Carving your skateboard is the most important skill after pushing it. You can build your balance for carving at home, on the carpet. Stand on your board in your riding stance. Toes and heels over the wheels (nice rhyme right?). Lean on the toe edge and hold it, try and exert as much pressure as […]
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To build confidence pushing, you can spend 5 minutes each day at home doing this leading foot drill on your skateboard. Working on carpet, place your front foot (you already know your stance) on the board over the bolts in push position (refer to Standing on your board). Now lift the back foot off the […]
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We have our online learning system for tracking your progress through the beginner skills, but we have recently created our Beginner Progress Tracker Card so that we can keep track and stamp the card as students progress during beginner lessons at Copelands skatepark. It’s a bit like a coffee shop loyalty card. We appreciate some […]
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It is the Pexmas (Read Peckham x Christmas) Fair weekend 13th and 14th December and we will be open for festive fun and games; skateboards, drinks, music, goodies, and giveaways. We’ve got 10% off in the shop, and we’ve still got some of the 50 Free Clown In Action complete skateboards available when you book […]
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Yes, that’s right, get a free complete skateboard when you book a course of 6 beginner classes or 3 private lessons at Copelands Skatepark. We’ve partnered with Clown in Action, who have kindly donated 50 skateboard decks, and we’ve have sourced Fracture undercarriages to make a beginner complete for you. This complete retails at £55. […]
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We are happy to announce our plans for the Peckham Festival on the 13th – 15th September! We have King Ramps coming through to bolt their flat bank onto the skatepark, extending the park out into the Copeland Park Courtyard. All weekend we will have Tombola (everyone’s a winner baby) Rum bar DJs (playing vinyl) […]
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We had a student approach us to undertake skateboarding as part of their their Edinburgh Award scheme at the Bronze level. In his role as Head Coach, Coach Stu agreed to assess the students progress. Aim of the physical part of the award The aim is as follows: To inspire young people to achieve greater […]
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This Friday we will be celebrating International Go Skate Day on Friday the 21st June with support from Karma Skateboards. We will first have some free beginner lessons 5pm – 6pm. First come first serve. Please book asap. We will be showing local skate scene video MAYDAY at 7.30pm. We will have a jam format […]
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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 […]
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