Filipino surfers kiss Olympic bids goodbye
The Philippines’ Nilbie Blancada got into a showdown with one of the world’s best surfers and lost on points during ...
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Filipina surfer keeps Olympic hopes alive
Nilbie Blancada didn’t catch a big wave in the late afternoon women’s heats, but she still managed to hold her ...
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Breakdancing gets Olympic green light for Paris 2024
Breakdancing was one of four new sports along with skateboarding, surfing, and sport climbing to get the Olympic green light ...
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Lanuza aims to be surfing capital
LANUZA, Surigao del Sur—The successful staging of the annual surfing festival held in this Pacific town has officially placed this ...
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Surfing as a major tourism product
The Department of Tourism (DOT) is implementing two far-reaching programs to develop surfing as a major tourism product for the ...
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Manila Standard website (manilastandard.net), launched in August 2002, extends the newspaper’s reach beyond its traditional readers and makes its brand of Philippine news and opinion available to a much wider and geographically diverse readership here and overseas.