Category Archives: Events
Longboard Sessions
Gav, the man behind the Wrong Way Home trip that happened a month or so back , has been working hard for the last year on a website called Longboard Sessions. Basically it lets you tell like minded people about a session that is happening in your area; be it slalom, sliding, DH, distance orContinueContinue reading “Longboard Sessions”
Skyride London 2009
Some members of the Skatefurther forum headed up to London to take part in the Mayor of London’s Skyride. They joined 65,000 cyclists taking over the streets and enjoyed a traffic free skate around the capital. Tim Peters took a load of pics and you can see them here. There is also a forum threadContinueContinue reading “Skyride London 2009”
Skatefurther presents…
Forum member Laura is honing her video editing skills… In a meeting of downhill racers and distance pacers, a deserted business park near Plymouth saw forum members Laura, Matt, and JJ along with good friend Charlie and Rich get on down with their bad selves. This video is the result. Please excuse the quality -ContinueContinue reading “Skatefurther presents…”
Plymouth to Polperro Push Poster
Kickin’ it across the US
Straight from the forum, thanks to Rob Thomsons keen eye, we now know about another huge skate that is happening right now. Omar is currently skating across the US. I spent a good couple of hours reading through his awesome blog and looking at his pics and I suggest you do the same. He isContinueContinue reading “Kickin’ it across the US”
Plymouth to Polperro Push
Just got off to the phone with Stewart, the owner of Liquid Longboards in Plymouth. Had a good old chat about the upcoming 26 mile push from Plymouth to Polperro on the 18th of October and it sounds amazing. Hi everyone, We are holding a 26 mile charity longboard push from Plymouth to Polperro onContinueContinue reading “Plymouth to Polperro Push”
Getting Home…The Wrong Way.
Well, it’s been 3 days now, and far from giving in, forum member Gavyn Mackenzie and his chum Mark have been pushing like mad things along their South Coast route. The first day they skated over 40 miles, the second they got from Hastings To Folkestone in awesome time, and today, they’ve been flying! They’reContinueContinue reading “Getting Home…The Wrong Way.”
The Wrong Way Home – It begins.
Forum members Gav and Mark set off on their 150 mile skate trip tomorrow morning at 6am. In 4 days the boys aim to skate from Brighton to Canterbury skating 40 odd miles a day. They have the full support of all of us at Skatefurther, as well as HolidayExtras.com and Canterballs Longboarding. Mark isContinueContinue reading “The Wrong Way Home – It begins.”
Eastbourne Downhill 2009
As well as a tonne of Canadian push race action going down, we had a fair old bit going down on our own shores this weekend. The Eastbourne IGSA World Cup 2009 hit town and some of the Skatefurther crew were there to take part, take it all in and get stoked. Skatefurther team memberContinueContinue reading “Eastbourne Downhill 2009”
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