Skate parks in the Philippines

To be updated ...

Borongan City (Samar)

There is, apparently, a "Margielyn Didal Skate Park" in Borongan City (deepest Eastern Samar). It's an outdoor park. You can find photos online. Not to be confused with an indoor training facility for Margielyn Didal that you may have seen online. I am not entirely sure that travelling deep into Eastern Samar on your own, as a tourist who obviously looks non-Filipino is 100% safe. But the NPA guerrilla is not known for kidnapping (or beheading) tourists. Eastern Samar is quite poor (financially) and poverty often goes along with more crime (e.g, theft or robbery). Unlike in the case of most of Mindanao, the German "Federal Foreign Office" does not warn against travelling to Eastern Samar.


Iloilo City (Iloilo)

There is a skate park in Esplanad (a park/recreational area) in Iloilo City.


Manila/NCR (Makati)

Ayala Mall Circuit, GOMO skate park (formerly called Mountain Dew skate park). As of 14 November 2024, this park still exists. It's open, in a "public" park (it's private land and belongs to the Ayala Mall), but it's in a bad state, still skateable though, especially with some sweeping of away of leaves and "nuts". There is no apparent entry fee (there used to be in 2022) and no apparent closing time (?).



Ormoc (Leyte)

In Tacloban (November 2024), I was told that the best skate park in the area is in Ormoc.




Tacloban (Leyte)

Tacloban City Youth Hub skate park: opposite (or rather to the right of) the CEO Gym; appears to be open daily from around 5 pm (but not necessarily always); small and big miniramp, some flatground area (with a DIY portable curb etc.), small quarter, a bank, rail and "hubba" ledge (quite narrow space and quite close together); the skate park is in quite a good state; painted concrete; the park includes a small skate shop that sells decks, trucks, wheels, etc. as well as their own shop (Buhay Brugits) T-shirts, trucker hats, and sunglasses; really friendly people.
View from the outside







Side note: Skating (i.e., being in a public space) without a shirt is technically illegal in the Philippines. It's probably generally safe to ignore this, but a cop might tell you to put on a shirt.