Longboard Across America

**BfourOh** · 07-30-2009 03:15 PM

Hey!
My buddy and I are planning a trip across the United States next summer. We have just really started doing some concrete planning on the trip. We will be skating from Newport, Oregon to NYC. We will be doing it relay style skating thirty miles at a time -- doing an average of 150 miles a day. We are trying to get across the US in record time, 20 days. We will be skating an average of 11 hours a day. My little sister has Chrones disease so we decided to skate to raise money for research of the disease and will also be raising money for the Livestrong foundation. We will have an RV that we will be stationed 30 miles away from where we start skating and once we reach it, the next skater will be dropped off and the RV will be driven another 30 miles ahead. Message me if you are interested in helping out, skating, have questions, or just want to let me know what you think! Feel free to send me an email brendan.paulin@yahoomail.com

**JamieReis** · 07-30-2009 03:19 PM

150 miles a day for 20 days straight? Jesus. I'd be down as long as I can get in the RV for flats and uphills. I'll skate 150 miles downhill

. Honestly though, I'd help out anyway I could. That'd be cool. What decks are you guys planning on riding?

**BfourOh** · 07-30-2009 03:23 PM

Originally Posted by jar5173

150 miles a day for 20 days straight? Jesus. I'd be down as long as I can get in the RV for flats and uphills. I'll skate 150 miles downhill

. Honestly though, I'd help out anyway I could. That'd be cool. What decks are you guys planning on riding?

Haha yeah. Should be intense. Im way stoked. I forgot to post our website. SkateAcrossUSA.com We are not sure which decks we'll be riding. A large assortment of different decks. We have talked to some companies about getting some boards. We are working on getting some wheels, hardware, and more decks.

**Work in Progress** · 07-30-2009 03:27 PM

That's awesome, I believe Stephan from flexdex did that ride if you want to PM him or something I'm sure he'd be happy to give you a few tips on things you may not have thought about. Good luck bro.

**BfourOh** · 07-30-2009 03:31 PM

Originally Posted by Work in Progress

That's awesome, I believe Stephan from flexdex did that ride if you want to PM him or something I'm sure he'd be happy to give you a few tips on things you may not have thought about. Good luck bro.

That would be awesome. How would I get in touch with him?

**wafflesole** · 07-30-2009 04:22 PM

get on skatefurther too!

SkateFurther - The Home of Long-Distance Skateboarding we like trips like this. Can offer lots of advice there. lots of previous journeys.

**dkeller33** · 07-30-2009 10:26 PM

after what Serge went through this summer it sounds like 150 miles a day is a pretty huge undertaking. That's an average of 13 miles an hour for 11 hours............... YIKES......good luck guys

**Alpha06** · 07-30-2009 10:36 PM

To the original poster: I tried getting in contact with you guys, got like 1 or two emails back and you flaked out on me. I remember there being some issues since you were supposed to do this last year...then you moved it to this summer and now its next summer

But with that being put aside, good luck and godspeed

DK: its a relay style thing so I believe the miles will be split. The maximum I found myself doing was around 50 miles per day, on a very good day, but that was with a 35-45 pound pack on

**BfourOh** · 07-30-2009 11:06 PM

Originally Posted by Alpha06

To the original poster: I tried getting in contact with you guys, got like 1 or two emails back and you flaked out on me. I remember there being some issues since you were supposed to do this last year...then you moved it to this summer and now its next summer

But with that being put aside, good luck and godspeed

DK: its a relay style thing so I believe the miles will be split. The maximum I found myself doing was around 50 miles per day, on a very good day, but that was with a 35-45 pound pack on

Yo man, Yeah sorry. I wasn't really a part of the last summer's planning, I wasn't available to do it then. I'm working really hard to get it put together. Starting early and making some major moves forward. Thanks for the wishes man and sorry again.

**Work in Progress** · 07-31-2009 12:23 AM

Originally Posted by BfourOh

That would be awesome. How would I get in touch with him?

he's active on the flexdex thread, just look there and send him a PM (Stephan Reinhardt) watch his videos while you're at it, he's beast.

**dhk33** · 08-12-2009 07:37 PM

idk if you guys ae interested but scott at subsonic makes a board for long distance pushing called the shuttle. check it out. looks pretty cool.

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