Truemors
See the video at www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-dbTDBQUYo. Skateboarding from Austin, Texas to Los Angeles, California on my way across Europe, USA, and China.
Breaking the Guinness World Record for Longest Journey by Skateboard, and extending the record to 4400 miles. * Began: Key West, Florida (GPS: N24° 33′ 41.47″, W81° 48′ 13.75″) on 7th December 2007 * Ended: Los Angeles International Airport, California (GPS: N33° 56′ 42.57″, W118° 23′ 9.80″) on 13th April 2008 * Miles skated: 3435 miles / 5529km * Time taken: 3 months 29 days * Total rest days: 37 days * Total skating days: 90 days * Overall average miles a day while skating: 36 miles / 58km * Total miles walked: Approx. 10 miles / 16km * Total miles in a vehicle: 18 miles / 29km* * Wheels replaced: One set * Bearings replaced: Two sets * Shoes worn out: Two pairs * Heaviest pack weight on back: 55 lbs / 25kg (Day 584) * Longest distance in one day: 62 miles / 101km (Day 614) * Shortest distance in one day: 10 miles / 17km (Day 603) * Most vertical gain in one day: 3675 feet / 1120m (Day 606) * Toughest day on the board: Day 579 - 5 hours and 38 minutes of hell on super rough roads in Kinney County, Texas * Worst fall: Day 585 - Fell off the board at 20mph / 32km/h near Marathon, Texas * Favourite US States: o People: Florida, Louisiana o Food: Louisiana o Scenery: California, Arizona * Hottest temperature: 104°F / 40°C (Californian desert on Day 613) * Coldest temperature: 21°F / -6°C at 7am on Day 593 in Texas * Sleeping locations (out of 113 recorded locations): o Local households / random people's houses: 44 nights (39%) o Stealth camping/sleeping outdoors: 43 nights (38%) o Campgrounds: 10 nights (9%) o Hotel / Motel: 7 nights (6%) o Friends' places: 6 nights (5%) o Couchsurfing (www.couchsurfing.com): 3 nights (2.5%) * Best outdoor sleep spot: Hall's Landing Campground next to Lake Talquin, Florida on Day 534; peaceful, dry, relaxing, and free. * Worst outdoor sleep spot: Under Indian Key Channel Bridge in the Florida Keys on Day 506; biting ants and cramped, damp concrete spot to sleep (or not sleep, as the case was). * Most Amazing Sight: The Glamis Sand Dunes in southern California on Day 614. * Most Dangerous Situation: Being only a foot away from an oversize truck traveling at 100km/h (60mph) carrying a house (I-10 Freeway near Deming, New Mexico). * Weirdest Request: Asked by a male Florida Department of Transportation employee (he pulled up beside me in a work vehicle) to come home with him that night to engage in questionable activities together. * Weirdest Food: Cajun Style Boiled Dove in Mamou, Louisiana on Day 557. Despite the weird-factor, it was very delicious. * Most Larger-Than-Life Characters Met: Winston and Jimmy in Chival, Florida on Day 525. Stories of real-life gangsters and the good old days of the liqour trade. * Records broken: 4 o Guinness World Record™ for the Longest Journey By Skateboard (formerly 3,618 miles) † o First Person to Skateboard Across the US Solo and Unassisted** o Longest Distance Skateboarded Solo and Unassisted (now 4419 miles / 7,111km)** o Most Countries Skateboarded Through‡
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