Archive for July 2008
Happy Birthday Jessica! - Enjoy the Skate Party!
30/07/2008 by tim.
Kids club is great, and some parents like to tailor it to their requirements and book a Skate Birthday Party!
Sk8school have been running Skate Parties for Heely’s Roller Skaters and Inline Skaters for Years in Eastbourne.
It combines the elements of Roller Disco, Kids Club and Lessons in one custom package - and of course we have all the Skate Hire too!
If you’d like to have something different for your kids birthday or other occasion, why not book a skate party?
Sk8 M8’s roll over to Bexhill seafront
28/07/2008 by tim.
Well it was hot, it was Monday and a few of the Sk8 M8’s decided to do something different!
We met up in dribs and drabs until near 10 of us gently rolled along a very different seafront to the one we are used to.
The surfaces are for the most part WONDERFUL!
Even the “bad” ones were comparable to Eastbourne’s “medium” grade surfaces.
There is also a concrete block section, which although no good for freestyle is quite adequate for fitness and recreational skating.
We all pressured John to run a treasure hunt along it as it would be a unique event for the Eastbourne Skaters Sk8 M8’s to come over and do.
Looking forward to another trip here soon!
Video of the end : video0063.mp4
ESK Plants - kids fun day event
26/07/2008 by tim.
Well there were pony rides, seed planting, face painting, bands and - oh yes! Sk8school!
We planned to just teach, demo and run a few taster lessons for an hour or two, but it was so well attended that we ended up not being able to leave till 4:30!
Many thanks to Fred and ESK plants for inviting us along. Can’t wait for the next one!
Hopefully they will re-run this event sometime in September 
Sk8 n Chips Eastbourne Sk8 M8’s night skate.
26/07/2008 by tim.
Well a superb turn out for the Sk8 n Chips, with the majority of attendees being on the TXT event service!
Looking forward to the breakfast skate on August 2nd already - because Radio 5 Live (the weekend breakfast show) will be attending - and skating with us!
I hope lots of you support this - and get interviewed for the radio. Turn up a little earlier on the Saturday 2nd August if you’d like to impress the presenters!
Many thanks to Sue for all the DVD’s she handed out at the event! I think it’s time we interviewed her for the newsletter or WhealsON blog!
Eastbourne Extreme 2008 Sunday Sk8school Review
26/07/2008 by tim.
Well after the redoubt roller-disco on Saturday night, we had a few hours sleep to recover and start Sunday with the Breakfast skate.
Starting at 10am seemed quite a good idea, but arriving at the Holywell later than 11 is not to be recommended in good weather - the queues are a little long.
Still after Saturday I did need the lie in!
The teaching through Sunday was more popular on Sunday, though from what I saw overall skater numbers were down.
All in all though, well worth attended
Eastbourne Extreme - Saturday
19/07/2008 by tim.
Well it all started as a very much uphill struggle.
Firstly, the weather was very windy and quite wet till around 10am so the breakfast skate just didn’t happen!
Secondly, vandals had managed to pour sand on the basketball court arena, glass on the tennis courts and oil on the ramps at the skate park! It took me with some masterful sweeping with ESA Dave about an hour and a half to remove the glass. Dave had already been there hours sweeping sand before I arrived!
Once we’d dealt with all that, it was time for a few lessons and games, which was pretty much the order of the day from then on.
We managed a variety of skills, to a variety of people. Though almost everyone I taught (about 4 to 1) were already Sk8school customers and either knew we were teaching through the TXT event service or the newsletter bulletin!
So that all works then!
The rest of the skating side of the event kicked off properly by about 2p, with some half respectable crowds.
Max ran a splendid slalam competition and of course tonight is the highlight of the whole event…
The roller disco at the Redoubt fortress!
Roll on tomorrow!
Breakfast Skate at Eastbourne Extreme
14/07/2008 by tim.
The Sk8school/Sk8 M8’s Breakfast skate has been added to both days of the Eastbourne Extreme Skate Time table.
If you are planning to attend the breakfast skate on either day - I’d recommend sprinting the last few hundred meters as the Holywell Cafe will be inundated with orders and will take a while to serve everyone!
Skate Lessons at Eastbourne Extreme
14/07/2008 by tim.
Sk8school will be teaching Skating Lessons at Eastbourne Extreme this year and it will be both days, running full programs for beginners, intermediate and experts alike. We’ll be running coaching sessions and tasters for all our mastering courses, backwards, turning and stopping. So whatever skill is in need of improvement, we will have something for you.
Just remember, that for the Eastbourne Extreme Weekend only - its at the Basket Ball courts, not the Turning Circle.
Eastbourne Extreme Kids Club - Biggest yet?
14/07/2008 by tim.
Well Sk8school are Teaching at Eastbourne Extreme this year and that’s including Kids Club in the official time table!
As the Pictures Show its a pretty popular and well attended event in any case every week. Lets hope that the Saturday and Sunday Kids Clubs for the Eastbourne Extreme weekend are the biggest Kids Club Sk8school has ever run!
I Just hope everyone remembers its not at the Turning Circle that weekend! We’ll be in the Skate part of the event near the basket ball courts.
Tell all your friends - lets make this the biggest one ever.
Another Sk8 n Chips success!
11/07/2008 by tim.
A welcome break in the weather allowed us to run a sk8 n chips (at last!).
As usual we did the “length” and finished off on the beach with the fish n chips! Another successful night skate in Eastbourne then!
And we even managed to get back before the rain came again!
The next breakfast skate is 9am Saturday AND Sunday during the Eastbourne Extreme weekend.
9am from the basket ball courts rather than the turning circle.