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Here is a great write up from what looks like a really successful trip in the USA. Blake and Daniel got inspired and skated the miles. Skatefurther. Talk to Daniel and I 10 months ago, and we’d tell you doing a long distance longboarding trip was just a dream. Doing something that would impact our community was something that we...
Here at Skatefurther we always love hearing about your skate trips and here is one that has grabbed our attention recently. Wyatt Welter and Gerold Gaches, the founders of the Not For Profit Organization World Alive are currently longboarding unsupported the 2000+ miles (3200+ km) from Whitewater, WI to Carslbad in CA. As well as a being a physical challenge,...
Skatefurther is all about skating distance. It is also a firm believer that people skate distance for lots of different reasons. Two 17 year olds, Danny and Edwin, from New Jersey are skateboarding across their state again, to continue to raise money for a charity that is close to their hearts. Skate Cape May is a 200+ mile longboarding...
In the distance skating world, Jack Smith is pretty much a legend. He has skated across the States an amazing 3 times, in 1976, 1984 and 2003. The 2003 ride across America was inspired by the death of his son, Jack Marshall Smith in May of 2003. Jack was born with Lowe Syndrome, a very rare genetic syndrome that effects...
We are so stoked that the UK distance scene is getting bigger. We are even more stoked when events go out to spread awareness and raise money. Check out Boarding for Bipolar. Mark Tulloch and The Windmill team are organising a charity long board skate from Clapham Common to Brighton beach on Saturday 20th of August 2011. The skate...
Got this from the wonderful people over at Loaded Longboards. Connor Reeves, Jacob Weese and Ethan Johnson are doing a 150 mile longboard trip from Ellsworth, Maine to Old Orchard Beach, Maine to raise money for breast cancer. They are leaving the 17th of July and arriving on the 21st of July. You can find out more on their...
