Skaters rejoiced since the sport has been included in the Olympic 2020, MESA is preparing to bring our national warriors to head out full frontal. MESA presents The Angka Tour 2018, in collaboration with New Balance Numeric Team in organizing a skateboarding workshop and demonstration for the national team to gain exposure and development of extreme sports especially the skateboarding scene in Malaysia.
There are only eight athletes in the national team at the moment – six men and two women under the Malaysia Extreme Sports Association (MESA) that will skate alongside world-renowned stars like Arto Saari – Thrasher magazine’s Skater of the Year 2001 – for the entire tour which will have a world class line-up including Jack Curtin, Davis Torgeson, Tom Karangelov, Jasper Dohrs and Margie Didal.
For all of the inspiring skaters, be ready join exciting activities including meet and greet with the pros, join the pro sign deck giveaway, lucky draw, goodies giveaway! The tour will kick off on Friday, March 23 when the athletes take to skate parks at various locations in the Klang Valley like Mont Kiara Park, PCP Putrajaya, and PJ Arena before heading to Ipoh the next day. The tour concludes at Dataran Dewan Bandaraya Kuala Lumpur (DBKL) on Sunday, March 25. On the last day of the tour, there will be a Skate Parade featuring all the international skateboarders and the entire Malaysian contingent from Dataran Merdeka to Dataran DBKL.
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