One of my favorite skateboarders and turns out he's from Curitiba.
13:53So many legends coming from this town.
14:09Tell us about skateboarding.
14:11How do you learn to skate?
14:23They helped you?
14:24A lot.
14:26I remember the idol.
14:27He gave me a skateboard.
14:29For me, this was very important.
14:32It made me more motivated to walk.
14:34And today, we are great friends.
14:38Some maneuvers I learned.
14:40Like, back side tail.
14:44Like, take it, take it, take it out.
14:48So you have to put some gloves on, right?
14:49When I put the gloves, I end up losing a sensibility to the skateboard.
14:54It looks like it breaks.
14:56Then, without the gloves, it's even better.
14:59Because then, I feel the skate.
15:01So, have you ever tried to do an actual handstand on the board?
15:05No.
15:05No?
15:06No.
15:06Vamos fraser?
15:07Vamos.
15:08Do you teach me?
15:09Yes, I'm going to teach him how to do a handstand.
15:12Ok.
15:14No, what's the name?
15:15Manobra nova.
15:16Manobra nova.
15:17Yes.
15:18Yes.
15:22Alright, now we've got to land it.
15:25Alright.
15:25Let's go.
15:47Let's go.
15:47Let's go.
15:48Let's go.
15:49Let's go.
15:51Wow.
16:37As you can see it's raining outside so for us it's lunchtime and my favorite
16:45bowl of occasion.
16:47It's good.
16:49It's good.
17:14How do you reach the pedals?
17:16How does it work?
17:17My car is adapted to me, because I don't have two legs.
17:24If I push it here, it accelerates.
17:27If I push it here, it frees.
17:29Then the car is automatic.
17:31There's no secret.
17:33Then we adapt to this car, so I can go to one side and the other.
17:40It's easier.
17:40It's easier to drive.
17:41I drive for about 5 years.
17:46I used to drive fast like this.
17:50I'm traveling.
17:53I'm driving to SĂ£o Paulo, driving to skate.
17:58Skate long.
18:01I've been 21 years old.
18:03I started walking here with 13 years old.
18:07I still remember that I was training for the championship.
18:12I've been on the same page, so I'm going to get down.
18:18I fell down and fell down.
18:20Then I fell down and fell down.
18:22I fell down.
18:23I fell down and fell down.
18:25I broke my fĂªmur.
18:26At the beginning of the event, I was going to get three days for the event.
18:29Then he operated and said, I'm going to go to the event.
18:33He appeared here with a talla, everything in the chute.
18:36I said, this guy is crazy.
18:38He went to go to the event and ended up winning.
18:39and this was one of the things that was admirable.
18:42It showed me that I've overcome everything.
18:45Even with my legs all hurt,
18:48I didn't let it go.
18:54It's strange to say this,
18:56but I hate when people treat me differently,
19:00because I'm like other people,
19:02I just don't have the legs,
19:04and that doesn't mean anything.
19:05So I want to be treated equal to equal.
19:10We treated ourselves as the same,
19:12and we treated them as the same as the same.
19:14So I think that's what we identified.
19:16I never let it go,
19:18or because it's something,
19:18or because it's something,
19:20or something, or something,
19:21or something.
19:22We can't let it go or see how it is.
19:26I just had a ping for it,
19:29and suddenly it gave me 40 degrees.
19:32It's like that.
19:33It's like that.
19:34In a minute it'll be coming again,
19:36I'm sure.
19:37You're welcome to Curitiba.
19:40I always do this when I go to skate.
19:44It's better,
19:45because it doesn't hurt me when I hit skate.
19:57Skating with a GoPro in his mouth.
19:59Point of view from Felipe, right there.
20:03I guess I didn't beat the way to go.
20:07Go.
20:07If you need a video of the drone.
20:10Let's go.
20:16Go.
20:17Go.
20:18Go.
20:19Go.
20:21Go!
20:23Come!
20:24Go.
20:27Go!
20:28Let's go!
20:31Damn, Dad!
20:45Board down!
20:48But you can still try another one, right?
20:52You're not with legs?
20:55I've suffered an accident in the train
20:57when I was your age. How many years do you have?
21:00Five.
21:01I had his age when I suffered an accident.
21:05That's it.
21:07Let's skate?
21:09Let's go!
21:11He said he's going to try one more time with the same board.
21:23A lot of people, they've got like thousands of thoughts,
21:26but Felipe just goes straight what he wants.
21:31And every person who achieves something like another level,
21:36they are just focusing on it.
21:37They don't think too much.
21:39They just go and do.
21:41In my point of view, I think that's what makes Felipe special.
21:55We're here with Felipe to try the Influence Loop.
22:00Oh, my God. It's a very big step.
22:03Then you look.
22:06Wow!
22:07It's surreal.
22:12Yes!
22:13I don't think we need the starting pad anymore.
22:18I don't think we need the starting pad anymore.
22:30I looked at Tony Hawk running in my direction.
22:35Then I looked at the loop and said,
22:37Oh my God, I managed to do the loop.
22:40I don't believe it.
22:41Oh my God!
22:42So sick! Yes!
22:45Caralho, man!
22:46What a story!
22:48How do I tell you?
22:50I don't have limitations.
22:53What you ask for me to do, I'll do it.
22:56I'll do it.
22:57I'll do it.
22:57There are no limitations.
22:59The limitations are here.
23:00Check this out.
23:05That's what I made.
23:06There's nothing besides!
23:07I love you!
23:11We told you the airport!
23:11Is this what you expect?
23:13We were it!
23:14We mean...
23:17We do it!
24:31Don't complain, he just feel grateful to be alive, to be able to be his best version
24:40of himself and inspire other people, you know?
24:43But I'll be right back.
25:08It's very important to have friends around.
25:12My friends, for me, they mean family.
25:17Not only to skate, but for everything.
25:20Even in personal life.
25:23If I need something, they're always there to support me.
25:26That's it.
25:27Skate is it.
25:28Skate is not just maneuvers.
25:30Skate is friendship.
25:31Skate is what gave me all this.
25:34I met these people who are important in my life today.
25:43The Iranians got me.
26:01It's called Churrasquinho Brasileiro.
26:05That's what we're doing right here.
26:17What does skateboarding mean to you?
26:20Skateboard, for me, is everything.
26:23Skateboard is my life.
26:24I am who I am today, thanks to skate.
26:28I'm very grateful for it to be entered in my life.
26:33I love you, too, but I love you.
26:43For more information, visit www.fema.org
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