Letícia Bufoni Explained

Birth Name:Letícia Bufoni e Silva
Birth Date:13 April 1993[1]
Birth Place:São Paulo, Brazil
Residence:Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Occupation:Skateboarder
Years Active:2002–present
Height:5feet
Weight:97lb
Sport:Skateboarding
Turnedpro:2017

Letícia Bufoni e Silva (born April 13, 1993)[1] is a Brazilian-American[2] professional street skateboarder. She is a six-time X Games gold medalist.[3]

Early life

Bufoni was born in São Paulo.[1] She began skating at age nine,[4] and her grandmother bought her first skateboard when she was 11.[5]

"I grew up in the street playing sports all the time. We didn't have computers, no smartphones. All of the kids started skating, so I did too."[6]

"My dad broke my board so I wouldn't skate anymore. I started to skateboard when I was nine years old; I was skating with all the guys in my neighborhood, and he was mad at me because I was the only girl in the middle of 10 guys. He smashed my board in front of me and said; You're not skating anymore, ever again."[7] Her father eventually relented.[6]

At the age of 14, Bufoni moved to the United States with older friends.[8] She attended Hollywood High School, but left after missing so much school that she was in danger of being expelled.

Career

In 2007, Bufoni competed in her first X Games at the age of 14 in Los Angeles.[9]

She is a five-time X Games gold medalist. She tied Elissa Steamer's decade-old record for most gold in Women's SKB Street with her win at XG Shanghai 2019. Overall she earned six straight medals in X Games Women's SKB Street (2010–2014) and the title at Shanghai 2019.[10]

She has become one of the world's best-known and most influential action sports athletes.[10] Bufoni was ranked the #1 women's street skateboarder by World Cup of Skateboarding four years in a row 2010–2013 and appeared in [11] The Guinness Book of World Records (2017) for the "Most Wins Of The World Cup of Skateboarding. In 2013, she was nominated for an ESPY Award – Best Female Action Sports Athlete.

In 2015, she won the first Street League Skateboarding Women's SLS Super Crown World Championship in Chicago, IL.[12] She also appeared in the ESPN Magazine – The Body Issue.[13] She was also the first female skater to sign for Nike SB in 2015.[14]

In 2018, Forbes named Bufoni one of The Most Powerful Women In International Sports for 2018 (#25)[15] and made Sports Pro Media's list for The World's Most Marketable Athletes for 2018 (#41).[16] Further in 2018, she was named to the Forbes Brazil "Under 30" list.[17]

In 2022, Bufoni set a world record (verified by Guinness World Records) for highest skateboard grind outside the back of a flying aircraft. This happened when the aircraft was flying over Merced, California. A video of this went viral in 2023. The aircraft was a C-130 transport plane, and was flying at an altitude of 9,022 feet when Bufoni did the skateboard grind.[18]

Bufoni is the official athlete representative for World Skate, the International Olympic Committee-recognized governing body for Skateboarding.[10]

Racing

A racing fan since her youth, Bufoni raced go-karts at a track on the parking lot of the Shopping Aricanduva mall, which was located near a skate park that she grew up on. She eventually stopped to focus on skateboarding when she moved to America,[19] but occasionally dabbled in supercar racing when available.[20] [21] She built a drift car in 2020.[22]

In 2022, as she scaled back her skating career to focus on other projects, she began racing in Nitro Rallycross' side-by-side class. Despite racing without practice, Bufoni finished seventh and sixth in her first weekend at ERX Motor Park.[23] [24] She ran the full 2023–24 Nitrocross SxS season and placed fifth in points.[25]

Bufoni made her desert racing at the NORRA 500 in October 2023, where she shared a modified Nissan Frontier with Chris Forsberg. The two won the Stock Production class.[26]

Personal life

On April 7, 2021, Bufoni became a citizen of the United States.[27]

Competitions

Awards

In media

Bufoni is a playable character in the video game Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 5. She also appears in Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 1 + 2, an enhanced remake of the first two Pro Skater games with an updated roster of playable skaters.

Bufoni plays a featured role in the music video for "Snapback" by Old Dominion.

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: International Skateboarding Federation - Leticia Bufoni . January 18, 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160107035316/http://www.internationalskateboardingfederation.com/street/leticia-bufoni . January 7, 2016 . dead.
  2. Web site: USCIS on LinkedIn: #NewUSCitizen 13 comments. September 22, 2021. www.linkedin.com. en.
  3. Web site: FNDMNTLS - Leticia Bufoni . Beats by Dre . en-US . July 23, 2019.
  4. Web site: Skateboarder Leticia Bufoni bares all . Morty . Ain . . July 6, 2015 . September 12, 2015.
  5. Web site: Skateboarder Leticia Bufoni's Journey to the X Games Austin . Cristina . Goyanes . shape.com . June 2, 2014 . September 12, 2015.
  6. Web site: The "GIZMO" Interviews: Leticia Bufoni . www.thrashermagazine.com . en . July 23, 2019.
  7. Web site: Skateboarder Leticia Bufoni: 'I'm going to skate forever' . July 6, 2015 . ESPN.com . en . July 23, 2019.
  8. Web site: What It Takes to Be a Hard-Core Skateboarder . September 22, 2021 . Shape . en.
  9. Web site: Leticia Bufoni on the Perils of Skating Naked . Eric . Hendrixx . rollingstone.com . August 25, 2015 . September 12, 2015.
  10. Web site: Leticia Bufoni's official X Games athlete biography . https://web.archive.org/web/20190210050522/http://www.xgames.com/athletes/3014884/leticia-bufoni . dead . February 10, 2019 . X Games . July 23, 2019.
  11. Web site: Most wins World Cup Skateboarding World Rankings (Street, female) . Guinness . Book . guinnessworldrecords.com . April 1, 2017 . February 6, 2019.
  12. Web site: Leticia Bufoni Makes History As The First Womens Super Crown Champ . League . Street . October 4, 2015 . streetleague.com . October 10, 2015.
  13. Web site: Leticia Bufoni: 'I'm going to skate forever' . Ain . Morty . July 6, 2015 . espn.com . July 6, 2015.
  14. Web site: Jacqui Palumbo . New York's radical female and non-binary skateboarders -- in photos . January 26, 2021 . CNN . en.
  15. Web site: The Most Powerful Women In International Sports . Glass . Alana . March 27, 2015 . forbes.com . September 10, 2018.
  16. Web site: Paul Pogba named world's most marketable athlete of 2018 . Long . Michael . September 5, 2018 . Sportspromedia.com . September 10, 2018.
  17. Web site: 10 destaques brasileiros abaixo dos 30 anos . Magazine . Forbes . December 19, 2018 . forbes.uol.com.br . December 12, 2018.
  18. Web site: Skateboarder Leticia Bufoni sets world record with jump from plane at 9,000 feet . Steve . Gardner . USA TODAY.
  19. LoRé. Michael. Trailblazing Skateboarder Leticia Bufoni Has Her Sights Set On Motorsports. Forbes. May 24, 2023. September 6, 2024.
  20. News: Clara Aguilar and Leticia Bufoni Race at Exotics Racing. Exotics Racing. July 6, 2015. September 6, 2024.
  21. News: Leticia Bufoni. Exotics Racing. September 11, 2020. September 6, 2024.
  22. News: Leticia Bufoni hace historia con su proyecto Sky Grind. elpatín. August 11, 2022. September 6, 2024. es. Leticia Bufoni makes history with her Sky Grind project.
  23. Web site: 2022-2023 Nitro RX(Rallycross) Round 3 Result & Photo. Yokohama Rubber Company. September 6, 2024.
  24. Teo Van Runkle. Michael. Meet the Next Generation of Women in Nitro Rallycross. Men's Journal. March 27, 2023. September 6, 2024.
  25. Web site: Nitrocross 2023/2024 Season Series. Nitrocross. March 5, 2024. September 6, 2024.
  26. News: Anderson. Micah. Nissan Frontier Forsberg Edition Is Based On A Desert Racing Dream. Off Road Xtreme. February 7, 2024. September 6, 2024.
  27. Web site: USCIS on LinkedIn: #NewUSCitizen . April 8, 2021 . www.linkedin.com . en.

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