89岁世界最年长男性冲浪者自信乘风破浪

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89岁的Seiichi Sano被吉尼斯世界纪录认定为最年长的男性冲浪者，他发誓要继续乘风破浪，直到他100岁。

They say surfing is a young man’s game, and it’s easy to see why. The water sport requires a combination of balance, coordination, and speed, all of which decrease a lot later in our lives. Add the fact that one has to pull themselves out of the water onto the board and then into a standing position and you’ve got a sport that doesn’t really appeal to the elderly. But there are exceptions, the most obvious of which is Seiichi Sano, an 89-year-old man who was recently crowned the world’s oldest surfer by Guinness Records.

人们说冲浪是年轻人的运动，原因很简单。水上运动需要平衡、协调和速度的结合，这些在我们上了年纪以后会大大下降。再加上人们必须把自己从水中拉到滑板上，然后站起来，这样你就得到了一项对老年人没有吸引力的运动。但也有例外，其中最明显的是89岁的佐野诚一，他最近被吉尼斯纪录评为世界上年龄最大的冲浪者。

“I am not a good surfer. So I call myself a ‘small-wave surfer’—out of respect for those who surf well,” Sano said at Enoshima Beach, an area of relatively small waves near Yokohama (横滨).

“我不太会冲浪。因此，出于对冲浪高手的尊重，我称自己为‘小浪冲浪者’，”佐野在横滨附近一个海浪相对较小的地方说道。

Seiichi Sano started taking surfing lessons only 9 years ago. He was looking for a way to challenge himself while staying in shape, and he was inspired by a bank employee who always looked tan (晒黑的) and didn’t seem like the typical office worker. The man had told him that his secret was surfing, so Seiichi decided to give it a go himself.

佐野诚一9年前才开始学习冲浪。他一直在寻找一种既能挑战自我又能保持身材的方法，他的灵感来自于一位银行员工，这位员工总是看起来黝黑，看起来不像典型的办公室职员。那个人告诉他，他的秘诀就是冲浪，所以诚一决定自己试一试。

His instructor admitted that he was both surprised about Seiichi’s desire to learn how to surf, and worried that he might injure himself in the process. To his pleasant surprise, he proved to be just as good as the man’s young students.

他的教练承认，他对诚一学习冲浪的愿望感到惊讶，同时担心他可能会在这个过程中受伤。令他惊喜的是，他证明自己和他的年轻学生一样优秀。