Rob Thomson
Rob Thomson is a co-founder and editor of HokkaidoWilds.org. He’s been blogging about his cross-country human-powered adventures since 2006. He still holds the Guinness World Record for the Longest Journey by Skateboard (12,159km).
Since completing his around the world journey by bicycle and skateboard in 2008, Rob has lived and worked in Hokkaido, Japan. He graduated from Hokkaido University with a Ph.D. in Behavioral Science in 2016 (as a JSPS Research Fellow). He is now and associate professor in media and communications at Hokusei Gakuen University in Sapporo City. He grew up in New Zealand, and has now lived in Japan for over 15 years. He functions fluently in Japanese (Level 1 JLPT, Masters thesis written in Japanese). Member of the Japan Ministry of Environment’s Daisetsuzan National Park Liason Committee.
