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Skate Lessons Forced indoors in Eastbourne and Brighton

The appalling weather over the last few days means all outdoor Skate lessons in Brighton and Eastbourne are postponed or moved indoors. Please contact your instructor for details.

If you’re skate lesson is not till the weekend then there’s a good chance this weather will blow over and we can get back to normal! See you on Brighton seafront for more skating lessons soon!

National Skate Patrol Training - NSP

I’ve been Eastbourne’s NSP (National Skate Patrol) Trainer for 5 years now and have trained NSP as far afield as Goodwood, London and Brighton. The Uckfield Roller Disco have now approached me about training, to make their Roller Disco safer. So some time in late March I expect to be re-visiting the Uckfield Leisure centre and setting up a half day training session, to bring all their skate guards up to standard.

The difference between NSP training and “proper” skate instruction/ skate lessons

It’s not particularly hard to pick up the NSP skills as there is only a very limited set of demonstrations the NSP level, skate guard is qualified to show. The NSP don’t really teach or instruct, they just get to show people the basic “stand up, get going and stop” moves.  For more detailed explanations, or corrective measures (when people get it wrong) you need a Skate Instructor. Simply put the difference between Volunteer NSP and professional Skate Instructors is that the NSP can only show and demonstrate 3 basic techniques, a full instructor, can demonstrate, correct, adjust, tune and teach a multitude of skate techniques.

If anyone needs NSP training, so you are qualified to teach to NSP level, I’m more than happy to help!

Adults Inline Skate Lessons and RollerBlade Lessons in Brighton

I’m often in Brighton for weekends these days. If anyone would like Skate lessons, private groups, individual skate lessons or just wants some skate training in Brighton, i’m your girl! Contact me here to arrange learning to skate in Brighton at the weekends.

I specialise in families, small groups, individual nervous adults and promise to get you confident in one lesson!

Kids Club Favourite skate game at Sk8school

Laura Thompson is Eastbourne Inline Skate School’s (Sk8school) specialist Children Skate Instructor and runs the Eastbourne Sk8school Kids Club - where children learn to skate through skating fun and games.

Sk8school focus’s on Safety Fun and Learning at Kids Club - with the most popular skate game being the old favourite - limbo dancing! We’ve been using Skate Limbo dancing on skates for years - ever since we introduced it at Eastbourne Skate2000.

Laura can teach children to skate in groups or private lessons - or at the Kids Club! We’re pleased to announce Kids Club will run every week from April 6th 2008 at the Turning Circle.

Eastbourne nervous adult beginner skaters specialist instructor!

If you are an adult of nervous disposition and thinking about taking up inline skating lessons, you are in luck. Eastbourne Inline Skate School has a skate instructor sympathetic to your needs. Marie Thompson specialises in teaching nervous adult beginner skaters, from how to stand up, all the way to confident unsupported skating!

Marie has huge experience with nervous adult skaters and knows exactly how to break down all those complex moves into easily understandable and achievable bits! Marie can transform the nervous Nerice into a Go gettem Gertie in a single hour!

So if you think you don’t have the confidence to give skating a go, get a skate lesson from Eastbournes specialist skate instructor for nervous and less confident beginner skaters! To book click here!

More Private Skate Lessons in Eastbourne!

Loads of customers booking at the moment! What is it with everyone? All our instructors seem to be booked up with Eastbourne skate lessons at the moment!

Many skaters like the 1 2 1 attention or want their family catered for privately. Because we can also get hall hire, we can even run these private skate lessons and micro group skate lessons indoors! If you need special attention why not get in touch through the blog, or read this… Contact Sk8school (Eastbourne Inline Skate School instructors for skate lessons)

Sk8 Street Wise Course - April 5th OR 12th

If you are interested in the Sk8streetwise course in April - email Tim to reserve your place now as bookings will be limited.

This class is a half day intensive costing £40 and covering everything you need to get from A to B on skates “in the wild”.

You will be able to confidently handle these problems and more!:

  • Hills
  • Steps
  • Kerbs
  • Roads
  • Blind man bumps and Chocolate drop drive ways
  • Dogs
  • Pedestrians
  • Speed and efficiency skating
  • Skating in Crowds and traffic
  • Rules of the road
  • More!

First come, first served - limited space!Sk8 Streetwise begins with elemtary moves…

There are 2 dates BUT ONE COURSE! Make sure you are available for BOTH dates as the second is a reserve in case of rain!