Jim Petersson is about to begin another adventure! Jim (Mr. Jim!) is someone we have featured here on skatefurther before. In 2010 he skated the 3000km trip from Chiang-Mai in the north of Thailand all the way down to Singapore. On 10th of May, Jim and two friends are going to skate around Sweden second biggest island, Öland. It is around 320km and they aim … Continue reading Skate For Kids
SkateFurther Nat got himself and new helmet and wrote a review for the forum. I have worn a helmet for a long time – after many, many years of fighting the inner skateboarder in me. As I started skating distance the advantages of a peaked cap really stood out. The peak could shield your eyes or neck (if you wore it ‘backwards’) and somehow the … Continue reading Sandbox Classic 2.0 Helmet Review
Pusha!, the First Official Long Distance Skateboarding Event in Italy and is happening on the 13th of May and looks like it is going to be HUGE. With Sponsorship from Antidote, 1166, Subsonic, Exile and a whole host of others, lots of European riders will be heading to the Corso Europa cycling track in Piacenza, Italy for the marathon. Alongside the Marathon and Half-Marathon races … Continue reading Pusha!
Sunday 27th May is the date for the 14th Annual – Mt.Tabor to Sellwood Park Skateboard Race! This is the longest running skateboard race in the Northwest US. This event is a charitable food drive for Oregon Food Bank to help the hungry in Portland. Visit the fb event page to find out more and to keep up to date with all the happenings. Continue reading P-Town Throwdown 2018
Over to California for our latest Reader’s Rides! Nick is rolling quite the setup! The Rayne Ego is a double drop, rockered platform deck meant for bombing hills and pushing far. The wedge up front adds 6 degrees to your truck’s angle and is wedged downward 6 degrees in the back. I’m running Don’t Trip Poppys at 61°/14° with a spherical hanger in the front and … Continue reading Reader’s Rides – Nick Menor
Looking for a front truck for you ldp/hybrid setup? You can’t really go wrong with a Bennett. Designed in ’75 and blowing the competition out the water, Bennett was the first company to offer superior bushings, precision components and amazing turning capability. Sounds perfect huh? well you can improve on perfection. Beernett will take a stock Bennet and supercharge it for you – here’s how… … Continue reading The Beernett Mod
Recently we got tagged in an instagram post of a skater pushing down the most epic looking road ever. That skater was Erik Sander. We managed to grab him for a quick interview before he heads out on an adventure. SF: Hi Erik, thanks for giving us the time for this interview. Tell us about yourself and what you are up to! Erik: My name … Continue reading Sander’s Adventures
Insanity Boardshop – huge supporters of distance skating in the US – are hosting the The Salado Creek Push race Series in San Antonio, Texas on the 21st April. Shop owner Ehren is an active member of the distance community (read his great review on the Bern Allston Helmet here!) and it is great to see him pushing events as well as racing in them. We … Continue reading Salado Creek Push Race
Skatefurther’s Nat got to sit down (well everyone was sitting but in different hemispheres! ) and chat with Jasper and Eliah, just 2 of the 6 members of the ‘Younger & Further’ distance skating team to find out a bit more about them, what they are up to and what they have planned. SF: Hi guys! First of all, introduce yourself and let us know … Continue reading Younger & Further
Are you on instagram? if so, tag your distance skating photos with #SkateFurther! Click the link up at the top to go and see the #SkateFurther photos that others are posting! Thinking of doing a sticker run on #skatefurther too! What do you think? Continue reading #SKATEFURTHER
