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Honestly, for me it was the best thing that could have ever happened in my life.

Where do you want to place them ?

Just here.

He just found them

The cups.

I was 15 years old, it was completely crazy.

I didn't go through qualification.

When I won, everything became so serious.

I started to be paid for skating, I had several sponsors,

I had several sponsors, I got an increase, and I was telling mum

"Can you believe that?"

Oh, it's Max !

Oh, it's Max !

We are here in Lyon, I grew up here and I will surely always live here.

and I will surely always live here.

How's your knee when you place it here ?

It doesn't move ?

It deflated a bit. Yeah.

-Did you put ice on it afterwards ? -No.

Put some then. I don't want you to go to the US hurt.

You're gonna beat them all. We don't want anything bad to happen.

Tom.

I'm working with my manager, Jeremy Grandblanc,

he helps me relax during a contest,

he tells me what to do.

And yeah, that's why we are working well together.

I hope we will continue that way.

Do you know what you want ?

We're going to ask, so he can send you-

If I don't have them Thursday, I'm dead.

Watch your head here.

Also at the other side, man.

We have to...

It's nice there.

If I win, a lot will change. Everything will change.

But I will not go thinking I'll win.

I don't go to competitions thinking I'll win.

More slope first, right? But what about this cold?

I was thinking of doing all the moves properly.

And if I deserve winning, then I will.

Winning this competition was very important to me.

Now I have the opportunity to...

to participate in the biggest competition.

And I'm in the semifinals. This is even better because...

there are over 300 skaters and this is very hard.

And their ability level is very high.

This surely was very nice...

I'm very happy for winning the competition.

Really happy. I can't thank enough.

And that's it. All right...

I'm confused, you know?

But that's it. It will be fun. It will be...

a new opportunity.

It will surely change a lot, right?

And... many door were opened.

This is a big change...

A big change... Damn it.

Everything will change. Tampa...

is the hardest competition...

that is there.

To you, it is important because...

you have been for years...

growing and working hard for this moment.

This is an important moment in your life.

-Yes, but... -You have to be prepared.

-Everyone there will have a chance. -Yes.

You have to be prepared for that.

That's why I prepare myself everyday.

Alê, you'll jump here, right?

This spot is perfect.

Let's go.

When I was young, I've always wanted to skate for a living.

Today, I can see it happening,

I couldn't ask for more.

This photography is incredible.

You were so little, I think you were five.

These memories. Here, you were learning how to slide,

but you couldn't do it,

we were holding your board. You only wanted to do one thing, slide.

It was so cute.

The older one were helping you a lot.

Yeah.

And here, it was about surf.

You wanted to surf like daddy.

Dad had bought to you your first board. It is still here.

I got influenced by my dad. A lot.

Before he died. After, my mum kept on doing the same.

After, I've made lots of friends. Yeah, that's it.

Then, everything started from there.

This was in Gien.

Yes, Giens Peninsula.

During the day, you were surfing with dad,

and at night, you were skating. You were asking dad to go with you.

And he used to love going with you.

I remember, as I was with you, obviously, that I was scared

that you would hurt yourself. So, I had protected you so well-

When I was six,

my mum was really sad, she didn't want from me to be sad,

she wanted from me to remember him but to know these things happen in life.

Every day, she brought me to the skate park,

so I was doing my best for her to be proud,

I wanted her to forget a bit, you cannot forget,

I just to see her happier.

I always try to make her happy.

She does her best for me too. She did the entire apartment.

She does everything for me to live comfortably.

She’s... she is the best. I love her.

It seems to be perfect. Yeah, it seems really cool.

He helps me since I was 12, a kid.

It's been one year since I'm living with him.

Because I had a lot of family problems.

Like, I went through a lot of stuff. A lot of trouble.

Everyone has their problems.

But mine were so much...

Too much happened at the same time.

My brothers were doing drugs...

My stuff were...

My sneakers even had holes in them...

He would leave his house...

stay two or three days out and nobody would worry.

Nobody cared if he was alive, nobody cared for him.

They where involved in drugs. One would sell, and the other would use only.

It caused so much trouble. My whole life was...

Last year he turned 18...

and for some reason he brought

three for four coats...

to his home and the guys took their coats to sell,

to trade, not sure what those jerks did.

In the end, the boy had no coat in the winter...

And he was left without coats. Coats from sponsors.

Now he was older. Began questioning where his stuff was...

"Where is my stuff, man?" They argued.

The jerks were in more number

and they hit him. Their father helped them.

Their father helped them.

Helped them in attacking Lucas. They were three people, they hurt Lucas.

And that day we decided... I told him to get his stuff.

To come live with me, fuck all that shit.

It only got better when I came to live with Hórus.

Now my life is... Wow...

Is perfect.

What he did for me, my father never did.

It's complicated.

And Hórus really care about me.

He is way better than my father and my mother.

And I think that's it. He is a bit of everything.

He is like a godfather, a father, a manager.

I can only thank him.

That man was...

that man was awesome.

Never drank a lot, spent a lot of money. He always had focus.

Always saved his money. He helps in all his trips.

We help with the costs, but he always help with his share.

He saves his money. He doesn't have a nice watch,

he doesn't have an iPhone.

Because he, he...

he want to go to the USA. He want to be a great skater, a great professional.

And he will have his stuff at the right time.

He always save his money. Went to Barcelona...

He earned his flight to Barcelona. Received help to go.

The rest was with his own money. All trips are like this.

Everything he have he earned through his effort in skating.

And that's it. He deserves the best.

And I hope everything goes well with him.

It seems to be perfect. It looks really good.

What makes a perfect course?

How they place the units.

How can I say, the size of rails, size of the ledge,

there's also the pyramid,

the curve, they redid it all. It is really good.

That guy must be really good. That stop he does...

Like, on the wall. You think you'll fall.

You think you'll fall on your back.

It is easy to say. But when the time comes...

It's possible to go straight and then go down.

Then go back up again.

-Stuff like this is possible. -You can start with that move...

-Yes, like, no way... -No... then...

And from there, if you can connect another move...

I think everyone learn from their troubles.

Everyone learn more when in trouble.

When you are well, then you are well.

When you are in trouble, going through problems...

the life teaches you so much.

The life teaches you better than a hit in the face. It breaks you.

And if you don't learn these lessons, it will be harder.

There is a better path for him.

He saw that. "I can be someone. I can...

do something with the talent I have."

Like I said... I don't know what I'd be doing

if I wasn't skateboarding.

I would probably end up like my brothers.

Because my whole family went down that path.

I believe that...

what goes through his mind is that he was

really poor and everything,

and now he have a chance

to become someone.

Someone important. Someone great.

And he can have a better life. Everyone wishes a better life. I want.

If someone say they don't wish a better life, that person is lying.

I think they'll need an ambulance there.

Because it will be intense. Wow... it will...

it will be a moment really important.

It will be hard for him and for me as well.

It will be hard because, actually, we...

didn't expect going to the USA this year.

I told him, "man we aren't going this year. There is no money.

We have no cash. No visa, no nothing."

And then came the opportunity with Dan.

And, man, it's all or nothing. It's all in.

We went to see...

We went to many places. Burger King here is really cheap.

And it is really nice.

I hope one day I can live here.

It would be a dream.

It was really swollen.

I didn't stop, didn't ice, it worsened.

When I got here, I hurt myself again.

But the trip was nice. Very wearing. Took 10 hours.

We had to wait 6 hours in Houston for the next flight.

These days...

we had small problems.

But our expectations are the best.

Okay. Just win.

Win. Okay if you don't win.

We are here, this is already a victory.

That's what I have to do. There's nothing to lose.

It's okay, man. Once you are there, it's okay.

We went really far. Like I said back in Curitiba,

we shouldn't even be here this year. So, we achieved a lot.

This is real. Seeing in the Internet is different.

We watch the guys skating, we know it is hard.

But seeing it up close, all that people, so much pressure.