Forum members and Skate Further webbies Nat and Laura headed up to North Devon for one last adventure together. Gav, who makes Holey trucks (a favourite of distance skaters), also ran the first UK skateshop – Surrey Skates. He now has a warehouse in the middle of nowhere, stocked with some of the finest sightsContinueContinue reading “Skate Further Day Trip To The Cave!”
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Why We Ride.
MrJim’s South East Asia Odyssey Begins!
Tomorrow, at lord only knows what time GMT, Swedish distance skater Jim Petersson and his partner Maria will begin an exciting-looking 3000km trip from Chiang-Mai in the north of Thailand all the way down to Singapore. Jim’s been giving us the low-down on the trip in the forum, and wow – just wow. In trueContinueContinue reading “MrJim’s South East Asia Odyssey Begins!”
Pushmore – Maidstone to Newquay
We just got this through our inbox, and thought you might like to know of another UK journey that happened back in the summer. All on a topmount shortboard: So Nat got hold of me through Gary@ ‘Bored of Southsea’ and asked for a little write up and a few pictures of my skate journey back inContinueContinue reading “Pushmore – Maidstone to Newquay”
Freedom Skate is Complete!
“Day 64 – at 10-47am I rolled into bluff. The bottom of new zealand the end of freedom skate new zealand . 2100km on my longboard ! All for u marcus . R.I.P Bud love u all so much xo” Congratulations Tomo, this is what Skatefurther is all about! One person, One board (or twoContinueContinue reading “Freedom Skate is Complete!”
Keep On Pushing!
Spring is on it’s way! Honest!
Welcome, Rob Hanson.
Happy New Year!
To all the people who get on their board and aim to skate slightly further than their comfort zone, we salute you. Have a safe and warm and happy New Year – there’s plenty of exciting things coming up in 2010, and to kick things off, how we about let forum member Rob do theContinueContinue reading “Happy New Year!”
How We Skated Further In 2009.
This is a compilation of all the best bits from the distance skating year that was 2009 in the UK. New friendships were forged, records broken, and best of all, fun was had all over the shop! Some amazing, stellar skaters are featured in this vid – and if this year was anything to goContinueContinue reading “How We Skated Further In 2009.”
Pushing for Peace
In August of 2010, 19 year old Mark Chavez will begin a year long, 6000 mile, longboard trip from Bremerton, Washington, south to Los Angeles, California on highway 101. Then east to Jacksonville, Florida along Interstate 10, and continuing north following Interstate 95 to Augusta, Maine. Pushing For Peace will be a year long journey devotedContinueContinue reading “Pushing for Peace”