![]() ![]() "I didn't have my own skateboard so I had to borrow one, but then they invited me to go to skate events – just small contests – and I got some prizes and a bit of cash. She describes it as all 'part of the thrill.'Īt first, Didal was skateboarding for fun, but she soon realised she could start earning money to help her family. "Sometimes, if you overthinking on a skateboard you can’t think of other stuff, you only need to think of the skateboard yourself and the trick."ĭidal honed her skills by skateboarding on the streets and in shopping malls, where she would often be chased by police and security guards. " is the best way to escape problems for me," Didal said. ![]() And on the same day, someone tried to teach me how to do some tricks and I learned it the same day." "It felt normal floating and that was super cool. Margie backside 180 fakie nosegrind cropped for 4x3 (Courtesy of Anthony Claravall) Skateboarding for the familyĭidal started skating when she was 12-years-old and fell in love with the sport instantly. It’s a big pressure because you know it's for your country." "I mean, we're talking Olympics actually. And now we're expecting to be in the Olympics. We look dirty because we are trying to land a trick and we get dusty. "Most people, when they see a skateboarder, they say 'you don't have a future there. "I still can't imagine representing my country and raising the Philippine flag, especially at the Olympics," Didal told Tokyo 2020. Now ranked the 14th best women's street skateboarder in the world, Didal will be representing the Philippines at this year's Tokyo 2020 Games (in 2021), where skateboarding will be making its Olympic debut. Earlier this year, she claimed a bronze medal in the first ever Women's 2020 Tampa Pro Competition. The 22-year-old burst onto the international skateboarding scene with a 2018 gold at the Asian Games followed by two gold medals in the Southeast Asian Games in 2019, and is the first Filipino to grace global skateboarding events such as Street League Skateboarding in London and X Games Minneapolis. Pro street skateboarder Margielyn Didal is living a fairytale – the kind that can take you from the streets and land you in the Olympics. ![]()
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