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Article: `Malaysia is already Asia's centre for action sports'
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- October 21, 2002
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New Straits Times
10-21-2002
`Malaysia is already Asia's centre for action sports'
Edition: Main/Lifestyle; 2*
Section: Sport
Type: Interview
THE Asian X-Games qualifier was first held in 1998 and is the most prestigious multi-event competition for action sports in Asia.
Between 1998 and 2000 it took place on Phuket Island, Thailand.
Showcasing 350 of Asia-Pacific's best action sport athletes, the event serves as a qualifier to the US X-Games, the pinnacle of global action sports competition.
Athletes compete in aggressive in-line skating, bicycle stunt, skate- boarding, sport climbing and wake-boarding.
The Junior event, inaugurated in 1999, is modelled after the senior Games and brings ...