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

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! Follow Jo’s thread here on the Skate Further forum, or the Lush Forum, and visit the site here! GO JO!

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…

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 true awesome distance spirit, they are raising funds for the Swedish Childhood Cancer Foundation. Hit up Jim’s website here!

Looking the photo above, it’s clear there are tigers involved! With Jim on longboard, and Maria on inlines, they are entirely self-supported, carrying tiny packs, and we wish them the best of luck.

Spring is on it’s way! Honest!

To all the people who get on their board and aim to skate slightly further than their comfort zone, we salute you. Have a safe and warm and happy New Year - there’s plenty of exciting things coming up in 2010, and to kick things off, how we about let forum member Rob do the talking…

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 go by, 2010 is going to be the greatest year on record for those who skate far.