SURKREW -Representing Brunei Rollerblading Scene...

POTD: Ating - 270 BS Royale

2009-11-09T20:37:00.001+08:00

BBB 2(009) Video

2009-11-01T19:49:00.002+08:00

Board Blades Battle 2009 from Bahrum Jaili on Vimeo.

Filmed and edited by Bahrom.

Boards Blades Battle 2009 Video

2009-10-31T14:07:00.002+08:00

Filmed and edited by Ajek30.

BBB 2(009) results

2009-10-26T00:21:00.004+08:00

BBB 2(009) results:

Blades:
1st: Cefu
2nd: Lani
3rd: Samsul

Boards:
1st: Maly
2nd: Dini
3rd: Awang

Congratulations to all the winners!

Adreneline Pilot

2009-10-18T10:32:00.002+08:00

View on ExposureRoom

Full Pilot Documentary on Rollerblading scene in Brunei. This was a test in mobilization for full documentary production. Please forgive the scene lighting as our weather at the time of the shooting was horribly wet and gloomy. - taken from David's exposure room.

DoP: David Cheok
Editor: Ali Janah
Producer: Ali Janah

Featured Skater of the Month: Ruddy

2009-10-15T00:00:00.004+08:00

E: Tell us a lil bit about yourself.

Full name: Ruddy Nurhasmedy Mohammed.
Age: 23
Birth: 20/03/1986
Hometown: Origins of Lumut, KB. Now Masin
Skates: Valo alex broskow 1 boots, frames aragon featherlite 2, trust liner, bones bearings, UC demetrios george 58mm/89a.
Working: at the moment Takaful BIBD till end of October, by November will start at Brunei Shell.

E: How long have you been skating? How did you started? Who influenced you to skate and why rollerblade?

Years of skating: about a year plus... lum lagi balighr

Started skating: since main golf boring, so I wanna try to move to another kinda sports... so blading lah till now...

Bahrum & Cefu is the one whom influenced me since c B(ahrum) bagi aku for free skate DVD "Thrill". The reason that I started blading is since skateboard nda pndai2 handal, why not rollerblading since ku liat FB c B gambar drg lawa2 la... so intrest kan skating street dari sna la. Then c B jual his razors arah ku & c Lani & Suley banyak ajar la skating..

E: Besides skating, what else do you do?

Beside rollerblading aaa... hmm... golf, and cars... stay at home, chill sja la..

E: So what's your typical day like? How about your weekends?

After work, skating till lalah hantap... at least 1 new trick per day la... weeekend as usual skating & bekapit sma gf ku... make it simple i skate 247. hehe

E: Who do you normally skate with and where?

In bandar with Lani, adorable Shopian Said hahah, B, Suley, Cefu, Koo, Ating, Hazman, Wawa and the rest. While in KB with the KBians such as Sham, Poji and rest of the KBians.. .

E: As we know, Brunei has a small number of skateparks provided (JP, Penaga, Pandan, OGDC, Muara Beach) and a number of DIY skateparks (Lambak, Stadium and the recently opened Lust SS). How has these parks helped you in your progession (in terms of rollerblading)?

Ermm... in terms of rollerblading, yes it does helped me out but its just a matter of lack of saftey in terms of the obstacle that we had.

Eventhough we have a few proper skatepark, but we need more obstacle and bigger ramps and whatsoever in order to improve our game. For exmple in Singapore. We need to put our local skater on the map to represent brunei! param pam pammm

E: If you were to select/pick a local rollerblader(s), who would you say is your biggest influence/role model/idol? How about international rollerblader(s)?

Local skater: Eyan, Lani, Suley
International: Alex Broskow & Cossimo Tassone

E: How did you feel when you competed in the recent street comp? Was that your first competition?

The last comp was the bsrc'09 and it was fuckin great... I managed to proceed to the second round and yeah it was really a good comp and it would me much more better if it's not raining & we doin it on the streets whereas it is more challenging :D. Its my 3rd comp anyway.

E: Although you're relatively new to the scene, how do you feel being voted/selected featured skater of the month?

Oh da*n... First thing of all is Alhamdulillah... thanks to Allah for me being voted for this month... well kinda unexpected that I've been voted. hehe... :D

E: Lastly, any shoutouts?

Valo for life!!!!!!!!!!!! skate hard never give up :D

Note: Click on picture to see large.
Interview: Eyan and Zati
Photography: Eyan
Lighting Assistants: Saiful, Gnee, Zati

Previous featured skater of the months:
Cefu (Aug - Sep)
Hazman (Jun - Jul)

Boards Blades Battle 2(009)

2009-10-12T12:30:00.001+08:00

As per above, the 2nd Boards Blades Battle will take place on the 25 October 2009. The competition will start by 10.30 am.

Registration forms can be collected from Lust SkateStore, Uneek Skateshop, Maly (I Love KB Crew) and/or myself (surkrew@gmail.com). Registration forms, along with a registration fee of $5.00, must be submitted latest by 10.30 am on the competition day (25/10/09).

A short briefing on the competition format will be held prior to the start of the competition. For more information, contact Bahrom (Lust SS) and Chom (Uneek Skateshop).

Just for your information, the organisers (Uneek Skateshop and Lust SS) are in the process of building/making extra obstacles to be used for the competition.

p/s please feel free to use the flyer above and post it to your blogs/tweeter/facebook. Bring your friends and family to come and support this event.

Related news:
BBB 2008.
BBB 2008 Results.
BBB 2008 Pictures from Holga camera.
Pictures from Fisheye2 camera.

Boards Blades Battle 2008 trailer from shopian said on Vimeo.

Lust Promo Edit

2009-10-10T00:00:00.000+08:00

lust skate promo from Bahrum Jaili on Vimeo.

Picture of the Day: Cefu - Inspin TopSoul 540 out

2009-10-08T00:00:00.002+08:00

You've got to download the large size to really appreciate.

BTS: Salam Aidilfitri

2009-10-06T06:50:00.000+08:00

A short behind the scenes for the Hari Raya greeting card photoshoot. Click here to read the story and pictures from the photoshoot.

Picture of the Day: Samsul - AO Unity

2009-10-01T00:00:00.001+08:00

Lust SS address

2009-09-30T16:12:00.003+08:00

For those looking to find the newly opened Lust SS, here's the address:

Lot 19988 Taman Alam No.11 Blk C Ground Floor Jalan Telanai (Behind old Smart QAF Plaza)

Apologies on the rough (ugly) drawings.

Source: Lust SS from FlashEarth

And for those who haven't already added Lust SS on facebook, please do so by clicking here.

Lust SkateStore soft opening

2009-09-28T02:26:00.006+08:00

These are a few pictures taken during the soft opening of Lust Skate Store on 18 August 2009. But first, a quick portrait of the man himself.

^The MAN behind Lust SS

Check out the shop!! (indoor Miniramp! That's a first, well at least in Brunei!)

Closer look at the shop.

Some of those that came during the opening.

Skateboarder wana-be? Or is it ex-skateboarder? Or both? It's all good.

Group photos.

On behalf of www.surkrew.com and all rollerbladers, I'd like to take this opportunity to say congratulations to LSS on their openings and all the best to you guys!

Selamat Hari Raya (1430)

2009-09-20T02:52:00.006+08:00

To all my family, friends, brothers, sisters, rollerbladers, skateboarders, readers and visitors, in Brunei or overseas, I'd like to say Selamat Hari Raya Aidilfitri. I apologize for all things said or done, intentionally or not. Please remember your loved ones, and be safe on the road. Do buckle up. Enjoy. - Eyan and Zati

UPDATE: Click here to see behind the scenes of this photoshoot session.

Picture of the day: Eyan - Mute 180

2009-09-17T00:30:00.001+08:00

ESPN Sg Xtreme Championship 09 - short edit

2009-09-12T13:26:00.003+08:00

These were the only videos my wife managed to take during the prelims. It's only 1 minutes long (I forgot to bring an extra MiniDV tape to the event, and the only tape in the DVX was left with only 1 minute! So yea...)

I'm still waiting for Bahrom to post his full edit. Will post it here as and when.

Picture of the Day: Samsul - riding the bowl at ECP

2009-09-10T00:30:00.002+08:00

MYCK Wheels

2009-09-08T00:01:00.000+08:00

These wheels are now available at RPS starting today onwards. Priced at only $25 per set, only 5 sets are available. Get yours quickly!

S4S 6

2009-09-05T00:30:00.000+08:00

Stunts4Swags 6 will be held on the 10th October 2009. This time, it will be held in Holland Village, Singapore. Here're a few pictures of the spot. So, anyone going? Entrance is free!

Samsul fall at ECP skatepark

2009-09-04T16:07:00.001+08:00

More pictures from ECP

2009-09-03T17:40:00.000+08:00

A few more pictures that I have from the East Coast Park. This was after the prize presentation, at about 5-6pm.

The street park of ECP.

Closer look.

Faz of Singapore.

Enjoying the view.

The skaters from Thailand.

We skated til about almost 10 on Sunday, the last day before our departure the next day.

Singapore Extreme Championship 2009

2009-09-01T22:49:00.005+08:00

As you all know, we (Samsul and myself) as well as our sponsor, Bahrom of RPS went to Singapore from the 28th to 31st August 2009 to join the inaugral Singapore Extreme Championship 2009 at the new East Coast Park skatepark.

We arrived SG on Friday and went straight to tge skatepark for registration and practice. 21 competitors registered for the competition from Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia and Brunei. We were so excited to skate the new park! The park was really amazing!!

After the practice and hotel check in, we went to Orchard road with our SG friend, Jufri.

The event was officiated by Singapore's PM.

Saturday was the prelims. We were divided into 4 groups of 2 heats. Top 10 skaters were selected for the finals.

I don't really know the exact results (heck, I didn't even know I made it to the finals until Jason of The Brunei Times called me on Saturday night interviewing me for the paper).

But I do know Fazuly (SG) got 1st, Jatt (SG) got 2nd and Sarawuth Boonnim (TH) got 3rd. Those that made it to the finals were another 2 thai skaters, Syafiq (SG), Fariq (MY) 4th place, Syam (MY) 8th place and myself (at 10th place). Samsul was only a few points behind me at 11th.

Looking back at his video, he actually dislocated his right elbow when he attempted true spin top soyale. Will get the video here if Bahrum ever upload that clip.

Sunday was supposedly the final. But it rained the whole day, so the organizers had to cancel the event and used the prelims result.

That's it from me now. Will continue with another post tomorrow. In the mean time, click here to read The Brunei Times news regarding the competition.
Brunei skaters to compete in S'pore.
'Perfect 10' for Brunei skater in Singapore
Top 10 finish for Mohd Shopian in S'pore

Digital Video Battle

2009-08-24T21:10:00.004+08:00

Remember a while ago I posted about the Digital Video Battle. Well, I submitted the RPS Team Video and what do you know.... our video is listed as "The Last Two" along side Hooi's Rollabout video.

Winners are to be announced soon. Will keep you guys posted.

RPS TEAM

Rollabout Represent

p/s: Congrats Hooi (and RPS Team) for being listed as The Last Two.

Promo: Lust

2009-08-22T15:53:00.001+08:00

Pictures contributed by: Bahrom

Picture of the day: Cefu - 270 BS Royale

2009-08-20T19:32:00.001+08:00