Gunung Datuk Trek

Gunung Datuk is a little known mountain located in the state of Negeri Sembilan, West Malaysia. From 17th to 18th Jan, 40 valiant trekkers from SMUX Trekking Team decided to trek up Gunung Datuk. Interestingly, the final push to the summit was no easy feat, especially for those with fear of heights. The wind was extremely strong and chilly and it blew Terence’s spectacles off! But, the prize of it all: a picturesque display of plantations, mountains and the straits of Malacca; an indescribable portrait of nature. All of us were mesmerized by the majestic view and our cameras kept snapping away, hoping to capture as much memories as we could.  Although the descent was painful on our knees, we had fun bonding while helping each other down safely. The last reward was a sumptuous lunch at A&Ws and an awesome seafood dinner at Taman Gardens. Most importantly, the friendship fostered during this trek will definitely last us a lifetime!

Tan Jing Min (17-18/01/09)

Gunung Datuk’09 Trek I/C

S.K.A.T.E Clinic

S.K.A.T.E clinic (Skating Clinic and Slalom Workshop) is a bi-yearly event organized by SMUX Skating Team to lower the level of entry for all SMU undergraduates and to introduce skating as a healthy and recreational sport.

This one-day event, which is conducted by skaters from SMUX Skating Team, aims to coach people who are interested in learning basic skating skills as well as slalom, an advanced skating skill. 87 participants signed up in total, with 72 beginner skaters and 15 slalom skaters. The whole clinic is conducted in a more personal and friendly methods, where beginner skaters are encouraged to register in a team of 4 to promote more interaction and fun within the group.

The clinic consists of two main sections; the first half of the clinic will be the coaching of participants by the instructors, and the second half will be the carnival style of clinic, where participants are to go from station to station to play games in order to score points. The basic skating skills that the participants will learn during clinic include Standing Up, V-Walk, Stride I/II, Heel Brake, Parallel Turn, T-Brake. The slalom skills that participants will learn include Fish, Snake, Criss Cross, Cross Nelson, Crazy, Double Crazy.

To learn and master all the skills in a three hour session during the S.K.A.T.E clinic is not easy. As such, SMUX Skating Team would greatly encourage S.K.A.T.E clinic participants to continue to join the skaters in our usual Friday skating session to practice and ultimately, master all the skills.

Xing Er (23/01/2009)

Skating Finance I/C

Canoe polo Clinic 09

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