By Rastle Lozano
INQUIRER.net

SIX-year old skater boy, Alah Rick “Potpot” Corpuz shows off his skills at skateboarding and relates how he started learning the sport. In the video interview conducted by INQUIRER.net production specialist Rastle Lozano, Potpot’s father explains how he has helped his son through the years become a better skater.

Billabong Southeast Asia marketing manager Peter Thew talks about Billabong Cloud9 Invitational 2008 while former Surigao del Norte Gov. Robert Lyndon Barbers explains why the place in Siargao is called ‘Cloud9.’ Meanwhile, surfers Dave Woodall, Laurie Towner and Ronnie “Poks” Esquivel talk about surfing as a recreation and how life is like riding the waves.

Skaters, wakeboarders, and surfers gathered during the Manila press launch of the Billabong Cloud9 Invitational 2008.

A total of 36 international and 12 Filipino surfers were invited to join the Billabong Cloud 9 Invitational 2008. But wakeboarding and skating events were held earlier during the launch at the SM Mall of Asia. Organizers said the surfing competition in Siargao will start on September 20 to 26, depending on the weather and the wave conditions in the area.

By Jasmine W. Payo
Inquirer

MANILA, Philippines–When Reuben Buchanan took on the job to manage a wakeboard cable park in Camarines Sur, the athletic Australian also assumed the responsibility of promoting the sport to the locals. He went as far as tapping unusual talents for the emergent water sport.

“We found some breakdancers in CamSur who I thought would be good to groom as wakeboarding trainers and champions,” recalls Buchanan. “Right now they are the best Filipino wakeboarders we have.”

Check out this YouTube video courtesy of waketrex.

Wakeboarding — a combination of surfing, water skiing and snow boarding — recently found a sprawling home at the CamSur Watersports Complex (CWC) in Pili, Camarines Sur in the Bicol region.

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