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I’m now a sports first aid qualified skateboarding instructor

Skateboarding instructor Sports First Aid Certificate

I spent the 23rd April doing my sports first aid training with the St John’s Ambulance. I’m now a sports first aid qualified skateboarding instructor. I learned the procedures to follow in the event of an accident, and some practical aspects, such as how to do CPR, how to tie a sling and to apply […]

Family skateboard lessons

Since opening our beginners skateboarding lesson to all ages we’ve had a few parents bringing their family and joining in! Debbie, and Imogen 8, and William 7, joined us on Saturday morning in Charlton Skatepark in London. Whilst admitting to falling over more than the kids (a key part of the lesson of course) Debbie was […]

Our first adult in the beginner group & George works on rock fakies

George working his way up to a rock fakie

The good weather is back, hopefully to stay, and so we had a good turn out at the weekend. We had our first adult at the beginner skateboarding group class on Saturday, Imogen who did herself proud! She rolled down the bank by herself by the end of the lesson. She came with her daughter, and […]

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

First girls skateboard lesson in Charlton park goes off!

Our first ever girls skateboarding lesson in Charlton Park was a huge success! After requests last year on social media to provide some girls-only lessons, we scheduled some in last week. We had 8 girls in attendance on a bitterly cold morning in February 2018. Despite the cold the girls got into it, and by […]

Lesson for over 11s released for 11am this Saturday… and more..

Last year we saw lots of primary aged kids coming along to our skate school, so this year, as well as the girls-only class, we have decided to offer a group skateboarding lesson for those aged 11 and over. We’re hoping this will attract both those who are older and want to learn the basics, […]

Learn to grind on our new rail

School of skate has a new custom-built rail for learning to grind on your skateboard. You just ride straight on from the flat. This rail will help you get used to feeling your trucks grinding without needing to learn to ollie, or to ride a ramp. This will help for when you are ready to […]

New skateboarding lessons for advanced, adults & girls offered in 2018

Happy New Year from the School of Skate! Group lessons return to Charlton Skatepark after February half term, and we’ve had a number of enquiries from people about offering: advanced lessons adults lessons girls only lessons We are planning to offer these and are currently looking into timings etc. You can subscribe to our mailing […]

Win skateboard lessons @ Charlton Manor Christmas fair

On Friday 8th of December Charlton Manor Primary School are having their Christmas fair, where 5 skateboard school tickets will be raffled for charity. We were approached by the school to help with their fundraising programme at the annual event. If you win a ticket you can join us at any group lesson we are […]

Photos from Sunday skate school at Charlton

We had a professional photographer, Alun, come to visit with his kids at skate school on Sunday. He took some beautiful shots, this one with Charlton House in the background being my favourite. You can see them all on our facebook page. Thanks Alun, you’re welcome any time!

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