Tacloban City (April 7) -- 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.
As 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.
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.
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. (PIA 8)
As 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.
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.
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. (PIA 8)
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