NEW ! Coaching and Improvers Skate Lessons
Totally new to Eastbourne Skate Lesson Scene! For people who
can
skate, but need expert advice to "crack" one or two problem areas.
Improver's Coaching for:
Turning Problems
Backwards Skating
Going Faster
Stopping better
Quick Lesson Links
FREE Eastboune Skate Lessons
Private Eastbourne Skate Lessons
Group DROP IN Skate Lessons at
Eastbourne
Sk8school Skate Theory
Sk8 2 Ski Conversion
Kids
Club Skate Games
Half Day Intensive Skating Courses
Beginners Half Day Skate Course
Mastering
Backwards Skating Course
Mastering
10 Stops Skating Course
Mastering Turns Skating Course
Skate Street Wise Skating Course
Flow Grace and Tricks on Skates
Course
Other Groups
We run skating birthday parties, roller discos and Heely parties as private bookings or as regular meetings that anyone can join in. Check our Newsletter of call us for more details,
Booking A Lesson
Simply Email or phone us using the Contact Sk8school Page to book your skate lesson.
Remember your shop vouchers! You can save using your vouchers from LOCO and RE-AL even if you are not a beginner! The shop vouchers mean:
Kids Club can be free! or
Your Sunday group lesson is half price! or
A "Mastering" skate course is 20% off! (Stopping, turning, backwards, sk8 streetwise or Flow, grace and Tricks!)
Eastbourne Skate Lessons, Learning to Skate in Eastbourne or Sussex, Finding Skate Lessons or wanting to learn to Rollerblade? Looking for a Skate Instructor? Need Skate Hire in Eastbourne for a Skate Lesson?
We have a variety of skate lessons, class styles and skate social events available for all ages and abilities, all year. If you don't see something that suites your requirements please contact us. We also teach in a variety of Schools running after School Skate Clubs.
We also cover Heelys Lessons and run regular sessions for these too. Booking or making inquiries is simple, read through the lessons options and styles below and then use the contact Sk8school page to either email or phone through your selection.
Our Eastbourne skate lessons don't stop when the weathers bad, we have indoor facilities for the winter and often run Theory lessons to aid people in buying and maintaining their skates.
All ages, All abilities,All year!
Regular Skate Lessons and classes are run outdoors at the Turning Circle right through the Summer. In the winter we have a variety of open skate lessons, kids club and pre-booked skate courses available at a range of indoor skating locations.
Specialist skills and skate master classes focus on specific needs throughout the month. So we can cater for Adults, Children, Expert skaters and total beginners in a focused and professional manner.
We usually teach skating in and around Eastbourne but can also come to you! We teach quad and inline skating and Rollerblading in Brighton, London, Hastings and Seaford - If you are in Sussex give us a call! Additionally our half day intensive skate courses make it worth the travel!
Coaching Sessions coming soon!
Improver coaching sessions for people that can skate, but need expert advice to fix "problem areas" like stopping, turning, going faster or backwards. These coaching sessions will need prior booking, will have minimum numbers and a very limited teaching scope. For example 2 or 3 skills in one coaching session. Details will appear shortly - but if you can't wait contact Tim Wheals of Eastbourne Skate School - Sk8school here.
Sk8school FREE Eastbourne Skate Lessons
Our FREE Lesson program works in conjunction with the Skate shops in Eastbourne, Hastings, Brighton and London. Simply attend one of our DROP IN group skate lessons with a Sk8school voucher from one of the participating skate shops and we'll get you skating with a FREE skating introduction. In half an hour we can get most TOTAL BEGINNERS standing, going, stopping and turning. If your skate shop is not participating in this free lesson program - get them to contact us, we would be happy to work with them.
This is a FREE lesson, not just a few tips, by someone not even wearing the full equipment, or even a heel brake, with out of date skills. Why settle for second best when you are starting out? It takes a long time to "unlearn" bad skating habits - avoid them with Sk8school
- Cost - FREE, with LOCO or RE-AL voucher
- Location - Summer - Turning Circle 11am Sun
- Location - Winter - At Open Skates
- Booking - Not required
Sk8school Private Eastbourne Skate Lessons
We will run private lessons at anytime, anywhere. Costs depend on location and type of instructor required, but as a guide a one to one lesson on the seafront, with a level 1 ICP instructor will cost £20 for an hour. (More advanced skate lessons require a level 2 instructor and start at £25 per hour). Extra people simply add 50% extra per person (under 6's go free). We can arrange indoor private lessons by booking sports halls which obviously incur an extra charge and require a longer booking lead time.
- Cost - From £20 an hour
- Location - Anywhere - though some locations may incur traveling charges and or hire charges.
- Booking - In advance only.
Sk8school Group Skate Lessons in Eastbourne
These lessons are tremendous fun and a fair bit cheaper than a private lesson. Generally we run these through the summer on Sunday mornings (11am) at the turning circle. Unlike private lessons they proceed at group pace. Typically they cover beginner to intermediate moves. Suitable for any age, but typically suiting 12-70 year olds as the kids prefer to learn in Kids club! Free shop introductory skate lessons are covered in these sessions.
- Cost - Child £5, Adult £8
- Location - Turning Circle, Seafront
- Booking - Not required
- Skate hire - available £5
Sk8school Eastbourne Skate Theory Lesson
Next time you visit a skate shop - make some educated buying decisions! Geared for older skaters and parents of the younger ones... In depth analysis of how to skate. How to choose skates. How to make educated skate and Rollerblade buying decisions - you can save £££'s with the information in this class alone!
You will learn why we have different :-
- Skates
- Wheels
- Bearing
- Frames
Physical benefits of skating, Training programs and much more. This session will typically cover about 2 hours including an intermission.
This course will answer all the following questions:
- Are you - or your child wearing the right skates?
- Did you get the best deal from the skate shop?
- Are you confident you know exactly what you need?
- When and how do you change a wheel or bearing?
- What should your biggest safety concern be?
- Should I buy an Inline or quad skate?
- What are the rules of the road?
And once you've done it you'll be making informed buying decisions in the skate shops, saving money and knowing what you and your family NEED and why you need it.
- Cost - £10
- Location - Our current Indoor training site
- Booking - Preferable
Sk8 2 Ski and Ski 2 Sk8 Conversion Course
We understand Skating and Skiing which allows us to rapidly convert skaters into Skiers and Visa Versa! One hours lesson can take you from standing up to Slalom turns. This is excellent cross training for Skiing when the Dry Slope is full or there is no snow!
- Cost - From £20 an hour
- Location - Anywhere - though some locations may incur traveling charges and or hire charges.
- Booking - In advance only.
Half Day Intensive Skating Course - Beginner
A half day intensive skate lesson, geared towards the total beginner and including skate hire if required. These courses run monthly and pre-booking is essential. The class is a group lesson covering 3 hours of skating from how to stand all the way up to sweeping graceful turns. If you can't skate and want to be confident and competent in a morning, this is the one for you! Skills covered include:
- Standing up and protecting yourself in a fall
- Getting your self going
- Stopping and controlling speed
- Basic turns
- Going faster
- Some more stops
- Graceful flowing turns
This half day class is ideal for 10+ year olds, up to 70 year olds with no confidence, experience or previous knowledge. Not only will be get you going, but you'll have fun doing it and will be pretty good at the end of it. Ask us about the next class.
- Cost - £40 a person (includes hire if required) 20% off with shops voucher
- Location - Indoor - Our current indoor venue
- Location - Outdoor - Turning Circle, Seafront
- Experience required - none
- Booking - Required
Half Day Skating Course - Mastering Skating Backwards
Just accomplishing this move gets you expert status with most people. A real building block move that lays the foundations to much advanced skating.
- Gets you going backwards for the first time
- Introduction to transitions
- Gets you going fast backwards
- Stopping in a variety of backwards formats
- Various backward turns
- Backwards crossover, anti crossover and mix (get this one and look like an expert!)
This is a tough class, but very rewarding and focus's on the horror's of traveling backwards and switching directions with confidence. The initial moves are quite simple, but the course rapidly advances to sophisticated backwards cross overs and anti cross overs!
- Cost - £40 a person (book all 3 mastering courses for £100) - 20% off with shops voucher
- Location - Indoor - Our Current indoor venue
- Location - Outdoor - Turning Circle, Seafront
- Experience required - be able to stop, roll and turn, understand and use your edges
- Booking - Required
Half Day Skating Course - Mastering 10 skating stops
Stopping on skates is an important skill! We can help you learn several ways to stop on skates. From the humble heel brake to the mighty double edged hockey stop in one day! (some of these moves involve backwards movement so think about that course also!)
- Heel brake 1 2 and 3
- Snow plough, herringbone
- Spin stop (and backwards), t stop
- Lunge stop, forwards and backwards power-slide
- Hockey stop, jump stop, stamp stop and plant stop.
Another tough class, but extremely useful to have before going outside as stopping your skates becomes more important when there are hazards about! This course gives a skater a huge selection of stopping techniques to use for various occasions.
- Cost - £40 a person (book all 3 mastering courses for £100) 20% off with shops voucher
- Location - Indoor - Our Current indoor venue
- Location - Outdoor - Turning Circle, Seafront
- Experience required - be able to heel brake, roll and turn, understand and use your edges
- Booking - Required
Half Day Skating Course - Mastering Skating Turns
Focusing on the quest for the edge! Master your edges in one day. (some of these moves involve backwards movement so think about that course also!)
- Beginners start off skating the "A frame" Turn
- Skating Parallel Turns
- Skating Lunge turn
- Toe and heal roll turns
- Skating Slalom turns
- One foot turns
- Forwards crossover
- All the above backwards! (if time allows)
This one really focus's on edges and to get the most from it, you need to be able to at least start a parallel turn correctly.
- Cost - £40 a person (book all 3 mastering courses for £100) 20% off with shops voucher
- Location - Indoor - Our Current indoor venue
- Location - Outdoor - Turning Circle, Seafront
- Experience required - be able to heel brake, roll and turn, understand and use your edges
- Booking - Required
Half Day Skating Course - Streetwise
Sk8school runs indoor classes all winter and when the sun
comes back, we teach people to respect the tarmac! The Outdoor Only
Eastbourne Skate Lesson!
The Sk8school
sk8 street wise classes bridge the gap between the indoor and outdoor
training, preparing skaters for wind, hills, bumps, kerbs etc.
Some of what you can expect:
- Stopping on skates review and GRASS STOP!
- Dealing with slopes and hills while skating
- Stopping on slopes and hills
- Crossing Roads on skates
- How to handle Kerb's and Steps on skates
- Team and more efficient skating + Stride 3
- Pedestrians, Dogs and Chocolate driveways!
- Rules of the road and much more!
The lessons are also superb practice for night skates found in most major cities around the world and the Yearly skate festival in Eastbourne.
- Cost - £40 a person - 20% off with shops voucher
- Location - Outdoor - Turning Circle, Seafront
- Experience required - be able to heel brake, roll and turn, Stride 2
- Booking - Required
Half Day Skating Course - Flow, Grace and Tricks
The experts only, skating course for the difficult to scare! You must be able to skate very well, before you bother with this one! You will be problem solving and testing yourself and your courage with this course
In one day you'll attempt:- Linking manoeuvres
- Knowing when to stop a move
- Various steps (dancing not streetwise)
- Pirouettes, spins, jumps, flash linked turns, spin to sit
- Barrel roll, grapevine, various toe tricks, slalom tricks, dance moves and even a little sideways!
- Survivors will be impressive!
Don't try this unless you've attended all the "masters" classes!
- Cost - £40 a person - 20% off with shops voucher
- Location - Indoor - Our Current indoor venue
- Location - Outdoor - Turning Circle, Seafront
- Experience required - all mastering classes!
- Booking - Required
If you need further information about any of our classes or courses please contact us as per the information on the contacts page, Additional offers and classes or social opportunities can be found on the Sk8school newsletter.