Tokyo-chasing Didal eyes respect for skateboarding

Bong Lozada - Reporter / @BLozadaINQ 08/08/2020

MANILA, Philippines — Margielyn Didal’s Olympic dream is not only to win a medal but also respect for the sport of skateboarding. The 2018 Asian Games gold medalist, just like most skateboarders, experienced prejudices just by playing…

The Olympics may have flamed out, but Filipino athletes, officials keep gold medal hope afloat

Cedelf P. Tupas, June Navarro 03/26/2020

The flame has been put out and the Olympics will be moved to next year. The new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic may have shut down the biggest sporting event of the year, but Filipino optimism continues to…

SEAG Day 5: More medals for PH from Cebuano athletes

Mars G. Alison 12/06/2019

NEW CLARK CITY, Philippines — Cebuano athletes continue to win in various competitions and contributed to the growing medal count of Team Pilipinas on the fifth day of the 30th Southeast Asian Games (SEAG). The latest medal…

Cebu’s Didal, Lederman to plunge into action as weather improves in Tagaytay

Mars G. Alison 12/04/2019

TAGAYTAY, Philippines—Cebuano skateboarders Margielyn Didal and Daniel Lederman will be opening their campaign in the 30th Southeast Asian Games Wednesday afternoon, December 4, 2019, here.  The Game of Skate, one of the skateboarding events of the biennial…

PH skateboarding team targets SEA Games golden sweep

Bong Lozada - INQUIRER.net 11/10/2019

MANILA, Philippines—The Philippine skateboarding team has set a lofty goal of a golden sweep in the 2019 Southeast Asian Games. Monty Mendigoria, the president of the Skateboarding and Roller Sports Association of the Philippines, said he’s confident…

Samsam plans sports summit to listen to needs of Talisay City athletes

Doris C. Bongcac 08/14/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines -Talisay City Mayor Gerald Anthony Gullas Jr. said that his administration will soon be holding a sports summit to listen to the different needs of sports enthusiasts in their city. Gullas said that he…

Hontiveros vows completion of city skatepark

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 07/06/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Councilor Donaldo “Dondon” Hontiveros will take it upon himself to make sure that the planned skatepark near the Fort San Pedro will be completed. Hontiveros said he will make the construction project part…

Skateboarding and Roller Sports Association of the Philippines sets tryouts in Cebu on April 6-7  

Brian J. Ochoa 03/07/2019

Cebu City, Philippines — The Skateboarding and Roller Sports Association of the Philippines is stepping up its effort to find potential skateboarders who can be the next Margielyn Didal.  Skateboarding chief Monty Mendigoria, in a report from…

Cebu skateboarding community hopes Didal’s win will give sport more support

Ray Charlie Diaz 08/29/2018

CEBU’S skateboarding community is rejoicing over the victory of Cebuana Margielyn Didal in the 2018 Asian Games in Indonesia yesterday. Didal topped the women’s street skate event yesterday afternoon at the Jakabaring Sports Complex for the country’s…

Saigon is one beautiful canvas

04/17/2017

HANOI, Vietnam —Shrouded by fumes and surrounded by spray cans, Vietnamese graffiti artist Kong conjures his latest masterpiece, a monkey clutching an aerosol, a color-splashed act of rebellion in a communist country where the youth are expected…

Local skateboard enthusiasts clamor for public skatepark

06/22/2016

A signature campaign calling for the Cebu City government to build a public skatepark highlighted the Cebu leg of Go Skate Day (GSD) 2016 yesterday. At least 1,000 skateboard enthusiasts gathered yesterday at SM City Cebu parking…

EXHIBITION TIME

04/28/2016

Malacañang sa Sugbu’s grounds are a favored spot for skateboarding enthusiasts. (CDN PHOTO/Christian Maningo)…

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