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Once upon a time there was a skater girl named Haís.

Haís grew up in a city called Imperatrice in the northern part of Brazil.

As warm breezes sailed through the streets, so did little Haís. Riding her skateboard, her dark ponytail swinging back into the sky,

swinging back and forth behind her. Haís got her first skateboard when she was six years old and immediately

had a hard time riding her skateboard.

During her skateboard, her dark ponytail swinging back and forth behind her. Haís got her first skateboard when she was six years old and immediately wanted to spend every waking minute on it.

Her mom took her to their local skate park for a few hours each night so she could practice.

Haís was often the only go around, but that didn't bother her.

She worked hard to learn new tricks, like how to grind her board down a rail or balance by the tip on a ledge.

It was definitely scary sometimes.

Spinning through the air or carving around deep, concrete bowls, thick scots.

Haís had to keep her balance centered and get the angles just right.

Every time she fell, she forced herself to get back up again and again and again.

One day, when Haís was seven, she was hanging out with her family and friends at the skate park,

dressed in a blue fairy dress and wings.

Haís was trying a new and difficult trick called a heel flip.

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