The Incredible Journey of a Skateboarder Found in Thailand
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Nov 25, 2024
Discover the touching story of a skateboarder, found as a baby in Thailand, who overcame adversity to master the sport.
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I was found on the side of the road in Pachang, Thailand, which is two hours north of Bangkok
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Down the street from a woman's house, they heard a baby cry, and they're wondering, where is this crying coming from
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They got a flashlight, and they came up to hear where the sound was coming from, and I was found, like, literally on the side of the road with all these trees and all these tall grasses
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There was, like, dirt on my face. I had mosquito bites, so they kind of guess I was there for probably a day
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We don't know who my birth parents is. There's no note. There's no nothing
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While they call the Parktown Police Department, they was about to give me a bath
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and like she was feeling me, and she's like, something feels different. They unwrapped me, and they found out that I had no legs, and they looked
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and there's no indication of amputation, which is good. That means I wasn't kidnapped from my family, from gangsters out there
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there and put them into who knows, you know, and that happens a lot in those countries
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But I was just born this way. I lived with an two older couple, and they pretty much took care
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of me till I was adopted of May 1998 through Jane and David Sesser, who are my parents
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loving parents now that adopted me, came here to America when I was just five years old
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and was raised in living in Portland Oregon And who would have thought like just because that you come from a family that doesn want to want you doesn mean there another family that would love to show you what family and love is And even though they not blood they show you love
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When I'm on a skateboard, I don't feel trapped. I feel free. And I live my life through my skateboard
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Because skateboarding and the skateboard is just part of me. It's like part of my legs
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And I think that's so incredible that I can just have something to just move around
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but also feel so good when I just skate. The wind is coming through my hair
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I'm vibing it. It just feels like it's a part of me. It's part of my soul
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How I achieved the handstands, actually, I was just been skating ever since I was like nine years old
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One day, just like, hey, let me see if I can just like balance myself on a skateboard
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but lift my body up and I'm half a body anyway and just like lift myself up and I'm light
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So I can just do it and just go with it and flow with the board
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I was like practicing all months. I already know that I got it because when you've done it
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most of your life anyways, and you have done it in many different videos
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and that's like your signature trick or move. It just naturally comes to me
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Oh my gosh, that was awesome
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