For The Love Of The Game

A flipping good time with freestyle scootering

Stunts can range from jumping off ramps to gravity-defying flips. ST PHOTO: MARK CHEONG
New: Gift this subscriber-only story to your friends and family

SINGAPORE - Using a scooter consisting of bicycle parts and rollerblade wheels, a 15-year-old Muhd Nur Putra Shahfiq Anuar would spend hours learning tricks at skate parks.

With few options for scooters that could be used to perform stunts in 2010, he relied on online tutorials to turn his scooter, which was meant for cruising, into one that would be able to withstand the impact of acrobatic landings of freestyle scootering.

Already a subscriber? 

Read the full story and more at $9.90/month

Get exclusive reports and insights with more than 500 subscriber-only articles every month

Unlock these benefits

  • All subscriber-only content on ST app and straitstimes.com

  • Easy access any time via ST app on 1 mobile device

  • E-paper with 2-week archive so you won't miss out on content that matters to you

Join ST's Telegram channel and get the latest breaking news delivered to you.