Faceless youths in need of attention win competition

I came across this article in a local news paper the "NST". I found it very2 interesting, Skateboarding is very popular to the young generation at least in the city. We see it in many tv commercials, billboards and also on  some packaging of drinks and food products. Even some local tv drama  portrayed youth skateboarding to give the image of urban youth livestye

Melaka a modern city is without a skate park and this article is about it, how we the skateboard community or for this instants Mohammad Amziry Roslan, 25, is contributing his effort  for a skate park

for the youth community espacially in Melaka

He won RM30,000 for himselft and RM100.000 for the cause but not from skateboarding but from a photograhpy competitions, For me and all ot the other skateboarder in Malaysia can never raiseup that amount of money even if we add up all our winning prize together from all the skateboard competitions in Malaysia

Hope to skate at the so call new skate park in Melaka when we balik kampung, cause our parents are orang Melaka.

2009/10/16

KUALA LUMPUR: "Wanted!! New Skate Park!!!" says the skateboard framed by what appears to be a vacant lot. All that can be seen of the person holding it are his legs and feet firmly planted on the ground.

The photograph bagged 25-year-old Mohammad Amziry Roslan the first prize in the open category of the CIMB Foundation "My Cause" photography competition. He won RM30,000 for himself and RM100,000 for the cause close to his heart.

"My brother used to stay out late and... one day I followed him and found out that he was skateboarding with his friends at the Malacca Parade courtyard. I was scared to death... Police have been breaking up skateboard gatherings because of complaints about the noise."

He entered the competition hoping to get the funds to help build a skate park for the growing number of Malacca youths who are into extreme sports. The photograph is set in the disintegrating skate park built some 15km outside Malacca under the Rakan Muda programme three years ago. The nearest facility for enthusiasts is in Seremban some 30km away.

"On the foreground is the need for a proper skate park and in the background is the message that many youths, who I purposely illustrated as faceless, are not getting the attention they need."

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Mohammad Amziry Roslan, 25, with the photograph that won him the CIMB ‘My Cause’ photography competition.

Here the results:

Above 17.

1. Amcher

2. Kieron

3. Adam Kepong

4. Kecik Ampang

Below 17.

1. Fairuzal Triangle sk8 Team

2. Alip Ganu

3. YU (Yaziru)

4. Dominique Teoh

To bad Arina did not participate to defend his last year winning because of his leg injuries. Izzul too did not compete because he is with his parents at Penang. At

least YU (Yaziru) also ride with TRIANGLESK8 team at Wild In The Street held at The Mine last June, won 3rd place, 1st year learning to Skate. Watch out guys this boy can go far.

Sorry no Picture Or Video yet.

Fairuzal and Koya Wins at YSB anual extreme sports Carnival, Koya using Kamikaze Black Brigade skateboard emerged champion while Fairuzal last year's champion was second beating big names like Usher,Fuad,Adam Kepong and Amcher. Jojo of Shah Alam who compete for the fist time in Kedah was third. The local Kedah skater which we observe is becoming lesser and lesser, most of regular YSB and independent Kedah skater did not compete or has give up skating.

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