The SkatingSouth website has gone live. Great frineds and active forum members, Rob Hanson, Zoltan Nagy and Ben C Hall are heading on a skate trip south. On the 27th July they head off south from Trondheim in Norway to the ‘stag party capital’ of Europe, Prague. 3000km later. Norway – Sweden – Denmark – Germany – Czech RepublicContinueContinue reading “SkatingSouth is live!”
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Skateboard across Minnesota
A state crossing trip that’s set to happen across the pond. Find out more here http://www.skateboardacrossmn.com/
Long Treks Morocco Is Announced!
Ahaha!!!! The wait is over! Last night a new distance adventure was finally revealed by the Long Treks on Skate Decks guys. Here’s what they had to say: That’s right the crazy rumors are becoming increasingly true with each day! Aaron Enevoldsen, Paul Kent and Adam Colton are teaming up again to take on theContinueContinue reading “Long Treks Morocco Is Announced!”
Ultraskating in April: Skaiti!
Check this out – distance skating record holder Jo Coles has organised an AMAZING event! An opportunity not to be missed, and boy are we all excited. Raising money for Shelterbox, skaters of all kinds are invited to come and skate the TOP GEAR track. There will be some BIG miles skated that weekend! FollowContinueContinue reading “Ultraskating in April: Skaiti!”
Pssst! Bustin Push Race In Paris!
FROM PARIS: Bustin Boards are kicking off their Euro domination with a push race in a secret Paris car park this Sunday. Log in to Facebook and then hit up this link to find out more…
Olympic Longboarding In Paris!
This just in from our man in Europe, Chris Vallender (official welcome coming soon!): “…Tonight 13/02/10 rollerbladers and longboarders (around 15ish) will gather on the Trocadero for a torchlight procession. Then the message Toronto 2010 will be written in torchlight and the procession will continue down the Champs Elyses. All this is happening from around 9 till midnightContinueContinue reading “Olympic Longboarding In Paris!”
Skate Further Day Trip To The Cave!
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!”
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!”
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”