MARK YOUR CALENDARS FOR OCT 30 2010

Mischif Skateboards presents: Final Frontier

Date: 30 October 2010 @ 21:00pm
Where: Hectic on Hope, Hope street, Cape Town
Entry : R10 (goes to charity)

Featuring:

DJ MDK
80'S POWER HOUR (driven by Christi Wiehahn)
DJ TOXIC RYTHM

Puddy Zwennis will arrive in Cape town October 30 2010 with his skateboard after he has been skating for 90'days from Joburg to Cape Town. Come and join Puddy and the skate for change crew for the FINAL FRONTIER party as they celebrate this amazing feat ! Lots of prizes to be won! Cover charge will go to charity!!!

Thursday. 14 October. Day 76

The rain came today. It washed all hopes of skating away. We tried going out to the marker hoping it would clear by the time we got there. We eventually turned around not even reaching the marker as it just kept gushing down. Hopefully it will clear up tomorrow as we are losing time due the delay caused by the weather.

Thanks to De Doorn Kraal for the accommodation.

A BIG THANK YOU TO ALL FOR YOUR CONTINUES SUPPORT! IT DIES NOT GO UNNOTICED

Don’t forget to sms PUDDY to 38665 or to click on the page above to order a shirt.

Wednesday. October 13. Day 75

Moving out this morning we were stumped by the slow moving traffic. We later learned that there had been an accident up ahead, jarring the traffic. When we finally made it past we could move on to our marker of yesterday.

The road was a bit rough at first but smoothed out later Puddy was also blessed was some super fun banks next to the road which kept him entertained and made for some sweet shots.

We went back to our base camp a friend of ours parents' The Du Preez came and said hello and to support the cause. They also brought us a pack of biltong as a present. After lunch Puddy felt amped to do another session. So off we went, lead by Puddy to skate an extra 17km leaving us with 1599 k’s done for the trip. The road on the second session was quite fun. There was an epic downhill on the last stretch which Puddy took head on and bombed it reaching a new top speed of 66km/h. " It was pretty scary stuff, especially on a short board, but super adrenaline pumping and I really liked it."

Tomorrow we break the 1600 km mark and move base camp to Swellendam.

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

Saturday. October 2. Day 64.

After yesterday’s extreme activities we thought it would be good to stick to some regular skateboarding.

The local skate/surf shop along with local man Clayton organised a small demo and Puddy show cased some of his unique skateboarding skills to the local kids. Thanks to Clayton for setting everything up.

After the demo the locals brought out a huge tarpaulin. Pulling it fast enough the tarpaulin or tarp creates a wave like tube and skater cruise through it as if on a real surfboard. Great fun and laughs were had with this as everyone joined in. Even max gave it a go and took a quite the wipe out when his wheel hooked and he flew forward face first.

That night we watched the game; WP vs. Bulls. Too bad for Cornell as he is a Province fan.

Stefan and his girlfriend joined us at the rad guesthouse called Anne’s Place for a braai and some socializing.

Wednesday. September 22. Day 54

Twice the fun, double the pain....

We packed up from The Gecko Lodge to make way to our next base camp, St. Francis and to skate the day’s k’s into J bay.

First we had to stop and purchase a new 3g connection as the previous one broke over the weekend. Puddy was blessed with the skating today with lovely weather and road surface as smooth as a baby’s bottom. The conditions notched up our average to between 26 and 32 km/h. Not only was the road smooth but rocked with a natural quarter pipe alongside it providing some awesome fun skating.

Puddy managed to bail not once but twice on this leg. The irony of it all. Not one bail has been sustained by Puddy on this trip and then on this day he managed two. First he stepped in front of one of his wheels and falling quite hard. After that his wheels caught on a gap in the road ensuring a solid slam. Despite eating tar Puddy had all the reason to smile. First, after arriving at the quicksilver shop we received our new SKATE FOR CHANGE SHIRTS (more of that later) and he got to skate the indoor wood bowl inside the shop. After all of that, when we headed back to Cape St Francis a huge welcoming sign protruded from the ground as we entered making Puddy forget about the slight injuries.

SKATE FOR CHANGE SHIRTS ARE AVAILABLE NATION WIDE @ R150 from Quicksilver. email human@skateforchange.co.za with details and we will get back to you with how we will send it your way.

Such a great day on the road .

Sunday. September 19. Day 51

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