The Longboard Trailer Explained

A short video to explain how the trailer used to haul Rob Thomson's gear across China behind his longboard is set up.

www.14degrees.org

This is the first time a long journey by skateboard has utilised a trailer, rather than a backpack. It is also the first ever journey skateboarding across China.


Video track available under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. Music and sound effects may be subject to other copyright laws; my Creative Commons licence only applies to the video.

Category:

Travel & Events

Tags:

• longboard
• trailer
• touring
• guinness
• world
• record
• distance
• longboarding
• skateboarding
• across
• China

[PGTIPMONKEY1]

You are a legend!! I'll be cycling 40 miles with my friend longboarding infront, so best to start small :)

[14degrees]

@PGTIPMONKEY1 Good stuff. I hope it goes well!

[Motorsheep]

SKATEboarding through china?! Wow, and people here called us crazy because we drove a fiat panda station wagon from Germany to Tajikistan.

[14degrees]

That's awesome. Did you have a blog or something? I'd love to see photos etc.

[drummastikz]

@roksys69 thanks, and good luck to you too.

[roksys69]

@drummastikz man i wish i could, my great gandmother just got diagnosed with breast cancer so im thinking of maybe doing a skate to raise money for her, i dont know when though... good luck on your treks man!

[drummastikz]

@roksys69 thanks man. and if i was in canada i would have loved to join in on ur trip. but im in scotland, and even then im not gonna be skating here coz im too busy with school. right now im planning a couple treks when i go back home to india for christmas. you game ? its only halfway around the world :p

peace. :)

[roksys69]

@drummastikz a variety of shoes, by that i mean a compact variety ;). take a pair of tight fitting shoes (vans) and a pair of nice loose comfortable shoes (low/mid top flat foot skate shoes) and i would even pack a pair of runners if they fit, they provide a comfy arch for support on long days. then again i have never done a long distance trek but i know i have easily done 50-75 km in day around town before! where are you going to skate at? me and my buddy might do Edmonton-Calgary sometime soon

[drummastikz]

@14degrees quick question about footwear. iv heard some people use sandals for skating long distances, but iv found pushing to be uncomfortable in em when my feet get sweaty. what sort of shoes do u think one needs for pushing about a 100 km a day? thanks.

[gopherchuckz]

real cool man. where did u start and end?

[greaserleo]

superb! what a great thing. wonder if you could 'punt' the board with a long pole with car tire rubber tip.

[123lordcheese]

he said dick instead of deck lol