David Cornthwaite

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David Cornthwaite is a British graphic designer, who became the first person to skateboard across Australia.[1][2]

Cornthwaite is from Swansea, in Wales.

He finished his historic journey on January 22, 2007. David's journey reached Brisbane at the end of his marathon 3,638 miles (5,820 km) foot-propelled trek. It took five months.

When asked what his future plans were by a journalist at the finish line, he said: "I think I'm going to lie in tomorrow."

His debut book chronicling his journey is was published in Australia in January 2008, and in the UK in March 2008 by Anova.

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Ananova.com.[3]

BBC News - Skateboarder sets epic Oz record [4]