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What is riding fakie on your skateboard?

One of the questions you need to answer to pass your beginner grading is, ‘what does fakie mean’? What does fakie mean? Fakie means, riding backwards on your skateboard. Almost every trick can be done going forwards, or backwards. When someone says that they did the trick fakie, it just means that the rider was […]

Pushing Mongo. Is it a Stance? Why don’t we teach it?

Pushing Mongo is the technique of pushing with the front foot. i.e. the back foot remains on the board whilst pushing. Mongo is not a stance Mongo is not a stance. It is not an alternative being regular or goofy. It only refers to the way that you push. i.e. with the front foot instead […]

What type of skateboard should you get?

The first step of learning to skateboard is to get a good quality skateboard. But which type of skateboard should you get? Longboard, Cruiser, Penny board? If you want to learn to skateboard and you're not sure which type of skateboarding you want to do, read on. Shortboard Often just referred to as a skateboard, [...] Continue reading

Where is the best place to learn to skateboard?

slope at stoke newington for learning to ride your skateboard

Key takeaway: Don’t learn to push first. Pushing is hard. First use a gentle slope to learn to ride to build confidence. The best place to learn to skateboard for an absolute beginner is quite often not your local skatepark, for a few reasons. Skateparks are full of hazards Firstly, other people. To use a […]

Top 3 Rules of Skatepark Safety and Etiquette

Skateparks are not playgrounds. They are potentially very dangerous places. With the advent of skateboarding in the Olympics it has raised awareness of skateboarding and that riders at the top of their game are literally flying around the skatepark. All ages and levels of ability should be able to use a public skatepark. How do […]

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 […]

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

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 […]

Winter skateboarding birthday party at Charlton skatepark

Art the skate coach’s assistant riding stance riding stance charlton lake :) Skateboarding birthday party cake Art in his new t-shirt wet bums ahoy One of our students had his 7th birthday in November and desperately wanted a skateboarding birthday party where he could show his friends what he'd learnt at skate school. Unfortunately due [...] Continue reading

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