Skateboarding Marathon Record
An update here on the man who wanted to "Skate Australia" - apparently he has finished ...
A British man today broke the record for the longest journey made on a skateboard after completing a charity trek across Australia.Dave Cornthwaite, of Swansea, south Wales, finished the final section of his 5,820km (3,638 mile) journey in Brisbane at around 2.30am GMT (12.30pm local time).
The 27-year-old graphic designer began his epic trip on his battered skateboard Elsa in Perth, Western Australia, on August 30.
He has since passed through Adelaide, along the Great Ocean Road, Melbourne, Victoria, and Sydney in New South Wales, notching up an average of 60km a day.
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Mr Cornthwaite's antipodean odyssey, which has raised more than £16,000 for three children's charities, smashed the previous record for a skateboard journey, set by an American who skated 4,830km in 2003.He arrived in Brisbane yesterday, stopping 3km (2 miles) from the finishing line before completing the final stretch in the city's South Bank area today.
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