Over 2 weeks on the road, Crossing Europe on longboard

As I'm typing this, I'm having a break on a bench inside LidL in Sweden close to Gøteborg. I've skated from Oslo and been on the road for over 2 weeks now.

Had my first major scare two days ago as a sprained my ankle after I joined a group of legends playing football the same day I had skated 38 kilometers lol. Not the best idea, but I got carried away lol.

I got to sleep 2 days at the football clubs clubhouse tho, that was sweet. Got to shower.

But lucky it was just a mild muscle injury I received, and I was back at full power again the day after.

I almost cried when I could barely walk the morning after I received the injury, haha.

Sooo today I'm back on the road.

Today, I've slated 27km so far in terrible head wind. I've spent 3 hours on that, and It's been a nightmare. I have to skate 12 before I'm with checkpoint for the day.

It's very hard, but not un doable.

I'm not really sure why I'm writing this now, guess I'm a bit lonely today. But all good, because I can use reddit as kind of a diary lol. Its been very nice actually.

I'm tracking my progress to Strava live. Feel free to follow how it goes @Michael Mangekyou

Here is a video of some of the highlights from the trip. Feel free to Ama, I'll answer when I've made camp tonight, or tomorrow.

u/No_Guess_8800 — 6 days ago
▲ 221 r/vagabond

I'm skating from Norway to Greece and attempting to set a new world record

Hey all! Today marks my 10th day on the road, pushing my longboard towards Greece

I ask myself everyday wtf am I doing, lol.

But, the alternative to doing this would be just laying in my bed at home, smoking weed and doom scrolling.

I have a pretty unhealthy bond to weed, and I hope among other things, that this trip will unlock something within me that makes me get over my weed addiction. 😅

That said, I'll be living on the road for the next 6 months or so. I'm having a pretty dull day. Feeling a bit depressed, so I just felt like sharing a little bit.

I have currently skated about 160 kilometers. From Oslo to Rabbalshede in Sweden. Pretty far, but far from the finish line, lol. I've pushed 22 km today, and aim for another 20 after my current break.

Right now I'm chilling at a random local school, shielding myself from the sun. It's a nice breeze here, and it's shadow too, so I'm happy, haha.

All of that said, my spirits are on top! I'm looking forward to every day, and can't wait to explore more!

Here are some photos from my journey so far.

u/No_Guess_8800 — 8 days ago
▲ 392 r/norge

Skate fra Norge til Hellas pt2

Original post: https://www.reddit.com/r/norge/s/aKeqPvBwuO

Hey! Just wanted to give a quick update on how things are going since I've been skating towards Greece for over a week now, and I've covered well over 120km and crossed into a new country (Sweden).

It's been a super eventful day, to say the least. As I'm writing this at 1:20 AM, I'm chilling outside Tamuns Pastorat (Church) after I fetched water from the cemetery. Ended up here totally by chance after running out of water. Perfect timing.

I actually found an incredibly cool spot to camp tonight in Tanum, Sweden. It was right between old Viking graves and stone carvings from the Bronze Age. It was an amazing place. I had set up my tent nicely to eat before I thought about going out to explore and document, only to find ticks on my foot and thigh. I freaked out, and figured there had to be more, so I packed everything up in a hurry and started checking everything as the sky got darker and darker, while I was a living buffet for mosquitoes. Luckily, I didn't find any ticks on my body. But worried about the potential, so now I've decided to find a campsite near the sea so I can soak everything I own, including my backpack, in the sea to drown any potential ticks. 😆 Myself included. Hopefully, some people at the camp can check me for ticks too.

I've never had ticks or removed ticks before, but it went fine. Got the whole thing out. Quite a night. Luckily, it was dark outside, and there were very few people out in such a small place like where I am now, so I could stand and take pictures of the spots on my body that I couldn't see myself to scan for ticks as well as I could. Thankfully, I didn't find anything. I must have taken about 100 pictures of my body, alone in the dark in a parking lot. Haha.

So now I'm skating towards a campsite about 10km away, right by the sea. The plan is to wait outside until they open, haha.

At least I have 3 bottles of water. I skated nearly 38km today, and 20 of that was completely without water in what felt like 30 degrees. It was awful. The guy who worked at the random kebab shop I rolled by saved my life with the water he gave me, haha! He took the time to crush the ice so it fit in my bottle. Absolutely a legend.

Otherwise, the day has been incredible! My body is getting used to the strain more and more, and skating has become easier. I'm finding more joy in everything, in contrast to a couple of days ago when I was really depressed. Heading to Gothenburg in a few days. Perfect since I need to buy some new parts for my longboard. (Bushings).

The spirit is high too, but I might use tomorrow for recovery. I doubt I'll skate at all tomorrow after how this night went. 😆

I might just flip my schedule and skate at night as well. It was pretty nice to avoid that intense heat. Not sweating 20kg away in a day either.

But I'm starting to freeze now, so I’ll keep skating. Feel free to message. I'll reply when I get the chance. 🙏🙏

u/No_Guess_8800 — 10 days ago

I'm currently crossing Europe on longboard, and have officially crossed in to a new country

hey! today I officially crossed over to a new country. I have skated about 90 kilometers over the past 6 days, from Norway to Sweden, and I'm going all the way to Greece.

On my first day, I got balsy and tried to downhill but I didn't see that the road transitioned to gravel, so I fell and ate shit. got a deep cut in my arm lol. Had to check in at a hotel for 2 days because of the injury, But all good. We're back on the road. Just had a bit of a slow start. I have also skated sone roads I thought would be impossible to skate. I have it on film and will upload when I get the chance to edit.

I'm typing this as I'm laying in my tent, just thinking about everything. I'm a bit scared lol. But that's what makes it exciting. Who knows what'll happen.

Feel free to ama. I'm a bit tired now, but I'll answer anything asap.

And feel free to check out my Strava: Michael Mangekyou.

Here's some cool photos I've been taking.

u/No_Guess_8800 — 13 days ago
▲ 1.5k r/norge

Dag 1: Skater fra Oslo til Hellas for å sette ny verdensrekord.

I dag startet jeg å telle kilometerne på skatehuren min fra Norge til Hellas. Målet er å krysse Europa for å sette ny verdensrekord, men hoved målet er å forbedre mental helsen.

Jeg har slitt en del med oppigjennom årene, og rus avhengighet har vert ett av problemene. Røyker litt cannabis enda, men er ellers edru nå, og vert av alt annet i 4 år etter et rehab opphold.

Så Hovedmålet er egentlig å bruke denne turen på å finne noe inni meg som forhåpentligvis gjør at jeg ikke føler at jeg må røyke cannabis noe mer heller. Vil gjerne slutte med det og. Det er litt for godt å skru av hjernen i denne verden hvor ondskap regjerer. 😅

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Har klart å holde meg i noen måneder om gangen, men byner alltid igjen, å da blir det ett mareritt å slutte på ny. Så om jeg får til dette, så blir det et bevis på at hvem som helst kan få til hva som helst. Det er noe jeg ønsker å bevise med denne turen.

At noen som har vert helt på bunn kan få til hva som helst med nok tro på seg selv.

Så i dag Skatet jeg ca 20 km før jeg kaldte det en dag. Kunne nok pushet 30km til, men tenker at jeg startet litt rolig.

Til tross for mine utfordringer, så har fysisk helse alltid vert noe jeg har vert veldig opptatt av heldigvis. Hadde vert vanskelig å fått til dette helt utrent tror jeg. 😅

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Har nå satt opp teltet en plass litt utenfor Ski i Oslo. Ligger bare her å tenker på alt. Følte bare for å dele.

Om noen har noen spørsmål, gjerne AMA. Men er helt utslitt nå. Kommer nok til å sovne snart. Men svarer alle spørsmål når jeg har tid. Kommer ellers til å poste oppdateringer her underveis, om det ikke bryter noen regler. 😀

u/No_Guess_8800 — 17 days ago
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Pic of my magpie friend landing at my smoking spot to recieve his daily piece of bread.

u/No_Guess_8800 — 1 month ago

Some photos I've taken with Ulefone Rugone xever 7 during my current backpack travel.

u/No_Guess_8800 — 1 month ago

OnePlus Nord CE5 5G for video editing?

Hello! I set out to backpack Europe and need a phone to edit basic vlogs on for the trip. Originally, I planned to bring an iPad, but it's too heavy.. Will the OnePlus Nord CE5 5G work to edit very basic 2,7k videos? No fancy edits, just cut and clip. Videos will be up to 30-40 minutes.

Can this phone handle this?

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u/No_Guess_8800 — 2 months ago

Edit videos on OnePlus Nord CE5 5G

Hello! I set out to backpack Europe and need a phone to edit basic vlogs on for the trip. Will the OnePlus Nord CE5 5G work to edit very basic 2,7k videos? No fancy edits, just cut and clip. Videos will be up to 30-40 minutes.

Can this phone handle this?

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u/No_Guess_8800 — 2 months ago
▲ 198 r/norge

Organisasjonen WE Talks, som er en del av We-Fi, ble grunnlagt av Jeffrey Epsteins personlige assistent Svetlana (Lana) Pozhidaeva i 2017. Det er en plattform for kvinner, der We-Fi står for: Women Entrepreneurs Finance Initiative.

Forbes-artikkel om Svetlana (Lana) Pozhidaevas organisasjon WE Talks / WE-FI (Women Entrepreneurs Finance Initiative).

https://www.forbes.com/sites/meganbruneau/2018/09/18/this-woman-turned-a-humiliating-networking-experience-into-a-business/

talks / we-fi

https://we-fi.org/we-talks/

https://www.justice.gov/epstein/files/DataSet%2010/EFTA01683528.mp4

Svetlana Pozhidaeva er en av Epsteins rekrutterere. Så langt har hun ikke blitt anklaget for å rekruttere mindreårige. Hun fortalte unge østeuropeiske kvinner at hvis de ble med henne, ville de få gode kontorjobber, modellmuligheter og filmstjernemuligheter, mens hun fortalte Epstein at dette var vakre jenter han kunne ha sex med.

Svetlana Pozhidaeva er kvinnen i bikini på Mette-Marits bilde fra Palm Beach, der Svetlana og Mette-Marit sitter i Epsteins sofa i januar 2013.

Svetlana (Lana) og Mette-Marit i Jeffrey Epsteins beryktede overgrepsbolig i Palm Beach i januar 2013. Svetlana kontaktet Epstein i 2009, mens han fortsatt sonet dommen for kjøp av seksuelle tjenester fra en mindreårig. Hun sa at hun ville gjøre hva som helst for ham. Svetlana er også det voksne «Epstein-offeret» som sa at hun syntes Mette-Marit virket troverdig i sitt nylige NRK-intervju. Dette alene er ekstremt mistenkelig.

https://hannahhowell.com/lana-pozhidaeva-changed-her-name-and-disappeared-then-the-doj-files-found-her/

I januar 2019, da Svetlana deltok på WEF Davos-konferansen sammen med Kronprins Haakon, sendte Svetlana en kopi av en e-postkorrespondanse hun hadde med en annen kvinne til Jeffrey Epstein. I denne e-posten forteller hun kvinnen at hun ble venn med den kongelige kronprinsessen av Norge – og at kronprinsessen sendte henne tekstmelding og ønsket å samarbeide med henne på en kvinneplattform.

Epstein spurte / hadde spurt om hun fortalte kvinnen at hun kjenner Mette (Kronprinsesse Mette-Marit).

«Ble venn med den kongelige kronprinsessen av Norge – hun sendte meg tekstmelding og ønsker å samarbeide om en kvinneplattform! Traff nettopp David Blaine!»

https://www.justice.gov/epstein/files/DataSet%209/EFTA01027660.pdf

Hvorfor skulle Mette-Marit i 2018/2019 kontakte en voksen kvinne for et samarbeid, når hun visste at denne kvinnen jobbet for Epstein som hans nære assistent? I tillegg kontaktet Mette-Marit nettopp den assistenten for et samarbeid som hun hadde møtt via Epstein i Palm Beach, der hun opplevde en «utrygg episode» – en utrygg episode som angivelig skal ha ført til at Mette-Marit brøt all kontakt med Epstein i 2014.

https://www.reddit.com/r/Epstein/comments/1rs560s/je_donated_50k_to_we_talksa_women_empowerment/

https://www.reddit.com/r/Epstein/comments/1rs560s/je_donated_50k_to_we_talksa_women_empowerment/

https://we-fi.org/we-talks/

https://www.justice.gov/epstein/files/DataSet%2010/EFTA01683528.mp4

WE Talks / WE-FI har en norsk avdeling, og her kommer Utenriksdepartementet inn i bildet med ulike diplomater og partnere som Juul, Jagland, Mette-Marit, Kronprins Haakon og andre norske WEF-deltakere (World Economic Forum).

Det norske Utenriksdepartementet har gitt 90 MILLIONER kroner til dette prosjektet, som Jeffrey Epstein støttet med «bare» 50 tusen dollar (ca. 500 000 kroner) fordelt på tre av organisasjonene til hans personlige assistent.

Nedenfor er kontrakten undertegnet av norske myndigheter som ga 90 millioner kroner fra Utenriksdepartementet til den norske avdelingen av Epsteins assistents WE-FI-organisasjon da den ble etablert i 2017.

https://we-fi.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/08_WeFiCANorwayFullyExecuted12.13.2017002_Norway.pdf

https://we-fi.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/08_WeFiCANorwayFullyExecuted12.13.2017002_Norway.pdf

''We-FI does not provide direct funding to individuals, firms or organizations but works with implementing partners in supporting women's entrepreneurship projects.''

https://www.we-fi.org/contacts/

Så hva eller hvem går de 90 millioner norske skattekronene til?

Det er her alt sammenfaller: World Economic Forum, det norske Utenriksdepartementet, Mette-Marit og Haakon og alle deres diplomatvenner, som også er nevnt i Epstein-filene..

Denne korrupsjonen er til å spy av. Alle som er involvert i dette, og i å sensurere denne ondskapen begått av den norske eliten, bør få livstid i fengsel.

Jeg kommer aldri til å la dette gå. Jeg er i ferd med å krysse kontinentet på skateboard for å sette en ny verdensrekord som en protest, og jeg kommer ikke til å gi meg før alle involverte er straffet. Dette skal bli hørt, og dette skal få konsekvenser, koste hva det koste vill.

Takk til Responsible_work_319 som har gjort all researchen.

Orginal post her:

https://www.reddit.com/r/Norway/comments/1t20tv3/comment/ojl7x0d/

u/No_Guess_8800 — 2 months ago

Currently saving for HR, I assume I'll be able to do it in winter, but I want to cover my balding area in the meantime, but toppik does not stick to my hair. Been experimenting all day by adding oil, doing it with damp hair, doing it when it's all dried up. Nothing makes it stick to my hair. I used an entire box today with no results... Please, any tips? I'm very frustrated. The last one works the best, but I had to smudge my hair in lots of oil, and it still doesn't work properly, and my hair is sticky so I rather not do that .

u/No_Guess_8800 — 2 months ago

My only complaint with the camera, is that the phone don't allow me to use external mic while filming. I can only use my DJI mic with the 'open camera' app on the phone. But that app won't let me use the camera with stabilization nor night vision.😅 But I am overall impressed with the camera. The stabilization and zoom is great, especially for a rugged phone.

u/No_Guess_8800 — 3 months ago