Where? Albert Memorial, Hyde Park
When? Saturday 18th September, 12.00pm – 2.00pm 
How much? £80

Gaining confidence and mastering inline skate skills in the park is the first challenge for new inline skaters. The adventure, exhilaration and fitness to be gained from joining one of London’s mass street skates or using skating for your transportation is unbeatable. Skatefresh have specialised in training and preparing skaters for the very real challenges awaiting us on streets and pavements. This 3 week course takes you through all the necessary skills which safe and responsible street skating should contain.

This course involves three 2 hour sessions on consecutive Saturdays includes park theory sessions (where you learn the new skills needed) and actual city skating guided by your Level 2 and 3 (ICP) instructors. No other skate school in London has done as much to promote safety and competency in its street skates. We firmly believe that skaters who attempt mass street skates before they have acquired the necessary skill level, endanger not only themselves but also all other participants as well.

The course will prepare you for participation on the Sunday Stroll street, or if you have already skated this, then you will find it a much more fun, (safe) ad controlled experience. You will also have the confidence to skate solo in the city, able to safely navigate pavements, streets and everything in between.

Course prerequisites; You must be able to stop using your heel brake on a slope. If you do not have a heel brake then you must be able to stop using any other stop (in a narrow space) on a slope. You must be able to do the scissor position (one skate in front of the other) at any speed you can skate at and you need to be able to do parallel turns in both directions to 90 degrees.

Knee, wrist guards and helmets compulsory.

To make a booking click on the next upcoming course:

Street D – Saturdays 12.00pm – 2.00pm 
Week 1 – 18th September
Week 2 – 25th September 
Week 3 – 9th October 

Low speed and poor aerobic fitness  are the major obstacles facing the new street skater combat this with…

• SkateDance - back to your Roller Disco days only now you’ll know what you’re doing. Beginner SkateDance classes available.

Check out this video taken on the Wednesday night skate (14^th April 2010) by Min Zaw, one of Skatefresh’s clients. Min Zaw started skating in June 2009 and has progressed to being the skater dressed in black going backwards on the street skate. Asha from Skatefresh is the lady in pink, enjoying an evening off, doing what she loves best.

“I did the street skating course and found it very useful for increasing my confidence and making me realise that a street skate was within my capabilities. If I hadn’t done this workshop the Sunday Stroll would have been alot scarier and no fun at all. I went on the Sunday Stroll and loved it. What a buzz! NowI’m focussing my time on solo street skating and commuting to work regularly. This would have been impossible without the course as it taught me everything involved”. Sandra (40)

Friday Night & Sunday Stroll

Street skating in London is very challenging, so why not reward yourself and come with us to Amsterdam (23rd – 5th June 2010) and Paris Skatefresh to Paris (TBA autumn 2010), both unforgettable weekends away.