Tuesday. 05 October. Day 67

Knysa is prettier than any woman ever. Skating past the lagoon, Puddy could hardly keep his eyes on the road as he was looking at the beautiful scenery the whole time.

Our session today started nice and early and our marker from where we were to skate was right in front of the backpackers where we were staying. On the road Max took the wheel of the van while the extra hands of Jono managed the camera! Little ‘goggas’ filled the air and constantly ended up in Puddy’s eyes and mouth making the skating a bit tough. Even the van was filled with them.

The surface of the road was good for skating and luckily there was no wind. However Puddy face a dramatic uphill which really tired him out. He kept pushing though and was rewarded with a nice long smooth downhill ending just before Knysa.

We think Puddy broke a record today – unfortunately there was no ‘official authority’ to witness it. We do have it all on video though. Puddy managed to manual (wheelie with a skateboard) for a total of 1.1km’s on an average of 35km/h. As far as we know the furthest manual is somewhere in the 800m mark.

It was Tuesday so Dj Fresh from 5fm phoned Puddy again catching up with the tour.

The evening was spent enjoying some great fish which Jono cooked up for us! Not only is he quite crafty with the camera but enjoys cooking too.

Good day of skating done with 25km in the bag.

Top speed 56km/h

Average speed 13km/h uphill

Average speed 40 km/h downhill

Average speed 24km/h flat