A man who is Skateboarding From Brighton To Africa For Donation was Had to bring His adventure In the end, when all his property was stolen – his passport was also included.
Sam Elisen, who is taking the challenge of skateboarding 1,500 miles (1,400 km) From brighton Tangier in MoroccoSaid that his luggage was stolen by camping in France.
The 21 -year -old East Sussex said that he felt “defeated” when he realized that he was taken everything apart from his phone and wallet.
But he refused to stop the theft of his property from continuing his 55 -day journey.
Instead, he took a trip to Bordeaux in France to get an emergency travel documents and buy a new bag, tent, torch, clothes and a sleeping bag.
In a video posted on Instagram, he said, “This is the same. Life is. I can’t do anything about it.”
“It’s just sad. I am trying to do a good job and I have taken it.”
However, there was an advantage: without her heavy rhexac, she found skating very easy and jokingly said that she was “grateful”.
Some of the stolen items had an emotional value for Mr. Elison, who explained to the T-shirt that he was stolen when he had set and he would struggle to struggle to change a lot of things.
Mr. Elisen is taking the challenge of raising funds for Ben Rames Foundation, a mental health donation, established in memory of professional skateboarder, who died in May 2019 at the age of 28 from suicide.
“I have seen and experienced what poor mental health can do for myself, friends and family and it can feel dark as there is no way. Therefore, I am grateful to create the entire skate community for the foundation and are more open to discuss the mental health because it is very important,” Mr. Elisan has written on one. Goofandme Pages for travel which have increased by more than £ 3,700.
He said: “They are also accessing skaters within the industry to improve mental health and easy access to services for mental health, which is really incredible as it can feel like an uncertainty where it is to be twisted in difficult times.”
Mr. Elisen is now in half the way through his skateboarding trip to Morocco, which will see him traveling from Brighton to France and Spain and below North Africa.
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