Join us for 1.5 hour improver skateboard session with our Skateboard GB Certified coach Tom Bing.

He will host this one at Whitley Bay Skatepark at 7am. It should be quiet at that time and there is lots of room to experiment and develop some new skills and confidence.

Who is this for?

Anyone who is confident pushing and cruising along on a skateboard on flat ground already is welcome to join us. We all refresh and warm up but won’t spend as long on the very basics of pushing on this session.

We can focus on any element of skateboarding you are interested in, this could be either on a surf skate or on a ‘normal’ skateboard, working towards carving or kick turning. If you have a board of your own, bring it to use, if you need to borrow one we have a few that we can lend out. We have YOW’s, Carvers and normal boards.

Aside from your own board if you have one, all you need to bring is a pair of flat shoes like Vans if you have them, some water and we’ll have a good hour of practical skateboard fun with a little bit of theory and warm up (1.5hr run time total) in a small, supportive group of women.

When we surf, we spend a lot less time standing on our feet than we do paddling and waiting for waves - skateboarding is a really amazing way to get to grips with some surfing fundamentals - foot positioning, stance, using rails to turn, control, using bodyweight and joint and muscle sequencing to build up some physical points of reference that will transfer to surfing.