[8] She has narrated how she and her friends were apprehended by police officers and security guards when they were caught practicing in the streets and in abandoned areas, as well as one account of being barred entry from a shopping mall due to her having a skateboard.
To manage the ankle sprain, Didal underwent months of therapy at Cardia Olympia and intense assessment at the Red Bull High Performance Training Center in Santa Monica, California in July 2019.
[9] Osmeña responded that if Cebu City won the 2018 Philippine National Games, half of the prize money would be allotted for a sports and skating park at the South Road Properties.
[11] In the 2019 SLS World Championship in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Didal reached the semifinals, becoming the first representative of the Philippines to do so along with Christiana Means.
[17] As a gold medalist in the Games she will be entitled to ₱6 million of bonuses, which she plans to use to help her family start a business.
[7] Didal participated in the inaugural Philippine National Skateboarding Championship held in Santa Rosa, Laguna in July 2019, where she won the gold medal for the women's street event.
It first opened in early 2021 and became the training venue of the Philippine national skateboarding team, including herself.
[27] Didal returns to the Asian Games in the 2022 edition in Guangzhou, China to defend her title in street after being sidelined for around 11 months.
[28] She was able to advance to the final round of the women's street event of the games postponed by a year due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
[29] A hobbling Didal finished last among eight skaters in the final, unable to finish the last three of five tricks[30] Time magazine included Didal in its list of "25 Most Influential Teens of 2018," recognizing her feat in winning a gold medal in the 2018 Asian Games, which it said would "cement skateboarding's status as a serious sport" in the Philippines.
[7] Didal's life story was dramatized in an episode of Maalaala Mo Kaya, a drama anthology series, aired in 2018 on ABS-CBN.