Your Journey Starts Here
This is a choose-your-own-adventure, not a syllabus.
Pick a starting point, follow what feels good, and let your riding grow in its own time.
Longboarding or Surfskating?
Two styles, two different flavours.
Longboarding is smooth, stable and flowy.
Think cruising, dancing, pump tracks, bombing down hills and confidence-building miles from A to B.
Surfskating is designed to emulate surfing on land, with a looser, more responsive truck system that lets you pump and carve tighter, wave-like turns on the flat and skatepark.
If you’re new to board sports, longboarding is usually the best way to build balance and feel comfortable on wheels. Longboarding is by no means the easy version of skateboarding, dive deeper into the longboarding branch of the progression tree and the disciplines to learn more.
Not sure which to choose? Start where you feel safest. Curious about both? Try both. Nothing here is fixed.
Surfskating
Surfskating brings surfing to land. The trucks let you pump and carve like you’re on a wave, building balance, power and flow that carry straight back into the water. Ideal for surfers looking to sharpen their style or anyone wanting to explore skateparks.
Your First Pushes
If you’re completely new to surfskating or still feeling a bit wobbly on a board, this is the perfect place to begin. Come with curiosity and a willingness to learn, you’ll build confidence, push by push, settle into your stance, and find your rhythm.
Where Next?
Once the basics feel steady, you can start exploring different terrain and ways of riding. This is where your preferences naturally show up.
Longboarding
Longboarding is smooth, stable and grounded. It’s a great place to start if you’re new to wheels, and a foundation for everything from cruising and carving to dancing, pump tracks and hills.
Your First Pushes
If you’re new to longboarding or still finding your balance, start here.
This stage is about getting comfortable on the board and building confidence gradually, without rushing.
Where Next?
Once the basics feel steady, you can start exploring different disciplines and ways of riding from dancing to bombing down hills. This is where your preferences naturally show up and you ARE allowed to like more than one! And just know that if you want to cruise from A to B for the rest of your years that's totally fine too!
Pump Tracks
Pump tracks are all about timing and flow. The rollers and berms let you build speed without pushing and feel how your movement drives the board.
Skateparks
Skateparks are where surfskating opens up. Smooth transitions, banks and flowing lines give you space to carve tighter, build rhythm and start using terrain to generate speed.
It’s less about tricks and more about movement, timing and learning how to ride transitions with confidence.
Sliding
Sliding is about learning to manage speed with intention. You’ll work on breaking traction safely, staying balanced through the slide, and using your body to guide the board with control.
It’s less about going fast, more about feeling in charge.
So… Hills.
Once sliding feels comfortable, you can start exploring different ways of riding hills. Some people lean towards speed, others towards technical slides and style. Most try a bit of both.
Advanced Downhill
So… hills.
This is about speed, focus and being properly present. Riding fast leaves no room for distraction, which is why it often drops riders straight into a flow state.
You’ll learn how to handle speed well — line choice, braking, awareness and the safety systems that make downhill riding more controlled and less chaotic.
It’s not for everyone. For those it clicks with, it’s equal parts intensity and bliss.
Advanced Freeride
Freeride is where speed meets creativity.
It’s about using slides, transitions and line choice to shape how you ride a hill, not just how fast you get down it. You’re still moving quickly, but with more play, more options and more expression.
This style rewards awareness, flow and confidence, letting you respond to the road in the moment and make each run feel different.
Dance & Freestyle
This is where movement comes to the front. Rhythm, footwork and flow on the board, with plenty of room to explore your own style.
Going Further
As confidence grows, dance and freestyle naturally branch out. Some riders lean into flowing footwork, others into playful tricks, many mix both.
Advanced Dance
Focused on rhythm, flow and expressive footwork.
Advanced Freestyle
More dynamic movement and trick-based exploration.
Go Deeper
Longboarding and surfskating have endless layers to explore. Over time, progress doesn’t really end. It just gets quieter and more detailed. This is about slowing down, deepening your understanding and learning from experienced riders and coaches in the community.
Want to Support Other Skaters
If skating has given you confidence, connection or joy, this is about passing that on.
Whether you’re curious about teaching, want to volunteer, or simply support others in our community sessions, there are ways to get involved that don’t require you to have it all figured out yet.
Step Into Teaching
Our teacher training programme is for riders who want to support others on their skating journey.
You’ll learn how to break skills down clearly, support different learning styles, and help create safe, welcoming sessions where people can grow at their own pace. Training includes hands-on coaching experience, with the option to explore teaching professionally or volunteering within our community.
For those interested in teaching independently, we also share practical guidance around session planning, safety and professional delivery.
Curious? Get in touch to chat it through.