Two Asians who don't need to get any better are Eito Yasutoko and his older brother, Takeshi Yasutoko. They're not only rollerblading's numbers one and two in Asia, respectively, but also in the world -- and they've kept these positions for the past four years.
Asked why they are so good, the older Takeshi responds that he has been rollerblading since he was two years old, and his brother started learning at the age of three.
The Yasutoko brothers benefited from a father who owns a skate park. And, barring any sort of injury, they are virtually unbeatable with big airs and crazy tricks.
The only thing holding back the elder, 19-year-old Takeshi, is his younger brother, who was ranked higher than he in yesterday's preliminary rounds.
Takeshi's rollerblading career has proven so lucrative that he has no plans of attending college.
Chinese-Taipei failed to qualify in the rollerblading division, though Hang Yi-Chang did make an effort to arrive in Kuala Lumpur and took 12th place out of 14 competitors.
Like the man who held up the immigration line at the airport, even last-place finishers like Hang and the rest of the Chinese-Taipei delegation were happy to simply be in Kuala Lumpur.
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