Saturday. October 23. Day 85.

Last night was an interesting and fun evening spent among the students of Stellenbosch. We met some great people and had an absolute blast.

We spent our last off day before the tour ends exploring the town while Human drove through to Hout Baai to pick up is wife and daughter. They will be joining us on the last leg of the tour.

Protea hotel are really looking after us and have gone out of their way to accommodate us on the final days of our epic journey.

With only a couple of k’s left the crew are jumpy with excitement and looking forward to reaching our final destination.

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

Monday. October 04.day 66

On the Garden Route...
Surf school from earlier this weekend!

We are closing in on our destination with a total of 1385 km’s under the belt leaving us with only 415km’s left to go!

We packed up this morning and made our way to the lovely town of Knysa. Cornell, Puddy and Human took the road on for the day’s session while Max and newcomer Jhono made ahead to hook up some accommodation.

The skating was beautiful. The Knysa and surrounding areas is probably the most aesthetically pleasing place n the country. Puddy encountered a hectic downhill on this stretch which scared him a little. None the less he took it head on reached an epic top speed of 52km/h.

Arriving in Knysa Max and co waxed sweet accommodation at the Island Vibe Backpackers.

31km skated for the day
50km/h top speed
Average 22 km/h
1385km total

Thursday. September 30. Day 62

Downhill all the way.

After yesterdays eventful day we took it quite easy. Puddy managed a 28 km skate today. He didn't want to take it too hard on his injured foot.

Human went to the post office to mail some more shirts. Remember if you want a quicksilver quality skate for change shirt mail Human at human@skateforchange.co.za.

Max joined Puddy on the road again for the second time today. First he did a 13km stretch with Pud and then later another 4. We skated over the Bloukrans

Bridge today which is epically high. Tomorrow we are bungee jumping from it. We are all a bit scared but are looking forward to it.

A local, Stefan Bouwer hooked up with us today and also joined Puddy on the road. Big ups to this guy as he hooked us up with the bungee for tomorrow.

Back in town we fooled around on the downhills. Puddy catching some nice speed and carves around the corners.

Tomorrow we bungee and Saturday we Tarp surf...

Average speed 22km/h

Top speed 29 km/h

Distance skated 28

1353 km skated

Tuesday. September 28. Day 60.

Double time.....

It was evident today that the weekends rest paid off as Puddy pushed whopping a total of 51km’s today.

We woke this morning to the friendly faces of the guest house owners and after a healthy breakfast made our way to the marker.

The weather was great for skating with no wind pumping from the front.

The weather was great for skating with no wind pumping from the front.

The road surface was abit rough and after a couple of k’s Puddy started complaining about the constant vibration in his calves. Puddy kept pushing though, and soon the surface took a turn for the better.

A visitor from “another planet” joined Puddy, for a brief moment on the road. A team of engineers were driving a solar powered car past us, escorted by a van. Much like we are doing. They contacted us a while later and organised that we take a photo with them but unfortunately we couldn’t manage to locate each other.

Trucks were a bit of a problem as they sped past dangerously fast causing Puddy’s cap to blow off.

We made it back around lunch at grabbed something to eat at a local coffee shop. The friendly owner gave as a friendly R100 donation after he heard what we were doing.

Puddy felt recharged after lunch and said he wanted to go out on the road and do another session. So off we went to burn some more rubber..

DJ Fresh from 5fm phoned Puddy while on the road. He does this on Tuesdays and Fridays to get an update on the tour. Soon after Puddy said good bye people started responding and recognising us on the road.

Further down the road the road looked better as the surface smoothed out again. Some more "visitors" came to say hi to Puddy as he skated along. A pack of baboons lurked over the road to have a look at this strange being that is Puddy. At first Puddy was scared shouting "hulle gaan my buit" but luckily he moved past them without being attacked. Planning this trip we never thought we would have to prepare for animal threats.

We made it back to camp with a great 51 km's on the clock for the day. 31 during the morning session and then 20 in the afternoon with a 19km/h average and top speed of 24km p/h.

Be sure to catch Puddy on 5fm during the Fresh Drive show on Tuesdays and Fridays.

Friday. September 17. Day 49

Great day for exposure...

Ate an early breakfast at the guesthouse and made our way out to the N2 where the SABC camera man filmed Puddy skating the Days stretch. He skated a total of 31km’s making up for some lost time.

People were exceptionally friendly to us on the road waving and cheering. We learned later the day that we were featured on the front page of the local paper The Herald that morning. Dj Fresh form 5FM also gave us a call around 16:30 which gave us some more media exposure.

The raod also offered thses footpaths next to the high way enabling Puddy a smooth and safe ride for the day. Cornell was also able to shoot some nice videos with the ocean backdrop.

The rest of the day was spent at the SOS Villiage. We will be spending Monday at the Villliage with all the children playing with them and enjoying a lunch.

Thanks to The Palace Gusthouse who fed us a lovely Breakfast.