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MANILA, Philippines – DC hosted their version of the celebration of the worldwide Go Skateboarding day at the Mountain Dew Skate Park inside the Circuit Makati grounds on Saturday, June 21.
To kick off a day full of activities for skaters, a push parade was held from the Makati City Hall to the new skate park inside Circuit Makati.
Skateboarding, a sport still struggling for acceptance in the Philippines, is slowly getting more exposure with skating events and with the creation of skate parks in the country.
The event featured pocket games and activities such as Highest Ollie, Longest Ollie, Best Grind and Best Run among others awaited participants from different parts of the metro and the nearby provinces.
Although the pocket events were competitive in nature, event director Bianca Tan reiterated that the main idea of this event was to give participants a place to skate and celebrate this day that was made for them.
“The whole idea of the event is like a fair because it’s Go Skateboarding Day so everything has to be you know, go out and skate. Actually, what we did in the pocket events, its not as intensive as real competitions because I particularly planned the events to be fun-fair type,” Tan said.
The whole day event also featured performances from bands April Morning Skies, Faintlight, Indio-I and from DJ Marts Balleseca.
Meanwhile, Eunice Quilantang, a veteran skater from DC riders, said that the resurgence of the Philippine skating scene is made possible through the support of big companies that help the skating industry in events like this.
“The skating scene here in the Philippines is really getting big. Big companies are now supporting events like this. Actually, it’s the first time that DC held a Go Skateboarding Day here in the Philippines. It’s a good start,” he stated.
Quilantang, who also works as an engineer, emphasized that Filipino skateboarders or skateboarders in general should not be stereotyped and discriminated because they too are members of the society and some of them are actually working professionals like him.
Asian skateboarding champ Marvin Bacinal, also from DC riders, stressed that patience and perseverance are two things that a skater must posses. He also noted that skaters should also help other skaters to help broaden the reach of their community in the country.
“Advice ko lang sa mga young skaters, kailangan mayroon silang perseverance, patience at wag sana lumaki yung ulo. Tsaka unity sa mga kapwa skater kasi pag wala yan di ka makikilala. Skate for fun and share mo talent mo para lumawak pa ang skating community,” he ended in Filipino.
Skaters who were present in the venue were allowed to free skate at the skate park to cap off the day’s festivities. – Rappler.com
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