Waxing sentimental about past island-hopping boat trips around Pagadian Bay, two fishermen from Barangay White Beach, a small village near the edge of the city’s airport, developed wooden water scooters that serve as an affordable alternative to upmarket fiberglass jet skis. When barangay chair Rey Rabanos saw that his unused banca still had a good hull, he longed for the times he and his family would go on picnics on their boat, circling the islets or strolling down sandbars in the unpolluted bay. The village chief thought his community would be a good jump-off point for locals or visitors who want to go the popular Isla Puting Balas, a particularly scenic sandbar just a few kilometers away,

Agonoy, L. D. (2020, August 29). Pagadian splash: Fishers develop wooden jet skis. Philippine Daily Inquirer, pp. A1, A4.