Archive for January 2009
Eastbourne skate lessons - going to Brighton for the day!
31/01/2009 by tim.
This Saturday, we’re off to Southwick to help with Ian James lessons before the roller disco. Then we get to do some Skate Dancercise, which should be a blast! If you are interested - there is still time to join us!
Eastbourne Skaters get new methods of communication.
29/01/2009 by tim.
Visitors to Eastbourne Skaters main skate resource site will have noticed some additions to http://www.sk8school.co.uk - firstly we’ve implemented Twitter feeds and second were supporting just about all the social networking bookmarking systems. Give it a try!
Eastbourne Skate Lesson - HDI Stopping - Rave reviews
26/01/2009 by tim.
We’re just recovering from another fantastic day’s skating at the Eastbourne Shinewater leisure centre. The usual 10am Eastbourne Skate Lessons, followed by the FREE open skate (Eastbournes only FREE indoor skating) and Kids club all at 11am.
The afternoon was reserved for the 3 hour intensive mastering course “Stopping on skates”, which was fully booked. The class started with the heel brake and then went on through 10-20 different methods of stopping on skates, to the holy grail - the double edged hockey stop. (And we teach 3 methods of doing that!).
Many people don’t realise that the heel brake is by far the most efficient stop for its learning curve. In other words its stopping power relative to its risk and level of difficulty to master is the best! In fact it’s so far ahead of all the other stopping methods, you could be forgiven for thinking you don’t really need any other method! There are more powerful stops (precisely two in fact) which are better at stopping you at any speed - however they have significantly more risk to execute and take a long time to learn properly.
Given the importance of the heel brake - especially early in your skating career - Make sure you see a proper demo, with all the important points highlighted. (Which will require wearing one of course!)
The best way to be sure you are getting the right instruction is to have a lesson with a Sk8school instructor. You know you get what you pay for - a Quality Eastbourne Skate Lesson.
The next course will be Mastering Turns and Edges on February 15th. At this time there are only 3 places left!
Eastbourne Skate Lesson - Flow Grace and Tricks
15/01/2009 by tim.
The pinnacle of skating lessons for most people in Eastbourne is the Sk8school Flow Grace and Tricks course, which this year will be March 29th. This year will be a special treat as 3 of the top ranked instructors, coaches and sponsored skaters in England will be running it as a cross discipline course.
This is an absolutely top end course, but with the high level of teaching, comes a high entry requirement. Which is why we run it so infrequently. Simply put there are not enough skaters at the right level to benefit from it.
If this piques your interest - give us a call and we’ll check whether this course is right for you!
And a little later… we’ll announce the instructors! You will be surprised!
Eastbourne Skate Lessons just went Quaddie!
14/01/2009 by tim.
Eastbourne skate lessons just went artistic and quaddie as Sk8school welcomes its newest instructor - BFRS coach, Nick Mallinson! This expands Sk8schools Eastbourne Skate Lesson offering, with regular skate lessons in Seaford and Peacehaven.
Not only that, but Nick Mallinson runs a roller disco as well.
There will be several updates in the newsletter for February welcoming the new arrival and some special news about the Flow Tricks and Grace course at the end of March! Make sure you are registered for the newsletter and have become a Fan of the Facebook Sk8school Page to get the inside scoop on this very important news.
So Added to the regular time table for Sk8school sessions from now on:
Fridays - Roller Skating Lessons Followed by Roller Disco
Meridian Leisure Centre - Peacehaven
Roller Skating Lessons for new skaters and beginners at 5pm till 6pm then Roller Disco from 6pm to 7pm - This will be on every Friday from now on!
Sundays - Roller Skating Lessons
Downs Leisure Centre - Seaford
Roller Skating Lessons for new skaters and beginners at 3:00pm till 4:30pm This will is on every Sunday!
Tomorrow we’ll let you know about something equally special coming to the Flow Tricks and Grace course.
Keep the wheels turning!
Sk8school Facebook Club gets more Xmas Party Videos!
11/01/2009 by tim.
Check out the amazing video (in 3 parts) from Skater Sue. She really is a DVD star and this video really shows off her editing skills! Check out the amazing atmosphere at the Sk8school Christmas Party!
Join Sk8school on Facebook!
