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Death Skateboards ’13’ premieres at Copeland Park

@deathskateboards presents: •••1️⃣3️⃣••• (the best 13 minutes of your life) A film by Dan Cates & Lee Dainton. LONDON PREMIERE Thursday 11/4/24 @copelands_sp indoor skatepark 2 minutes from Peckham Rye station. Death skateboards are the oldest UK based skateboard company and have been busy documenting some of the best of the UK skate scene. We […]

Copelands Spring Skate Festival

Update – Thanks for coming down – please follow our Copelands Instagram to see some of the action. The Copelands Spring Skate Festival is happening 29th & 30th March. This will hopefully be a yearly festival, with skating, activities, music and a licensed bar. Friday 29th March We start at 10am on Friday the 30th […]

New reception and facilities at Copeland Park

We’d like to show you around our new reception area, where we’re looking forward to meeting your for lesson or event. We have the fingerboard park out front. Please help yourself, we’ve usually got a couple of boards laying around. We have our new reception, where you can find: stickers free mags We have our […]

Making it easier to join the Progressing Group Lesson

Based upon feedback from you, and from the coaches, we’ve decided to lower the barrier to entry to the progressing class. From now on, you will need to perform a roll in, into a flat bank, unassisted, to be able to come to the progressing group. We hope the changes will make coming to skate […]

411 Video Magazine on Film Fridays

The renaissance of Skateboarding in the 1990’s. The back catalogue of 411 Video Magazine is showing at our skatepark in Copeland Park in chronological order. 411vm was created in 1993 by Josh Friedberg and Steve Douglas. 411vm was a bi-monthly video series that gave the skateboarding world frequent access to footage of professional skateboarders, and […]

How does a skateboard work?

Everything you wanted to know about your skateboard but were afraid to ask. It's that time of year when you may have got a skateboard for Christmas. We're going to show you around your new skateboard, and discuss how the skateboard works. Knowing the components of your skateboard, and how these work together is key [...] Continue reading

Does a skateboard have a front and a back

We often get asked this question because we use popsicle decks at our lessons. The shape of popsicles, pictured, are often almost symmetrical, and as such it’s difficult to tell the difference at a glance. The reason for popsicles being almost symmetrical is to make it easier to do tricks off the nose, or skate […]

Outsiders and Friends pop up launch event

On the 1st December we welcome Clown Skateboards with their first UK Pop up, Outsiders and Friends, which will be opening on the first floor at the skatepark at Copeland Park. We’re super excited as we will be releasing a limited run of Clown Skateboards x @copelands_sp decks. We’ll also be welcoming @thegrovediy who will […]

Palestine Solidarity Fundraiser

On the 19th November we opened our doors for the Palestine Solidarity Fundraiser. It was a great day of raising awareness of the situation in the middle east, and raising funds for good causes like @skate_pall and @medicalaidpal Here’s more from @rampstampldn: ❤️ As sports that intertwine lifestyle and community, those of us who […]

Copelands Skatepark Reopens in Unit 2B Copeland Park, Peckham

The skatepark is now open in Unit 2B, Copeland Park, and it now feels like a real skatepark rather than just a room with a ramp in it! We have open skate sessions from Thursday to Sunday. Please book open skate sessions on the website. We used about 70 PZ2 drill bits, I stepped on […]

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