Long Treks On Skate Decks

Hey Steezles. I am a huge fan of LT and have just started planning a trek from Hanoi to Ho Chi Minh in Vietnam! Hopefully recording it and putting it up on youtube, it's be a dream come true to get some feedback or even a single view on a youtube video! Hope to see the rest of the Morocco trip soon :)

From Australia!!

All of you are fantastic awsome!!!

Hell yeah, I hope once a day I can do also so freaky things like this treks!!

cheerio
Claudio

Hi Dudes!!

you do these things, which i have ever been dreaming about! i always wanted to do a trip like yours, but with an mtb. your videos gave me such an inspiration and a lot of hope to suceed!

can you write me your packing-gear-list? i´m very interested!

Keep on pushing! greetings from germany

I'm pretty sure Che Guevara trekked across south america on a moped. The fact that you guys are doing it on longboards makes it that much cooler.

I'm now planning a Backpacking trip around Bolivia, Peru and Chile, after watching your adventure I'm about to give up flights, trains and buses!
Awesome lifestyle, loved ; )

I really enjoyed your video and think you guys had an amazing journey, the world would be a much better place if more of us got off our asses and done what you did, Id love to read the book? Maybe you will print a book some day????? If your ever in Ireland get in contact with us and we will hook you up with some longboards! Nick www.skateshop.ie

Thankyou,
Rgds

Dave Bunce
The Mexican Surf and Skate Company
http://www.mexicansurf.net

Greetings from CT,You guys are awesome! Keep on pushing ! hope i can do this one day haha

Hey !
my name is Jason Gallego
I'm French
I have a Longskate Team same you and we realised long trip like Hossegor-Bordeaux(265kms in 5 days) and mores!
We have some parteners but not very good for practise longskate ( it's just for have sweats shirt for the team)
This is the facebook page of the Team and the web site :

http://www.facebook.com/?ref=hp#!/pages/Team-Jasya-Longskate-Trip/148974378515907

http://www.jasyateamlongskatetrip.doomby.com

If someone be able to help my team for have sponsors et realised my dream : go in spain in longskate !
mail: jason.gallego33@gmail.com

ps: we have seventeen years old !!!

Ik love watching and reading about your trip.. It is something that inspired me to start longboarding as my friends did.. We are even preparing now to make a few journeys in our own country (The Netherlands) to prepare for a journey to the France or Noreway.
I myself is going to do a journey already to England before that in a few month. Ofcourse it is totaly different world, but who know where it will bring me in the future..maybe to a 3rd world trip..

I will follow your new trip closely and hope to learn a bit more before I start my own trips.. Go hard and safe guy's

whedep,

adam, specifically, you have been coresponding with my friend and boss donnie for some time now via email on details for a new zealand trek... well, were doing a dry run across what was supposed to be 300miles of moutains and wilderness and 300 miles flatland in michigan... but work being a bitch and only having 10 days... we got stuck with the less than awesome half of the trip..... fuck. just wanted to say what an inspiration your videos were! i even ordered a machete... what the hell am i going to chop now? :(

with Stoke,
Tom Loin

29 just got a long board, so I was looking some stuff up and saw Paul. I said to myself, "Hey, I know that guy." Greetings from Cambridge. That trip looks like it's a life changer.

you guys are awesome and full of live and heart keep pushing on you guys give me motivation to skate, have fun, and live thanks!

not only do i want you to do this again i need you to do this again i dont think ive enjoyed anything like watching your trip in awhile it was awesome please do it somewhere else :) like vietnam

You guys have shown that it is possible to combine camping, skating, and anything distance related, an amazing and inspiring alternative to other, less primal modes of travel.

YOU GUYS ARE AWESOME!! LOVE YOUR WORK!!! HOPE TO SEE YOU DOWNUNDER SOME DAY!!!

Hey if you come to Argentina you have to come to Merlo, San Luis because there are lots of longboarders that are very invested in the sport and I am sure there would be a good information exchange opportunity.... just crossed my mind after I saw your episodes.... :) :) :) If you do come let us know.....

tania

Just wanna say this longtrecks journey was awesome, cant wait till the next one comes out. ill definately showing mates this!

I love these long skate board treks you guys are doing, LOVE IT!!
Keep on

Dave

YOOO you guys are my idols. Your vids are so sick. Aaron your mad skills with music is amazing. You guys are hilarious too. I totally wanna do what you guys do. On you next adventure you should let me come and hang with you guys. I just started last year, and i am in love with longboarding, Just dont tell my girlfriend. :D Keep pushin broskies. I'll be watching and i hope you guys come out with a DVD too, cause ill totally buy it. Peace and Love and PUSH!

I love these videos man. I'm just starting to get into longboarding, and watching you guys do this is amazing. You guys are livin the dream! Keep doin whatya do and ride!
I respect you guys and love what your doing. Please, don't ever stop.

You can spend your life pushin uphill, or you can turn around and coast the days away.

I'm from Québec , Canada, and I was in Peru in january 2011 whit my band and whit my deck and I discover a holy downhill!!

Pass the runes of Ollantaytambo (75km notrh-west of Cusco) and pass a 1 km off-road and you go The heaven road of the Sacred Valley! Build in 2006, the road is perfectly incline and the view is sublime. If you go between 10:00am and 16:00pm, there is no cars... well some's but you see them coming. Brand new asphalte: 52km of non-stop pure downhill in the valley. If you chek the google map... the actual road is the 28B... start around the ACP Abra Malgaga Thastayoc and end around Hotel Munay Tika. The beer is good there!! Believe me, it's the better one I drink in my trip to Peru.

I was in this town cause I was on my way to Machu whit some friends. I was on KB Hotel and I took the mountain bike ride package. I ask for a downhill road and then... a week later I came back I ride that holy molly shiitt!!! Took the 50 Sol cab up, 1hour of car... and two hour of pure non-stop skateboarding!! 2000m of unevenness, approximatly 15 cars between the top and the bottom. I was whit to guys in mountain bike. The y follow me for a while and they take a parralelle trail for bike.

I ride a Bigboard - Gravity Pool Serie 36 inch whit Paris Trucks. I got the Retro ZigZag 70 wheels ans Spitfire bearing. I got some DC winter boots on for that ride and fortunatly I wear a helmet this time... and I broke it... like my brand new Oklay glass in a ''I don't remember'' bail!!
I hit my head in the ground...

It's probably too late for you guys to pass try this holy molly road... but I just want to cue you that one!

PeAcE!!
Have a good ride and Enjoy

Benoit -UkNoW-Bisson

I'm from Argentina and we are planning to go next summer and do a longboard trip through patagonia and ushuaia! Longboarding on the southest point of the world!
Excelent material guys, congratulations to all, it seems you had lots of fun!
Keep it goin!

Im a Spanish guy actually preparing to move to the States (by the way, nice spanish tries in those episodes haha, i so liked it x) ) Im currently preparing a longboard trip with some friends just in order to know a bit more about the country ill move to. Thats why I started searching some longboard trips and i found this series. Congrats for the videos, for the experiences, sights ,places and stuff. Also congrats for the website.

Hugs from Spain-USA.

Dave.

I have been following the long treks since day one and have since been inspired. I love the way these guys are able to take the good and the bad and make light of the situation through humor and comradship. There have been alot of wild thoughts running through my head since I first saw these videos. I reside in a small residential area of Long Island, New york and have been lucky enough to find myself getting a sponsorship from a local shop by the name of Hudson Boardroom [facebook it!!]. Anyway, making a long story short, I have started planning out a trip I hope to embark on this upcoming summer. I will be traveling across the United States via longboard to promote alternative means of transport [other then a car] and I have found longboarding to be my favorite means. I hope to set up a fund raiser for donations and "money for miles". for every certain amount of miles I skate, people who make pledges will donate money. portions of these proceeds will be donated to various organizations involved with keeping longboarders safe [ex. Ian tillman foundation] and keeping the stoke alive in the longboarding community. I really appreciate all you guys are doing and I understand the desire, drive, passion and dedication involved in taking on such a huge challenge. I only hope my journey will be as joyfull and exciting as yours! Keep up the good work! Stay safe! I wish you guys the best of luck.

Josh Wright

do they go to Brazil?

heyas your adventure was really inspiring.....loads of friendships made, memories (good and bad) awesome scenery, best way to see the world. Thanks for sharing, maybe when i get the balls or should I say balletes to get out of my comfort zone on my longboard i'll cruise around New Zealand on a longtrek.

Cheers ears.........Keep rid'n

Do you think you guys can post a picture of the map you used on the trip?
Me and my friends are thinking about doing this and following in the same route you guys took, were planning this for next summer.
Thanks so much!
-Nick

please tell me the board adam colton was riding its so amazing!

Loved watcing your longboarding journey! That's like my dream to just go on an amazing skate trip to places I've always wanted to go to.

Please tell me all of longtreks on skatedecks will be on dvd!

Amazing Journey, Love my country, Peru is like the meca of dh. This october 31 tarma continental championship. Hope seeing you son in lima. Good Vibes, Keep Skating.

TODAY I STARTED A FACEBOOK GROUP CALLED EL PACKAS FOR ADAM!!!! LETS HELP THESE GUYS BECOME EL PACKA HERDERS!!!!!!!!

I'm in if you guyz want to do a trip trough Central America. I leave in costa Rica and we have some crazy hills.

Lets skate across Central America!

Pretty cool what u guys doing!

This is a great series. I would love to see you go across the u.s. That would be epic

this looks super fun..
kickin it with your homies just longboarding anywhere and everywhere

Labas,
bejer,
hamdullilah...
as they would say in marocco.

i´m a friend from germany, doing tours as well.
If you ever come to Berlin or like to see it, contact me and we´ll do a trip around the former wall in west berlin.
It´s concrete,it´s sand,it´s tarmac it´s about 160 km long and will be a great journey along the often spreaded lakes and forests around the city.

beslama,

Stefan

Hey i just want to say that you guys are amazing and adam colton is a freaking beast.

*Waist deep bow* I am happy that you have all returned home safely as you have. Many blessings to you and yours. May you find that ride that will stay in your heart forever.

yes!
merci pour cette belle aventure
charly

You guys are so ...crazy! I love to backpack, and I get like that too... but not to this extent! Your caravan is so delarious, it's fun to watch you laugh about bad things like a massive sunburns, blisters, or road rash- then keep on pushing up a mountain. This whole series makes me smile and laugh all day- thanks for letting us be there in footage! :-)

Awesome! Peruvian Death Hill especially made for really crazy longboarders ;-) drop me a note whenever you are in Germany and looking for some slide...

He guys,
It's awsome to see the trip from S-A. I've been there as well only I did it by bus. That was already a hell so I got a lot of respect for you!!!!
Really nice to see the commitment to make it. You were in a magazine from Holland so that's the reason I ended up at this site. If you ever need a place to stay in holland... just email! See yah on the road!

Met you in Fes, Marocco, after overtaking you going a looong way downhill on skateboards through the cypress-forests south of Fes - amazing.
Looking forward to watching your video about Marocco.

Uwe

You guys are great. simply great.

this is very nice, although is dificult but it's very nice
good luck and good continuation.
Paul and his friend visited me in 09/05/2010 in my brother shope, Boumalne Dades Morocco
.

wow!!! a show on this would definately be a hit, such a great thing, maybe I will do my own trip this summer!!

yaaaaaaaaaaay

incredible trp, i ll like to skate like you, longboard 4 ever. saludos desde mexico.

Ive seen all the vids posted up and they are amazing! you guys are legit!! You should sooo make a movie and inpsire other boarders to follow in your not so smart footsteps of riding across a nation (lol Just kidding!) you guys are awesome!! keep it up

Hi Aaron; Good seeing you yesturday. Grandpa and I just watched your video. Very exciting. Looks like you guys had some nasty injuries.

Like I said yesturday,have a great time in Morocco and PLAY SAFE.

All of our prayers goes with you and your buddies ,will be watching for your updates.

Grandpa and Melva

i love the dervish nothing gets yur mind off things like a powerslide

Keep rolling guys! Truly Inspiring!!!!

i want to see the whole trip, it is so cool! Is there some type of dvd i can buy?

They need to talk to like Discovery Channel or something to get a show going, a series of this would be a big hit!

I just found out about this on the dudes myspace what wrote the song for the trailer, this IS FUCKIN RAD!!! Any chance of finding this whole trip on dvd or something??

-Brett

You guys are so rad, thank you for sharing your amazing journeys!

good stuff

Coooool guys! This is my dream!

I'm impressed!

Thanks for sharing aerobic supplement tips this afternoon....

Mike

So... Are there going to be any more blog-entries, or did I overlook a link to them somewhere? It stops at day 36 for me.

You guys have done absolutely awesome!! WONdeful pictures ... and the experience is certainly one of a lifetime ... plus it is an inspiration to me (among hundreds others of your fans)!! Come back safely. Talk with you then. AK

Woo fellas, you've done it! Impressive to say the least. I just did a 120km tour today, and when I imagine doing that every day on far from smooth roads, I am baffled by your persistence.

I'm going to skate from the south of France back up to the north this summer, I hope the roads there aren't Peruvian, but I sure do hope the hills are :) Good luck getting home, and enjoy your remaining time in S. America!

more then a week, yeo

Thanks for the words guys. After a really hard week of skating it was inspirational for us to read what you all had to say!
It made us feel better.

Man, You guys rock. This is so inspiring...can't wait to see the video. Thanks for the blogs! It felt like I was experiencing the trip with you!

Awesome... The stuff longboarders over here can only dream about! You're a great inspiration... Keep it up!

Cant wait to see your movie Paul...Keep Safe, Get Footage, Get Home.

Here's to the road rash that never heals,
the harder ya rub the better it feels,
wine, women, song and vice,
syphilis, blue balls crabs and lice,
we've all had'em by Jesus Christ,
Gentleman! to the queen,
sociable shit,
multiple orgasms,
Why!?
because we're Fucked!!

peace

GOOD JOB GUYSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

This is awsome guys! Keep us dreaming!

Mike *HAGER* not HAGAR

Acting on behalf of the boys - duly done Mike!

Hey boys,

When you can PUT UP SOME NEW "RECENT PICTURES", in the side tab!

Love and respect,
Mike

How much do I still love this guestbook? Please keep writing peeps, it's proper lovely to see how much you care about the guys. More blogs coming soon - I've been told about a 3-5 day wait as skating continues down through Bolivia...

Aren't all deer fuzzy?

Love those down hills when wind resistance maintains you at stable speeds. becareful there are no straw bails at tight turnes. May be you have drag-chutes that can assist you and do a little gliding to add to the thrill. God speed you safe return! elcnu sined

OMG PAUL you are nutz and so are your buds that are out there doing this with ya! This is a good thing of course but be safe! All tree of yee!

Love you lots Paul and I miss you! Once this trip is over come back again for a visit. (i'll be in Japan in June though so not then!) You have always been a huge inspiration on me Paul and I have always looked up to you.

You lot eat well and keep riding.

From your lil sister Genevieve ^.^

PK...keep riding hard! Hopefully you don't get any road rash :) Come pop by North Van sometime soon! Take care!

U Guys are alsome! hope you're doing fine. I have to go back in my country after I've done the Peru and Bolivia. I don't know how you gonna ride in the street of La Paz but don't miss it and careful! I've seen some of yours pictures, I just loved it.....can't believe you ride without your pants Paul?!! anyway, have fun, miss you.. and seriously jalous, this trip looks much alsome than the others. Take care!

Congratulations on living your dream! Be safe and keep taking photos.

keep going for it you guys!your living the dream.

i'm glad that you are eating better...you were looking emancipated and exhausted...
hope all of you are healthy and get home safely...love mummy

Fricken awesome dude! Such inspiration to live life to the fullest!

Aaaaarrrooooon, you´re really "out of the city"
awesome trip, eyh
you´ll come back germany this summer, and tell that story someone else, eyh!

Hola hermano y amigos
Wow boys, you are tuff stuff. Here's my cheer you on and just GIV'ER. I'm glad you are stretching lots! I miss you and I hope you're finding aloe vera for those sun burns. It grows abundantly in Mexico. Enjoy the coca - it will help nourish you. Leche Dulche is one alkaline substance people chew with it. It's necessary to help bring out the good stuff in the leaves...
I miss you and take awesome good care of yourselves. LOVE Stephana

Hey, do you guys switch legs every so often when you're pushing? Or do you come home like fiddler crabs? tee hee Love the pics, love the blog. Don't know that i'd be tough enough to live on cookies and coca leaves and sleeping by the side of the road, but it looks amazing from the comfort of my veggie laden kitchen. kyra's got you booked, Aaron, i think she's kidnapping you at the airport so you can visit and tell stories and board in the cul de sac ...

GIT R DON

FUCK YEAH!!!!! THIS IS WHAT LONGBOARDING IS ALL ABOUT!!!!!

Hi Aaron:

It looks like you guys are having the trip of a lifetime! Have fun and be careful!

Bruce

Wow this sounds like sooo much fun!! I can't believe it but i missed you guys by a week. I would have been leaving Lima the day that you guys were coming in. Peru really is amazing, My family and i were hiking the inka trail for a few days for vacation. Gahh i just wish it had been a week later, i would really love to meet you guys.

Have some fun and don't hurt yourselfs
Gordon

Oh and by the way, have you guys tried the guinea pig yet?

Hey Paul you crazy dude! It's good to see this project here, it's a big freaking breath of fresh air that I wish I could inhale. Espero que vas a aprender un poquito de espanol sobre la calle que vas a estar una escuela bonnissima para vos vidas. Amusez-vous Cabrones!!!

Guys, you are all looking so THIN! Please, for the love of gosh-golly, eat like you've never eaten before in Cusco!

Hey Paul, Aaron & Adam, don't your legs get tired? Just being really annoying, it looks *seriously* challenging! Great work. Amazing pictures and roads, just incredible. I think you need a few more pics of all three of you though. Just got in from 14th st, Jeff, Ken, George, Aaron, whole lotta standups going on. Hey enjoy, and clean your road rash eh, I read an extremely nasty article about sepsis (blood poisoning). Good luck, Barry.

i'm thinking of you guys.... have fun
greetings from zurich

hi guys.. we just met at breakfast here in Cusco.. Love your adventure and really nice to see all the pics of you throwing yourselves down those mountains. I'll put your site on my travelblog http://www.ikhebhetwelgezien.nl .. it's dutch so useless for you to read but it might get you some visitors from Holland.

Take care and looking forward to see some video footage!

Edwin

You guys are crazy!!!! Well, not really. This sounds like a fun trip, hope you all stay healthy and your joints and ligaments are in good condition. Don't wear yourself out too much !!!

Wow Aaron! So proud of you guys! Have a wonderful and safe trip and live life large for the rest of us couch potatoes. Much love, Melonie