SKATEBOARDING is a popular sport in the West. It ranks 3rd as the most well-liked game for the teenagers after football and basketball. It even gained its popularity all over the world because of its simple anatomy where it only requires yourself and the skateboard. No wonder why we have several young Dabawenyos in our city hooked at it.
Pinoy Skateboarders.
“Anyone could actually try skateboarding,” said Troy Bascon, a college student who is inclined in skateboarding. He viewed this sport as an activity where it doesn’t discriminate anyone.
you’re girl or boy, fat or thin, small or tall, young or old–everybody is welcome to try and enjoy it as long as they are able.
This sport is also a good way of self-expression.
“The tricks and moves a skater does are actually reflections of his personality. The gracefulness of how you move your feet and scroll with your skateboard is not only an art to be considered but also a mirror of a skater’s attitude,” Troy added.
However, despite of the positive effects skateboarding could bring to individuals, the eyes of the spectators aren’t that impressed with the so called “benefits”. Many Dabawenyos look at skateboarding as a dangerous activity in which young people should be discouraged to get into.
Worst, they are tagged as gangsters or bad guys. They are stereotyped as people who are possible snatchers around.
They think that it is a sport which is prone to accident. It could break your bones and give you wounds. But skaters believed that the dangers which you could possibly encounter are not exclusive to skateboarding only. They usually perceive that whatever sports you are in, you could probably get wounds, injuries and the like as long as you’re not careful. These possibilities are evident also in basketball and other prominent games.
“The lack of knowledge about this sport and about the skateboarders passion why they do (skating) are reasons why people tend to give judgment,” said Lee Roy Guzman, a skateboard competition organizer and a skater for 11 years.
Instead, this sport could give important values like discipline, camaraderie and a sort of escape from gangsterisms. It is actually considered as a leeway for a healthy lifestyle.
“We really want to eradicate the misconceptions around us,” Lee Roy stressed.
One of the biggest concerns of Dabawenyo skaters are the area where they could enhance their ability. They have nothing but city streets and parks like in Magsaysay where they could perform skateboarding.
For several years, they make of their own rails and ramp. They get nothing from anybody except from themselves.
“We did [ask] for support from the city government yet nothing happened,” Lee Roy said.
Skateboarders think that because they are in minority, they aren’t given premium. They are often neglected and misunderstood.
A city ordinance was passed banning skateboarders to go on streets. Since city law-enforcers want to keep order on our highways and prevent the occurrences of street accidents where skaters could have possible involvements.
That is why the small community of skateboarders wishes to ask the city government one thing “a skate park”. They want to have a place to practice and improve their craft. Since the ordinance doesn’t want them to be on streets then better provide them a venue where they could continue to thrive on their skating abilities.
Besides, the sport could be a room for tourism. Just like what is happening now in Manila and Cebu, skateboard competitions are considered as tourists’ attraction.
Like any other unnoticed good athletes, skaters want to seek governments’ guidance. They think that if not now, maybe tomorrow, skateboarders’ community in Davao will bring pride not only to our city but even to our country.
Like how our boxers and football team rings across the board; they were called goats and like skateboarders, they were often neglected. But when they have started to prove themselves globally, the country is now cheering for their achievement.
Let us hope that our government mainly the LGUs won’t wait for an international recognition before they’ll encourage our potential citizens to do better on their respective fields. The best thing to do is to support and acknowledge all sports within the city.
Who knows, the next world renowned skater will be a Dabawenyo.
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