Featured Skater of the Month - WuTing

Slight delay but here it is finally. Featured Skater of the Month (Feb - Mar 2010). Congratulations WuTing.

Hi my name's Aminorazmi "Wuting" Matnor and I'm 28 years old. I started skating back in 1996 using my first skate the Roces.

I stopped skating in 2000 when I joined the police forcw, and in April 2008, started to skate again with Cpin's influence.

My favourite trick would have to be 270 bs backslide rocket. Tapi masani inda lagi dapat. My idols are Ahmad Aidil, Shukrin Shah, Md Azeryn, Romziminudin, Roslani, Ruddy Muhammad and skaters from Thailand, especially Jeerasak.

I think I will continue to skate. Even if I'm 40, I will still skate, kalau tulang masih ok lah. hahaha

My achievements so far: joined the 1998 x-games in Thailand , got no. 8 in Malaysian (1998), no. 8 in Kuching. I also reached the finals in the 2008 Brunei Street Rollerblading Competition and finished no. 5 in the Boards Blades Battle (BBB) 2009.

My advice to the juniors: sebuleh2 nya main lah, belatih setiap hari. Jangan bawa skate sja k mall. LOL. Jangan menyikut skate jalan2 kmall, klw boleh, main ramai2.

Thank you to Surkrew and Eyan and Cpin, tukang gambar yang mengambil gambar lawa2 untuk ku. Thank you.

Quotes from friends:

"Skating nada c ating is not like skating lah. for me, ia ada skill, ada talent, ada gaya, even tho lama sudah, lapuk sudah, pebaik alasan nya parut nya basar kah, still bagiku lumpatan kuat, skill masih ada, permainan masih maintain. so a2 membuktikan arah skater yg baru, urg lama boleh buat, knapa plg urg baru inda buleh improve." - Cpin

"C ating, paling ku suka, janji belurus. klw ku msg ting main, tapi dtg seluar pendik, a2 yg ku marah tu tapi still ia main, tp inda apa lah. tapi all the best utk c ating." - Mack

"C ating, bagus, sifu, 270 bs royale nya lawa, all the best." - Ruddy


Note: Click on picture to see large.
Interview: Eyan, Mack, Bob and Cpin
Photography: Eyan and Cpin
Lighting Assistants: Cpin, Mack and Almaturidi Hz

Previous featured skater of the months:
Mack (Dec 09 - Jan 10)M
Ruddy (Oct - Nov)
Cefu (Aug - Sep)
Hazman (Jun - Jul)

Featured Skater of the Month: Ruddy

E: Tell us a lil bit about yourself.

Full name: Ruddy Nurhasmedy Mohammed.
Age: 23
Birth: 20/03/1986
Hometown: Origins of Lumut, KB. Now Masin
Skates: Valo alex broskow 1 boots, frames aragon featherlite 2, trust liner, bones bearings, UC demetrios george 58mm/89a.
Working: at the moment Takaful BIBD till end of October, by November will start at Brunei Shell.

E: How long have you been skating? How did you started? Who influenced you to skate and why rollerblade?

Years of skating: about a year plus... lum lagi balighr

Started skating: since main golf boring, so I wanna try to move to another kinda sports... so blading lah till now...

Bahrum & Cefu is the one whom influenced me since c B(ahrum) bagi aku for free skate DVD "Thrill". The reason that I started blading is since skateboard nda pndai2 handal, why not rollerblading since ku liat FB c B gambar drg lawa2 la... so intrest kan skating street dari sna la. Then c B jual his razors arah ku & c Lani & Suley banyak ajar la skating..

E: Besides skating, what else do you do?

Beside rollerblading aaa... hmm... golf, and cars... stay at home, chill sja la..

E: So what's your typical day like? How about your weekends?

After work, skating till lalah hantap... at least 1 new trick per day la... weeekend as usual skating & bekapit sma gf ku... make it simple i skate 247. hehe

E: Who do you normally skate with and where?

In bandar with Lani, adorable Shopian Said hahah, B, Suley, Cefu, Koo, Ating, Hazman, Wawa and the rest. While in KB with the KBians such as Sham, Poji and rest of the KBians.. .

E: As we know, Brunei has a small number of skateparks provided (JP, Penaga, Pandan, OGDC, Muara Beach) and a number of DIY skateparks (Lambak, Stadium and the recently opened Lust SS). How has these parks helped you in your progession (in terms of rollerblading)?

Ermm... in terms of rollerblading, yes it does helped me out but its just a matter of lack of saftey in terms of the obstacle that we had.

Eventhough we have a few proper skatepark, but we need more obstacle and bigger ramps and whatsoever in order to improve our game. For exmple in Singapore. We need to put our local skater on the map to represent brunei! param pam pammm

E: If you were to select/pick a local rollerblader(s), who would you say is your biggest influence/role model/idol? How about international rollerblader(s)?

Local skater: Eyan, Lani, Suley
International: Alex Broskow & Cossimo Tassone

E: How did you feel when you competed in the recent street comp? Was that your first competition?

The last comp was the bsrc'09 and it was fuckin great... I managed to proceed to the second round and yeah it was really a good comp and it would me much more better if it's not raining & we doin it on the streets whereas it is more challenging :D. Its my 3rd comp anyway.

E: Although you're relatively new to the scene, how do you feel being voted/selected featured skater of the month?

Oh da*n... First thing of all is Alhamdulillah... thanks to Allah for me being voted for this month... well kinda unexpected that I've been voted. hehe... :D

E: Lastly, any shoutouts?

Valo for life!!!!!!!!!!!! skate hard never give up :D

Note: Click on picture to see large.
Interview: Eyan and Zati
Photography: Eyan
Lighting Assistants: Saiful, Gnee, Zati

Previous featured skater of the months:
Cefu (Aug - Sep)
Hazman (Jun - Jul)

Featured Skater of the Month: Cefu

It's THE time of the month where we show the (bi-monthly) featured skater of the month. Congratulations Cefu, you totally deserve it.

Last month featured skater: Hazman.

Featured Skater of the Month: Hazman

Name: Hazman aka Aman.
Started skating: About a year ago.
Current set up: Custom Razors G8 and sometimes Remz OS2

Here's what friends say about Hazman

"Azman been blazing through out this year. I mean he's only skating for a year now and pulling out technical tricks." - B

"Aman excellent skater.. fast learner, daring, open minded to options, willingness to learn eventhough it hurts.. good sportmanship, friendly, polite and i think he could be one of our top skaters soon..." - Cpin