Kids make their way through the race course in one of the push bike challenge competitions organized by Cabahug in Danao City last year. | Photo from Cabahug’s Facebook page
CEBU CITY, Philippines — Over 120 youngsters will showcase their skills in the upcoming Bike8 Philippines Push Bike Challenge on September 3, 2023, at the Mandaue City Sports Complex.
One of the organizers, Keken Cabahug, a seasoned circuit rider and mountain bike rider, was amazed at how this one-of-a-kind sport has grown through the years.
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How push bike community started
“I’ve been organizing this kind of race for two years. I started to train for motorcycle races, and then it came out I found another skill me training a kid into a pocket bike, which is a small motorcycle,” Cabahug said.
“Then one day I bought a Push Bike for my daughter and I realized there’s a lot of pushbikers here in Cebu. I posted it on social media then it’s the start for growing the push bike community here in Cebu,” he said.
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Push bike competition goal
One of their main objectives in organizing this race is to provide kids an exciting outdoor activity. At the same time, they can get into action and meet new friends instead of being idle, and focusing on playing mobile games.
“Push bike race is for the kids achievements and also outdoor activities for kids. They (will also be) exposed to meet new friends and not always use gadgets. We know that this generation’s kids are exposed to gadgets,” said Cabahug.
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Skills kids can learn
The upcoming event is co-organized by Rockfish Philippines and the KC46/Cyrus Racing Team.
Cabahug said that the kids would learn skills on racing that could help them to avoid too much use of gadgets and they could also meet new friends.
Aside from that, he said that they could also learn how to handle themselves when they meet other kids.
There will be exciting prizes await the champion to fifth placers courtesy of the event’s sponsors.
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