Eastbourne Skate Lessons, News and Events
Calling all Skaters - do your bit for Sport Relief!
Just 2 weeks to go before the Charity skate chain trys to complete a mile without breaking! Make sure you are involved - register on the SK8school facebook fan page event. Get some sponsors - use the Sport Relief sponsorship form and get all your skater friends to help too!
We also need non skaters to help ride the Ride n Joy outrider quadricycles!
Find out more about the SK8 M8s Sport Relief mile here.
There's even a contingent of Roller Buggy Baby Skaters doing the mile too! (Roller Buggy Babies restarts in April!)
SK8school and friends at the Sports and Activity Show March 7th
SK8school and friends will be representing skating at the Sports and Activity show on March 7th. This event takes place from 10am -2pm at the Start/End of the Eastbourne Half Marathon. Princes Park.
The SK8school Stand will also be home to:
LOCO Skate Shop, RE-AL Skate Shop, The Edge Hockey Team, MAXskate and of course Ride n Joy! (as featured in the Newsletter).
Come down and cheer the runners off then browse our stand, which will have offers from all of our friends on the stand as well as talks and information, snippets from the SK8school Theory class, how too video's and much more!
Ride n Joy will have a Quadricycle on display and there will be a wide selection of skates and equipment to have a look at, as well as multimedia displays and posters and leaflets.
We might even recruit a few people for sports relief! Come and see whats we're doing on Sunday morning! (assuming you can tear yourself away from our FREE open skate!).
Are you behind Sports Relief?
Are you backing the Sports Relief mile on March 20th? All you need to to is get plenty of sponsors and your skates on!
Meet Ride n Joy and all your SK8 M8s at the Cage for 1:30. Decide whether you are doing the mile in Fancy Dress, Backwards or joining one of the chains.
Events kick off at 2pm - all proceeds to Sports Relief. If you need special assistance - IE you are one of the "Backwards Beginners" or one of the Marathon skaters - trying a mile on skates for the first time - please contact us in advance. Your training needs to be handled separately to the main event! Check out the main SK8school sports relief mile event page or facebook SK8school sports relief event for further information!
Sports Relief Sponsorship form now available!
If you plan to support Sports Relief on March 20th by joining in the mile skate either backwards, in fancy dress or in the chain then you'll need the sponsorship form - now available as a download on the Eastbourne Skate Events Sports Relief SK8 M8s page.
There are a host of other options for the day as well so check out what your SK8 M8s are doing - better than that - come along and support them.
SK8school will also be working with Ride n Joy to complete the chain with their Quadricycles being the outriders and pace cars!
SK8school Roller Derby Training!
SK8school will be training a Roller Derby team from March. Do you think you have what it takes to take the knocks, rough and tumble of this face paced and exciting new sport in the UK?
Contact us to join in on the Roller Derby Skate Coaching nights, or to join a team and Train to play Roller Derby.
Half Marathon March 7th - Good Training for sports relief?
EASTBOURNE SPORTS & ACTIVITIES SHOW - 7 MARCH 2010
This year it is expected that the Half Marathon entry will top 1000 runners for the first time, and to make the most of all the visitors and provide further entertainment for spectators and passers-by, a new attraction is being built into the event.
The Half Marathon starts and finishes in Princes Park which has masses of space for clubs, societies and commercial providers to showcase their specialisation, and right now the organisers are inviting interested parties to join in the Eastbourne Sports & Activities Show. Already there are reservations from Borough Football Club through to skaters, golf, martial arts, rowing etc and even The Eastbourne Bonfire Society. So Eastbourne Skate School will be there with a Stand.
Any similar organisations are welcome to make their interest known. The options for representation run through “market” stands, open space and have-a-go opportunities, and for clubs and societies the facility is completely free of charge. Commercial concerns will simply be asked to make a donation to the day.
The Half Marathon is organised by the Eastbourne Hospitality Association, Ashprint and the main sponsors, Reid+Dean. The Half Marathon usually raises about £15,000 sponsorship from the runners, and in recent years this has been used increasingly among local schools, clubs and charities to provide facilities as diverse as tepees, boxing equipment, scout equipment, summer schools and to support lambs in school projects.
If you would like to exhibit at the Show then contact Reid+Dean on 01323 412550 or email info@reiddean.com. If you would like to enter the Half Marathon or the junior races which are also part of the event then visit www.eastbournehalf.co.uk. This year the event takes place on Sunday 7th March.
Sk8school and the SK8 M8s rise to the Challenge!
March 19-21 is Sports relief. As usual the Sk8 M8s will be
supporting this event in a number of ways at various locations. Contact
us to take part in you closest Sports Relief Skate Event fund raiser
and go the extra mile!
Tuesday Night Skate Coaching 2 Hours.
Tuesday 16th February 8pm Shinewater another 2 hours of skate coaching with the best skate instructors Eastbourne has to offer. This regular skating class is geared towards improvers and experts. Covering over 20 ways to stop and skills by request.
Requested moves this week include Artistic 3 turns and Toe Pivots for the Experts and Side Surf and Parallel turns for the improvers. If you want a specific skill covered, leave a comment on Eastbourne's most popular Skate Fan Page on Facebook.
Eastbourne only has a few skate instructors QUALIFIED to teach these advanced moves - and they are all SK8school instructors - which means our lessons are insured at all levels.
With 11 Instructors we can always make sure you get the best -
book a SK8school lesson.
Just under 100 people chose SK8school for their skate lessons last week
alone!
Dragon Dance at the Southwick Roller Disco.
Check out the Facebook page to see the latest pictures and videos of the Chinese new year Roller Disco. Plenty more events planned for February so keep in touch with your SK8 M8s using any of the methods that suite you on our Contacts Page.
Tonights the night of the Dragon Dance!
Well... You don't see that often! and certainly not on skates!
Unless of course - you are going to the Southwick Chinese New Year Roller Disco tonight - and the meal afterwards fro those that want it! Contact us if you want to join the party!
Half Term Skate Lessons and Skating Kids Club
We are working with several centres to provide skate lessons and kids club activities over the coming half term. if you'd like information about indoor and outdoor activities near you please contact the SK8school team.
Skate hire is available on request,
Skate Events and News headlines you'll see soon!
Ever wondered where the really "hot off the press" skating stuff is? Well the newsletter certainly is the best compendium of information monthly and the facebook page and main SK8school website give rolling news and events.
But if you want the stories before they even hit the news, check out the WhealsON blog! Get the blogged musing of the people that make things happen!
Sk8school Swap Shop re-opens
The Sk8school swap shop re-opens - in time for everyone to dump their old gear to make room for the new skate designs that will be on LOCO and RE-ALs shelves at the end of February.
The Swap Shop is fully supported by LOCO and RE-AL and is completely FREE to use - so give it a go whether you are looking for some gear or getting rid of some!
24 hours till the AVATAR 3D cut off!
There's going to be a special screening of AVATAR 3D for Sk8 M8s on Monday 8th February have you booked your discounted ticket yet?
Contact us if you'd like a place.
Tuesday Night - Skate Coaching Night!
8pm our ever popular Skate Coaching and Dancercise kicks off with an in depth look at stopping in a variety of ways and some basic to advanced turns. Then we move on to combining the two!
No need to book - just turn up, for 2 hours of the finest quality skate lesson in Eastbourne. £5 per person. Ask Laura, Nancy and Tim for details.
Just a couple of days till the Newsletter for February...
And in it you'll find details of the ROLLER Laser-Quest trip, Avatar 3D Sk8 M8s screening, Inline Dragon Dancing and so much more! Are you one of the 2500 Eastbourne skaters and beyond that Sk8school contacts every month?
Make sure you get the Newsletter out 1st February! Published on the 1st of each month, it is the most widely read and informative skate news letter in the area.
If you'd like to submit articles or storys for inclusion
contact any of the Sk8school instructors. Email us or use the Sk8school
facebook fan page.
Southwick Chinese New Year Poster Released
Here's the poster advertising Southwicks mid February special. The Skate M8s will be joining in of course and details will be in the February News Letter and closer to the event on the TXT service, Twitter, Blog, Facebook etc.
Sk8 M8s Southwick Chinese New Year trip....
Last QUIET SKATE of January!
This Sunday the last Quiet Skate
of January takes place at 10am at Shinewater. If you want a space for
February or March book now, because there are only 20 places and most
of them are gone!
ICE Skating for the Eastbourne Skate M8s this Tuesday
We're all going Ice Skating on Tuesday night, they'll be a special extension - so come along and enjoy the fun. Meeting up at 7pm - all welcome.
Quiet Skate Places (February/March)
There are now very limited spaces remaining fro the February and March quiet skates. If you'd like slots for either please contact us ASAP - when they are gone - they are gone!
Peacehaven trip scheduled for this Friday
Nick Mallinson runs the Peacehaven
Skate Lessons at 4:30pm on Fridays just before the Roller
Disco. He's also the MD of Seahaven
FM - 
- try the link and have a listen!
The Eastbourne Skaters branch of the Sk8 M8s are heading over to Peacehaven leaving Eastbourne around 5:30-6ish. If you'd like to join in and sample a roller disco run in a very different way - check it out! Roller Disco starts at 5:30 and finishes at 8:30. So you'll get some proper skating time and its not all games!
Seen Dancing on Ice on the Telly?
Want to try some of those moves you've seen? Come to the Skate Dancercise and Skate Coaching Lesson Tonight! Shinewater 8pm Tuesdays fortnightly.
Eastbourne Skating Lesson - Skills Coaching and Dancercise
Tuesday 19th is the first 2010 Skating Coaching and Dancercise session - starting at 8pm at Shinewater you can expect something for everyone as Eastbourne's most qualified and experienced skate instructors do their stuff.
This class is for Improver's and Experts. Its a group lesson for mixed ability. If you need the beginner skating lesson come along on Sunday morning.
Sk8school has the only skate instructors in Eastbourne qualified to teach different power strides, backwards and advanced turns.
Eastbourne Skating Lesson Sunday 17th Jan
The indoor season starts at 10am at Shinewater this morning Sunday 17th. Skating Lessons are group beginner classes and are followed by an hours free practice.
If you need more advanced coaching than a beginners course, you need the Tuesday night coaching course. Sk8school has the most highly qualified and experienced instructors in the area - and the only ones qualified to teach Skating Strides beyond Stride 2, backwards, or advanced turns and cross overs.
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