Sandakan set for extreme sports tourism

By JAMES LEONG

SANDAKAN: This east coast town is set to become a destination for international extreme sports enthusiasts as part of the efforts by Extreme Sport Sandakan to promote Sandakan as a venue for extreme sports tourism.

A team of renowned international extreme sports specialists including National Geographic and Discovery Channel’s Kimi Werner from Hawaii, daredevil Brian Mosbaugh and Scott Rogers, two of the original members of the Moab Monkeys.

The Moab Monkeys is a group of thrill-seekers nicknamed after the US town of Moab in Utah which the daredevil calls home.

They were in Sandakan to identify locations for international extreme sports enthusiasts. Members of the group together with Extreme Sport Sandakan paid a courtesy call to Sandakan Municipal Council secretary Faridah Giau at her office in Wisma Perbandaran recently.

Both sides exchanged views on the potentials which Sandakan has to offer to international extreme sports enthusiasts.

One of the spots the group went to was Pulau Berhala located just off the Sandakan mainland during their visit here.

Source: New Sabah Times