The Warrior Mark
The two stripes on the sides of the paddle are the Warrior Mark β strength, courage, discipline, resilience, determination. When you do not have everything you need, you learn to fight with what you have.
Why βPAKANGβ?
A name born on the tennis courts of Iligan City.
The person behind the paddle started out as a young βpulot boyβ β a tennis ball boy at the local court in CELFORT. He spent countless hours watching people play, picking up balls, and slowly falling in love with the game.
Like the other ball boys, he dreamed of getting on the court himself. There was only one problem: they could not afford tennis rackets.
But having no racket did not stop them from playing. With whatever materials they could find, the boys carved their own rackets out of pieces of wood β tabla. They shaped them by hand so they could finally experience the game they had only ever watched from the sidelines.
That homemade wooden racket had a name. They called it βPAKANG.β
What started as a simple piece of wood, made by kids who could not afford a real racket, became the inspiration for a modern performance paddle.
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The Sidelines
A pulot boy at CELFORT, chasing balls and watching the game he could not yet play.
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The Tabla
No money for a racket. So they shaped one out of wood by hand β and named it PAKANG.
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The Court
Making something out of nothing. Creativity when resources are limited.
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The Paddle
A performance paddle built for today's competitive court. Same fighting spirit.
Your beginnings do not determine how far you can go.
From Pulot Boy to Player. From Tabla to Paddle. From Iligan to the Philippines β and beyond.
