How Robert Glover Skateboards1 Without His Legs罗伯特·格洛弗是如何在没有腿的情况下玩滑板的

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.

滑板运动员罗伯特·格洛弗的技术非常出色，但你不会想到他是用的什么方式。格洛弗天生骶骨发育不全，限制了双腿的生长，他用上半身的力量来控制滑板。

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.

他不像大多数滑板运动员那样用腿，而是用手臂和躯干来控制滑板。这位出生于纳米比亚的滑板运动员、水手和拳击手经常谈到不把障碍当作限制会带给人力量。他喜欢通过社交媒体广泛分享这个想法。

“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.

“我不认为障碍会阻止我们。”格洛弗在一个视频中说。在他看来，障碍是他一生中身心成长的最大机遇。

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.

在另一个视频中，格洛弗先生在线上分享了他第一次意识到滑板对他来说是一个机会的故事，这让他不断提高自己的技能。“我可能不是以正常方式在滑，但我比你滑得好。我生来就骶骨发育不全。”他在视频中说。他的脊椎没有完全发育，所以他的双腿也没有发育。

“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.

“我从小就讨厌坐轮椅这个想法。有人送给我一块他们的滑板，我只是把它当作交通工具……有一天，一个人对我说：‘嘿，我们去滑板公园看看吧。’我看了那里的设施，然后就爱上了它……玩滑板现在是，将来也永远是我的一种发泄方式。着陆的感觉真是太好了。

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

“生命是无限的。走出去，用自己的方式去尝试吧。”

▏Notes

1. skateboard （在滑板上）滑行. 滑板skateboarder . 滑溜冰板的人；滑板运动员

2. sacral agenesis 骶骨发育不全

3. limit 限度，限制限制，限定；制约

4. strength 体力，力量

5. control 控制，掌管；限制，限定

6. torso 躯干

7. possibility 可能，可能性；机会

8. spine 脊髓，脊柱

9. facility 设施，设备；场所

10. outlet 发泄方式，发泄途径