Richard Simes, one of the Webstruxure team you haven’t been introduced to yet, is doing something rather unusual next week: as part of a three-person team, he is skateboarding from Taihape to Wellington, a distance of 230 km, to raise funds for research into Motor Neurone Disease.

Richard in action

Motor Neurone Disease is a debilitating neurological condition that affects nerves that control voluntary muscles. They gradually stop working until the body stops functioning – while the mind is still active. MND has a prognosis of two to five years. There is no known cure.

A group of people whose friend Duncan has been diagnosed with MND set up Ride for MND to raise funds for research, and the Skate for MND fundraising event is an outgrowth of that. If you’d like to help out, you can sponsor Richard and his mates Craig and Jestah on their epic journey.