"Let your dreams be your pilot, imagination your fuel."

Here in New Castle, there is currently nothing to skate apart from a piece of flatground in the form of a basketball court, you have to get in a car if you want to skate something half decent. Hopefully in the months to come this will change because of the love and determination of one man. Anton Payne, whom i had the honour of meeting a week or so ago, is working towards the goal of raising $100,000 for a skatepark to get built.

His plan included running 3 marathons in 3 days, a distance of 80 miles, from Kettering Ohio to New Castle Indiana. He did this run in order to raise awareness and show people that he actually cares about skateboarders in the town and their need to have something where they can skate without constantly being looked down upon by society.

I saw Anton finish his run, he was so exhausted he could barely move, but he did it, and it was such an astonishing performance which hopefully helped to jump start the movement. He organised a gathering for all skateboarders and BMX riders, and even managed to get a few ramps and rails together for the day, the little things matter most.

Below is a link to his website, where you can kindly donate anything you are able to give, however small - it all makes a difference.

Click here to enter runningforsomething.com

"These streets are your streets, this turf is your turf,

Don’t let anyone tell you that you’ve got to give in,

'Cos you can make a difference, you can change everything,

Just let your dreams be your pilot, imagination your fuel,

Tear up the book and write your own damn rules,

Use all that heart, hope and soul that you’ve got,

And the love and the rage that you feel in your gut,

And realise that the other world that you’re always looking for,

Lies right here in front of us, just outside this door,

And it’s up to you to go out there and paint the canvas..."

The King Blues - What If Punk Rock Never Happened?

Above are lyrics from one of my favourite songs, which i thought summed up the fact that sitting on your butt achieves nothing, and with enough love and willpower you can achieve anything.

In the next week i'm going to be leaving New Castle for Mexico, it's been an amazing experience to see what life here is like, a town where deprivation is around everywhere but who's people are all so friendly and have so much heart.

That's all for now folks!
I'll post something on here before i leave.

Santiago.