Parkour and Adventure

Honestly, riding motorcycles in the middle of sandy road with strong wind wasn’t a nice thing to do. It was very difficult to adjust visibility or even breathe, let alone speeding. But behind all these difficulties, the eight of us kept going through this “sandstorm” with enthusiasm in order to arrive at Mount Bromo as soon as possible.

Jujur, mengendarai sepeda motor dengan susah payah melewati jalan berpasir disertai angin kencang bukanlah sesuatu yang menyenangkan. Jangankan mau ngebut, untuk mengatur jarak pandang dan bernafas saja susahnya minta ampun. Namun di balik segala kesulitan tersebut, kami berdelapan tetap melalui “badai pasir” ini dengan semangat demi bisa segera tiba di Gunung Bromo.

Sejak ±pukul 9 pagi; saya, Andreas, dan Jibrel sudah bersiap-siap di terminal kedatangan Bandara Juanda. Hari itu, 17 Agustus 2017, adalah hari yang cukup spesial. Selain karena bertepatan dengan HUT kemerdekaan RI, hari itu juga Parkour Surabaya kedatangan 3 orang tamu dari Singapore : Koh Chen Pin (CP) , Sulaiman, dan Zack. Mereka datang untuk meramaikan acara Parkour Festival Surabaya 2017 . Dan khusus CP, dia juga bakal menjadi juri di kompetisi freestyle. Namun sebelum disibukkan dengan segala hiruk-pikuk acara pada tanggal 21-23 Agustus, tentunya kita berenam ingin refreshing dulu sejenak.

Since ±9.00 AM in the morning; Andreas, Jibrel, and I had been getting ready at the arrival terminal of Juanda International Airport. That day, August 17 th 2017, was a special day. Beside coinciding with National Day of Indonesia, on that day Parkour Surabaya had 3 special guests from Singapore : Koh Chen Pin (CP) , Sulaiman, and Zack. They came to enliven Surabaya Parkour Festival 2017 , and CP himself would be one of the four judges in freestyle competition. But before we’re busy with all the event uproar on 21 st  - 23 rd August, we obviously wanted to refresh our mind for a moment.

Videos: 1. Parkour Veteran 2. Parkour Jawa Timur (meet and greet) 3. Yoshi Afano 4. Teaser video 5. SIPP Parkour Probolinggo

Déjà vu , that’s what Andreas and I felt that night. Just like last year on D-1 departure to Singapore, again…we had to stay up all night packing ±300 T-shirts and stickers for Lion City Gathering (LCG) . We should ignore this sleepiness and exhausted feeling in order to finish it as soon as possible. But apart from that, it is a pride for us being trusted again for the second time by Parkour Singapore to produce LCG 2017 T-shirts, stickers, and also wristbands.

Déjà vu , itulah yang saya dan Andreas rasakan malam itu. Sama seperti tahun lalu saat H-1 keberangkatan ke Singapore, lagi-lagi kita harus begadang untuk mem-packing ±300 kaos dan stiker Lion City Gathering (LCG) . Rasa lelah dan ngantuk pun harus diabaikan demi menyelesaikan tugas ini. Namun terlepas dari itu, merupakan suatu kebanggaan bagi kita bisa dapat kepercayaan lagi untuk kedua kalinya dari Parkour Singapore untuk memproduksi kaos, stiker, dan gelang LCG 2017 .