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Treat of tricks in freestyle scootering
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The adrenaline rush of performing stunts, like a flip on his scooter, never gets old for 25-year-old Muhd Nur Putra Shahfiq Anuar despite a decade of involvement in the sport.
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Using a scooter consisting of bicycle parts and Rollerblade wheels, 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, the then 15-year-old 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.
