^{Tanauan skimboarder in action}

Tanauan holds the distinction of being the birthplace of Skimboarding in the country. In 2000, an American tourist from California visited the town and introduced the water sport to several youngsters. He also taught the locals how to make skim boards.

Since then, a friendly Skimboarding competition has been held every year.

The sport caught the fancy of nearby towns and other parts of the country, bringing an increasing number of participants to the annual competition in Tanauan.  Year after year, the sport is slowly being recognized attracting not only local water-sport enthusiasts but foreigners as well. 

Skimboarding is a popular recreation sport in the United States, Canada, Australia, Spain and many other places, albeit not as popular here as surfing.

A discipline of surfing, Skimboarding involves riding a board on wet sand or shallow water. But unlike surfing where one has to look for big waves breaking far from shore, Skimboarding starts at the beach where short-break waves could be found.

The skimboarder would run fast, drop and mount his board before reaching the break point of the wave.

The skim boards are smaller than surf boards because they do not require as much buoyancy. Skim boards are usually oval or teardrop-shaped, although some are circular.

The National government in tandem with DPWH is said to be eager in helping Tanauan develop the Skimboarding site to promote tourism in the area.  

Today, Tanauan is highly regarded as the skimboarding capital of the country.  And why not, since 2005 it has already hosted 4 National Skimboarding competitions and has also produced International Skimboarding champions.

World Class Filipino came to existence because of the solid belief of the people behind this project on its subject … the Filipino and most especially because God has allowed this to happen.

We are first hand witnesses on how competent Filipinos are in any trade or profession, in any country and against any nationality as most of us are currently occupying job positions which could have been easily occupied by another race had we not been capable.

The idea of setting up this website first came up at a time when we were always being asked by foreign employers if we know of a Filipino who would like to work with them.  When asked why they prefer Filipinos… they site Filipino qualities such as the following: honest, loyal, friendly, fun-loving, honors commitments, good communicator, hardworking, creative and among others.  If you just happen to have the privilege of hearing these adjectives from people other than your “kababayan”… you would probably ask yourself why these people believe in us and why can't we?  Why other nationalities are appreciating us while we ourselves, at times, are still downgrading our capacities? 

As Filipinos working abroad, we believe we are representatives of our country.  Our performances today will have a direct effect on others who will choose to follow this route and to the image of Filipinos in general.  That's why we are always asking God for guidance at work and in everything we do.  That we may continue to do His will for His greater glory and thereby preserve the legacy of the Filipinos who came before us. In relation to this, please allow us to use this space to salute them.  They made lasting impressions internationally which practically paved the way and have opened up windows of opportunities for millions of Filipinos.

And lastly, we believe that everything we have, were just given.  Our strength, beauty, intelligence… everything.  We should therefore not be boastful and proud.  Instead, we should be thankful to the one who made you and me and share these gifts to everyone.   We may be small as people, we may be under-developed as a country and we are not perfect. But we are perfectly us… just the way God had designed us to be. 

Love.  Care.  Share.

Love God above all.  Care for others.  Share ourselves.