{"id":1067,"date":"2008-07-08T10:24:36","date_gmt":"2008-07-08T16:24:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/?p=1067"},"modified":"2008-07-08T11:33:45","modified_gmt":"2008-07-08T17:33:45","slug":"the-900-mile-push-to-nyc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/?p=1067","title":{"rendered":"The 900 Mile Push To NYC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/07\/80119.jpg\" onclick=\"window.open('http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/07\/80119.jpg','popup','width=440,height=512,scrollbars=no,resizable=yes,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=yes,left=0,top=0');return false\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/07\/80119-tm.jpg\" height=\"232\" width=\"200\" border=\"1\" align=\"right\" hspace=\"4\" vspace=\"4\" alt=\"80119\" \/><\/a><strong>Arthur Swidzinski<\/strong> and <strong>Mike Kosclesza<\/strong> just spent the last 36 days skateboarding from Chicago to Manhattan, pushing all 900 miles as part of a documentary film titled <strong><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.shredamericafilm.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Shred America<\/a><\/em><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>In June 2, the foursome left Millennium Park and began their adventure- and drama-filled trip. As they zigzagged across the country on small roads and bike paths, they faced painful wipeouts (&#8220;The Appalachian Mountains were brutal&#8221;), one hospital visit, scorching heat, a tornado, mechanical problems with the bicycles, and at least a dozen encounters with police who were not impressed with their plans.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>They arrived in Manhattan late last night and were hoping to hold their skateboards over their heads, hug, and share a &#8220;Shred America High-Five.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>After a month and five days we have finally arrived at our destination! . . . New York City is incredible. At night, Time Square is as bright as day. And it seems like this city never sleeps. . . .We are enjoying our stay and still taking it all in. This whole trip has been unbelievable and it&#8217;s definitely an experience we will never forget. . . . We would like to thank everyone back at home for the support and everyone we have met on the road.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>[Link: <\/strong><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailyherald.com\/story\/?id=215646\" target=\"_blank\">Daily Herald<\/a><\/strong> and <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/shredamerica.blogspot.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Shred America Blog<\/a><\/strong><strong>]<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Arthur Swidzinski and Mike Kosclesza just spent the last 36 days skateboarding from Chicago to Manhattan, pushing all 900 miles as part of a documentary film titled Shred America. In June 2, the foursome left Millennium Park and began their adventure- and drama-filled trip. As they zigzagged across the country on small roads and bike [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1067"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1067"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1067\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1067"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1067"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1067"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}