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Skateboarding contributes to Mental Health and Wellbeing

Aside from the obvious physical benefits of exercise that Skateboarding affords us, research has shown it can also help us develop life skills and can contribute to mental health and wellbeing. (There’s a lot of cross over between the following.) Life skills How can skateboarding make us more successful in life? Resilience. Failure, failure, failure… […]

Am I too old to start skateboarding?

I often get asked ‘Am I too old to start skateboarding?’ Well, recently Nono (pictured) joined us at a private group lesson at Peckham Rye skatepark organised by her daughter. She joined a group of learners with ages ranging from single figures up to what I estimated were several OAPs. I was amazed by Nono’s […]

Becoming a skateboarding instructor

We’ve had a few people ask about what you need to do to be a Skateboarding Instructor. The first thing you need to consider is your ability level. You can only really be an instructor to students up to your ability level, as you will need to demonstrate skills to them. That said, most students […]

After School Skateboard Club in Lewisham

We were approached by Bonus Pastor College, a secondary school in Lewisham at the end of summer to see if we could run a skateboard class after school hours. We were happy to oblige and currently run a class with up to 20 students. We use the tarmac ball court to run the lesson, bringing […]

Overcome your fear of falling

One of the most important skills to learn in skateboarding is falling. We know that making mistakes is a key component in the learning process. The more mistakes we make the faster we learn. We can take more risks and we can learn faster. Another aspect of this is that we can experiment more, and [...] Continue reading

Bexley pump track opening bash Sat 3rd April 2021

The long awaited opening of the pump track in Marten’s Grove, Bexleyheath is the 29th of March, when all the other outdoor skateparks can open, as per lockdown relaxation rules. This means we’ll have another free location where we can learn beginner skate skill The Pump. Bexley borough council are putting on an opening event […]

New London Bridge and Hackney skate schools open at Easter

Due to a coach injury we are unable to offer the lessons at Whitegrounds for the Easter holidays. If you've already booked please accept our apologies. We will be in touch shortly to rearrange. I am buzzing after releasing about 700 group lesson places today. I've been busy over lockdown finding new skateboarding coaches to [...] Continue reading

Tag your tricks & feature on our skills pages

Unless you’ve been living under a rock you’ll have seen a new part of our website called skateboard skills. We have now added all the beginner skateboard skills so you’ll know what skills need to do to graduate to the progressing group. On these pages I’ve added the opportunity for you to add clips of […]

Adjusting trucks on your new skateboard

If you’ve read our post on buying a beginner skateboard, you may be the proud owner of a new skateboard (hopefully you’ve got it from your local skate shop). You’ve used our skateboard sizing tool to make sure it’s the right size for you before you bought it. So what next? Even if you’ve chosen […]

43 mini ramp tricks at age 43

So it was my birthday on Monday, and to mark the occasion Dean suggested I do 43 tricks for each year of my life. This is following Tony Hawk’s video where he did 50 tricks at aged 50. I agreed and Dean kindly offered to document them for me and you can find them below […]

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