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Posted by Dan Wareham on June 23, 2009
Around the World by Skateboard
New Zealander Rob Thomson says wanting to go outside his comfort zone was the motivation for a 12,159km unassisted skateboard journey across three continents, a journey that took two and a half years to complete.
In July 2006, the Canterbury University graduate was working in Japan as a co-ordinator for international relations when his contract came up for renewal. Instead of renewing it, he decided to take a “long detour home” leaving Japan on a recumbent bicycle and cycled across Asia and Europe.
Somewhere near Switzerland, the man who was “definitely not a skateboarder” ditched his two-wheeler in favour of four wheels. “I only planned to trial skating 1500km from Switzerland to England to see if it was an efficient way to travel,” he said.
Thomson spent time in the Caribbean, China, Turkey, and Kyrgyzstan (among other places), but he said the United States and Uzbekistan were the most hospitable and generous countries he visited.
By the time he arrived at his parents’ Halswell home he had worn out three pairs of shoes, three sets of wheels, three skateboard decks and had endured three crashes over the expedition.
Thomson is looking forward to someone breaking his world record. “It’s not something that requires much skill, just a lot of time and a bit of determination.”
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Motorcycle stuntman Evel Kneivel broke a total of 40 bones as a result of his daredevil acts, and subsequently spent a total of three years of his life in hospital.
