BATU PAHAT: He used to terrorise other road users zipping in and out of traffic on his motorcycle, yet his new hobby makes his legs go wobbly.
Apprentice mechanic Norafandi Nordin, 24, used to be a Mat Rempit but he has since traded in his motorcycle for a parachute.
Apprentice mechanic Norafandi Nordin, 24, used to be a Mat Rempit but he has since traded in his motorcycle for a parachute.
Time out: Hishammuddin sharing a joke with Umno Putera skydivers Mohd Shafiq Akmal (left) and Haziq Azlan( second from left).Norafandi is among the 10 Umno Putera members who will sky dive over the North Pole on April 13.
They are training in Segamat at the moment.
“I am so used to racing on motorcycles that I do not even blink when I take a sharp corner, but sky diving is different.
“When I dived the first time at 4,000 feet, I was so scared, said the Penangite.
He has done seven jumps so far, and will have to complete 70 jumps in the next three weeks before embarking on the North Pole adventure.
Norafandi: ’When I dived the first time at 4,000 feet, I was so scared’Asked what made him give up illegal racing, Norafandi said he realised that what he was doing was wrong after joining Umno Putera last June.
Umno Youth chief Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Tun Hussein, who met up with the Umno Putera sky diving team at the Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia here on Friday, said it was important to give former Mat Rempit a second chance.
“Some of the Umno Putera you see here are the Mat Rempit that you have said have no value for life.
“We must give them an opportunity, otherwise they will be still racing on our streets endangering the lives of others, he said.
url: http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2007/3/6/southneast/17037159&sec=southneast
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