The story of modern roller derby is a huge success story with it being touted as one of the fastest growing sports today taking on new skaters at an amazing rate. In Leicester we are lucky to have a very friendly and successful roller derby team called the Dolly Rockit Rollers who have over 60… Continue Reading
Skatefresh Refreshes First Aid
On a rainy Sunday in March it actually felt quite productive to be by the Thames re-doing our First Aid qualifications with Ross Boushear, the only First Aid Trainer who is also an old school skater (he passed his ICP level 1 instructor certification even before Asha, so that’s pretty old school)! Asha, Nick and… Continue Reading
Asha back on Quads!
I found my first pair of skates in a skip (blue ‘rainbow’ quads with yellow wheels) aged 10, while walking home from school a different way. I tried one on and scooted about and then on finding the other skate I skated home for the first time. I left my shoes at the skip and… Continue Reading
Skating in Vietnamese
A week ago today I left my work as Asha’s PA and Skatefresh’s go to woman for everything admin related as I was moving to Hanoi. During the handover I stumbled across a curious piece of information about the below video of Asha skating in Vondelpark: 5th in line of countries in which watching her… Continue Reading
Skating as Meditation
The search for spiritual enlightenment (or at least a rest from my chattering mind) has led me to many workshops and meditation classes in my time. I did finally commit to the Buddhist practice of SGI (http://www.sgi-uk.org/) and enjoy the benefits that come from regularly aligning with my deeper vision and sharing it with others.… Continue Reading
Halloween Skate 2012
When there are a good 200 zombies, bloody nurses and their doctors and mushed up faces on skates on Serpentine Road you know it’s time for one of the biggest events in the London skate world. The gruesome Halloween Skate. Everyone tends to meet up with plenty of time for some grueling meeting and greeting.… Continue Reading
Valladolid inline skate workshop
I was invited to Valladolid (1hr from Madrid) by Pablo Lopez who did ICP Level 1 in London 3 years ago with me. Since then he has created a thriving skate school and skate community of over 250 skaters. It’s impressive how the skate scene in Spain is growing and every town has a skate… Continue Reading
ICP (Inline Skate Instructor Training) in Madrid
It is always with great pleasure that I come to Madrid to skate with Madridpatina. I first came in 2009 to certify them in ICP Levels 1, 2 and 3 and now they had another 17 instructors to put through the ICP Level 1 training. Madridpatina is the largest skate school in the world with… Continue Reading
Advanced SkateDance in Spain
My work trip to Spain started on Wednesday with beginner level dance class followed by advanced. In Madrid, rollerdance (as they call it) is super popular and the skate school MadridPatina always have large classes of enthusiastic students, many of whom I know personally from being here several times and also joining their european city… Continue Reading
Asha moves back to London
My beautiful Brighton seafront flat, that I’m leaving on Monday to go back and live in London. I remember 9 years ago when my best friend Eve moved from London to Brighton and I would come down and stay with her and Dom. I would go for walks along the seafront and look at all… Continue Reading
Copyright © Skatefresh 2013 | Contact Us | About us | Privacy | Terms of Service
Web Design by Jason @ SkateFocus.co.uk/ | Logo Design by Nick Grant www.nickgrantillustrator.com
Web Design by Jason @ SkateFocus.co.uk/ | Logo Design by Nick Grant www.nickgrantillustrator.com