#283 - Chad Caruso

Chad Caruso discusses growing up in Long Island, getting sober, 50 tricks in 50 states, what the 50 tricks in 50 states budget looks like, skating 3,000 miles across the country alone, planning his route but not hotels, emergency bathroom breaks on the road, having to push switch when his leg got tired, a moth getting stuck in his ear, running out of water in the desert, editing a video a day at the hotel after skating 50 to 60 miles, enduring the elements and different types of paved roads, achieving a Guinness Book Of World Records for fastest crossing of America on a skateboard, raising money for “Natural High” a drug prevention nonprofit that inspires and empowers youth to find their natural high and develop the skills and courage to live life well, Chad Caruso day in Virginia Beach and much more!

Timestamps

00:00:00 Chad Caruso

00:02:33 50 tricks in 50 states

00:05:31 Getting sober

00:16:00 Having relationships while being a skateboarder/YouTuber

00:18:59 Our Sponsor: Athletic Greens

00:20:34 Traveling alone

00:22:26 What the 50 tricks in 50 states budget looks like

00:31:34 Skating across the country

00:32:52 Chasing cows

00:38:58 Bathroom breaks on the road

00:44:27 What did chad pack for his trip across the country

00:46:17 Enduring the elements

00:47:19 Pushing switch when his leg got tired

00:49:00 Lessons learned from skating across the country

00:51:22 Using a website called Kamoot for the trek

00:54:44 Chad is now a Guinness World Record holder

00:57:37 Raising awareness for the causes of addiction and mental health

00:59:37 Trials and tribulations during the skate across America

01:00:41 The moth in the ear

01:06:04 Shin splints / Injuries

01:07:17 Skating now after having skated across the country

01:11:24 What was the worst stretch of the trip

01:13:05 The wheels Chad used to skate across the country

01:13:43 People coming to see chad during his skate across the country

01:15:58 Making a documentary about the trip across America

01:16:57 Running out of water in the desert

01:23:38 Would he do it again

01:25:01 The final stretch on the skate across America

01:32:14 Chad Caruso day in Virginia Beach

01:34:00 Slim Jim wouldn't sponsor him

01:42:58 Falling during the skate across America

01:45:37 Chad's production method for daily YouTube updates

01:48:01 What's chad doing now

02:08:25 The most important thing chad learned on his journey

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