How did you get involved?

Through MSSA a local street sports association who is pushing members like me to experience new things and try to apply those things in our own activities.

What is your connection to the NGO or the urban sports world?

I am a member of the association and also an athlete which is within the stret sports scene.

What was your experience like at the urban sports camp?

It was great! Learned loads of new things, met great people and got to experience the effect urban sports can have on ones self.

What did you learn from the local event organisation? How did you feel, what challenges did you have and how did you overcome them?

I learnt how to pre-plan and organise an event while having to communicate with other entities to form a more varied and fruitful event. As most of the members were from the street sports scene, it was very easy to communicate and get our ideas together to form something great. Considering we did not have proper fascilities and limited funding, we still managed to make the beat of it and managed to have some small activities for young ones who wish to try out different sports and learn different ascepct through sports.

What are you most looking forward to about what’s yet to come in the UUM project?

I cant wait to meet the rest of the group and maybe new members and be able to properly learn different ways as to how to make the best out of our events.

How did you get involved?

I have been involved in street sports since I was a little kid. I have also been actively working within the community to push street sports – along my journey I became apart of the Malta Street Sport Association, and together with the team, I gave my part into this project as I saw it was a cool and great initiative.

What is your connection to the NGO or the urban sports world?

I am part of MSSA but I am also a Skater – therefore I give my input both directly in the association and in the world of urban sports ( locally).

What was your experience like at the urban sports camp?

I loved every minute of it! It was firstly, very informative – I learned many important tasks to help me work within the industry and sports that I love. I have been an activist for a while but did not expect to get so many good tips on how things can be done – I guess that is the beauty of European and international projects like these. Meeting new and awesome people, in such beautiful locations was a big plus!

What did you learn from the local event organisation? How did you feel, what challenges did you have and how did you overcome them?

I learned how to be able to focus my time and energy into the sport, and how to be able to push what I am doing locally in a more efficient way. Also I learned how different countries and teams use different practices – and so this really helped me to form an idea which I can adapt locally.
I felt very good throughout the exchange. My biggest challenge would be my rather small knowledge about parkour – but the guys on the team really helped me with that and all my instincts kicked back in as soon as. I overcame them by trusting my friends at the exchange.

What are you most looking forward to about what’s yet to come in the UUM project?

I think the most exciting aspect of the project is the future – the event which should be launched in Malta – the future ties and projects that we all can work together on – visiting the locations and cities the team members are from.