One or two steps from the end

After a week resting our bodies and souls, we finally got to Moura, in Alentejo. We're now staying in Serpa's Camping, and we found some cool kids here. This weekend, a mediaevel market will take the village and we expect to taken 500 years back. For now, here are some images of Alqueva's Alentejo. See you soon!

Alentejo

After a whole month with nice and smooth roads, cool weather, and a constant will to ride, we reached Alentejo. Even though there are some good mountains around here, the average temperature goes around 40º c. in the shade, wich makes us ride not more than 2 hours a day. We proceed slowly in Alentejo...

Keep yourself updated trough www.portugaldeskate.com, or via www.portugaldeskate.blip.tv

Mogadouro

After a great weekend in Bragança, off we went to Mogadouro. Downhill miles. In Mogadouro we visited the old Castle, and amzed ourselves with the Trás-os-Montes landscapes. All the roads here are a challenge. You'll need a strong heart to ride these roads. And now what? Pay us a visit tomorrow and you'll find out.

For 2009 Portugal By Skate

Hey 

For 2009, Portugal by skate is making a complete and new event. This year, and for the first time, we are inviting people to come with us in this journey, more than a 1000 km in 63 days on the road, a summer full of adventures.

Since 2007 we've been starting in Caminha, in the north of Portugal, and we've been taking all way down by the sea line to reach the goal in Vila Real de Santo Antonio in Algarve. This ye

ar the departure and arrival points are the same but the way is going to be completely diferent: we chose to make it along the border line near spain, we gonna catch all the hills we can!!!

Don´t even think about fancy vacaciones: we will camp allmost every day... think about this trip as an adventure.

We don´t have any suport to pay anything, each people pays for their own things... We're still looking for some suport .

If you need some more information mail us: portugaldeskate@gmail.com 

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La Noche En Blanco - Madrid 2008

That's right! Few weeks after finishing our yearly adventure, Portugal by Skate 2008, we headed to Madrid, the spanish capital, with some Longboarderz friends. There were 7 of us there to ride the open roads during a whole night, but once we got there we found a huge sea of longboarders ready to claim their right to the roads! We spent the night sliding here and there, and found out that the longboard scene in Spain is far more developed than in Portugal. After an exhausting night we spent part of the sunday with some new friends from Barcelona: Mad Surfer, Chino, and the rolerskates team with the most awesome tricks! And in that day a new dream was born: from Portugal to Barcelona by Skate, the mediterranean by skate... who knows?!




Photos taken by Zé Tó

Once again, rising from deep oblivion...

here we are! Right in the midle of our journey. We've been over a month on the road, from Caminha to Porto during the first week, there to Aveiro in the week after, from there to São Pedro de Moel, and finaly arrived to Ericeira, near home. Clean sheets and nice food...

Too many things have happened since we last posted here, and it became hard to keep up with all the news. After having all the sponsorings closed we got ourselves on the way to Portugal by Skate's second edition. In Oporto longboard scene is far more developped than in Lisboa, or so it seems. We've been received by the Longboarderz Team: they took us to some of the coolest places to ride longboard in the northern Portugal, such as Matosinhos,

Gaia where we spent our "Go Skateboarding Day",

and Carvoeiro, some kick ass roads...

In Ovar we had some company again for some longboarding miles, and again we were presented to some cool agressive oldschool downhill roads: Minhoteira. Deep Portugal with wide open minded locals.

Longboard workshops in the Youth Hostels have been working prety good too! We truly realize that longboard skate is almost unknown for most of the kids, and it's a pleasure and a privilege to get them in touch with our passion.

Click here to watch our video trailer for 2008. Trailer #2 and trailer #3.

Half the way gone, or half of the way to come, we finally have our oficial website online! It's HERE! And thanks to Us2Rs and to Paulo Arraiano. It's thanks to him again that we have this lovely tees! Check them out! 100% cotton and it costs 20€ each (+ shipping when to out of Portugal: please call us to +351 96 855 00 49 or send us an email to portugaldeskate@gmail.com), for those who are registered in longboarderz.forumeiros.com. So hurry up and register! It's the newest longboard forum, where we can share spots and hints.



400 kms gone, 600 kms to come, and something made it possible: lot's of Luso water, a Tatonka backpack, Vans Shoes, and our perfectly hand made cruising boards, LabSk8 longboards... Check them out HERE. And that's for the world to know that Portugal is not only good at making red wine and corks!

Finally ready to go!

All the sporsorships requirements are now closed: we're happy about our support, and without it Portugal by Skate wouldn't work!

Therefore we must thank to Movijovem that will provide acommodations in Pousadas da Juventude, to DJ Cheve who is going to bring to PortugalbySkate a soundystem, take nice photos, drive the van and ride toOo...

Our gratitude to IDT which institutionalized (sorry if you can find this word in your dictionary) our desire to do something for society.

A huge thanks to Central de Cervejas, to Panegara and to Agel. Also to SG Consulting, to Gabinete de Terapias Manuais which will look after participants health and to AboardShop that keeps giving it's skates for everyone to use.

A big hug to those who still believe and cherish our philosophy, such as Família Fazuma, OndaSurf, Conquilha, JCServ, Cenas a Pedal, Aqui Brazil! and everyone we don't mention here.

And a big thanks, gracias, grazie, danke, merci, arigato, to all the friends that make our insanes ideas look as perfectly normal ideas.

Our new site is getting dressed too: meanwhile watch some cool videos at http://www.portugaldeskate.org/, our new internet adress.

Contest " a slogan for Portugal by Skate"

Portugal by Skate is always on the road, and we've been in Porto last weekend to see Família Fazuma's Show in Casa da Música. And of course, spent half the day riding the wonderful waves of the precint around the building. In that afternoon we got to meet part of the family of Fazuma. Check their work out HERE

Meanwhile, think of a slogan that suits Portugal by Skte philosophy and win a Lush DVD with the coolest rides in UK. Send your slogan to portugaldeskate@gmail.com, we'll publish your slogans and the chosen one by the visitors will win a Lush DVD!

Portugal by Skate for Freedom

The RoadShow will be, during 2008, one of the vehicles of the portuguese Drugs and Adiction Institute (IDT). It's a proud for us to be spreading the word of such a respectable institution. And in what concerns Portugal by Skate aims, it is our duty to work for an adictions-free society.

Therefore, Portugal by Skate will have only non-alcoholic drinks in it's parties, and as much information as we can give will be given to all the people we share our experience with.

There is a portuguese site where you can clear your doubts, get some information on drugs and effects, chat with other people and play games, making you think about drugns use in a cool and simple way!

http://www.tu-alinhas.pt/InfantoJuvenil/homepage.do2

Ladies and Gentlemen, we have a winner!

We finally have a winner for the design contest.
João Filipe, an architecture student sent us his proposal. A perfect technique as executing a well-thinking concept. In João Filipe's words, the right side of the van simbolizes the hardest side of longboarding ( downhill) as the van passes the other cars. In the left side of the van, when it's being passed by faster cars, it's a chill zone, with a smother ride. Gonçalo Morais from Viseu also sent us his proposal, with an agressive boardroiders style image. Also great!

João Filipe won a Lush Makonga Longboard complete, and Gonçalo Morais won a Lush Makonga Deck.

Check out their work!