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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Asha taught three actresses to skate last week for a TV advert. The instructions from the director were: we need them to skate side by side, shoulder touching shoulder, really fast. I explained that due to skates pushing outwards, its not possible to be so close when...
Skatefresh have been helping Lewisham council with an unusual problem: young people on skates holding onto moving cars. Over several weeks of workshops, Skatefresh instructors have been motivating children and young people to try out other forms of skating such as...
Ever since our first Birthday party on Brighton’s seafront to celebrate our 10 years of skating in pink this social gathering of skaters has become one of our favorite days on the annual skate calendar. Last Saturday proved to be no different. What’s more, we were...
On the 27th of July 2012, 47 skaters including myself took part in the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games. The majority of the skaters were volunteers, we were coached by a great team of professionals, who were ex members of Starlight Express. The skaters were...
It was with great excitement that I accepted an offer from the roller rink at Secret Garden Party to work during the festival, instructing and demo-ing. I had been wanting a ticket as a group of friends were going to the festival, but they had been sold out for weeks....
How great to see the core crew of Brighton Skaters out last night for the Olympic themed skate. After an unsuccessful 15 minutes of attempted toga tying in my bedroom, I gave up and found (again) my old GB Tracksuit (which in the last 23 years has only been worn by...
There's something bizarrely addictive about the Le Mans 24hr race. Last year I remember saying I wouldn't be going again and yet there I was again screaming at the top of my lungs as I watched team captain Hazel run across the track in her socks and start putting her...
This weeks the mini tutorial focuses on how to skate forward crossovers and how to fix the problem of crossovers being too straight and clumsy. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7uclngb10wo&feature=plcp[/youtube]
This week the mini tutorial is all about the T-Stops. A lot of skaters encounter and tell me about the common problem of spinning during the slide, making the stop not half as slick as they would like it to be. Here are some hints on how to avoid that and get your...
Skatefresh student was lead marshal in Adelaide’s first ever street skate. Steve Hill is one of Skatefresh’s regular advanced students in London and during a long holiday in Australia, he skated as many places as possible. Steve will be returning to London during 2012...
This tutorial fixes the common problem of skates becoming wider as you skate backwards. This technique will work equally well for inline and quads skaters. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p41O4yUOQsI[/youtube]
Starting this week Asha will be posting a weekly Skatefresh Blog Tutorial and this first tutorial is ‘How to heel brake downhill’. Each mini Blog Tutorial will look at a problem area of one skill, in this case, why do skaters still not stop downhill even when they...
After weeks and weeks of rainy, miserable weather in London we all needed some sunshine for the Skatefresh Paris trip – and we got it! The dark clouds and rain of Friday afternoon disappeared and everything was dry for the epic
It's very rare to have a week where both the Brighton Skate (Tuesdays)and London Skate (Wednesdays) start their street skating seasons one day apart. The Brighton Skate kicked off on Tuesday 1st May with a fun and relaxed sunset chill out at the West Pier skate pad...