My first back country adventure and a pretty legit one. My friends Rachel and Ed came up from LA and we connected with there friends Jeff, Tam and some other guy that I can’t remember. We did a total of 10 miles in 5 hours.
Read MoreFlashback – Soulful
A video flashback to 2002. While I was attending Elon University in North Carolina I dedicated a lot of time to both street skating and longboarding. My bud Shayne Rivers and I would cruise around campus being creative on our planks of wood. Shayne is rocking a homemade monster board, made from Baltic birch with my monster face artwork on it. This was the board that the LBL Adam’s Old Skool dancer was inspired from. I was rocking either a sector 9 48″ pintail or a homemade board of ours as well, I can’t tell.
Read MoreNEMO AMBASSADOR
NEMOequipment.com has a brand new site and I am officially a NEMO ambassador on it. Stoked to be on the site and getting more involved with NEMO. More adventures and smiles shall be had, THANKS NEMO.
My NEMO Gogo has traveled thousands of miles with me through Peru, Bolivia, Morocco, Murray River and China.
Read MoreSpeed Riding, Les Arcs France
FILMED – Adam Colton, Ryan, Lance
EDITED – Adam Colton
Back home after an 8 day trip to France learning the art of speed-riding. What is speed- riding? Well, speed-riding combines skiing with flying. Check out this video of myself, Philip, Lance and Ryan as we take a hectic run together down the mountain.
Read MoreHow to plan your own Adventure
So you have been poking around the internet, seeing people all over the world doing some rad things you want to be doing, and you think to yourself: “I want to do that; I want to go on an adventure.” You get this beautiful daydream about it, you build it up in your head, but that is about as far as it gets. And soon it was just a dream and the idea fades away. How do I know? I used to be this way and still am at times.
Read More Long Distance Skate Equipment
This is the gear for the 2012 China Trip; I have not included all the gear just some of the main items.
Planning a SUP trip
I totally recommend this, and I think it is a great thing to do solo as well, such a peaceful time and a great way to be alone and in your thoughts. A full body work out as well. Only thing, SUP boards are not cheap.
Read MoreChina (September 2012)
TEAM- Adam Colton
DURATION – 3 weeks
DISTANCE – 800 miles
HIGHEST MTN PASS – 15,871 ft
HIGHLIGHTS – Living above 15,000 for 4 days, Yak butter, singing to myself
In 2012 I decided to do my first SOLO skate trip. I picked a very tough, barren, desolate place Qinghai and Sichuan China. I did not speak any Mandarin or Tibetan tongue. For 3 weeks I talked to myself and battled mtn pass after mtn pass and eventually got ill.
Read MoreMorocco (2010)
TEAM – Adam Colton, Paul Kent, Aaron Enevoldsen
DURATION – 2 months
DISTANCE – 1,240 miles
HIGHEST MTN PASS – 7,414 ft
HIGHLIGHTS – Skating on chip seal 90% of the time, avocado smoothies and almond pastries, camel trek in Sahara Desert
Adam Colton, Paul Kent, and Aaron Enevoldsen teamed up in 2010 to revisit the pain, anguish and hilarity of traveling across countries with longboards. Morocco seemed to be a good choice as it is paved, culturally rich, and safe for tourists. They soon find out what the real struggle is… each other. In the attempt to circle the entire country by longboard, they lose their minds and go completely insane. So put on your 3D goggles and pour yourself some mint tea, you might find out something new about Morocco!
Read MorePeru y Boliva (Jan – March 2009)
Above is a Playlist (Trailer – Episode 16)
TEAM – Adam Colton, Paul Kent, Aaron Enevoldsen
DURATION - 2 months
DISTANCE - 1,500 miles
HIGHEST MTN PASS – 14,851 ft
HIGHLIGHTS – Living above 10,000 ft for 2 months, skating over 13 passes in the Andes, 2 days and 2 nights living on the Salar De Uyuni Salt Flat
In January 2009 I set off with Paul Kent and Aaron Enevoldsen to conquer the Andes with only longboards and backpacks. We came out back as broken down machines, with life memories and whole video series documenting our self torture.
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