Charitable distance skating

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Charitable distance skating refers to long distance travel on a skateboard with an associated charitable fundraising effort.

Perhaps one of the most famous boards in the world, Elsa (a rolls rolls carbon longboard) has over 10,000km under her wheels. Elsa was pushed from Perth to Brisbane between August 20th 2006 and January 22nd 2007 at a distance of 5823km, which broke the previous distance record by 993km.^{[citation needed]}

However, during the same summer of 2006, four young Canadians pushed their way across the second longest land mass in the world. Beginning on the waterfront in Halifax, Nova Scotia, the Push for the Cure pushed more than 7000km to Vancouver, British Columbia. The journey took just over five months and raised more than $60,000 for the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation.

Although the current distance record is unofficial, the current debate over the issue will be settled by July, 2009 as 5 riders from Push for the Cure complete a 16,000km, 12-month journey around North America.