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hippy
In addition to the freakish genetics, Pendleton has perhaps the most obvious focus and determination of anyone I’ve ever met. (CSB inbound) I met her at a motorbike/extreme sports festival a few years back and my other half volunteered me to teach her how to drop in to a miniramp on a skateboard. It’s a pretty daunting step on a skateboard and usually takes people quite a while and a bit of practice to build up to and pluck up the courage. She was straight in there, jumping up immediately after every fall and running back to the top until she got it (ridiculously quickly). Have been around plenty of people learning to skate and never seen anyone like it
Edit to get to the point; Genetics + Psychology + Training. Really I just wanted to post the CSB