Next june I will be.........

[domkolo]

Skateboarding from Maidenhead, Berkshire to Newquay cornwall, 260 miles over 7 days in aid of a local charity called dreamflight that takes seriously ill and disabled children with life threatening diseases on a holiday of a lifetime.

37 miles a day on a skateboard!!!

If anyone feels the need to donate a couple of quid to my just giving page, you will forever be considered a ledge and a stiff handshake will be given if we ever meet in person.

Thanks for reading, merry christmas.


http://www.justgiving.com/skate2newquay

[verde]

Good god. I havnt skated in a few years but memories of hitting small rocks and cracks over a few hundred yards....260 miles! Goodluck, il certainly put some in

[gman1]

I live near Newquay.....in the summer i try to keep well clear!!!!!!..
good luck with the ride mate......good cause...

[Rancid]

Skateboarding FTW

Best of luck dude, I get paid on the 21st, will donate a few sheckles.

Good luck

[domkolo]

Thanks for your comments on this guys, it will be an awesome trip, Globe Skateboards are the official sponsor, sorting me out with a Longboard and loads of heavily branded stuff for the event, looking forward to recieving this, I'll be documenting the trip and a vid will be put together to show everyone your money hasn't been donated to a cheater!!!

[suchy]

Nice one! Every year a mate and I do the Goodwood Roller Marathon and that's only 26miles on a super-smooth race track- sod boarding 37miles a day on the road!!!!

All the best for it

[pac1982]

you think you will do it on one set of wheels?

guessing you will chop and change what boards you use depending on where you are at the time

[suchy]

you think you will do it on one set of wheels?

guessing you will chop and change what boards you use depending on where you are at the time

Wheels last aaaaaaages! I'm guessing he uses one of those lowered and chopped lightweight longboards and not your standard wooden longboard!!! You kinda need to get your lead foot as close to the ground as possible when you start doing big miles, hence the chopped boards. One's knees would be shot and your quads would be on fire on a standard height longboard otherwise

[domkolo]

Yeah it's lowered in the middle, this sort of thing

http://www.rollsrolls.de/assets/images/woody605x316.jpg

I'm not used to these, i've ridden a normal 8 x 31" skateboard for the past 15 years so this is completely new to me, should be interesting, hopefully the wheels will last, some spare bearings are a must,

I could have some kind of e30zone branding on my helmet if everyone digs deep and donates!

[suchy]

Yeah take some bearings as spares but they shouldn't need replacing after 'only' 260 miles!!! Your only trouble will be torential rain causing the bearings to wash out, but I'd be taking a small pot of grease anyway if it were me

You can get even lower boards than the one you linked, I've seen CF boards as well if you want to reduce the weight (would be of some benefit!). Have you checked out the weight difference between the wooden decks and the composite/resin moulded ones? I've also seen more areodynamic ones either. When you're doing 30 odd miles a day every little helps!! What's the furthest distance you've road skated?

[suchy]

although I think I'd look into a slightly larger diameter wheel for long distance road miles, or seriously consider fitting racing in-line skate wheels to drastically reduce rolling resistance (the larger diameter ones)

[domkolo]

That's exactly what it looks like! it's a new one they've made, don't think it's been released yet so it's good for publcity for a new product for them, I think it's a carbon fibre deck or at least has a carbon fibre layer. rain WILL be my biggest nightmare,

I haven't done a lot of distance skateboarding, im more into throwing myself down sets of stairs but i'm getting older now and it's starting to hurt!!!






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