Robert Thomson is a round-the-world cyclist, yachter and longboarder from

New Zealand New Zealand ( mi, Aotearoa ) is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island () and the South Island ()—and over 700 smaller islands. It is the sixth-largest island count ...

. Beginning in July 2006, he traveled 12,000 kilometres across Asia and Europe from

Fukuoka is the sixth-largest city in Japan, the second-largest port city after Yokohama, and the capital city of Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. The city is built along the shores of Hakata Bay, and has been a center of international commerce since ancie ...

Japan Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...

to Switzerland by

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, then traveled on to

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, by skateboard. He completed an unassisted journey of 12,159 km (7,555 miles) across Europe, North America and China by skateboard, starting in Leysin, Switzerland, on 24 June 2007 and finishing in Shanghai, China, on 28 September 2008. His journey is recognised by Guinness World Records as the longest journey by skateboard.Guinness World Records
Longest journey by skateboard
Retrieved 21 October 2021.) In October 2010, Thomson was residing in Japan and completing his graduate studies.

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Article on BVI BeaconRobert Thomson's website
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