We are stoked to announce the launch of our under 16’s sponsorship pathway! You will have seen recently our new Progressing ramp & street programme tracker cards at our Copelands site. You may be wondering what happens when you complete the progressing ramp & street pathways – well, that leads to our sponsoredship pathway. What […]
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Following the success of our skate Dads morning session on a Wednesday, we’ve decided to do one for the Mums. In collaboration with the London Skate Mums we are going to be doing an open skate session at Copelands every third Weds. The sessions runs 9am – 11am. You can book the open session on […]
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We’ve put in some special beginner classes at 2pm and 3pm on the 14th of Feb for you; bring a ‘friend’ for free. This could be hubby, or someone who you’d like to get to know better. Offer to support your partner as you learn to carve the slalom course – often pushing and carving […]
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This cheatsheet is for running beginner group classes with students of a similar level with reference to our lesson plan. For coaches; these are the instructions you will say the most to students during a beginner class, in order of frequency and importance from 1 – 9, and reasoning behind them. For students, these are […]
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Two Weeks of Half-term Autumn Skate Camp! Over the past two weeks, we wrapped up another incredible Skate Camp and honestly, this one felt special. From the very first morning warm-ups to the last game of dodgeball, the group brought energy, creativity, and a whole lot of progression to the park. Skateboarding Progression + Big […]
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For a while now we’ve been doing some research on tricks, where they originated, and how they developed. We did a series of interviews and used card sorting (see pics), a technique we have used previously working in the technology industry, to discover relationships between tricks, to start to firm up a trick hierarchy or […]
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Hey, so many of you may wonder when you can do what at our lessons and sessions at Copeland Park and so we wanted to simplify it for you, so we created a graphic to help you find your way. The long and short of it is: I know nothing.. Join our free intro class. […]
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We’ve teamed up with the Friends of Charlton Park to create the Beats, Boards & BBQ Festival in Charlton Park, and it’s back again this year. We are running some free intro classes from 1pm. Please pre-book your place. Then there will be a street and bowl comps in jam format. We will have cash […]
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We’ve just built a new feature for you at Copelands. It’s a hip off the mini-ramp, and is excellent for the kids to learn to get air. They can start at the bottom and work their way up. Soon they will be boosting out of it like Niamh (pictured). We will have a free workshop […]
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UPDATE: Please see our skateboard fitting & adjustment service. A customer recently enquired about a skateboard purchase, and they asked a number of questions and if they could make an appointment to be fitted for their skateboard. We have had our skateboard buying guide on the website for some time, but nothing beats going to […]
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