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| SPLASHES
AND SPATTERS EXPECTED AS 3RD NATIONAL
SKIMBOARDING
REELS OFF IN TANAUAN SHORES |
All
is set for the exciting splashes and spatters
as the best skimboarders compete at the 3rd
National Skimboarding Competition on Easter
Sunday, April 8.
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people usually go to the beaches on Easter Sunday,
the National Skimboarding Competition will surely
have thousands of spectators cheering the competitors
coming from the different parts of the country.
As early as Holy Wednesday, skimboarders or riders
as they are called in the sports world, started
trekking down the Bantay Dagat Compound at the
Tanauan, Leyte shores which has been enhanced
with colorful flaglets to give a festive mood
to the venue.
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As
early as Holy Wednesday, skimboarders or riders
as they are called in the sports world, started
trekking down the Bantay Dagat Compound at the
Tanauan, Leyte shores which has been enhanced
with colorful flaglets to give a festive mood
to the venue.
Tanauan Mayor Roque A. Tiu said that the first
to arrive was the delegate from Skim Asia in Singapore.
On Good Friday, the participants from as far as
Davao to as near as Ormoc City arrived taking
along their tents with them.
This
year, the contestants are limited to one hundred
only which means that the bests have been screened.
What makes this year's competition different from
that of the other years is that another category,
the Women Category has been added so the public
will not be seeing the male riders but also the
women riders.
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The competition has the sanction of the Skim Asia
Federation and the Philippine Skimboarding Association.
This means that the international criteria would
be used during the competition.
Tanauan, Leyte which is a coastal municipality
fifteen minutes away from the City of Tacloban,
is known as the skimboarding capital of the country.
It is in this town where skimboarding in the country
was first introduced by an American citizen who
was in town to woo a local beauty. |
While
waiting for the answer of the lady, this American
taught the local youngsters how to ride a skimboard
and even taught them how to make one.
The American did not win the hand of the local
lass but he left a legacy. Today, even small
boys ride the skimboard and several young people
have started the manufacturing of skimboard,
a good source of their their livelihood.
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