FABIOLA DA SILVA: Contests Are Very Mental | X GAMES PODCAST

The face of aggressive inline skating for the first generation of X Games, Fabiola Da Silva competed in eight of the nine X Games where Aggressive Inline was contested. She has eight XG medals, seven of them gold. And at the height of her X Games fame, she was the only female skater who could pull a flat spin 540 and a fakie 900. Her X Games fame then transcended competitions when she was invited to appear in Disney’s “Brink” as the stunt person for the lead role. Da Silva’s final X Games appearance came in 2004, when she was invited to compete against the Men’s AIL Vert class, where she placed 6th.

Now a respected veteran of aggressive inline, Da Silva still skates and still progresses, but she’s managed to develop new talents away from inline. A dedicated Crossfitter, Da Silva hasn’t lost the eye for competition, but she’s also managed to stay engaged with the inline community. Along the way, she never lost sight of her humble beginnings, and her perspective at age 41 is insightful, pragmatic and vibrant. This Fabiola Da Silva.

0:18 Fabiola Da Silva Introduction
0:50 Fabiola's workout regiment
1:26 Getting into working out
2:49 Crossfit competitions
3:50 Competitive mindset
5:50 Competing in Crossfit
8:19 Hot Box questions
10:42 1996 – Fabiola's first X Games
14:20 Leticia Bufoni connection
15:44 Dealing with the success at a young age
18:06 What got you into inline skating?
22:50 Being on top of the inline world
24:54 Contests are mental
27:35 2004 X Games – competing against the boys
30:01 Double backflip
31:48 When is the best time in your run to throw the double backflip?
33:11 How long were you planning on your inline skating chapter to be?
35:37 Reaction to aggressive inline skating no longer a part of X Games
38:22 Mat Hoffman connection
40:25 Athletes supporting athletes at the X Games
40:50 Most memorable moment at X Games
43:13 The current state of aggressive inline skating
45:33 Brink – the movie

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