Part IV - Guinness World Record Skateboard Journey

[jackxx24]

its funny how this vid has 69 vids right now

[Solidalexdude]

a but can he ollie

[14degrees]

@Solidalexdude Nope :-)

[Zanedamage]

that's one strange ass deck

[MiSiFiTlOvE]

dude its a longboard dont be proud

[TheDMFcompany]

Can I get a gear list?

[14degrees]

@TheDMFcompany There is a complete list on my website (the address is in the video description).

[sk8erdude454]

@14degrees dude i wish i had those bearings after u finished!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[shoesarecoole]

I really want to do this!!!!

[ninjapunk200]

i would like to see a gear list

[14degrees]

@ninjapunk200 Check out my website in the description; there is a detailed gear list there.

[TheGudda123]

wtf , what kind of board is that

[shoesarecoole]

@TheGudda123 longboard

[kgjhjh01]

i live in san antonio tx

[TheGudda123]

@kgjhjh01 me too :D

[steezmiester]

Awesome, I met a girl lilly who is biking across america right now. She just sailed across the atlantic. I told her i was thinking about longboarding the east coast and she told me about your page. After talking to her and viewing your page, shes inspired me to do the trip! I'm leaving around mid august. What did you use to navigate around? GPS? Road maps?

[14degrees]

@steezmiester Wow that's really cool that you met Lily. I used road maps and the opinions of locals to find my way around. I used a GPS to record my daily mileage.

[mikisaikano]

which trucks did you use?

[14degrees]

@mikisaikano Holey Trucks. They (as well as Sabre Trucks, I believe) work well when you are using a drop-through board and want to drop the deck really really low.

[chainkiller999]

where abouts in calafornia is that i swear i recognise it from a movie

[14degrees]

@chainkiller999 It is in Africa.

[druggedupmodel]

How many barrings did you go through?? what barrings did you use?

[14degrees]

@druggedupmodel I had 3 sets of bearings for the whole trip that I rotated every 700 miles or so. I would change the bearings, clean them, and keep them to re-use again. I used Bones 6 and Bones Swiss Ceramics. I would recommend the Bones 6 bearings over the ceramics though; the ceramics are too expensive and not enough of an increase in performance to warrant buying them. The Bones 6 bearings were awesome.

[Wiegieboard]

6:24 Been there!

[hajjaj8]

Good stuff !!!!

[ilovesketchy]

id laugh if he pushed mongo

[EnemaJoe]

why

[14degrees]

@EnemaJoe Adventure, freedom, autonomy...why not?

[xxxAnderssxxx]

lol my idea of heaven!

[seganti777]

this is my idea of hell

[PHLATBALL2020]

not a skateboard as such but brilliant!!

[laxedskater009]

i want to do that 1day!!!!!1

[ACOGallTHEway]

songs?

[adamkubiw]

read it dipshit

[blacklungsjoe]

This was really awesome, it is your best vdeo in my opinion. I like that it takes place in my part of the country. When you come back to AZ you should come skate in northern AZ, i.e. flagstaff, grandcanyon, sedona, etc.

[BertilUlfsson]

az is shite

[blacklungsjoe]

you've never been there

[BertilUlfsson]

oh no not at all

[lildereklilderek]

thats friggin krazy

[2fast4u2touch]

damn dats far

[ErikBucaneg3018]

lol how did your abec 11 wheels hold up for you? =P

[yasin2k9]

hey your regular

[starswitch]

you crazy fucka. Bet you got laid when you got home!!!!

[bigfootmama2]

hahaha

[14degrees]

@starswitch I got married...does that count?

[jakub426]

what are you using to hold your camera? looks like a stick or something

[hafizfelix2000]

omg. How big did your lower limb grow after the entire expedition?

[14degrees]

Ha! My claves are both still emabrrassingly small. I switch pushing legs regularly, so they both get roughly the same amount of pushing time. No lopsided legs for me!

[LordGregoryIII]

brilliant video. congrats on your trek! that is a damn journey

[handsomekiller01]

crazy bastard.

[vaiodesony]

Sweet dude, we all own you respect man

[dfoster00]

you sound like ur from new zealand am i right? im from australia but live in keywest fl...and recently got into longboarding. already have 3 boards in the 4 months i been into it.. what u did was amazing and i have to know what ur setup is..board, wheels trucks, please

[yumaokamoto]

were you sponsored when you did this? because I have no idea how you got the time and money to do this

[14degrees]

I am not sponsored for money, only for some pieces of gear. I have been on the road now for just over 2 years, and 95% of the funds I have used are from my own savings (worked for three years in Japan as a translator), or money that I earned along the way here and there. As for time, I quit my job. And I travel cheap. Across the US I was only spending US$7 a day. In Europe, only US$5 a day. I camp out a lot!

[yumaokamoto]

oh thanks!

[streetking1337]

omg i would be like omg finally a down fucking hill yessssssssssssssssssssssssssss­s

[allth3s4me]

thanks for the reply man! yeh, I always wanted to film myself using fisheye and tripod like I see you do but I always thought I'd need a really dedicated camcorder.. I'd heard about G9 and knew that it was a killer in taking relatively amazing photos and being really durable on the road. But never thought the video option would be so amazing! Yeah truth about editing on the road.. G9 kicks in! Good luck in all your adventures btw..!!

[allth3s4me]

ARE you really using Canon G9 for all the filming? I'm a bike traveller and G9 looks amazing, man! should be good for some cool vids like these!

[14degrees]

I am indeed only carrying a Canon G9 camera. The video is fairly low resolution (640x480, 30fps), so is not broadcast quality, but certainly enough to make videos for the web. And when you're on the road, and want to edit film on the road, then unless you are carrying a powerful laptop, then you need less heavy footage to edit on any computer you can find.

[14degrees]

A skateboard (or, as you pointed out, in my case more correctly, a longboard) is a great tool for experiencing grassroots travel, due to the fact that you are not disconnected with your surroundings, as the case would be on a bus for example. When you a rolling through a small town, you are at the liberty to stop and talk to people with ease. The novelty factor of traveling by skateboard is also a great icebreaker. Strangers are more likely to approach me, since I am doing something 'abnormal'.

[Roddersbyc]

ice creams at 5:40

[kimmarie801]

Congratulations on making the Guinness book of world records!!!! That's amasing and an inspiration! Thank you!

[DiscoSteve0306]

that isn't a real skateboard, even if you did put bones stickers on the FENDERS.

[DrinkTheFish]

You're an idiot.

[DiscoSteve0306]

and you're old.

[DrinkTheFish]

I'm old? Hmm... 21 years old, thought that was considered young. I guess that just backs up you being an idiot.

[DiscoSteve0306]

then i guess you aren't old enough to comprehend what a real skateboard is. i'm sure you won't find anything like that at your local skate shop.

[DrinkTheFish]

You are an ignorant, close-minded fool. I am plenty old enough/young enough/whatever to know what skateboarding is. Just shut the fuck up already.

[heffi1991]

its a piece of wood with four wheels

[DiscoSteve0306]

making it a wheel board, not a skateboard.

[DrinkTheFish]

A WHEEL BOARD? HAHA

It's a technically a longboard, it was handcrafted by Longboard Larry in the North Western United States. It's a longboard, which is a skateboard. Just fuck off already.

[DiscoSteve0306]

it's kinda hard to 360 flip on a longboard. not that hard on a skateboard. i guess there really is a difference. longboard=/=skateboard...

[DrinkTheFish]

Just because you can't tre flip on certain types of longboards, doesn't mean it's not a skateboard. It's obviously a skateboard.

[DiscoSteve0306]

i'm tired of arguing. i'm just saying that this guy should have used a regular 7.5'-8.5' x 31'-32' board if he was going for a world record on a "skateboard".

[DrinkTheFish]

Why? That's like saying a black person isn't a human just because they're different.

You're an idiot, it's a skateboard, fin.

[DiscoSteve0306]

i may be an idiot, but you're a racist.

[14degrees]

DiscoSteve, thank you for your input. I took the liberty of doing some reasearch on the definition of a skateboard. It appears that you are correct. The term 'longboard' is in fact considered a variant of the term 'skateboard', which most commonly used to refer to a short and narrow plank of wood with wheels. I guess my main reason for using the term 'skateboard' to define my journey, is because the term 'longboard' can be confused with the surfing version.

[14degrees]

For me however, this journey is much less about the mode of transport. Rather, it is about travelling by human power to discover more of this world that I live in. To discover and interract with people that I would not usually come in contact with on a daily basis. To get out of my soft comfort zone that is so easy to become entrenched in in normal every day life. Doing so, I have found, vastly increases my tolerance for differing cultures.

[14degrees]

A skateboard (or, as you pointed out, in my case more correctly, a longboard) is a great tool for experiencing grassroots travel, due to the fact that you are not disconnected with your surroundings, as the case would be on a bus for example. When you a rolling through a small town, you are at the liberty to stop and talk to people with ease. The novelty factor of traveling by skateboard is also a great icebreaker. Strangers are more likely to approach me, since I am doing something 'abnormal'.

[DGKalldayDGK]

nice shoes, ice cream boardflips

i want those were did you get them?

[playschools]

Awesome footage. watching it just puts a smile on my face. I have been traning and saveing for a longboard trip to see some of my buddies in Fort Collins, CO. I've been boarding for a while but never long distance. Very excited for it. Random question for you. From your experience, do you think a dog (border collie) would be a capable companion for the trip?

[14degrees]

A dog could be great. The questions you need to ask are:

- Can your dog handle running on all road surfaces including rough chipseal for 5 to 6 hours a day, day after day, without getting messed-up paws?

- Is you dog trained in such a way that it can run in a straight line without waivering while having heavy traffic speed past you at 60mph including loud 18 wheelers?

[14degrees]

If the answer to these two questions is a yes, then you might be in business. Or if the answer is no, then perhaps leather booties and some seirous route planning (including prior socping out) is in order.

:-)

[mercofspeech]

Great production, awesome footage, stupendous act of strength. Did you ever use a kite, car-hooking or such? Don't you ever find your mind numbed and daydreaming when you stop for rest? I did. I'm tempted of saying that I am impressed, but considering the magnitude of your feats, I would almost feel that borders on sarcasm. Words don't express it. On'ya mate.

[14degrees]

I never used a kite or towing behind cars. It is much simpler just to keep it simple. For a kite, the conditions would have to be perfect (good wind direction, good road surface, no traffic), car hooking would just be impractical. And who wants to carry a kite for the days and days when you can't use it, only to use it maybe for a couple of hours...

Gotta love the KISS principle :-)

[vertsk8er]

wow Im truely impressed. I just skated 75 miles today, across LA and back and my muscles are just dead. actually about half way through the trip, my left thigh started to fail on me! Ill post my little video segments up soon. I need a board like yours thats really low to the ground so I dont have to reach down so much to put my foot on the ground. about how much ground do you cover in a day?

[14degrees]

75 miles?! That is impressive. Very impressive. My longest day ever was 70 miles (I was carrying 30 pounds of gear on my back).

I usually do between 45 and 60 miles a day (5-7 hours). At least that was my average across the US. I am now in China to begin skating across China with a trailer attached to the back of my board to carry all my gear (camping stuff, food, water). I am hoping this will take some of the strain off me on the long days.

[GregRosolowski]

man I dont know how your body could take that. and especually how your mind can take it. my skate felt like a dream because I had so much runners high. I think thats the fist time in my life I experienced that. its such a constant flow that you get caught in a daze. and mine was only a day!

man you inspire me!

this is my new profile btw. my 75 mile skate journy is up now. its not nearly as interesting as your skate though. part of the reason I posted it up was to help promote my music.

[3DDPV]

Hi its David in Japan. Great to see your journey firsthand! You still need to traverse the length of Japan, so stop by Fukuoka sometime!

[14degrees]

Japan would be crazy. Too much traffic? I would never say it would be impossible, but...it would take some seriously thorough day-by-day route choices...

[NMERider]

Another really fine production, Rob! Way to go! Sorry I miised you when you arrived in Oceanside :-( Can't wait to watch your trans-Sino Sk8 Xtravaganva!!!!

[lwrong]

I saw some of my country's finest roads (cough cough) did not even phase you. (Snow in Texas?!?) Awesome trek, and off to China in time for the Olympics, I am guessing. I guess you couldn't bear completing the journey having had to bus through most of China the first time.

Keeping it real in Fukuoka City--Joel (formerly of APU)

[14degrees]

Joel, you're not at APU any more? Are you going your own or working for someone there in Fukuoka?

[donwholio]

nice one brother

[umabatata]

great vid rob. love the time lapse. and some very very cunning shots in there. nice one.

[mikehedge]

wow. great edit. well done!!!!