Is this not the hatchet wielding hitchhiker guy?
this post was submitted on 19 Nov 2024
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How many skateboard wheels are needed for a 3000 mile trip?
Chad Caruso did it last year using a single setup for the whole trip, so 4..
https://www.jenkemmag.com/home/2023/05/22/how-chad-caruso-skated-across-america/
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Not many sites seem to deal in distance when talking about replacing skateboard wheels, but I was able to find this:
https://skateboardscan.com/skateboard-wheels-last/
So according to that he'd need 10-30 sets of skateboard wheels to cross the country.
Of course if you're just riding on the side of highways in a straight line forever you could probably get a little more out of them since you're not doing any precision work or tricks.
Chad Caruso did it last year using just one set of wheels. New record too (57 days).
https://www.jenkemmag.com/home/2023/05/22/how-chad-caruso-skated-across-america/
Not so sure. A road surface tends to be rougher pavement than sidewalks or skate parks. I'd imagine the side of a highway chewing those parkboard wheels away at record rates.
I'm honestly kinda shocked anyone attempting this wouldn't use a longboard with some chonkier wheels.
Oh, he's probably thinking he can stay on the sidewalk most of the way.
I'm not sure how he even got as far as the Rockies since there's a desert you have to get through first.
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You don't know if he's maybe Nollie Kickflipping the whole way.
Cant seem to find this dude on ig, there are just too many that tried to cross the usa with a board.
Does someone have a link to this specific persons ig? That would be great, thanks.
What are you using to take that screenshot? It looks like a phone but the aspect ratio is like a square
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I'm not great at this, but from the original x post, I think his handle is @jaayfilms
The news report video says he dropped out of HS. I couldn't find where he got that he's illiterate, thought this would take two weeks and didn't know about the mountains... But I honestly didn't dig much after haha. If someone else finds it, please let me know. I just want to read that comment thread haha
How is he planning on getting back?
Also, won't his wheels wear out?
If someone thought it would take two weeks there would be no concern about wheels wearing out. They also wouldn't have the planning skills for a way home, becsuse how far could that be?
I'm assuming it is a parody account.
I'm assuming he's gunna wind up dead in Colorado like that lady who drank all the colloidal silver
I know it says LA in the image, but are we sure he wasn't actually from Night Vale?
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Two weeks, huh? The US is around 3,000 miles from coast to coast, so that puts him over 200 miles skateboarding every single day... I'm not sure, but the person who didn't know mountains exist might be dumb.
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“If Forrest Gump can do it, so can I”
Gump didn't even have a skateboard
From the sound of it, the skateboarding guy must have never watched Forrest Gump. He would have known it would take more than 2 weeks, just by seeing Gump's beard grow.
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Literally illiterate?
The percentage of the population that's illiterate is way higher than it has any business being.
The percentage of the population that’s illiterate is way higher than it has any business being.
Like “can’t read at an elementary school level”.
“There are three kinds of lies: Lies, Damned Lies, and Statistics” - Mark Twain
Not in your link, but I found the same statistics as your link in another with a critical piece of information:
"According to researchers, 4 out of 5 Americans 18 and over possess medium to high proficiency in English reading and writing." source
These statistics, both your link and mine, may only be measuring literacy in English.
So looking to get a clue how many may have literacy in another language:
"Today, 13.8 percent of the nation's residents are foreign-born" source
So at least a percentage of those being counted as USA illiterate may indeed be literate in another language that isn't English.
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Wow, those figures are shocking. US of A, 1st economy in the world, 1st military power in the world and our space, 36th in literacy rate. I am sad for fellow Americans :(
The US should be doing much better in all categories based on its wealth alone, but this is kind of an important factor.
34% of adults lacking literacy proficiency were born outside the US.
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The US ranks 36th in literacy.
This is a deceptive statistic. It merely indicates that many countries like Uzbekistan and North Korea falsely report 100% literacy rates. Look here. The USA literacy rate is actually about the same as that of other wealthy Western democracies.
You are right. Very interesting link, thanks !
North Korea probably does have high literacy so the people can read and understand all the propaganda.
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He didn't know America had mountains.
According to a third party on X
That is willful ignorance, not illiteracy. People talk about the rocky mountains, they are mentioned in songs...
He just thought they were not real.
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Then he's immounterate
Insurmountable.
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