The art of turntablism is still alive and well in the Bay Area.

Need proof? Earlier this month San Francisco’s DJ Bitesize took home the 2025 DMC USA Open DJ Championship title .

She scratched records and spun tracks, played crowd-moving songs and became the first Filipina woman to win in the competition’s storied 40-year history.

“It’s definitely a special moment,” Bitesize says during a recent phone call.

Bitesize is also one of the Bay Football Club’s DJs, a weekend DJ on 99.7 NOW and an educator on the art of the turntable at Merasil Academy .

She’s making waves in an arena that has long been been dominated by the fellas. While over the course of her career she’s seen more women in these spaces, she says equal treatment is still an issue.

“The respect is still something tha

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