Wednesday 16 March 2016

Malaysia Skate with Just a Couple of Spins Day 3-4

Day 3
Batu pahat to pontian
Distance: 75km
Time on board: 4 hours 38 mins
We are so close to the finish line. Merlion in Singapore. Flo skated 3400km from Saigon to Singapore crossing 5 countries. Now i will be finishing the last leg with him.
We keep pace of 16 km/h. Until my board get too flexy, COS the delam got too serious. Once at pontian, i went back home in Singapore to get my old gbomb deck and go back to pontian to finish tomorrow final skate

Day 4
Pontian to Singapore
Distance: 110km
Time on board: 7 hours 52 mins
It is the Final Countdown.. Flo Just A Couple Of Spins had skated 3400 km from Saigon to Singapore.. today he finished his 70 day of adventure in Singapore. I had the honour of joining him in his final leg.. Finally, get to skate with a long distance skater in long treks. we get to share interesting pointers on long treks. I tried his trailer. My god, once pushed to speed, the trailer will push u further with its momentum.
Today, we navigated the busy roads of johor bahru. In fact, we skated on Malaysia Expressway 1.. it is so scary and stressful. We are trying not to get ourselves killed. Finally we skated into malaysian checkpoint, using the motorcycle lane. The malaysian officer took a glance at us and let us go. We cross the causeway bridge and into singapore custom. Being Singapore Anal on rules, the officers summoned us to the office and questioned us.. i can hear the officers discussing about us.. Confirm we are first skateboarders to cross the causeway checkpoint on longboards. Usually, the motorcycle lane is for motorcycles and bicycles, never skateboard.. but after today, they will put a sign for skateboarders haha.. i guess we are the talk of the day in immigration office. 2 crazy skaters trying to skate into singapore on causeway checkpoint. this is indefinably the craziest thing i do..
after a hour or so, they let us off and we are on the road again.. another technical issue.. no rules written about skateboarders on singapore roads..
if you wondering if you can skate across causeway checkpoint, yes you can.. just expect lots of questioning
finally, flo arrived at his destination, Singapore Merlion in esplande to officially end his journey. i am getting tired of writing this after skating 100km in tough environment. tomorrow i shall update more

No comments:

Post a Comment