The Why Not? Blog

At the tender age of 25 Dave started skateboarding. 14 months later he became the first person to skate the length of Britain. Another 8 months on he had crossed Australia on his board, breaking a world record & raising over £20,000 for three charities. Now, at 27, he's writing his first book, is a motivational speaker and a businessman, and he's only just gotten started on a lifetime of challenges which from the outside look just darn crazy. So, why? You know the answer, don't you. Why not?

Saturday, April 22, 2006

Strangers on the bus


Saturday morning, sat in London. Yesterday Becki called me, all excited. "Dave, there's a picture of you in the Guardian!"

"What!" Trot to the newsagents, page 10! Word is getting around now, looks like the Wales on Sunday is going to have a piece on BoardFree and with a bit of luck one of the weekend supplements will come good too.

Yesterday was a day of presents. Capital Gold Radio, who called me up for a live interview last Thursday, posted a copy of the show. It came out well, except for the beginning and end. Paul Bryce the DJ asked "How are you doing Dave?" I answered, a little flustered, "Thank you mate." At the end, rushing to blurt the web address out, I managed www.boardfree.go.ga.co.uk." Nice Dave.

Vapourised sent through the first pairs of shoes, they looks cracking. Extreme Sports sent us a box of goodies and Dogcam provided some new mounts for the bullet camera. Clic Extreme also sent the team their sunglasses, rock on!

More news on the van front, www.vwmagazine.co.uk has joined forces with Graffix Detail in Glasgow to give us a new VW van with a swish interior and free logos all over as well. Holly and I were over the moon with a panel van with nothing inside, this takes the biscuit. I can't explain what a big difference having a van wll make to BFUK. Just a couple of months ago, before Holly applied for the photographer's position, I was preparing to skate the UK with a rucksack on my back. Now we'll be able to update the website from the road, keep in regular contact with the media and groups of skaters who are going to join me on the road, and we'll also have a place to stay when generous offers of accomodation dry up.

The sky is the limit. Next Wednesday we have a BFUK farewell party in Swansea. The next day, the morning will be taken up by my good friend Arthur skating the Sail Bridge for charity (see www.justgiving.com/boardfree) and then in the afternoon Becki and Dan and I begin the long drive up to John o'Groats, via Manchester and Prestwick. In 8 days I'll be on the road. Here goes the final week...

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