With Asian Games champion skateboarder Margielyn Didal in the fold, the Philippines is hoping for a clean sweep of the competitions in the Southeast Asian Games late this year.
Skateboarding and Roller Sports Association of the Philippines president Monty Mendigoria said there are eight events in the SEA Games, including Didal’s favorite women’s street category.
Kiko Francisco, a Filipino-American X-Games campaigner, will be fielded in the men’s street contest.
“Hopefully we’ll be able to contribute to the Philippine campaign,” said Mendigoria during Sunday’s Skateboarding Judging Seminar and Accreditation Examination conducted by Asian X-Games Federation technical director Warren Stuart.
“She skates like a man, and I don’t mean that as a sexist comment,” said Stuart. “I saw in her the power you don’t usually see in women skateboarders.”