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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...
For the last few years the London Skyride has been a regular date on the UK calendar. This year is no different. Hit up the facebook event page and see what is going on. It’s an amazing opportunity to skate past the Queen’s house, up and down London’s busiest roads and without any cars. See you there!
Goodwood saw yet another great longboard turn out this year. The headwinds were up again but the top 3 all finished under 2 hours. Forum member Tim (and designer of the rad PSD footstops) did a great write up of his take on the day in our forum. After around the 2nd lap, I was in 2nd with Matt...
With just over a week to go, here’s a little something from the last Adrenalina Skateboard Marathon. Aaron of Longtreks fame made a little video of the last event at Hallendale Beach. All of us here at Skatefurther were in a Skype chat with distance skaters from around the globe watching as the results came in. This time we...
Skatefurther, Garden City Sessions and NZ Push Race Series are proud to present Ruapuna24. Date: 0800 Sunday 25th September to 0800 Monday 26th September 2011. Location: Powerbuilt Raceway @ Ruapuna Park, Christchurch, New Zealand. (Click here to go to Googlemaps) Event: 24 hour skate for charity. (Skateboards, inlines, rollerskates and skooters.) Info: This is the first event of its...
Results are still coming in but we know how it ended thanks to Jack Smith of The Skateboarders Journal. Today I witnessed the most remarkable athletic event I have seen in my 35+ years of skateboarding. Paul Kent pushed his skateboard 94 miles in 6 hours and 45 minutes…yes you read that correctly. Hr did this in 90 degree heat...
The 56.7 miles of day 2 saw some of the gnarliest bails. 2nd place Jeff Vyain tore open his thigh/butt (pic here for people who want to see!) and race organiser Marion Spears Karr fell and badly injured his knee. 2 of the three hospitalisations on the day. Jeff managed to skate the remianing 40 or so miles. Insane....
Day 1 of the first long distance skate race ever to be held is over. 36 and a bit miles in 80+ heat. Racing at 15mph. Top three: Paul Kent 2:27:15 Jeff Vyain 2:28:54 Joshua Rosenthal 2:40:13 pic taken by Jeff. PK moving out in front. Our Skatefurther team USA man on the ground is Marion Spears Karr, the...
This one cannot pass Skatefurther readers by without a big mention. Next Friday, March 11th, sees 32 of Longboarding’s most influential vendors congregating upon New York’s Lower East Side. The 2011 Longboard Expo is coinciding with Concrete Waves Award Ceremony and followed the next day by the ‘Warriors’ Push race. PushCulture.com will be streaming the event live and we...
This is going to be epic! 27 miles behind enemy lines, between you and safety stand 20,000 cops, 50,000 taxi cabs, 10,000 hipster bikers, crackheads, road kill and full on traffic. The Mission: Skate from the Bronx to Coney Island with your crew in less than 2 hours 3 minutes, Warriors Race 2010 winning time. For everything you need...
