How Robert Glover Skateboards1 Without His Legs羅伯特·格洛弗是如何在沒有腿的情況下玩滑板的

Skateboarder Robert Glover’s skills are very excellent， but in a way what youwill not expect. Born with sacral agenesis2， limiting3 the growth of his legs， Mr.Glover uses his upper body strength4 to control5 his skateboard.

滑板運動員羅伯特·格洛弗的技術非常出色，但你不會想到他是用的什么方式。格洛弗天生骶骨發育不全，限制了雙腿的生長，他用上半身的力量來控制滑板。

Instead of using his legs， as most skateboarders do， he uses his arms and torso6to control the board. The Namibian-born skateboarder， sailor， and boxer often speaksabout the power of not thinking obstacles as limits. He likes sharing this message farand wide by social media.

他不像大多數滑板運動員那樣用腿，而是用手臂和軀干來控制滑板。這位出生于納米比亞的滑板運動員、水手和拳擊手經常談到不把障礙當作限制會帶給人力量。他喜歡通過社交媒體廣泛分享這個想法。

“I don’t think obstacles are here to stop us，”Mr. Glover said in a video. In hisopinion， obstacles have been some of the biggest growing chances both for his mindand body in his life.

“我不認為障礙會阻止我們。”格洛弗在一個視頻中說。在他看來，障礙是他一生中身心成長的最大機遇。

In another video， Mr. Glover shared the story online of how he first realizedskateboarding was a possibility7 for him and it makes him keep improving his skills.“I might not skate in a normal way， but I can skate better than you. I was born withsacral agenesis，”he said in the video. His spine8 didn’t fully develop， so his legsare not developed.

在另一個視頻中，格洛弗先生在線上分享了他第一次意識到滑板對他來說是一個機會的故事，這讓他不斷提高自己的技能。“我可能不是以正常方式在滑，但我比你滑得好。我生來就骶骨發育不全。”他在視頻中說。他的脊椎沒有完全發育，所以他的雙腿也沒有發育。

“Since I was young， I’ve hated the idea of being in a wheelchair. Someonegave me their board and I just used it as transport ...One day someone was like，‘Hey， let’s check out the skate park’. I saw the facilities9. I just fell in lovewith it ...Skating is and always will be an outlet10. The feeling of landingsomething is just so good.

“我從小就討厭坐輪椅這個想法。有人送給我一塊他們的滑板，我只是把它當作交通工具……有一天，一個人對我說：‘嘿，我們去滑板公園看看吧。’我看了那里的設施，然后就愛上了它……玩滑板現在是，將來也永遠是我的一種發泄方式。著陸的感覺真是太好了。

“Life is open-ended. Just go out thereand try things your way.”

“生命是無限的。走出去，用自己的方式去嘗試吧。”

▏Notes

1. skateboard （在滑板上）滑行. 滑板skateboarder . 滑溜冰板的人；滑板運動員

2. sacral agenesis 骶骨發育不全

3. limit 限度，限制限制，限定；制約

4. strength 體力，力量

5. control 控制，掌管；限制，限定

6. torso 軀干

7. possibility 可能，可能性；機會

8. spine 脊髓，脊柱

9. facility 設施，設備；場所

10. outlet 發泄方式，發泄途徑