Didal was also shortlisted in the Creative Sole and Trick of the Year awards.
For now, the 2019 Southeast Asian Games double gold medalist is set to take home a total of $300, approximately P14,544.
She is also poised to earn additional $1500, around P72,720, with the top plum nomination Asia Skater of the Year in women’s play along with compatriot Cindy Lou Serna.
Meanwhile, fellow skateboarders Daniel Ledermann and Mak Feliciano, who respectively won gold and silver medals in the 2019 SEA Games, were also nominated as the Asia Skater of the Year in the men’s division.
Didal, Serna, Feliciano are currently training in Cebu ahead of the 2021 Tokyo Olympics in July.
Published February 13, 2021, 3:52 PM
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Margielyn Didal and two other Filipino skateboarders were shortlisted in their respective categories in the inaugural 2020 Asia Skateboarding Awards.
Didal was named in the Top 3 of the Fastest Feet and Creative Sole awards in the women’s category while Jerwin Santos and Motic Panugalinog took spots in the men’s play of the Creative Sole honor.
Didal joined Japanese skateboarders Momiki Nishiya and Nanaka Fujisawa in the Fastest Feet. Didal and Nishiya once again met in Creative Sole together with South Korea’s Arim Go.
Santos, Panugalinog, and another Japanese skateboarder in Kento Yoshioka led the Creative Sole in the men’s category.
Published January 13, 2021, 5:06 PM
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Eight Filipino skateboarders will be joining Margielyn Didal in bannering the Philippines in the inaugural 2020 Asia Skateboarding Awards (ASA).
The recent nomination includes 16-year-old Kyle “Smokey” Siarot for Rookie of the Year, Jeff Gonzales for Styles for Miles, Motic Panugalinog and Jerwin “Spanky” Santos for Creative Sole, Christopher “Ping” Hurich and Daryl Dominguez for Fast Feet, and 2019 Southeast Asian Games gold medalist Daniel Ledermann and Renzo Mark “Mak” Feliciano for the Asia Trick of the Year.
Didal has added another accolade in her stellar resume after joining 78 women from over 24 countries to be nominated in the awards.
After the selection process through Kenny Reed, technical director and renowned skater and coach of Myanmar’s skateboarding team, winners will be determined by a panel of jury composed of global skateboarding icons.
Other awards include Vertical Ripper, Style for Miles, Asia Rookie of the Year, Hidden Gem, Creative Sole, Fastest feet in the East, and Trick of the Year.
The 21-year-old Didal followed up her 2018 Asian Games gold medal (Street) by winning two more in the 2019 SEA Games in the Game of skate and Street categories.