SKATE ACROSS AMERICA

June.- August 2005

TEAM:

Adam Colton, Chris Gregory, Shayne Rivers, Byron Levy

DISTANCE:

ROUTE:

3,000 + miles

Newport, OR to Springfield, VA

CHARITY:

MONEY RAISED FOR CHARITY:

Green Skate Lab

$10,000

HIGHLIGHTS:

Freedom and the great outdoors

ARTICLES

Most of the newspaper artilces from the trip are archived and you have to pay money to view them. A few remain free.

Freshpaved: Skate US Interview

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BEATS WALKIN EUROPE (skate across Europe)

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In 2007 I joined the BEATS WALKIN EUROPE team in Paris, France and skate South towards Spain. We made it almost the whole length of France but got arrested and could no longer skate on the roads. We drove the rest of the way to Spain and again got pulled over by the police and got kicked off the roads. Bad luck. On top of that we had to turn back because of a team members personal issues. Regardless is was a great trip and I got to skate through Frances' beautiful and quiet country side.

We raised $3,000 for Lowe Sydrome.

I wrote a personal article about the trip here, with some more photos

SKATE ACROSS NEW ZEALAND

Jan.- March 2008

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TEAM:

Nat Halliday, Julia, Kari Grebe, Sheldon Lessard, Adam Colton

DISTANCE:

1,500 miles

ROUTE:

Cape Reinga (Most Northern Point N. Island) to Bluff (Most Southern Point S. Island)

CHARITY:

MONEY RAISED FOR CHARITY:

Lowe Syndrome

$3,100

HIGHLIGHTS:

Glacier Hike

Unique team

Amazing Meat pies

MAGZINES:

PERSONAL ARTICLE:

Line up, Concrete Wave

SKATE SOUTH AMERICA

Jan.6-March 16 2009

Self-supported skate trip

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TEAM:

Paul Kent, Aaron Enevoldsen, Adam Colton, Laura Hatwell (webdesigner)

DAYS SKATING:

36 days

DISTANCE:

1,500 miles / AVG. 41.6 miles/day

HOW MANY PASSES:

6 - 14,000 ft / 5 - 13,000 ft 1 - 12,000 ft / 1 - 11,000 ft

HIGHEST PASS SKATED OVER:

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 Salt Flat

MAGAZINES:

TRIP SUMMARY:

A journey of self inflicting TORTURE, I feel reborn.

GEAR LIST:

This is all the Gear I took with me to South America. A GEAR REVIEW in the works.

BOARD SET-UP

CORE

 LBL pusher, Randal Trucks, (83a) Orangatang IN HEATS

EXTRA CLOTHES

OMM Jirishanca 35 RL Backpack ---------------------------------------- 2lb 5oz Nemo GoGo Bivy/tent with stakes & waterproff stuff sac ---------- 2lb 5oz Sierra Light Year Ground Cloth ------------------------------------------- 5oz Western Mountaineering HighLite Sleeping Bag w/ stuff sace --- 1lb 3oz Small Length Ridge Rest sleeping pad --------------------------------- 9oz Sea to Summit Pack Cover ------------------------------------------------ 4oz

Westcomb Spector Hoody ---------------------------------------- 11.2oz REI Ultra Lite Rain Pants ------------------------------------------ 11oz Mont- Bell U.L. Down Inner Jacket ------------------------------ 6.9oz Icebreaker Bodyfiy200 Legging w/ fly (long underwear) --- 6.7oz Smart Wool Microweight NTS Crew (long underwear) ----- 6oz Icebreaker Hiker Lite Crew socks -------------------------------- 1.2oz Icebreaker Bodyfit 200 Boxer w/ fly ------------------------------ 3.5oz North Face Power stretch Balaclava (robber mask) --------- 3oz Rab Phantom Grip Gloves ----------------------------------------- 1.9oz Bandana ---------------------------------------------------------------- 1.3oz

CORE TOTAL ----------------------------------------------------------------- 6lb 7oz

Adventure Medical UltraLight .3 Medical Kit ------------------------ 3.5oz Ace Bandage ---------------------------------------------------------------- 1oz 4 Liter Sea to Summit Ultra-Sil Dry Sac ------------------------------ 0.9oz 8 Liter Sea to Summit evac Dry Sac ---------------------------------- 2oz 2 trash bags ----------------------------------------------------------------- 2oz Polar Pure (water treatment) ------------------------------------------- 8.3oz 1 Photon LED Light ------------------------------------------------------ 1oz Solar Powered LED Headlamp w/solar panel --------------------- 5oz Garmin eTrex Vista HCx GPS ---------------------------------------- 5.6oz Canon Powershot A560 IS w/ batteries ----------------------------- 7.2oz Battery charger ------------------------------------------------------------ 2oz Cellphone ------------------------------------------------------------------- 2oz 3 maps ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 3.6oz Pen wrapped with Duct Tape ------------------------------------------ 2oz Small Knife ----------------------------------------------------------------- 2oz REI Multi Towel Lite - Medium ---------------------------------------- 2oz Biodegrable Hand Soap ------------------------------------------------ 3oz Camp Suds ---------------------------------------------------------------- 2oz Toothbrush + toothpaste ---------------------------------------------- 1oz Baby Powder -------------------------------------------------------------- 3oz Chap Stick ----------------------------------------------------------------- 0.5oz Lighter ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 1oz 2 small Carabiners ------------------------------------------------------ 1oz

SURVIVAL / TOILETRIES

EXTRA CLOTHES TOTAL --------------------------------------- 3lb 3oz

EXTRA SKATEBOARD GEAR

Skate T-tool ------------------------------------------------------------ 4.5oz King pin and nut ------------------------------------------------------ 3oz 2 sets extra bearings ------------------------------------------------ 5oz bearing lub ------------------------------------------------------------- 1oz 2 extra axel nuts ------------------------------------------------------ 1oz

EXTRA SKATEBOARD GEAR TOTAL ---------------------- 14.5oz

WHAT I WILL BE WEARING

Smart Wool Microweight T-shirt --------------------------------- 4.5oz Smart Wool Microweight Boxers -------------------------------- 3.1oz Arcteryx Gama LT Pants ------------------------------------------ 11.8oz Icebreaker Hiker Lite Socks -------------------------------------- 1.2oz Salomon Solaris 2 -------------------------------------------------- 11.6oz Baseball cap -----------------------------------

FOOD + WATER

Capable carry up to 5 liters, most likely carry 2-4 Liters --- 4 - 9 lbs Carry max 3 days of food

SURVIVAL / TOILETRIES TOTAL --------------------------------- 4 lb 2oz

TOTAL WEIGHT INCLUDING WEIGHT OF BACKPACK minus food & water: 14lb 11oz

SKATE ???????

YEAR 2010

Another country shall be skated. Will let you know more when the time approaches.

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