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 secondContinue reading “Skate For Kids”
Category Archives: Charity
P-Town Throwdown 2018
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 keepContinue reading “P-Town Throwdown 2018”
Salado Creek Push Race
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 seeContinue reading “Salado Creek Push Race”
World On Board
For those of you who do not know Adrian, here’s a little info. Adrian ‘World On Board‘ has been skating countries across the globe for many years, entering ultraskates across the globe (he came to NZ for the 2016 ultra and ended up on Nat’s couch!) and most recently has covered almost 11,000km in 275Continue reading “World On Board”
Event – The Bristol Board Meet
Last weekend saw the 8th Annual Bristol To Bath charity skate take place. This was the event that Skatefurther cut it’s teeth on and we are always stoked to see how big it has got. This year was about raising money for Clic Sargent – a charity that specializes in caring for children with cancer. SoContinue reading “Event – The Bristol Board Meet”
Journey – Skate For Hope
Tobes Chapps is setting himself a goal of skateboarding across New Zealand to raise awareness about mental health issues with the hope of changing lives. Supported by some heavy hitters in the skateboard industry Tobes will be taking his Street Plant boards from Cape Reinga at the top of New Zealand to Bluff at theContinue reading “Journey – Skate For Hope”
Journey – Push for Burundi
3 longboarders from Alberta decided they wanted to make a difference. So they longboard great distances to raise awareness and funds for Busiga, Burundi. Richard Charter, Jordan Smith, and Caleb Sinn are three young people who want to make a difference in the world. They all share a passion for longboarding, and through this passionContinue reading “Journey – Push for Burundi”
Journey – Long Trek for St. Jude
Our man on the road Earl Stout III hung out with the boys from Long Trek for St. Jude boys and managed to ask then a few questions, as well as skating the day with them… When did you start skating this trip? June 1st. And from where did you start? Uncle Funkys board shopContinue reading “Journey – Long Trek for St. Jude”
Journey – Skate To Escape.
Taken from the Skatefurther Forum. On the 5th July 2013 myself (Lewis Taylor) & Andy Denness will be longboarding 143 Miles going from Newcastle-Upon Tyne to Barrow-In-Furness. We are expecting it to take us 5 days averaging out at 30 miles per day. Scotty, a friend will be driving his classic mini, Rio to be ourContinue reading “Journey – Skate To Escape.”
Journey – A Push To Remember
This is important. We’re writing to let you know about “A Push To Remember – Skateboarding Across America to End Alzheimer’s“. Why are we pushing our skateboards across America? In October of 2013 my father, and Dylan’s grandfather, Jack Smith, passed away due to complications from Alzheimer’s Disease. We are making this push in hisContinue reading “Journey – A Push To Remember”
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