Samar Skim Boarding Philippines

The earliest known record of skim boarding dates back to 1919 in South Korea. There the lifeguards would skim across the surface of the water on thin plywood boards that were mostly circular in shape. Skim boards eventually came across the pacific to Hawaii, where they were called paipo boards. By the 1970's skim boarding had made its way to the United States, and took on the tear drop or oval form shape that is popular today.read more..

In the Philippines, Tanauan, Leyte boasts of being the birthplace of skimboarding. In 2000, an American tourist from California visited the town and introduced the water sport to several youngsters. He also taught the locals how to make skim boards.
Since then, a friendly skimboarding competition has been held every year.
The sport caught the attention of nearby towns and other parts of the country, bringing an increasing number of participants to the annual competition in Tanauan every year. Source Read more...

The sport was brought to Borongan in 2003 by Neil Rapatan and Francis Cabalonga, then college students studying in Leyte and using Leyte-made boards. Now, the locals make their own boards and have acquired considerable skills in the sport that they now participate in national competitions.

Filipino skimboarders are among the best in the world, dominating skimboarding competitions in Asia. Two of the best skimboarders in the Philippines, Arjun Jimenez and Roderick "Manoy" Bazar, recently won the 2013 Exile Skimboard Taiwan Tour in Kenting. Solar Daybreak news anchor Jing Magsaysay talks to skimboarding champion Roderick "Manoy" Bazar.

Borongan City Eastern Samar

Borongan is located along the middle coastal part of the province of Eastern Samar. The city center itself is situated along the northern banks of the Lo-om River and is set back a little distance away from the shoreline of Borongan Bay. The province itself comprises a part of the Eastern Visayas region (Region VIII) of the Republic of the Philippines. Source

Not only skimboarding sport know local of Borongan also Surfing.

Most of Eastern Samar's 100 kilometers of coastline are unexplored. Its waves are as unique as those in the world's famous surfing destinations. We discovered waves so good that we called them our own secret spots. At the time, however, with no known surfboard manufacturer in the Philippines it was difficult to own or buy a surfboard. Source

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