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Nonito Astor is a surfer from Cebu who frequented the surfing spots in his province including Punta Engaño, Liloan, Catmon, Carmen, Bantayan, Talisay, Toledo, and Minglanilla.
He even would even go as far as Siargao to whet his surfing appetite.
And then he got smitten by a girl from Candon City in Ilocos Sur. And then COVID-19 happened.
Hit by the lockdown, he was drawn to the Ilocos coast, looking for a surf to ride.
San Juan town in La Union is more than an hour away but provincial restrictions made it cumbersome to venture there. Besides, some Manila surfers went there and were said to have started a COVID scare there.
As it turned out, Astor need not walk far.
He found out that the beachfront in Barangay Darapidap has surf breaks similar to San Juan, particularly in Parola or where the small lighthouse is.
Astor then started to regularly surf there.
It didn’t take long for the Darapidap kids to notice the long-haired Astor.
One of them, Jason Severo, said that they pestered Astor into teaching them the basics of surfing and the Cebuano taught them for free.
“He was a patient teacher. In a few days, we started surfing,” Severo said.
But they only have Astor’s shortboard to borrow and soon there are about 24 of the kids hanging around.
Former congressman Eric Singson was told of this new attraction and was able to donate about 10 new and used longboards and shortboards last week.
About 5 skimboards were also provided for the younger kids who would play it safe on the shoreline.
The waves in Darapidap are conducive to surfing in the late afternoons and so at sunset, you would see Astor and his students surfing on the golden waves.
– Rappler.com
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