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Don’t expect to see any of Britain’s distance skaters in their home towns this weekend. Or a few from France and even the USA. They’re all in once place, skating to raise money for charity. Skaiti is go! Skate Further’s team will be there giving it their all, helping to stoke the distance army. IfContinueContinue reading “UK Distance Scene is on STOKE-CON LEVEL 5!”

Well, the world longboarding family has really come together this year for GreenSkate. We hear word that there are at least 3 events going on in the UK, one in New Zealand and one in France too! Check out the posters! You can find out more info on the GreenSkate website, and if there isContinueContinue reading “GreenSkate Events Poppin’ Up All Over!”

Our good friends Aaron Enevoldsen and Paul Kent, as well as other members of the Long Treks team, have been slaving over a hot stove to pull together a rip-roaring evening of distance skating entertainment, and if you’re in Calgary tonight, you’re in the right place to catch all the action! Good luck guys, fromContinueContinue reading “In Calgary Tonight? Distance Gala, then?”

We here at Skatefurther truly believe skateboarding to be a viable form of transportation; be it skating down to the shops, to school, work or even across a country. GreenSkate is an event that started from a similar principal. To Celebrate and encourage the low impact of longboard skateboards on our environment as a formContinueContinue reading “GreenSkate 2010”

Get em’ while they’re hot!!! Bargain price and all for a good cause! skaiti.webs.com/

Awesome news, now confirmed! There’s going to be another JOGLE (John O’ Groats – Land’s End)! This summer, Plymouth skaters Matt Elver (recently sponsored), Lee Renshaw and Charlie Mason are doing the 900+ plus mile trip for The Gogo Trust. Check out their site, and good luck guys! Skate Further is going to keep y’allContinueContinue reading “Who are THESE Kooks?”

Another big trip planned in the US, this one is the brainchild of Skater and Further forum member Marion Karr. Find out more on the forum. http://www.skatefurther.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=20&t=804

Jim and Maria are still going! Follow their 3000km adventure in Asia here!

We’ve seen quite a few happy beginnings recently for the distance skaters of the world, and it seems like there’s just something about New Zealand! Congratulations to Mr Rob Thomson, Distance Skating’s World Record Holder, on his marriage to his sweetheart Haidee. That’s another one sorted, who’s next then?

Well, he might have made it to within a whisker of Land’s End, in surely one of the most ramshackle yet glorious attempts to break the British distance skating record, but man, that boy really knows how to blog! Check this out!