PALWA, Balanan

For me, the granddaddy of the skateboard, surfboard and snowboard is the palwa. Palwa is that part attached to the trunk of the coconut’s branch-like leaves (or leaf-like branch). It’s concave on top and flat at the bottom, which is the most important part because we used this flat and smooth surface to slide through grassy knolls in the farm. It’s our version of snowboarding, just like the guys of Cool Runnings who practiced bobsledding in the hills overlooking the African savannah.
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