We Be Up North
The Klang Valley 8-wheeled brethren will be heading up north for the Stunts 4 Swag 5 street rolling competition tomorrow. If you know your shima from your shinpads, you better be there.
Stunnin’ fo’ sho’!
When the world was smaller
Nicked this picture off Wan Kedah’s blog. That was the first grindbox that was build at the KJ Park. I didn’t even know him then or when they came to session but those times were fun.
-weiyeng
Craig B’s S4S3 Vid
2-years late, but just in time to get you juiced for this weekends S4S5: Penang.
Edited/Flimed by Craig Brocklehurst
Xsjado Stockwell 2 Review
Took me a jolly good long time, but I’m finally getting around to reviewing the (not so) new Xsjado Jeff Stockwell 2 boots. After getting bought by The Conference (USD, Deshi, Kizer etc.) from Salomon (who’ve bowed out of the aggressive skate market), Xsjado went on a little soul searching trip and finally came back into the market, 1 year later with new boots and new colours for 2008.
On the surface, it’ll seem like nothing has changed. It retains its oddball looks, responsive footwrap + skeleton combo and love for everything animally. But upon closer inspection, you’ll see that things have changed, sadly, not for the better.
The good
-The winning bits of the Xsjados are still there: responsive skates, lightweight design and off-beat colours.
-New sturdier buckle (major plus points compared to the older flimsy buckles)
The bad
-Quality has taken a back seat. After only the first month I’ve snapped my ankle straps and worn out my shoes (even though I hardly wear them outside of skating).
^starting to fray at the edges
-Though it is still as generous as ever, the soul spot is still way too slow. New plastics please!
The ugly
-Bad quality control. Looks like someone fell asleep on the production line, a quick look at my footwraps and you’ll see that the one on the left is crooked, as though the soles weren’t put on properly. Thankfully, the difference isn’t noticable when skating. Outside of the skeletons however, I really feel lopsided in them. Other bad workmanship issues: terrible foam absorbers that don’t even fit the skeletons, toe straps that are an inch too long (had to cut and shorten them to work).
^One is not like the other
^talk about cock-up
-The red is a little too much for me, but then again, its probably my fault for riding them on Red Murda GC Featherlights.
The bottom line
Its hard to full heartedly recommend these new Xsjados. Unlike the older models (pre-2008), the new ones have way too many quality and workmanship issues. Can only hope that they will improve on them for 2009. However, it must be said that after 3 years on Xsjados, I feel that there isn’t a pair of skates in the market that can match its responsiveness, adaptability and fun! So yea, please Conference, make the 2009 model kick ass. You do, after all… have the right to evolve 
-sukeats
Putrajaya Park Test
We decided to test pau the Putrajaya skatepark over the quiet Hari Raya holidays. I know… we told you guys that we “shouldn’t” skate it until its ready… but er… yea. Couldn’t help ourselves, sorry. Do as we say not as we do
^Yeng - backside royale
^Sukeats - bs full torque
^Hooi - soul
^Hooi - backslide up the hubba
^Hooi - royale up
^Yeng - kindgrind up
^Sukeats - bs full torque up
^Tim tests the flow
^Yeng gaps over the hubba
All in all, a fun try out session. The park isn’t fully completed, as you can probably tell, making it hard to find lines, the copings were also caked in concrete dust, making it hella sticky. Its also a lot more challenging than Shah Alam, the ledges are longer, steeper and lets face it, its been a while since we tried kinked ledges.
-sukeats
Mushroom Boarding
Peep this vid I flicked off Skatemalaysia.com.
Gou Miyagi’s section in Overground Broadcasting vid will change your perception on what can be done on urethane: creative flair + brass balls + stylzin’ moves = we like. Roller snobs will of course say he’s just jockin’ what Dustin Latimer has been doing since Mindgame WORDS, but lets be fair, not being stuck to your wheels does offer a wider range of tricks.
-sukeats
Putrajaya Exclusive Report part 6: 25%
Although my visit there was sans skating, it was nice to see the park starting to take shape. The hubba ledges are of perfect height and steepness for you to go down and up the ledge. The copings are rounded which cares for your skates.
^Take your pick at all the ledges
^Euro gap ledge
^Hubba ledge
^Both sides of Hubba ledge: Built with ma bare hands -Tim
^Mushroom skating potentials
^Future double bank
^Perfect knee height ledges which is also sheltered
^The bowls too are being concrete shot as we speak with the snake bowl lead-up into a 5 feet double bowl right into the largest being 9 feet deep.
^Tim leading the direction by handling the ‘cangkul’ himself
Notice: The Putrajaya Challenge Park is NOT open for public skating. This comes in line when there was abuse at the wall climbing facility which has put the builder (Stretchmarks Asia) in a tight position with Putrajaya authorities. The builder is NOT your enemy. Sides the park will be there forever.
Previous reports:
Putrajaya Exclusive Report part 1: zlgdesign
Putrajaya Exclusive Report part 2: Vicinity
Putrajaya Exclusive Report part 3: Facility Building
Putrajaya Exclusive Report part 4: Skatepark Ground Zero
Putrajaya Exclusive Report part 5: Fret Over Small Stuff
Keep Rolling
-weiyeng
Nationwide Circuit 08/09
The National Extreme Sports Circuit (NXC) is back for the year 2008-2009 after going under the sea a few years ago. The NXC will cover 14 states and word has it that one of the location will the much anticipated Putrajaya Challenge Park. Nothing is confirmed for the time being and expect last minute notices.
For more information, check out www.nxcmalaysia.com.
Putrajaya Exclusive Report part 5: Fret over small stuff
Some observation while at the Putrajaya Challenge Park recently caught our skater eyes. While the building structure may seem esthetically well designed, it was the small stuff that we fret on.
Graters along the walkways are some form of hazard. Although supposedly to function as water passage, they are only an inch deep and starts right out in the open air. That means it won’t exactly catch much water.
Though at press time, the problem has been fixed, this rail leads right into a drainage. The rails are as thin as a mounting board which wobbles. Don’t expect any skating done on them.
These ledges are found all over the vicinity but the on setback is the materials used. They are rougher than the road and has this vertical wall which can be an interesting obstacle but also a hazard if you trip over your trick and plant your face on it.
One last thing which worried me was this overlapping roof which is a head and two too short. I’m only 5 feet 4 inches tall but this roof sure makes me feel tall. I sure don’t want to do any jumps underneath or some skateboarder oliie-ing and have the metal stuck into their heads.
Previous reports:
Putrajaya Exclusive Report part 1: zlgdesign
Putrajaya Exclusive Report part 2: Vicinity
Putrajaya Exclusive Report part 3: Facility Building
Putrajaya Exclusive Report part 4: Skatepark Ground Zero
Keep Rolling
-weiyeng
Sinking bubbles
It started as a night session being washed off by the unpredictable rain in Malaysia. As we sit under the roof of the wall climb in Shah Alam Extreme Park hoping for the rain to stop, our next form of fun came from the stones we threw trying to knock the beer cans off the dumpster.
This arm-sore activity quickly died was we adjourned to Santini at Jaya One in Section 13, PJ for some Guinness.
Cream of rolling
-weiyeng
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