LIVESTRONG 24-hour Ultra Skate -- Seattle and beyond

**pavedwave** · 03-14-2009 06:47 AM

more info

Forum thread: Ultraskate VI (NWLB, US)

SkateFurther - View topic - Ultraskate VI - Spring 09 (UK)

March 24 hr ultraskate? | Need Not Ollie (NZ)

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The 4-1-Run (Runner/Skater blog, US)

NCDSA - Contest Registration

**pavedwave** · 05-16-2009 01:56 PM

Summer Solstice Ultraskate 7 is in the works.

One 24-hour attempt will start at Greenlake Seattle early in the morning Thursday June 18th.

Another 24-hour attempt will start at Gasworks Park Seattle in the morning Sunday June 21st.

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Clothing optional event.

**pavedwave** · 06-20-2009 08:55 AM

Paul Kent arrives from Calgary this morning, the crew is getting pumped!!

This one is Rain or Shine, NAVY SEAL Ultraskate if need be!!!

10 Day Weather Forecast for Seattle, WA (98125) - weather.com

Subsonic and RoeRacing will be at Greenlake Sunday NIGHT around 6 p.m.

Watching the weather, it's looking mildly sketchy 30% of rain, so the SUNDAY 8 a.m. start down at Gasworks Park (Urban Surf) is ON!!!

**N88** · 06-24-2009 11:09 PM

dude paul kent is a monster, he pushed at like 13 mph for eighteen hours

**rodgon** · 06-25-2009 01:53 AM

awww...

wish i could have been able to do this one...

awwwwwww.......

**pavedwave** · 07-03-2009 08:41 AM

Thanks SpamBot for the reminder on this thread...

Paul Kent did a whopping 250.4 miles on our last Ultraskate!!!

We did a combination of GPS records and my manual tracking from the log book starting at midnight until 7:20 a.m. when Paul stopped. Based on Paul and I coming to our best estimates, then two simple and pre-determined factors of our Seattle course, namely:

1. The Burke-Sammamish and Stone Way daytime = 102 miles
2. The Greenlake loop = 2.8 miles

We came to the conclusion of 102 miles + 53 laps, or 250.4 miles total.

**pavedwave** · 10-16-2009 05:17 PM

2 weeks from today we're doing this again.

ULTRASKATE 8
HALLOWEINER

FRIDAY OCTOBER 30TH
8 AM GREENLAKE!

Ultraskate EIGHT is HalloWeiner because we're trying to raise some FOOD this time. This can be in the form of canned food, a bag of weiners, or CASH -- and actually a donation of around $10--$20 cash would be highly recommended (over weiners.)

I'm pitching in $50 to get it started -- the FoodBank that we're supporting can get about 3-to-1 on every donated dollar, because when they do the food shopping they get seriously low wholesale rates. So your $20 becomes $60 worth of food for the North Seattle Foodbank!!

This will be outlaw, low-key, and non-stop skating -- so jump on your board and catch up with us, make sure to write your first/last name and $$ amount on something, along with your cash if you're handing that off while we're riding -- and if you do bring a bag of food, we'll try to keep one car designated at our base camp to store it.

Most of all we need people to come out and skate with us LATE FRIDAY NIGHT -- and through the morning!!

Followed up with traditional Saturday 8 AM breakfast at BETH's on Aurora.

No schwag pile, this is about what you can GIVE to those in need -- food banks are tapped out and need your support! Holy Martha what a weiner!!!

**pavedwave** · 10-20-2009 03:19 PM

News... its 24 hours rain or shine

... other peeps doing October 30 ULtraHalloWeiNerSkAte!!

Jo Coles and her son in UK
Couple Skatefurther dudes in UK (Breast Cancer Charity)
Eric Lowell from Houston
Wil Best from Portland
Our 3- or 4-man Crew in Seattle
Your mom

pavedwave longboarding :: Ultrask8 - HALLOWEINER - Friday October 30th 2009

weiner

**pavedwave** · 10-26-2009 11:24 PM

Friday's weiner-shriveling weather...

The push setup - most likely...

shock absorbing riser strategy, working so far:

The possible pump setups -- looking less likely!

**pavedwave** · 10-28-2009 07:20 AM

Well its a bit late to be changing up the setup but had to play with this idea of trying to add more shock absorption to the rolls.

"G-bomb rollsrolls"

Conceptually this seemed pretty cool, but in execution ... not so much. All the torque goes into the sharp bend from the platform. I'm pretty sure after a half mile this thing would snap.

So... the soft wedges will work for now.

Fortunately the forecast is looking a little more dry, but we're all still gearing up for a wet one.

**pavedwave** · 10-29-2009 09:36 AM

**pavedwave** · 11-01-2009 08:12 AM

Congrats to Gecko for his rain-ridden ride yesterday, and to Jo and her son Jack in the UK -- Jack knocked off 50 miles!!

....Seattle's story copied over from PW forum:

pavedwave longboarding :: Ultrask8 - HALLOWEINER - Friday October 30th 2009

" I just woke up from a half-day's sleep, and have been busy with trick or treaters at the door all night. So here are just a few highlights on Seattle's Ultraskate:

First off, huge thanks to Panda Dave. We both started out strong and made it through the full 24, and I couldn't have stuck it out without his support especially. Forecasts of constant rain and 50 degree overnight weather don't exactly sell the event to our friends and family. But in reality, this skate had a lot more support than a couple in the past!

So a quick thanks to this gang of hard-core support crew:

dave
sakae and sophie
john stryker
brad jackman
sheldon lessard
calin
sean "Forty2"
blake
ariel
DH-allan
gunther
kenofseattle
jomar
gareth
kathy and john
the seattle police (our good-natured 3 a.m. chats are becoming a tradition!)

This ultraskate schooled me with the revelation that: Rain is nothing -- WIND is everything. Mother nature was relentless. At seven hours into it, I was still on track to break Paul's record, maintaining a consistent 11mph+ average, pushing into gusts that seemed to be in the 20-30mph? range. It felt like I was giving it a 13-14mph effort and getting 11mph return, but I was trusting that the night would calm down the wind to a standstill. The wet pavement didn't matter at all. It was tough, but steady progress.

The turning point was when the rain kicked in, but the wind stayed the same. There were a couple places where it was exactly like pushing up a steep hill -- one push and only a foot of progress. The wind just never let up. I saw the average speed start slipping and the weather actually worsen. At around 8 hours it was time to write off the record attempt.

But what kept us charged this time to make it all through the night, was bringing the aspect of charity back into the event. The chasing of records has been fun for the last few times, but it was very satisfying to see with very little promotion, we were still able to drum up a significant amount of canned food and cash donations for the North HelpLine food bin!!

( North Helpline and Lake City Foodbank )

Another excellent event -- again thanks all.

One sell for this weekend, we all do get an extra hour of sleep for the night we lost

**pavedwave** · 01-27-2010 07:56 AM

APRIL FOOLS ULTRASKATE

April 3rd in Seattle, and somewhere in the UK!

Final date in Seattle is either April 2 or 3, depends on a couple skaters. We'll get it sorted in the next month or so.

pavedwave distance skateboarding :: April Fools Ultraskate Number 9

Forum thread: April FOOLS Ultraskate #9 - 4/2/10

SkateFurther - View topic - APRIL FOOL ULTRASKATE 2010 !!!!!!!!!

**pavedwave** · 02-25-2010 06:51 AM

Well a lot has happened since the April Fools plans were announced.

Ultraskate NINE will be in Seattle at Greenlake Park for a full 24-hours. 8 a.m., Saturday, April 3rd, starting at the Greenlake "G" stadium. Benefits the North Helpline food for the homeless and those in need

There will also be other US crews skating on this weekend -- Minnesota and Maryland. Not sure where they're tracking ride details yet...

The following week, starting at Noon April 10th at the "Top Gear" track in the UK, is the 24-hour skate for Haiti, a.k.a. "Skaiti" a.k.a. Ultraskate TEN!

Organized by Jo Coles and her son Jack -- currently there are 120+ skaters signed up -- including skateboarders, quad skaters and inliners -- with a max of 250 skaters allowed, full insurance and permits, all that stuff has been handled by Jo and company.

All the details here:

Skaiti 24hrs - Home

**pavedwave** · 04-02-2010 10:15 AM

Ultraskate 9 update

Eric and Eric are up from Texas! Sunny skate session with them and Panda yesterday. They're heading down to G-Bomb Mark's then coming back up for the Ultra again tomorrow.

Subsonic's out, he got too busy moving his shop in Portland -- but we still got a small crew of hardcores going for it.

Rain?? -- yes, it will -- who cares, we're from the NW. Everything depends more on how much the headwinds persist for the first 12 hours. But we'll be there at the 8 a.m. finish no matter what, then Beth's for breakfast Sunday morning.

A wise man tell me recently...
"I try to keep in mind that the ultra isnt supposed to be easy. It would lose all of its appeal if it was. "

**pavedwave** · 04-16-2010 08:50 AM

With Ultraskate 9 (April Fools) and 10 (Skaiti) the list of 100+ milers has grown again!!

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Paul Kent - 250m
Ted McDonald - 242m
James Peters - 221m
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Eric Lowell - 187m
Matt Elver - 161m
Nat Halliday - 150m
Keith O'Leary - 150m
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Rob Hanson - 148m
Rob Thomson - 143m
Josh Michels - 143m
Calvin Logue - 143m
Jo Coles - 138m
Richard Simes - 133m
Jesse Beau - 133m
Ben Hall - 132m
Noodle on SF - 126m
Zak Allen - 117.5
Trevor Gibson - 114m
Lee Renshaw - 112m
Charlie Mason - 112m
Landy Cook - 111m
Andrew Birchman - 110m
Sheldon Lessard - 110m
Len on SF - 108m
Rodrigo Gonzales - 107m
Eli Allen - 104.5
Laura Hatwell - 103.2m
Jochem Boer - 103m
Rain Daley - 101m
Charlie Andrews - 101m
Subsonic Scott - 100m
Calum Warren-Piper - 100m
Zachary Skaggs - 100m
Jason Tomsic - 100m
Matt Hayes - 100m
Christopher Vallender - 100m
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April Fools write up (Seattle)

pavedwave distance skateboarding :: April Fools Ultraskate Number 9

Skaiti

pavedwave distance skateboarding :: 24 hour skate for Haiti.

**pavedwave** · 04-24-2010 11:45 AM

The Dutch LDP crew has scoped out a place for Ultraskate 11 this June, right around the Solstice:

**pavedwave** · 06-04-2010 08:57 AM

pavedwave distance skateboarding :: Ultraskate 11 - Friday June 25th

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**pavedwave** · 06-14-2010 07:15 AM

Subsonic Scotty will be up around Noon on Friday with his tribe and skating through the night!

So now we can say this event IS sponsored and supported -- although I would still not say it is sanctioned nor organized, definitely not organized

The HOLLAND crew has a different location now, details:

Ultraskater.com - Distance Skateboarding for the Weekend Warrior

**pavedwave** · 06-24-2010 08:31 AM

All the best to Wizzy, Pique, Jesse, Jochem and the rest of the HOLLAND Crew!! We are skating this for you. Hope your temps climb a bit and you stay warm overnight -- CIDER POWER!

Seattle kicks off about 24 hours from now. Subsonic and Roe kids will be out there in the wee night hours on bikes and boards supporting us as well. Weather forecast sounds great.

Also looking forward to Stevie and any other SoCal skaters shooting for new personal bests, and sounds like there might be some mystery skaters in some other mysterious part of this wide world clocking some miles on this fine day as well... we'll find out after the weekend!!

Skate long and skate strong!!