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Two weeks ago, Mr Jim (of the Asia adventure fame!) finished a fantastic 600km trip with his brother (pictured). They skated the islands of Oland and Gotland, Sweden’s biggest! Even with a destroyed knee, they managed to get the job done over 11 days of skating and it’s so cool to see Jim doing moreContinueContinue reading “Mr Jim and Bro’s Swedish Adventure!”

Plans are coming along for 2010’s Skate around the Isle of Wight, You can read all about it in the forum thread and keep up to date with the latest news on their blog.

On October 2nd, skaters from the Atlanta, Georgia galactic distance sector will be undertaking a 20 mile push in aid of Board Rescue, an awesome charity really worth supporting. There are plans to have a great selection of prizes, making the $10 entry fee more than worthwhile. Run by dedicated volunteers, this one looks t-riff!ContinueContinue reading “OCT: Silver Comet Charity Push 2010”

Australia joins the Ultraskating movement, hopefully with French distance legend and overall ninja Romain Bessiere involved! They’ll be joining the Dutch, Americans and the stealth UK distance family Team Coles (come on Jo and Jack! Go BIG!) for 24 hours of distance skating fun. If you fancy joining in, why not let us know aboutContinueContinue reading “Ultraskate: 25th/26th September!”

Much like our good friend Longboard Larry, who has spent the last two weeks upping sticks (Pusher 2 info imminent!) and moving his workshop to a new location, we are also on the move. Some of you have noticed a distinct lack of service from the site recently, and for that we can only apologise.ContinueContinue reading “Moving On Up!”

Exciting news just in from Edmonton, Alberta… Long Treks pusher and current World Ultraskate Champion Paul Kent takes victory for the third year in a row at Canada’s most prestigiously gnarly push race. Backed up by Anna O’Neill (pictured), his wife Rachael’s sister, who won also won the ladies race for the third year inContinueContinue reading “3PEAT!: Team Kent-O’Neill Destroy R.O.G.U.E!”

This took us all by surprise here at Skate Further – someone actually wanting to put some money into a push event in the USA? Fantastic news! On November 6th in Hollywood, MIAMI – not LA as Laura got it proper confused with initially – plucky distance skaters will push/pump off from the start ofContinueContinue reading “Adrenalina: $10,000 Prize Money Push!”

As well as Last weekend’s Goodwood in the UK, another push race was happening in NZ. In slightly different circumstances! This event was organised by Skatefurther’s own Nat. 19 skaters, 10km and the worst skating conditions ever. However it also introduced us to another upcoming trip. Skateventure. Here’s Troy… Hi my names Troy and I’veContinueContinue reading “Skateventure: South-East Asia”

The 10th Annual Coast Longboarding Seawall Cruise took place on Saturday 7th August in a very soggy Vancouver, and boy was there a great turnout – props to all who turned out to take part. We’ve done it in the dry and its lahvley, but in the wet, man…