This August Chris White (22) from Exeter in the UK will be skating 1000km round The Netherlands, starting at The Hook of Holland and finishing in Amsterdam. Sleeping where he can, skating on roads, dodging cars and meeting cool people. With any luck he can team up with some of the Dutch distance skaters andContinueContinue reading “The Skaatsplank Chronicles – 1000km for LIV”
Category Archives: Charity
Long Push 2012
This Olympic year in the UK sees 48 year old Chris Ward from Southport, UK embark on his first long distance skate journey, THE LONG PUSH 2012—Longboarding for Autism Awareness. Chris will be pushing 100 miles on a round trip along the North West coastline between Southport and Fleetwood over 2 days to raise awareness ofContinueContinue reading “Long Push 2012”
Elevate Awareness: Longboarding for Autism
Here is a great write up from what looks like a really successful trip in the USA. Blake and Daniel got inspired and skated the miles. Skatefurther. Talk to Daniel and I 10 months ago, and we’d tell you doing a long distance longboarding trip was just a dream. Doing something that would impact our communityContinueContinue reading “Elevate Awareness: Longboarding for Autism”
World Alive 2K2Cali
Here at Skatefurther we always love hearing about your skate trips and here is one that has grabbed our attention recently. Wyatt Welter and Gerold Gaches, the founders of the Not For Profit Organization World Alive are currently longboarding unsupported the 2000+ miles (3200+ km) from Whitewater, WI to Carslbad in CA. As well as aContinueContinue reading “World Alive 2K2Cali”
Skate Cape May
Skatefurther is all about skating distance. It is also a firm believer that people skate distance for lots of different reasons. Two 17 year olds, Danny and Edwin, from New Jersey are skateboarding across their state again, to continue to raise money for a charity that is close to their hearts. Skate Cape May isContinueContinue reading “Skate Cape May”
Ask Jack.
In the distance skating world, Jack Smith is pretty much a legend. He has skated across the States an amazing 3 times, in 1976, 1984 and 2003. The 2003 ride across America was inspired by the death of his son, Jack Marshall Smith in May of 2003. Jack was born with Lowe Syndrome, a very rareContinueContinue reading “Ask Jack.”
Boarding for Bipolar.
We are so stoked that the UK distance scene is getting bigger. We are even more stoked when events go out to spread awareness and raise money. Check out Boarding for Bipolar. Mark Tulloch and The Windmill team are organising a charity long board skate from Clapham Common to Brighton beach on Saturday 20th ofContinueContinue reading “Boarding for Bipolar.”
Boarding for Boobies.
Got this from the wonderful people over at Loaded Longboards. Connor Reeves, Jacob Weese and Ethan Johnson are doing a 150 mile longboard trip from Ellsworth, Maine to Old Orchard Beach, Maine to raise money for breast cancer. They are leaving the 17th of July and arriving on the 21st of July. You can findContinueContinue reading “Boarding for Boobies.”
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