Terence & Clarence Cheung

INTERVIEW

with

TERENCE & CLARENCE CHEUNG

by Close Yr E’s, December 14, 2008.

French Version Available HERE

They are two brothers. They are both devils for freestyle skating.

Terence and Clarence are currently #16 and #19 at the WSSA World Ranking (March'08).

But above all… they reign supreme over the Singaporean Freestyle scene, exchanging the first and the second national places depending on the year: in 2007 Terence seizes the SNFC* title, and in 2008 it’s Clarence’s turn…

*SNFC: Singapore National Freestyle Championship

I had the occasion to skate a few times with both of them, and I’ve been seduced by their reflexion on style, precision and coherence of moves. They follow the Asian logics of style, but with that recognizable and original touch that makes all the difference…

Technical Datas

Terence

Name: Terence Cheung

Birthdate: 1990

Nationality: From Hong Kong. Moved to Singapore in 1994.

Occupation: Student (engineering)

Titles:

- 2006 Slalomania 1^st (national)

- 2006 Samsung inline slalom 1^st (national)

- 2007 SNFC 2^nd (Style)

- 2008 SNFC 2^nd (Style & Speed)

Clarence

Name: Clarence Cheung

Birthdate: 1991

Nationality: From Hong Kong. Moved to Singapore in 1994.

Occupation: Student (information technology)

Titles:

- 2006 Slalomania 2^nd

- 2006 Samsung inline slalom 2^nd

- 2007 SNFC 1^st (Style)

- 2008 SNFC 1^st (Style)

- 2008 SNFC 3^rd (Speed)

Beginnings

When and how did you start skating?

Terence: I started skating at 11, in 2001. Just normal skating. And then I started slalom-skating in 2006. I found videos online, it happened to be videos of Seba. They really inspired me.

Clarence: I started normal skating in 2005. And slalom-skating in 2006, Influenced by my brother and a friend, Clement.

Terence Cheung – Photo Credit: DaLang, 2008

Competitions

When did you start?

Terence: I started freestyle competitions in 2005. At the time I didn’t know a thing about slalom-skating and I got last!

Clarence: I started one year later, in 2006.

In which specialities do you compete?

Terence & Clarence: We compete in everything as long as it has to do with freestyle (Individual, Jam, Battle, Speed, Slides) because skating is having fun.

Any preferences?

Terence & Clarence: Individual Freestyle, no hesitation… because it’s different from the other skating sports: there’s more room for creativeness.

Clarence Cheung – Photo Credit: DaLang, 2008

Sessions

How often do you train? With whom? The place you like best to train?

Terence: I skate with Clement, a friend from Singapore, and John Bea. I train four times a week, usually just to have fun. We’re used to skate at East CoastPark (Singapore).

Clarence: I skate four times a week too, I really enjoy skating. Every training session is very enjoyable.

Which tricks do you like best?

Terence: Toe wheeling! Anyway, I can’t do heel wheeling... And anything that looks artistic.

Clarence: Wheelings and stylish moves!

Misc.

Do you have other passions?

Terence: Only skating!

Clarence: Gaming on psp and pc!

Special thanks?

Terence & Clarence: Special thanks to our sponsor Micro Skate Singapore.

Links

Micro Team Singapore Video