Level 1 instructor
07881 828 901
Email: peter@skatefresh.com

I’m from Bristol originally and moved out to Australia in 1999. Since November 2004 I’ve been dividing my time between Sydney, Bristol and the European Alps where I have spent the last 4 seasons working in the ski industry as a guide and more recently as an instructor. I’ve been lucky enough to work in France, Austria, Switzerland and Italy and in brilliant resorts – Courchevel, and my favourite, Grindelwald, for example.

No-one could ever say I’ve followed a conventional path into the world of inline skating, a sport which has become a great passion over the last few years. On a return home to Sydney in 2005, I dug out a pair of skates I had bought on a whim the previous year there in an Aldi supermarket. These skates cost the equivalent of about £10 (well, plastic frames don’t come cheap). Having ice skated a lot as a kid, the principles seemed the same and the parallels with skiing were also uncanny, so I was hooked, spending weeks skating around neighbouring suburban streets.

Since then, I’ve spent quite a lot of time in Bristol after the ski season ends and that’s where I started to develop my street skating – on my own! Other skaters are a rarity in Bristol so it’s just the hilly streets for company. My skating has come on leaps and bounds since hooking up with Skatefresh and getting my ICP accreditation last November. I now believe it’s very important for all beginners to follow a structured learning path – it would have meant fewer bruises and scars for me, that’s for sure.

Londoners are so lucky to be at the heart of skating in the UK, and that’s why I’m looking to be in Hyde Park most weekends this 2008 summer, with some midweek time too, to help pass on my enthusiasm. I love the continual process of learning and improvement, and helping others to do the same is incredibly rewarding.

I’m also keen to pursue and promote the fitness and green benefits of skating. For my fellow skiers, it has to be one of the best ways to keep themselves and their technique sharp out of season, and I have quite a few drills and exercises I can share.