hello jhoanna
if you're looking for a good place to spot/find skaters, the fort would be a good place to go. i'm into longboarding and i occassionally skate at the fort (high street area) and i usually see a lot of skaters there, both longboard and trickboard.
i like longboarding more because of the speed and the fluid/smooth glide i get that's similar to surfing. since it's not that easy to get the stoke of surfing (biyahe, budget) i get the same stoke from longboarding, matipid pa. i started out january last year (2009). after a few tries i decided to get my own board just to cruise and get the hang of it but it wasn't long til i got hooked-up and addicted. i used to cruise around our village now i'm cruising around town (las pinas) and every place i can skate in (alabang, la vista, sikatuna, makati, tagaytay, etc.). i take my board to work and skate on breaks. when my band went to singapore, i got my wife her own board but i was really the one using it the whole time
now i'm a bum and still enjoying the stoke and i never leave home w/o my board. skate for breakfast, lunch, and dinner.. ADDICT! pati midnight snack, skate pa din. tama si vendorboy, once you have perfected a trick the stoke is really uplifting and kilig to the bones.
the best thing about this sport is that if you are a skater, you would never consider this as a sport - it's too fun to be a sport. i also get to meet different people and so far every skater i've met were really fun to hang with and not arrogant bastards. if you really want to know more about skateboarding, you have to try it and if you really want to try it invest on a good set of gear.