Didal working on wonder tricks

MANILA, Philippines — Winning an Olympic medal is like threading the proverbial eye of the needle.

But for skateboarder Margie Didal, nothing is impossible.

“It will be very competitive in the Olympics because the United States, Brazil and Japan are really strong,” said the 22-year-old Didal during yesterday’s online media briefing organized by Red Bull.

“But I have some bag of tricks, and I hope it works. We’ll see,” she added.

The Asian Games gold medalist tries to master her tricks during her two-week training camp in Santa Monica and Los Angeles, California early next month.

From LA, she, along with coach Daniel Bautista, will then plane in to Tokyo on July 18, determined to do a good showing in her event slated to be played July 25 to 28.

“There’s a couple of tricks we’re trying to work on but it will still depend on the obstacles in Tokyo. We just have to find the right obstacle to do it and we’ll try work on it during our last training camp in LA where we hope to find a place closest to the Olympics,” said Bautista.