August 24 Freestylist Photo shooting By Milo

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Clinic for freestylists

Thanks for star metro

By STUART MICHAEL

Photos by T.K LIM

FREESTYLIST Anirudh Aravind conducted a clinic to give an insight to budding freestylists on how to impress the judges during the Milo In Search of Freestylist challenge at the AND1 Streetball Challenge Grand Final to be held at Berjaya Times Square on Sept 9.


Anirudh, who was one of the three winners last year, told these freestylists that judges are looking for something different.

“They should learn new moves to impress the judges and there are only two weeks before the final. When they do their moves, the crowd should be thrilled.

“During the clinic, I also told the freestylists they have to know the moves of their opponent if they compete one-on-one.

“They have to study their opponent's moves and take away the ball when the opponents does any tricks,” he said.

How it’s done: Anirudh (left) showing off some moves to the participants.
Anirudh conducted the clinic at the PJ Arena open-air basketball court, opposite Assunta Hospital last Friday (Aug 24).
Nestle Products sport marketing manager Ng Ping Loong said Milo is glad to be associated with In Search of Freestylist event this year.
“We could see these boys are very close-knit. They are not stingy in sharing their skills and tricks with fellow freestylists.
“Although these freestylist dress in hip-hop style, they are very disciplined when it comes to basketball. I have seen these freestylists polishing their skills each time they come for the competition and get even better,” said Ng.
A concurrent event, the In Search of M.C Challenge is supported by Nokia.
The event is organised by Ossia World of Golf, the Malaysian distributor of the AND1 brand.
StarMetro is the official media, while Nokia is the official mobile phone and Milo the official beverage of the 2007 AND1 3-on-3 Streetball Challenge.