# Chad Caruso – Skating across America
**URL:** https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/chad-caruso-skating-across-america/333
**Category:** Skate Videos
**Created:** [April 8, 2019, 6:21pm UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/chad-caruso-skating-across-america/333 "2019-04-08T18:21:14Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@nav](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/u/nav)
#### Post date: [March 3, 2026, 5:14am UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/chad-caruso-skating-across-america/333/186 "2026-03-03T05:14:52Z")
I wonder if he’ll do anything different if he’s aiming for less time.
Really seemed like he didn’t make his own life easy last time.
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### Author:  [@deegwaad](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/u/deegwaad)
#### Post date: [March 3, 2026, 8:10am UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/chad-caruso-skating-across-america/333/187 "2026-03-03T08:10:31Z")
30 days sounds insane and would require huge daily miles, and assume that the weather + his body will play ball. I wonder if there is a shorter distance across the country than he did last time?
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### Author:  [@Mark](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/u/Mark)
#### Post date: [March 3, 2026, 10:02am UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/chad-caruso-skating-across-america/333/188 "2026-03-03T10:02:11Z")
Next week: Pushing Switch Across America
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### Author:  [@h\_palmer627](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/u/h_palmer627)
#### Post date: [March 3, 2026, 10:17am UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/chad-caruso-skating-across-america/333/189 "2026-03-03T10:17:54Z")
and for our third installment of pushing across America, Pushing Mongo!!
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### Author:  [@KeithBeef](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/u/KeithBeef)
#### Post date: [March 3, 2026, 10:30am UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/chad-caruso-skating-across-america/333/190 "2026-03-03T10:30:56Z")
Maybe he’ll do it one obe of those skate mafia mini boards?
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### Author:  [@nav](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/u/nav)
#### Post date: [March 3, 2026, 10:37am UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/chad-caruso-skating-across-america/333/191 "2026-03-03T10:37:10Z")
ChatGPT seems to think it could be possible, so long as you can skate about 8-9 hours a day:
> If we take the **absolute shortest coast-to-coast line in the Lower 48** as **~2,089 miles (3,362 km)** (USGS lists the shortest 48-state coast-to-coast distance as a point ~10 miles south of Brunswick, GA to ~12 miles south of San Diego, CA), ([U.S. Geological Survey](https://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/Elevations-Distances/elvadist.html?utm_source=chatgpt.com "Elevations and Distances in the United States")) then the skateboarding time mostly comes down to your **miles per day**.
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> ### Realistic touring pace (most people)
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> - **20–40 miles/day (32–64 km/day)** → **~52–105 days** of skating days
> (2,089 ÷ 40 ≈ 52; 2,089 ÷ 20 ≈ 104.5)
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> ### “Serious” long-distance pace (trained / very fit)
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> - **~55 miles/day (88.5 km/day)** → **~38 days**
> That’s roughly the pace Chad Caruso averaged on his record crossing (55 miles/day; 3,162 miles in ~57 days). ([Guinness World Records](https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/news/2024/12/a-man-a-bag-a-board-57-days-skateboarding-across-america?utm_source=chatgpt.com "A man, a bag, a board: 57 days skateboarding across ..."))
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> ### Thinking in hours instead of days
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> Observed skateboard travel speeds in one study were **~6–13 mph, avg ~9.7 mph**. ([Transfers Magazine](https://transfersmagazine.org/magazine-article/issue-1/faster-than-walking-more-flexible-than-biking-skateboarding-as-a-real-mobility-mode/?utm_source=chatgpt.com "Skateboarding as a Real Mobility Mode"))
> So if you averaged ~9–10 mph:
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> - **4 hours/day** → ~36–40 miles/day → **~52–58 days**
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> - **6 hours/day** → ~55–60 miles/day → **~35–38 days**
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> If you want, tell me **your likely daily skate time** (and whether you’d do rest days), and I’ll give you a tighter estimate.
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### Author:  [@MaxFacePalmer](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/u/MaxFacePalmer)
#### Post date: [March 3, 2026, 12:04pm UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/chad-caruso-skating-across-america/333/192 "2026-03-03T12:04:13Z")
I hope he’s going off personal experience and not chat gpt.
I reckon he’s going to change his route and try not to make the same mistakes he made the first time like skating through the desert without water.
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### Author:  [@tbk11](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/u/tbk11)
#### Post date: [March 3, 2026, 10:20pm UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/chad-caruso-skating-across-america/333/193 "2026-03-03T22:20:57Z")
What’s the point of doing it again?
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### Author:  [@franc](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/u/franc)
#### Post date: [March 4, 2026, 4:22pm UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/chad-caruso-skating-across-america/333/194 "2026-03-04T16:22:55Z")
> [@tbk11](#):
>
> What’s the point of doing it again?
Not being as famous as he’d like to _again_? I don’t know… I quite like him and am definitely going to follow this. It’s good free entertainment. I love seeing rural America. More interesting than another clip filmed a Stoner Plaza or EMB, but I suppose I’m showing my age here.
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### Author:  [@deegwaad](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/u/deegwaad)
#### Post date: [March 4, 2026, 4:25pm UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/chad-caruso-skating-across-america/333/195 "2026-03-04T16:25:22Z")
He should stick to his trick challenges. Some of mini ramp tricks he’s managed to pull off are proper mind-melters, not to mention nbds
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### Author:  [@Mike](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/u/Mike)
#### Post date: [March 4, 2026, 4:28pm UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/chad-caruso-skating-across-america/333/196 "2026-03-04T16:28:07Z")
Live streaming the whole thing isn’t he?
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### Author:  [@franc](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/u/franc)
#### Post date: [March 5, 2026, 5:20pm UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/chad-caruso-skating-across-america/333/197 "2026-03-05T17:20:53Z")
That’s what he said, yeah.
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### Author:  [@markg](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/u/markg)
#### Post date: [May 1, 2026, 11:34am UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/chad-caruso-skating-across-america/333/198 "2026-05-01T11:34:52Z")
[ ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L9T3i53hYbk)
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### Author:  [@nav](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/u/nav)
#### Post date: [May 2, 2026, 12:07am UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/chad-caruso-skating-across-america/333/199 "2026-05-02T00:07:19Z")
Feel like this isn’t an interesting way to present the journey.
The daily edited highlight videos were much more interesting than seeing hours of relentless pushing.
Maybe if you were some kind of Baby Reindeer for Chad, it might be interesting…
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### Author:  [@Mike](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/u/Mike)
#### Post date: [May 2, 2026, 8:44am UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/chad-caruso-skating-across-america/333/200 "2026-05-02T08:44:26Z")
Every time I’ve gone to the feed he’s been hanging around with his mates by the van 😆
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### Author:  [@MaxFacePalmer](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/u/MaxFacePalmer)
#### Post date: [May 2, 2026, 8:48am UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/chad-caruso-skating-across-america/333/201 "2026-05-02T08:48:14Z")
Agreed. Still a great feat but I preferred the old format. Also the live thing feels like it adds a lot more to his plate.
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### Author:  [@BvS](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/u/BvS)
#### Post date: [May 2, 2026, 10:33am UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/chad-caruso-skating-across-america/333/202 "2026-05-02T10:33:35Z")
Haven’t watched yet, but whys he doing it again? Not to dismiss the feat, as it was impressive, but surely he got the most out of it he could the first time
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### Author:  [@Mark](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/u/Mark)
#### Post date: [May 2, 2026, 10:53am UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/chad-caruso-skating-across-america/333/203 "2026-05-02T10:53:18Z")
I think the only way I could shake off this fucking swongo push is if I tried pushing switch across america
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### Author:  [@Mike](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/u/Mike)
#### Post date: [May 2, 2026, 1:26pm UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/chad-caruso-skating-across-america/333/204 "2026-05-02T13:26:43Z")
Embrace it my friend 😆
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### Author:  [@franc](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/u/franc)
#### Post date: [May 2, 2026, 4:22pm UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/chad-caruso-skating-across-america/333/205 "2026-05-02T16:22:42Z")
> [@Mark](#):
>
> I think the only way I could shake off this fucking swongo push is if I tried pushing switch across america
The swongo push is one of the strongest indicators of true maturity.
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