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Skateboarding in the Philippines

January 9, 2007

Skateboarding has existed since the 1940’s which started out as pieces of soap box cars that later evolved into skateboards. This was then mass produced in the 1960’s and became a new kind of sport. I still remember as a kid in the early 80’s, skateboards were short and narrow made of hard-plastic or fiberglass. I remember once featured on ABC’s Wide World of Sports on RPN 9 on a Sunday after some weekly Chinese TV series, sometimes they would have skateboard contest. Where the most popular competition is the downhill obstacle course. A race between two playes where there are slaloms between traffic cones, running up and down a wooden ramp, and jumping over a bar but keeping the skateboard on the ground and they jump over the bar and land back on the board.

Today skateboarding has evolved to be more extreme. Boards are also wider, slightly longer, made of concave plywood often convered with sandpaper for better grips with shoes. This sport just got more extreme and is well publicized by the X-Games on ESPN. So popular that some video games are modeled based on some of the famous skaters like Tony Hawk.

This sport is pretty popular in the US, but that does not mean we do not have good skaters in the Philippines. Well maybe not as good at the US counterparts but still good enough to say it’s cool to watch. Watch the video of the Holocaust skaters in the Philippines.

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Watch even more of the Philippines’ skaters like Mike Torio, Raymong Wong, Bernard Viernes, Jason Santiago, Jun Ramos, Jason Kid, Jerry Baliguat, Marvin Corpus, Richard Panopio, Jerome Ocampo, Ansey Flores, Pedro Santos, Lloyd Briones, Raymond Lorenzana, Jack Nonato, Mon Chua, RJ Albano, Jun Castor, Ritchie Arenas, Marvin Bolisay, Niko Jonco, JR Tagad, Erlan Roxas, Ramir Denzo, Bryan Virtucio, Barbee Viernes, Boyet Del Mundo and Louie Lumadilla in the 2nd Holocaust Sk8 Video.

Written by Benj Arriola · Filed Under BLOG, Sports 

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47 Responses to “Skateboarding in the Philippines”

  1. Tony W on January 9th, 2008 12:58 pm

    Awesome post, it’s seems pretty cool in the Philippines! Nice blog btw, i’m bookmarking it. I’d appreciate it if you would check out my skateboarding site, skateboard trick tips

  2. Eury on February 12th, 2008 8:00 pm

    Nice! Hope we can feature you in our documentary program Kasangga Mo Ang Langit, can I have your contaqct details so that we culd coordinate with your group for Pinoy skateboaders episode, please, please, please…Give a positive reply

  3. Benj Arriola on February 13th, 2008 5:23 am

    Hi Eury, they were featured on Channel 7 on Pacquaio’s TV show and they contacted them through Seoph’s site on PinoyIsulong.com.

  4. PinoyBlurker » Blog Archive » links for 2008-02-13 on February 13th, 2008 11:23 pm

    [...] n Skateboarding in the Philippines : PinoyBlogoSphere.com (PBS) [...]

  5. alex azucena on March 17th, 2008 5:06 pm

    Need Help! mulat production want to organize an event on May 31, 2008 at Ynares gym in binangonan, Rizal entitled “SKATEROCK” it will be attended by local skateboard enthusiast & underground bands in Rizal (cainta,taytay,angono,binangonan,morong,antipolo & tanay). We need help to contact any of these famuos skateboarder in the phils - Mike Torio, Raymong Wong, Bernard Viernes, Jason Santiago, Jun Ramos, Jason Kid, Jerry Baliguat, Marvin Corpus, Richard Panopio, Jerome Ocampo, Ansey Flores, Pedro Santos, Lloyd Briones, Raymond Lorenzana, Jack Nonato, Mon Chua, RJ Albano, Jun Castor, Ritchie Arenas, Marvin Bolisay, Niko Jonco, JR Tagad, Erlan Roxas, Ramir Denzo, Bryan Virtucio, Barbee Viernes, Boyet Del Mundo and Louie Lumadilla.
    Tnx

  6. Benj Arriola on March 23rd, 2008 3:12 am

    Ok Alex, makakarating message mo. I know several of them personally.

  7. Benj Arriola on March 23rd, 2008 3:14 am

    Btw, wala kang iniwan na contact info Alex? Susulpot na lang ba sila?

  8. jason on April 5th, 2008 4:47 pm

    where can i learn skateboarding here in the philippines?

  9. antonette on April 14th, 2008 1:26 pm

    hi i’d like to say that i’ve learn so much from mr lorenzana,i’m so over it just want to let him know he’s the biggest FART of life!!! send my regards to him or better if he’ll this instead po..ill wait your mail! bye,bye now…hope to see you soon po

  10. antonette on April 14th, 2008 1:29 pm

    wgen is your next compitition?

  11. antonette on April 14th, 2008 1:31 pm

    sorry i mean next compitition

  12. antonette on April 14th, 2008 1:38 pm

    hi raymond wong,hope i’ll see you soon i still want to make things right for me and you’re still my favorite mistake!! maybe because your my very first cut..i’ve learn so much from you and even if i don’t see you at all,you’re still FART of my life..mail me soon

  13. matt lao on April 20th, 2008 10:36 pm

    Gusto ko sana mag put’up ng skateboard shop here in our area, kaya lang don’t have contacts yet to supply me with skateboard materials like boards, trucks and others na manila based supplier sana, thus anyone knows someone? tanxs

  14. matt lao on April 20th, 2008 10:39 pm

    kindly email me: lao_matthew_d@yahoo.com

  15. victoria on April 22nd, 2008 1:39 pm

    any idea of skate shops in metro manila?

  16. skateboarding champ on May 15th, 2008 4:02 pm

    philippines have some good skaters i don’t know if they can compete with the u.s skaters though. skateeze.

  17. nickoo on May 17th, 2008 3:52 pm

    its great to see that skateboarding is doing well in the Philippines. I just noticed in the video that not one skater was wearing atleast a helmet. i would like to urge skaters everywhere to prioritize safety beyond anything else, especially since in the video they are skating beside a busy road.

    Better safe than sorry…

  18. Jed on June 28th, 2008 5:57 pm

    Hello to everyone reading this blog! I am John, a business student from UP. Currently, my group is doing a business plan about the possibility of having a skatepark/extreme sports warehouse in Metro Manila.

    Because of this, we are looking for people who are into the sport so we can get information about the people who play and the places where they play. Also, we are looking for possible organizations or group of people who are into skateboarding, wall climbing, and riding BMX.

    Do you know who should I talk to? Hope you would be willing to help us. My number is 0905.242.3942. Email address: hirouka88@yahoo.com

    Thank you very much!

  19. StilslizeR on July 2nd, 2008 4:53 pm

    hey.. sup mga tol… nag.search ako sa yahoo skaters dito sa pinas…..ito ung una kong nakita…tanong ko lang kung san nag-iiskateboard . . . baka pwedeng maki.sali?… gusto ko pang-matuto?… thankz!

  20. samwan on July 6th, 2008 5:27 pm

    May sense paba ang skateboarding sa philippines? Nasa Makati lang ba lahat ng pagskaskateboard sa PH? Gusto ko nga sana magsimula pero baka magmukhang sira lang ako sa labas. Halos wala nga ako makita na nagskaskateboard dito sa Q.C. Tapos no offense, pero yung konting nakita ko na yun ay parang pasikat lang ksi kahit ollie hindi magawa. Di ako nagyayabang a, hindi nga ako marunong e. Tapos wala pakong nakikitang skateshop dito sa PH kahit dati. So…sulit paba magsimula magskateboarding sa PH?

  21. StilslizeR on July 18th, 2008 6:13 pm

    di ko sure mhen… meron naman magagaling sito sa pinas.. kaso kalat.. tago at minsan lang ako nakakakita… pano sinisita ng pulis pag ng skate sa kalsada.. XD

  22. BackFliperz on August 15th, 2008 2:54 pm

    dito sa zamboanga marami naman magagaling d2!

  23. Lloyd on October 7th, 2008 10:09 am

    Check this out

    http://www.youtube.com/kukoc7000

  24. jeje on October 21st, 2008 11:44 am

    hi po! na-encourage po ako mag Skateboard dhil po nagus2han ko e2 kaya po where can i buy Skateboard? d2 po ako sa Cavite kaso la d2 mabilan jan po yata sa Makati meron po ba? dati po akong tga Makati pero d ako alam kung san nkakabli…nid response
    TNX.!?!

  25. cheche on November 17th, 2008 8:19 pm

    hi. im a senior highschool from cavite
    errr. im looking for a shop where i can buy a skateboard
    di kc acu mkkikta ng pwdng bilhan dito.
    somebody told me n meron dw s recto pero im not sure kunq saan doon
    im fond of watching skaters do tricks keia i wanna try that sport
    hope someone could help me
    thanks

  26. ian on November 28th, 2008 7:43 pm

    i’m looking for a maple deck! funerisnocturnum66@yahoo.com

  27. JP on January 19th, 2009 7:47 am

    any skateboarders near marikina area? want to thrash around? need to learn the basics :)

  28. Pentatonic88 on February 4th, 2009 10:47 am

    I’m a newbie skateboarder here in Makati. Can’t find people who skates here in Makati. Sana lumabas na kayo….

  29. Pentatonic88 on February 4th, 2009 10:49 am

    anybody wants to practice around Makati area.whose kind enough to teach me the basics. email me semper_fe88@yahoo.com .

  30. yuka gehon on March 17th, 2009 3:44 pm

    skate lab sa cavite mura deck dun o kaya kay bulag search mo jackassshop!!!

  31. goddess21 on March 28th, 2009 6:13 pm

    Gusto ko matutuo magskateboard. San pwede magaral? Thanks!! :D

  32. skater from australia on April 19th, 2009 9:13 pm

    hey anyone from paranaque area? or know of a good place to skate in that area besides the bank on the corner?

  33. yUri on April 22nd, 2009 1:14 pm

    .,uHm, cNu pOh mAi aLam ng aDdrEsS ng jAckaSs shOp jAn sAh mAniLa? tnx….

  34. yUri on April 22nd, 2009 1:15 pm

    .,o kEa kh8 aNung sk8 shOp pOh jAn sAh mAniLa… pKi sBi nLng pOh uNg aDdrEsS… tnx aLot!!!! :P

  35. Alexis Bataller on April 23rd, 2009 11:10 am

    Hey, man… nice post… I’m from Davao… I skated for 3 years… It was fun until both of our skateboard shops closed… I think it was in 2005 or 6? Well, after that, we had difficulty in purchasing original parts… I also heard that a lot of us stopped skating… I’ m selling my set right now… And those who have bigger pockets continued skating and their getting really good at it… We’ve also tried asking for a skate park from our local government… unfortunately, no one complied… How I wish Nograles could… Anyway, I won’t even care if “Through the initiative of Nograles” is written all over the place… Inspiration is not enough… Just like the saying,” Words should be put into action”… Inspiration + affordable skate goodies = Harmony!!! Yehooo!!!

  36. Ram A on May 7th, 2009 7:09 pm

    Dudes!! Sino nag sskate dito sa cubao??

  37. Nicz on May 15th, 2009 12:43 am

    hey guyzz.. ask k lng kng san mkkbli ng ‘The Wave’ sk8board d2 mlpit s Q.C? pro d tlga ko mrnong magskate.. nkta k lng sa new.. and aztig tlga nung design.. and those tricks it can make.. help nmn..

  38. Don on May 18th, 2009 8:19 pm

    Ey dude, you seem to know your way around the skateboarding scene. do you know companies who set up skateboard ramps and pipes? I have a big youth event in October and putting a skating area is in the plan. I’d really appreciate it if you could email me back!

    Thanks man!

  39. Nicz on May 24th, 2009 1:11 am

    hey DON!! saan ka nga pla magtatayo ng skating area?? is it near Q.C?? pwede b jan ung The Wave skateboard??

  40. Mavs on May 29th, 2009 8:41 pm

    mga dude kelangan ko ng set. ung mura lang. kung may alam kayo na ngbebenta email nyu nlang ako vampire.dale@yahoo.com or text me 09063876847. nga pala taga bocaue, bulacan ako..

  41. Mavs on May 29th, 2009 8:43 pm

    pag ngka pera ako baka magtayo kmi ng skate park d2 sa bocaue. hehe

  42. Mavs on May 29th, 2009 8:50 pm

    wag nyu kalimutan i email ako sa vampire.dale@yahoo.com taz text nyu ako 09063876847 pag my alm kayong nagbebenta ng set ng skateboard

  43. Onin on June 9th, 2009 9:19 am

    Who wants to buy skate shoe( ES fotwear )? Color: blue,black,white 1,700 pesos
    Hurry up guys/gurls… 09205712756 or email me: swamp_goblin@yahoo.com

  44. Onin on June 9th, 2009 9:26 am

    Who wants to buy skate shoe( ES footwear )? Color: blue,black,white
    1,700 pesos only size 8″
    Hurry up skaters/bikers… 09205712756 or email: swamp_goblin@yahoo.com
    owner: taga Cavite PERO madalas sa FILINVEST, ALABANG

  45. pepper on June 16th, 2009 10:39 am

    Edward Pascua, Ansey Flores and the rest of their group are considered institution re: pinoy skateboarding… :p

  46. eran garcia on June 17th, 2009 2:42 pm

    were organizing adVOTEskate,our aim is to promote the sport here in pangasinan as well as prods the youth of taking actions now on our environmental woes, our problem is we dnt know people who can help us in the judging,pwede na din mag in vite ng hard core skate boarders fr manila na pwede 2mulong technically,kaya lang knti budget, smolltime lang kami gus2 lang namin tlongan ang sport na to, ung event sa july 25 , binmaley pangasinan, tsibug at pasaje lang kaya namin, tulong naman dyan,my number,09077103799/ email,teo14344@yahoo.com

  47. sk8ordie on June 25th, 2009 6:12 pm

    visit niu profile ko my ;links ako ng sk8shops d2 sa metro manila qc pasig e2 profile ko http://fallfr0mhell.multiply.com/ yan puntahan niu yan mga 7 links ko dyan all sk8shops sana naka tulong ako

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