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Some girls, some skateboards, just a nice day…
Last weekend a push race was organised in the French town of Grenoble by La Familia. In the end the race was 13 km with each rider leaving 30 seconds after the first to ensure that everyone had an equal chance of a good start on the narrow track. Here are the results: 1 Thib: 37min 05s 2 Jules:...
What a year! The last Adrenalina Skateboard Marathon of the World Tour ends with the two racers of the year holding hands across the line to tie 1st place. Paul Kent and Jeffery Vyian have dominated the racing season and split the 1st and second place prize money . More pics and info to come.
CHICAGO LONGBOARD SOCIETY PRESENTS: THE BIG SCARY PUSH! Chicago, Illinois – Chicago Longboard Society is pushing head first in to the world of Long Distance Push Races with character. Literally, with characters – The Big Scary Push is a Halloween themed 8.8 mile costume push race through Chicago’s Humbolt Park. The race is happening on Sunday October 30th at 11:00...
3rd place finisher in this years Broadway Bomb Katie Fry hits up Skatefurther with an exclusive write-up! Katie is sponsored by the wonderful Holesom Longboards. The most anticipated event of the NYC Push Scene was held with a record breaking number of participants estimated around 1,500. Starting at 116th street in Harlem, skaters pushed down Broadway completely shutting down...
Last weekend saw the 1st Longboard only marathon take place in Amsterdam, Holland: The Rabbit Race. Overall, 21 riders of varying ages got together to compete. As expected, Holland was heavily represented, but there were strong contenders from France and England as well. What the race was lacking in numbers was certainly made up in enthusiasm and good vibes, both from the participants and organisers.
The 2.2km course in itself was in the beautiful tranquil location of Sport Park Slotten and the weather conditions could not have been more perfect. It was for the most part flat, with a steep uphill over a bridge providing a challenging climb followed by a downhill section a little after the starting line.
This coming weekend, on the 1st of October, the first longboard only marathon will be take place at 5pm (GMT+1) in Amsterdam (NL). Organised by the NLDSA/Amsterdam Slalom Skateboarding School, the race will take place in Sport Park Sloten. Competitors will have to complete 18 laps of the park which according to organisers ranges from ‘ultra smooth’ to ‘smooth’....
What do you get when you get 900 longboarders together skating through the city of Toronto? Full on Epic. We aren’t in a position to arrest hundreds of people.
This time in 2 weeks New Zealanders will be getting their last sleep in before waking bright and early on the 25th of September to take part in a first of it’s kind event in NZ. Ruapuna24 will bring together all the small wheeled vehicles and let them loose on of of New Zealands Premier Racetracks. The Powerbuilt Raceway...
