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The Peckham skateboarding Hen Party

The Skateboarding Hen Party We received a request to run a Hen party and we were happy to oblige. Preparing for the skateboarding Hen Party We sent out some Pre-Activity Risk Questionnaires to attendees to fill out, and some instructions for preparing for the day, including watching our videos on Preparing to skate (safety first), [...] Continue reading

Team building with a skateboarding lesson

Last week we ran a team building event for corporate co-workers in London who wanted to do something different. When bouncing around ideas for an away day, one of our existing customers put forward the idea of doing a skateboarding lesson. The idea was well received and when we were contacted we were happy to [...] Continue reading

Improving Folkestone Gardens and Evelyn Ward in Deptford

Greening evelyn ward folkestone gardens skatepark

We’ve recently been consulting with Wonky.Space and The National Trust on the Greening Project at Evelyn Ward, Deptford. The skatepark and Folkestone Gardens are in Evelyn Ward and they want to know how the space can be improved. On Saturday 24th September the National Trust will be sharing some early concepts of how Folkestone Gardens […]

Scouts get their skate / street sport badge at Charlton

scouts learn to skateboard skate street sports badge

We ran a skateboarding lesson for the Royal 51st Greenwich Sea Scouts at Charlton skatepark so they could get their skate / street sports badge. We covered most of the beginner skills, such as pushing, falling, carving, and kick turns. Requirements for earning the badge As per the Scouts Association guidance for the badge there […]

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

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

Home education group skateboarding lesson in Charlton skatepark

home education skateboarding lesson - rolling in

At the end of 2019 we were approached by a mum keen to run skateboarding lessons for a group of children in home education. We duly obliged and set up a regular Tuesday afternoon session for them at Charlton Park. We provided skateboards, pads and helmets where required and we had a range of […]

Harrison’s skateboard birthday party, with old cottage coffee shop catering!

Harrison with his school of skate t-shirt Skateboard lesson Birthday party Dropping in skateboard lesson warm up Rolling down bank on skateboard Learning to ride skateboard Dropping in on skateboard Check foot positioning skateboard On Sat 25th May, Dell and myself ran a skateboarding party for Harrison who was celebrating his 9th birthday with 15 [...] Continue reading

Skateboard birthday party at Skaterham skatepark for George

George at his skateboard lesson birthday party skaterham

One of our regulars to the progressing group, George, had his birthday skateboard party at Skaterham skatepark in Caterham recently, and he invited us along to help out giving skateboard lessons! We gave George his own school of skate t-shirt for posterity so he could remember his party! Dell is in the picture presenting it […]

Skateboard lessons at the Greenwich Get Together festival

Skate school on the mini ramp at the Greenwich Get Together festival

We were invited along to the Greenwich Get Together festival by the Royal Borough of Greenwich on the 30th June to run skateboarding lessons on a mini ramp provided by kingramps.co.uk. We were running lessons for festival goers in the Royal Arsenal site of the festival, just down by the river Thames. We ran an [...] Continue reading

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