Photo Shoot with World Top Stunt Rider HIROYUKI OGAWA - Ready For Freestyle Ride? ;)

Motor Culture Asia is Singapore's leading No.1 motorcycle lifestyle magazine.
Mah Pte Ltd is the official distributor for Aprilia and Triumph motorcycles. 
Vaune Phan (me) is an avid biker who is deeply in love with Ducati. Whahaha.

Together, we made the following happened!

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With more than 14 years of riding experience, official Icon rider Hiroyuki Ogawa has took the world by storm with his breathtaking freestyle stunts. 

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Born in Urayasu, Japan, Oga (in short) has never failed to wow his international audiences with his spectacular performances on his Kawasaki ZX6R that accelerated him to one of the World's Top Motorcycle Stunt rider today.

Over the short few days that Oga was here in Singapore to perform at East Coast Park Big Splash, the Motor Culture Team and Mah Pte Ltd managed to hook me up for an all-exclusive photo shoot with him!

I was honored :D

When I arrived at the scene, Oga was warming up and practicing his rounds with the two stunt bikes proudly sponsored by Mah Pte Ltd.

Boys

When Oga stopped to take five, the Motor Culture guys approached him with some beautiful roses in hand. No idea what they were trying to do as I watched from a distance. Two of them look like they were gonna propose to Oga or something. Lol.

 

My sprained ankle was still bandaged up, as I slowly tuck it into my Alpinestars Tech 6 riding boots for the shoot, careful not to twist it in any angle that would hurt while still wondering what the guys were doing with roses.

Two bikers

As I got into my boots, I limped slowly towards Oga as we got ready for the shoot.
Oh, now I know what the roses are for! To add a sweet element in the whole picture. Hehe Oga passed me the rose and instantly, my ankle felt better :p Too bad it's just for show hahahaha

Take #1 : Eeeahhhh.. I don't dare to stay still

The first shot was bad haha cuz when Oga was on one wheel accelerating towards me, I kept moving backwards because I was scaredddd lah! No doubt he's a top stunt rider and I'm sure he's very precise in his stunts, but, uh~ it's just..me.

Eh!! Try standing still while a vehicle is coming RIGHT at you :p
It's just human natural reaction to get the fck out of the way man! Hahahaha.

Fun Fact #1
Everyone present at the shoot, I mean, every single one of us there, was a rider!! (whoohooo!)

Fun Fact #2
The plan for the shoot was for Oga to do a stoppie and stop right in front of me where I would pull him even closer.

Take #948372. LOL!

After several takes (didn't need alot lah), my confidence was rooted with Oga and I wasn't scared anymore when he stoppie towards me. See! Take #948372 is much better :D hehe.

What a beautiful moment caught in print.. awww.... the chemistry shared between two motorbikers. Hahaha.

With photographer, Christopher Lim

And it's a wrap!

Despite my sprained ankle and Oga's tight schedule, we got the shot! Much thanks to Motor Culture magazine and Mah Pte Ltd for making it all happen!

With my own baby, Ducati Hypermotard

Two days later was the big exciting event where Oga performed by the beach at East Coast Park where he left the anticipating crowd in awe. How could I possibly miss it? I headed down with my own ride to watch Oga with full support.

"Take my hand"

For one of the stunt time slots, Eugene from Mah Pte Ltd was so kind to invite me into the stunt circle to join Oga! Just for a while :)

What a blast it was, being at one of most happening and engaging motorcycle event of the year!

Special thanks to organizer Mah Pte Ltd, participating vendors Hodaka Motoworld, Dainese, R&G Racing, Motor Culture Asia, AMA, ThreeSixty and many more for making the event a success!

Gracing the cover of Issue 46

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