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Freedom Cancer Skate 2009 Challenge

Hi,

I'm Tomo and welcome to the Freedom Skate website. Nearly two years ago, one of my best mates died of cancer. Since then I have had this dream to raise money for the organisations that support people who have to face that ugly beast called cancer.

So, in honour of my friend Marcus, and other cancer sufferers, I have set myself a massive challenge! Starting sometime in October 2009 I will be longboarding the entire length of the Land of the Long White Cloud, New Zealand, Aotearoa - from Cape Reinga to Bluff, approximately 2000 kilometres. I am hoping to raise at least $10,000, sharing it between the Nelson Region Hospice and the Nelson Cancer Society. I regularly longboard between Nelson and Richmond, but am currently eyeing up a training regime that will see me travelling between 40 and 90km a day in the build-up to the start of the challenge in October.

While you're here have a look around. You'll find photos, my blog, who is sponsoring me and how you can help. There's also the Freedom Skate Guestbook where you can leave a (public) message. If you want to contact me privately click on the "Send a Message" menu.

Thanks and see ya later,
Believing in a cure,

Tomo.

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FreedomSkate - This is Love

Written by Tomo

Hey all !! Just wanna let you know on the heart for us thi year!

we re bringing in Freedomskate LOVE "This Is Love"
which is going to be freaken awesome and we need you!!!!
so this is the plan!!

we will be setting charitable trust for Freedomskate where when you donate you can claim your tax back from what you give to us.
the money we use will go directly to Cacer patients and in thier homes, our heart s to serve thier needs, maybe they need a dishwasher or a new paint job
on the house we will be dedicated to makeing a difference in their lifes and to show LOVE,
i hope t hve you guys on board with this please feel free to contact me with any info or questions.
Love yu all so so Much!

Tomo
Freedomskate

Done and Dusted

Written by Tomo

Hello all, hope life is well for you!

where do i start......
i have been planning Freedomskate for just under two years now ...
20months of planning and 2 months of pushing an entire distance of 2100 kms for cancer.
at 10.47am on sunday the 10th of Jan i saw my dream ... GROW

so many stories... so many hours on a board.. and so amny amazing people
Everyone told me that this would change my life .. and you know what they where right.
every morning i wake up i dream of skating somewhere new .. somewhere more vast and wide..

one coutry at a time for freedomskate .
so many awesome plans for us this year we are introducing "This is Love, This is Hope . Welcome to Freedomskate"
but we are still planning, will redo website within next few months too.

i guess for me Freedomskate isn't about skating New Zealand for cancer , this is my love and my destiny.
i cant thankyou all enough for believing in my crazy and some times idiotic ideas , but they paid off.
know that you didn't just believe in me , but you are impacting people whoa re sufering with the big C.

i know with everything i have that Freedomskate will be huge, this will be something so much bigger
than what we could have ever possibly dreamt.

You know every morning when i'd wake up , blisters and aching body . God was so much bigger.
i'd never throw my religion down someones throat, but i know that every time a truck or a car was so so close to taking me out that Gods hands where upon me and guiding me to bluff, ill never take glory for this skate, it was never going to about me, i would never do this on my own, i would of given up by far , Gods Glory goes beyond my fame.
everyday i thanked him for strength and asked him to guide me to the next stop .
On thurs the 7th of jan i pulled fibres in my Achilles. Friday,saturday,sunday was utter pain, i was unsure if i'd make it..
but because of HIS GREAT LOVE... here i write to you that this was the best thing i'll ever do in life..

Someone told me to get a real Job... get a real Job ? this is way more better than any job because i know at the end
of the day i am impacting , i am trying to help someone's life , it dosen't get much better than that.!!!

so i hope freedomskate has opened up your eyes, there is alot of pain that Cancer patients have to go through day after day, but TOGETHER we can make a difference , we can believe in a cure....

Thankyou to every sponsor... to every person that let us stay at your place, that fed us and let us shower, to all the supporters and a special thankyou to the ones who said i couldn't do it!
i love you all so much pleacse help us to believie in a cure by donating today!

So much love , and thakyous

Tomo
Freedomskate
xXx

4 More days!

Written by Tomo

WOW!!!

Hello everyone!! i hope all is well with you!
it is the end of day 61 and has been amazing and crap all in 1!!
i have skated 60km in pouring rain!! was almost run over
and skated through a huge thunder and lightning storm!!!!!!!!!!!

Matty Grant is my new driver and love having awesome times with him we have started a game of fart tennis!
simple fart as loud you can and if its not loud its a fault hahaha Good times!!

two huge shout outs!
Thanks so much to Palmerstons Pioneer Motel and The families we met for your am,azing hospitaility!!!
and Dunedin Cheapskates!! thanks for the new bearings you all rock!!

i have been thinking alot lately of the skate and this is what my dear friend Lisa Price wrote to me via Facebook
Day 143 for me - two surgeries, one missing breast; 17 missing lymph nodes; scarred underarm and chest; 5 rounds of chemotherapy; total baldness; endless nausea and tiredness, aching back, legs, neck, bones and I won't even mention the emotional trauma.... 95 days to go.

We CAN do this! We can do anything with God on our team xxxx

This really opened my eyes .. here i am complaining about a saw leg ... we have everything compared to so many cancer victims...

I urge you to help me to believe for a cure, please, there is hope!

So mych love to you all !!

Tomo

Last Updated on Thursday, 07 January 2010 18:53

153km in 24 hours!

Written by Tomo
The title says it all everyone,its true little me skated 153kms, in 24hours with like 1hour sleep haha! was an insane night, we were all pumped on red bull hahaha, so the boys kept pushing me , feeding and fueling me to make a huge 153km day , insane!! its been so weird lately. Matt and Kris have gone home today, i was pretty gut wrenched when they left, you bond with people when your on the road together, sucks to say goodbye to these guys. last nights push has resulted in two blisters to grow double there size !! Ouch ouch Ouch. the boys were great, such incredible people to watch a mad man skate at 14km an hour in the middle of the night! top work boys! you might be asking "why skate flippen 153km?" well Matt and Kris need to be back on Friday the 18th, so with us all stressed at 10 o'clock Thursday night i say ' nah lets push to Christchurch" the boys looked at me and go right lets do it, come on how good are that! two shout outs! 1. We were in Blenheim Kris needed new skate shoes Cheapskates said they'll give us 10% off. we went to skatemart, he gave Kris 20% off these shoes that were already 30% off so half price! thanks bro, you are the man, everyone go check out skatemart in Blenheim 2. kaikoura Top Ten Holiday park for giving us a free spa!! was so needed!\you guys rock! so i leave you with this "Passion is your first step to achievement. your destiny, not your desire DNA or IQ, determines your destiny, the greater your desire the greater your potentional" Dream bid, let your heart break and desire for something so much bigger!! its time for me to get some shut eye, Godbless Believing in a cure Love Tomo xxx
Last Updated on Friday, 18 December 2009 16:44

South Island

Written by Tomo

Yo !!

what an awesome day,
well i slept through my alarm and almost missed the ferry!!! hahaha good times,
stayed with the most awesome people last night , and the night before too, such humbling and amazing people.
made awesome new friends as well , Chris, Mick , Rion and the lads , you rock good times ay!

So i got the ferry over to the south island this morning , one of my closest mates came with me, Laurie bro you are the man,
was awesome to hang with you bro! Love ya bud!

was a pretty emotional day , to see all my close friends and family, had awesome lunch,laughs hugs and tears with them all!
was an amazing day good times,
we had a huge team skate with us today! 3 extra support cars 4 extra skaters was insane!!!
have got my friend Matty and Kris with me, huge welcome to you guys we going to have an awesome times !!!

Aite, im very saw and so so tired aye! nunite all , love you ta bits!

Love Tomo
xxx

North Island DONE & DUSTED!

Written by Tomo
Hey all , hope everything is well for you!! wow..... Here we go huh!! umm yeah i finished the North Island yesterday.. what a feeling!! very emotional hitting the Ferry Terminal.. Cant believe that 27 days ago we left home and started the Freedomskate Team. its been awesome. theres been time where ive thrown the board and yelled.. and theres been times where i've just gone come on how awesome is this!!!! i cant say thank you enough to every single person who has taken the team in under there roofs and fed and given us somewhere comfier than the van to sleep in! and i cant thank you guys enough back home, for standing beside me and going you can do this mate! i will be in wellington till Monday morning then i ferry over to Picton where ill see my family and friends . it will be another emotional day for me .... hahahaha!! it'll be so cool to see everyone and i cant wait. for now i am going to put my feet up and relax and recap on the awesome memories ill have for life. Much love to you all Tomo xxxxxx
Last Updated on Thursday, 10 December 2009 09:26

Good Morning Interview - 9 Dec 2009

Written by Tomo

Last Updated on Monday, 10 May 2010 21:33

Living the DREAM

Written by Tomo

What a week . . .

I am in Palmerston North , its Just about 11pm and am absolutely shattered!
its sunday the 6th of December, usually today i take a day off but we got up at 6am and pushed
for 3hours to palmy , small day only 43 kms!
this week we clocked a massive 402kms! ! thats almost half of what we have done
our total distance stands at 967 kms! stoked.

what a week .. monday Harriet broke down and even though it poured with rain i still made it 40kms,
before we had to get towed all the way back to Hamilton, it wasnt looking good, Bill's uncle said it could cost me a few
hundred dollers ... but thankfully we got the van fixed for free the next day , and it was to be a new day...

it rained Monday,Tuesday,Wednesday,Friday this week , sort of got over being cold and drenched all day pretty quick!
we crossed the dessert road this week too, this was a very hard day mentally and physically, it was freezing cold this day
and instead of just being in stubbies i layered up pretty well, i was really praying for a hot shower this day , and that i got!!
and nearing the end of the day , my pushing foot said " oi no more" and it felt like it was about to fall off, so i took a 5min break got back on the board and pushed though to Taihape.

so its been weird, now upto day 23 almost 24 and i feel really sad, like " wow the time has gone" and where has it gone too?
the emotional side has been hard this week, being away from family and friends is starting to take a toll , sometimes all
i wanna do is be held and cry and be told " it'll be okay" . i wish i could put a word on the feelings i face everyday ..

but am crossing the ferry on the 14th of December and cant wait to see everyone it will be a emotional but awesome day!

maybe a rollercoaster isthe best way .. haha yeah it is ..
i have to walk alot of hills this kills you mentally but when you get to the top theres always a down hill to ride!

lately i have been getting a lttle irrated with people's praise to me, man this skates not about me..
its not about trying to look cool, get on tv or get famous NO WAY! this is about honouring my mate and
who he was to me ! at quite frankly the end of the day .. its not the cans of baked beans , or the bananas that give me
my strength to push on .. its my GOD , He is the one who strengthens me when im weak!
AND HIS GLORY GOES BEYOND ALL FAME!!

I love you all ,thankyou for believing in my dream,
Godbless
Believing in a cure

Tomo
xxx

So far

Written by Tomo

o where do i start .. I've been on the road for 20 days , how huge is that?
cant believe it and everyday feels like a dream ...

i took a few days off in Hamilton (Thurs arvo to Sunday) i needed time off board to let the blistairs heal,
and also to get my head around the skate and to know what it was all about .. some how sort of thought by doing this skate would bring Marcus
back .. but unfortunately i've realised that nothing that we can ever do will never bring the loved ones bak that we have lost,

there's been awesome times on the road, the generosity and hospitality of people who take us in will never ever leave me.
we have met incredible families on the way , people who just love to help others, thats what makes the skate all worth it at the
end of the day,

but i wont lie.. the skate is not all fun fun happy times, my board can prove that , there many times when ive broken and the board has
been throwen, there many times where the skate feels impossible, the blistairs kill you everytime you push and your leg just wants to give up.

i cant put words to the feelings i face .. but at the end of the day .. my sponsors , my friends and family have been there .
and above all i know How Big is Our GOD, he is the one who strengthens me day after Day after day.

and the support team -

Marcus Drake: Dude what crack up times we had together on the road! Flying you home sucked so bad,
you put p with me day after day when i was grumpy and saw .. yet still you made freedomskate happen! hope to
have the awesome privellage of taking you back on again soon bro, may God bless you and that you learn so much for the time on the road!

Bill Rathsamy: Knowen you like four days bro, an its been awesome! hearing and seeing your heart! its huge bro its huge , thanks so much
bro you are doing an amazing job bud!

so i miss alot of people back home, i wont name you but you all know who you are, Freedomskate would'nt of happened without
your love an support , and ill never be able to stop saying thankyou

ill try blog as much as i can, but the easiest way for you to add me on Facebook,
i hope life is well for you and i leave you with the wise words from my youth Pastor
"This is your Hope, This is your Love and This is your Freedom!"

Godbless
Believing in a cure

Tomo

Day 11

Written by Tomo
we headed to Hamilton - this was a very hard day for me mentally and emotionally. we are staying with some dudes and it will be a good night! going to rest for a few days! legs are very sore now with blisters that sting! YOUCH!

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