When Seth Gorrie heard Skate4Cancer was bringing its unusual cancer awareness raising tool to the country, he organised a skate competition to coincide with its arrival at its final stop - Dunedin.
Skate4Cancer is a not-for-profit youth target organisation which aims to raise awareness of cancer prevention by skateboarding either the width or length of a country.
After covering the majority of North America, the group of four, led by Rob Dyer, decided to take its tour to the another part of the world.
"When we first started, we didn't think we would do more than one," he said.
The group started in Auckland on January 11 and arrived in Dunedin on February 16.
Mr Dyer skated and walked the entire journey, even "bombing" Kilmog Hill.
His inspiration was simple, after losing family and friends to cancer, he wanted to spread the message about how it could be prevented.
He and the Skate4Cancer team have worked for the past six years, skating, public speaking and holding concerts to promote the cause.
The Cancer Society sponsored the event and supplied sunscreen for all competitors and viewers while Cheapskates and Quest supplied prizes.
The Skate4Cancer team will leave New Zealand in two days, before skating across Australia next month.
