5+ Years, 46 States, 6 Different Vans And Now, One Hell-of-a Resume.: Longboarding 3000 miles across America for charity.

This summer my brother, my girlfriend, 4 guys from England and myself were all living in the bus for 3 months. Our mission? To skateboard across America from LA to New York City to not only make a feature film about it, but to also raise $20,000 for the Teenage Cancer Trust.

Skateboarding has always been a huge part of my life, and my brothers.
We've been doing it ever since i can remember, and just never stopped.
Rupert found us and our bus from an online blog post Passenger Clothing Company
did about us a couple months back. >>>> You can find that here. <<<<
Josh and i only hesitated for about 20 seconds before saying yes to Ruperts Facebook message propsal. why not? Its almost as if we were meant to do this the way it worked out. we try to revolve our life around things that we're passionate about, and skateboarding, helping others and traveling are definitely on that list. So with expectations of our bus being packed (which it was) to be used as the RV / support / film vehicle and with high hopes, we headed to the JFK airport and met up with these 4 british dudes we've never met on June 7th, and i'm glad we did.

TVWNP support vehicle

Rupert Rixon is a young filmmaker from England who owns "perspective Pictures" and is responsible for making this film a reality. So he chose to have this 3000 mile journey dedicated to the Teenage Cancer Trust due to them greatly supporting his friend through his hardships, and he even found these rad sponsors to help with essentials for the trip.
Mindless Longboards - provided us with complete boards and extra everything.
Bounce Balls - (healthy snacks made 100% naturally) to keep us full of healthy protein and energy.
Sick Chirpse - (provides online entertainment) gave weekly updates of the trip.
Alibi Health Drink - provided us with cases and cases and cases of awesomeness.
& my brother and i even reached out and found some awesome companies to partner with.
ReplayXD Action Cameras - provided us with action cameras and helmet mounts to catch 'on the road' action and a terabit of much needed storage.
Stanley Brand - provided us with thermoses that kept our water cold for days, and essential camp cook gear for those campfire cookin' nights.
Goldcoast Longboards - provided us with extra boards, wheels, and social media support.

Rupert Rixon & David Rock did it! skated 3000 miles for cancer!
Unfortunately, Oli went home in Salk Lake City due to family problems
and Tom left in Omaha Nebraska due to a torn ligament in his knee.
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Rupert and his 3 friends Oli, Tom and David accompanied Rupert for this trip, but unfortunately only Rupert and David actually made the 3000 mile skate from coast to coast.
-This trip was full of hardships and emotions, especially when we were all hot and miserable in the Mojave Desert. Ss you can imagine and it was hard to stay motivated and get out of the bus to skate 50 miles every morning. Davids main source of motivation was food and Ruperts was the film. He constantly did selfie video blogs which were hilarious, maybe just because of his accent. They always dug deep and remembering the purpose of this trip, they always picked themselves up and carried on. blisters and all. I have a lot of respect for these two dudes, and after living together for three months, i'm glad to now call them my good friends.

This three and a half month, 3000 mile journey across the states was as memorable as it could have been in every aspect, and then some.
when thinking back, i find myself reminicscing not about the skating but mostly about the late night bus shenanigans and songs that left us in tears from laughing so hard.
After living in such tight quarters with 7 people you share an unexplainable bond with eachother, and share jokes no one else will EVER understand.

Alright, i can't give you too much information. . . .
To find out the rest you're just gonna have to wait until March of next year when the film comes out!
it will be released for free to the public in 8 parts on Perspective Pictures Youtube Channel ,
then it will be put together as a feature length film and be available on Netflix.

As the british dudes would say, Cheers!
- Matt Monthei
@myroamingstory Enjoy some more shots from the trip!
@thevanwithnoplan