Saying Fabiola da Silva is the best, and most underappreciated female athlete of our time is a bold statement…but it’s one that I fully believe. I can’t think of another case in sport where a woman was so dominant in her field, that the sport’s organizing body decided to cancel the woman’s event and have the women (Fabiola) compete against the men...And Fabiola did not disappoint, standing on the podium with her peers at some of the biggest events in the world.
Fabiola da Silva Show Notes:
1:30: Life at Cedar Point Amusement Park and Cross Fit
8:00: Sao Paolo, kickboxing, and meeting Chris Edwards and Arlo
14:00: Coming to America at 16, the other girls and X-Games
18:30: Stanley: Get 30% off site wide with the code powell30
Evo: The best online experience in action sports with retail to back it up
20:15: Winning X and travel
25:00: Getting second at X, sponsors, and financial advisers
28:00: Gender, the Fabiola rule, and a bad year in 2003
36:00: Winning Silver at Latin X Games (against the men) and the end of X
38:45: Spy Optic: Get 20% off on their site Spyoptic.com using the code TPM20
10 Barrel Brewery: Buy their beers, they support action sports more than anyone
39:45: X continued, landing the double, and Rollerblade
42:30: Surviving and then finding CrossFit
56:40: Inappropriate Questions with Cesar Mora