At the same time as the US Ultra was happening in Seattle, a bunch of Skatefurther forum members in the Netherlands decided to give an Ultraskate a go. The results were pretty amazing.
Jesse Beau, 325km (331km counting the 2 laps his GPS failed)
Paul Brunninkhuis, 290km
Arjan Koek, 270km
Jochem Boer, 255km
Edwin aka Wizzy, 202km
Joost GT, 201km
From our reckoning 4 out of 6 skaters made it into the Ultraskater.com top 10. Jesse becoming the newest member of the coveted 200 mile club! From the pics it looks like a good time was had by all, I’m sure we will get a full write up on the 24 hours in the forum soon.
Run for Zimbabwe is a a project that combines the joy of riding with a good cause. A journey of 4 European guys longboarding a different country, every summer, to create awareness regarding the problems prevailing in Zimbabwe.
The riders this year (Sweden 2010): Alex (Germany), Alfred (Sweden), Peter (Sweden) and PA (Sweden).
The riders last year (Ireland 2009): Alex (Germany), Alfred (Sweden), Peter (Sweden) and Ralf (Germany).
In 2009 the guys from RFZ toured Ireland, from south to north, and raised 1.100,00 € for the “Albert Street Refugee School” Project at the Elias fund by selling shirts.
In 2010 the challenge is to cross Sweden from Kappelskär (East Coast) to Varberg (West Coast), a distance of approximately 700 km, in order to bring the spirit of “Run For Zimbabwe” to this Scandinavian country.
You can find out way more infor on the upcoming trip and on last years one across Ireland on their website, keep up to date with all the news on the Run for Zimbabwe Facebook page and watch a few videos on their vimeo page too.
The easy part is over! We now face the hardest climb yet, from sea level to summit of a 14,000ft mountain. Inch by inch, we skate into the mouth of the Andes and become drenched as we ascend into the rain-clouds. At high-altitude we battle tougher terrain with half the amount of oxygen. Sleeping for 15 hours in their tents, so as to outlive the rain and rest from the oxygen-deficient altitudes, proves to be costly and depletes our water and food supply, but we must push onward, striving to make it to the next town.
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 Republic
All of us at skatefurther are so stoked for this, If it wasn’t for this site this trip would not have happened. All three skaters have distance in their blood, they don’t mind a few beers (essential on any distance trip I reckon!) and they are good mates. Its going to be amazing. Keep your eyes on their site, join the facebook page, and as ever check skatefurther.com for more info!
The first episode of the Long Treks on Skate Decks series produced by Paul Kent and Aaron Enevoldsen and edited by Adam Colton is up! Check out this amazing journey and get excited, because Long Treks Morocco is on the way!
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’all posted on this one, as Laura’s crewing for a large wedge of the trip
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 the beautiful country of Morocco. This time we will be bring much more advanced photography and video equipment to capture the best and worst the country has for us. Also keep your eyes open for a surprise ending!
Check out the existing Long Treks websites here, and hang in the for the new one. Skate Further’s Laura has to build it first!
Les and Rob are amongst a team of skaters involved with the first distance push across Kenya! Good luck guys! Drink lots of water! Check out their blogs here.
Skatefurther's Rob and Ben are joined by Zoltan in Oslo! Plans are afoot to finish in Paris in a change of routing. Visit their website here!
Mark Chavez is 6 days into his Pushing For Peace trip. He plans to skate from Seattle to Jacksonville to promote world unity. Follow his latest news on Facebook here!
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