Fun fact: mountains are big.
this post was submitted on 19 Nov 2024
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Not-so-fun fact: He'll have to be rescued with taxpayer money
Boring fact: The highest pass he'll have to cross on his journey looks like this:
If he'll have to be rescued, then because someone ran him over.
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Which day is he realizing the Rockies exist?
Cant seem to find this dude on ig, there are just too many that tried to cross the usa with a board.
Does someone have a link to this specific persons ig? That would be great, thanks.
What are you using to take that screenshot? It looks like a phone but the aspect ratio is like a square
Samsung Z fold 5
One of us! One of us! One of us!
Probably one of those new folding phones?
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I'm not great at this, but from the original x post, I think his handle is @jaayfilms
The news report video says he dropped out of HS. I couldn't find where he got that he's illiterate, thought this would take two weeks and didn't know about the mountains... But I honestly didn't dig much after haha. If someone else finds it, please let me know. I just want to read that comment thread haha
How many skateboard wheels are needed for a 3000 mile trip?
Not many sites seem to deal in distance when talking about replacing skateboard wheels, but I was able to find this:
https://skateboardscan.com/skateboard-wheels-last/
So according to that he'd need 10-30 sets of skateboard wheels to cross the country.
Of course if you're just riding on the side of highways in a straight line forever you could probably get a little more out of them since you're not doing any precision work or tricks.
Chad Caruso did it last year using just one set of wheels. New record too (57 days).
https://www.jenkemmag.com/home/2023/05/22/how-chad-caruso-skated-across-america/
Not so sure. A road surface tends to be rougher pavement than sidewalks or skate parks. I'd imagine the side of a highway chewing those parkboard wheels away at record rates.
I'm honestly kinda shocked anyone attempting this wouldn't use a longboard with some chonkier wheels.
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Chad Caruso did it last year using a single setup for the whole trip, so 4..
https://www.jenkemmag.com/home/2023/05/22/how-chad-caruso-skated-across-america/
I love that this has happened before and recent enough that it can be compared to this dude's trip. Great find.
This one's not going to be close. According to his youtube channel, he's on day 50 in Kansas. Got a Red Bull partnership and enough money for hotels & Uber for off-trek travel.
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How is he planning on getting back?
Also, won't his wheels wear out?
If someone thought it would take two weeks there would be no concern about wheels wearing out. They also wouldn't have the planning skills for a way home, becsuse how far could that be?
I'm assuming it is a parody account.
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