KUCHING: The latest project ‘Battle of the Skate’ of Sarawak-based online recreation information portal www.ouryouth.my represents another giant step to promote extreme sports here.
According its director Dato Patrick Liew, it was always the aim of the portal to get more youngsters in Sarawak to be involved in healthy activities.
The portal also lends its support to those who are enthusiastic about organising extreme games competitions.
Liew has highlighted skateboarding as one of the extreme sports that is currently very popular here.
“We cannot deny how popular skateboarding is among the youngsters these days.
“That is why we chose to promote such a sport as it is one of the sports that has a huge following in the country,” he said to reporters during a press conference yesterday at the Le’ Park.
Le’ Park which was formerly known as KIRC is located behind the Kuching Civic Centre.
Willy Tee who heads the organising committee is thankful that www.ouryouth.my has agreed to help him in organising the competition which is open to all skateboard enthusiasts.
“Skateboarding is a form of extreme sport that combines both skills and culture. It is also very exciting as it tests your precision in handling obstacles set at the competition course,” he said.
The competition will be carried out for a duration of three months.
Participants will be graded with points.
The winner will be decided based on the most points amassed by any individual skater registered.
The game involves skaters pulling tricks and stunts to demonstrate their skills in handling their skateboards.
More points are awarded for the more skilful.
“We also have numerous awards for competing skaters such as King of the Rail, Ollie King and the Box champ.
“All those names mentioned are nick-names of a few tricks executed by a skater in competition,” Willy added.
He summed up the rules of the competition by saying that all skaters who want to win are to skate as often as they can on every Saturday during from May to July at the Le’ Park.
The competition is scheduled to start this Saturday, May 4.
Those interested can log on to the organiser’s Facebook page (search: Battle of the Skate) for more information.