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A West Lothian school has made waves as one of the first in Scotland to introduce pupils to the dynamic sports of surfing and skateboarding thanks to a ground-breaking pilot programme focusing on the use of SurfSkate.
Twelve pupils from Calderwood Primary School, identified as nonparticipants in traditional sports, embarked on a transformative
10-week programme to develop SurfSkate skills - a blend of surfing and skateboarding fundamentals, before taking to the waves for the first time.
The innovative 'School to Surf' programme, funded by Scottish Surfing and delivered in partnership with The SurfSkate Academy, Lost Shore Surf Resort and Active Schools, aims to break down barriers to sport participation whilst growing confidence, resilience and a sense of community in young people.
The programme was an exciting milestone, with the pupils' first experience in Europe's largest wave pool which has recently opened in Ratho near Edinburgh.
In wetsuits and brimming with anticipation, the children had an hour surf session under the guidance of Lost Shore instructors. Despite the chilly conditions, the young surfers showed enthusiasm in their newfound sport.


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WaveProject is a charity that utilises the power of the ocean to improve the mental health of children and young people & with over 6000 volunteer surf mentors. It’s been a lovely experience!

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 The Wave Project has been running in Scotland since its pilot in 2014 and now delivers our award-winning surf therapy programmes to over 100 young people a year. The Surfskate Academy has been a great option to keep the kids active during the cold winter months and continue to progress in their surfing. 


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FRINGE BY THE SEA 2024

For the third consecutive year, The Surfskate Academy was  proud to be part of the Fringe By the Sea events  program 

FRINGE BY THE SEA 2024 SURFSKATE EVENT

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   A great big SUPERHERO. Thank you to everyone that supported us on Saturday at our surf and BBQ!  It was a fantastic day and as usual we were overwhelmed by the support! 

   ##    SUPERHERO EVENT ##
   A great big SUPERHERO thank you to everyone that supported us on Saturday at our surf and BBQ! 
It was a fantastic day and as usual we were overwhelmed by the support! 
We had a record turnout and it was so good to get our community together.
We could not have made this possible without the amazing Anderson's Quality Butchers Of North Berwick donating and delivering all our burgers and rolls! Asda, Dunbar, and the big Co-op provided juice and cheese slices…
Rigg Service Station donated gas for the BBQ 
To Louise Haysom for our much needed relaxing yoga and seb thesurfskateacademy- our workshops were well attended and a hugely popular addition this year - thank you guys ! 
To all our raffle donators, we were blown away by your generosity! I will list you all below .. but thank you SO much! 
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To the ARMY of The Wave Project Scotland volunteers, surfers, friends and families who showed up on Saturday… We are in awe of you all! 
Time and time again, we ’turn up and smash it’ because our family is full of love, energy, enthusiasm and you are all genuine superheroes♀️ 
To our WPS legend Barry, who made a generous contribution and cooked all the burgers! ( didn’t even get one !) 
To Colvin Denholm and Ruth Golightly, surf club parents who also made a generous donation and to all our community who reached into their pockets … we made in excess of £4500!!
The most exiting part of the day was being joined by Wooden Spoon Charity who officially handed over the keys to our new van they generously donated …
Official press release to follow! 
Wow!! What a truly inspiring and amazing day and family we have in Scotland! 
Thank you all from Alison, Ru and Davide!!
Good luck to all the raffle ticket holders ! 
Raffle prizes kindly donated by THE SURFSKATE ACADEMY
Finisterre Lost Shore Surf Resort, Whitekirk Hill
Dryrobe, Belhaven Lobster, OceanVertical Alder, C-Skins Coast to Coast Surf School, Daisys Coldwaterwax @theshepherdshut FAR Cabinet Makers, Knox Newsagents Mike Guest Momentum Surf School Mystic @rsteady @s.howard SaltrockSoul @shorecoffee  The Big Blu @greatescape


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Fringe by the Sea 2023 Surfskate event! Group sessions for kids and adults and lots of fun!

**Another great Fringe by the Sea Surfskate event!!!**

All the group sessions on both dates were fully booked and it was lovely to see so many faces from last year’s event and also from the after school club sessions we are running all year around in Edinburgh and East Lothian.
The idea of last year’s event was to participate in Fringe by the Sea and to support the new North Berwick Skatepark project @nbcommunityskatepark .
To create awareness in the North Berwick community of the need for a better skatepark and a year after you can see the results!
The new skatepark is looking a lot better than the old one and it will be ready in a couple of weeks!
Another big bonus was to be able to see with our own eyes the progression of The Academy from one year to the next.
Last year, all the kids group sessions were for beginners and all of the participants were new faces for the Academy.
Just a year after, those new faces became regular students and we not only run kids beginners sessions, we also have intermediate kids sessions because of the huge improvement in their skills after coming to our surfskate sessions on a regular basis.
Many thanks to @fringebythesea for giving us the opportunity to be part of the festival and we can’t wait for next year’s event with the new skatepark up and running!

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HADDINGTON SKATEPARK: THE SURFSKATE ACADEMY WILL BE RUNING 4 FREE SURFSKATE TASTER SESSIONS FOR DIFFERENT  AGES!

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There will be be four 30 minutes sessions for different ages, with Surfskates and helmets included. If you can bring your own helmet, even better! Booking essential at www.citizenticket.com/events/haddstock

Haddstock brings you live music and events for a weekend in Haddington’s cafes, bars, halls and streets. Bands, local musicians and performance groups of various genres and experience levels play in a community, family friendly environment. Art, music and play workshops for youngsters, schools performances, Surfskate taster sessions, community arts projects, book signings, art exhibitions, French boules and music in the streets.
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For the second time in a row, The Surfskate Academy was one of the sponsors of the Scottish Universities Surfing Championships hosted in Aberdeen. Great atmosphere, good swell, and lots of fun!

## For the second time in a row, The Surfskate Academy was one of the sponsors of the Scottish Universities Surfing Championships hosted in Aberdeen.
Great atmosphere, good swell, and lots of fun!
The overall team title was eventually won for the first time ever at the biggest Scottish Uni Champs ever by the University of St Andrews Surf Club (USASC) who had 2 surfers in each final with our hosts, Aberdeen University Surf Club (AUSC) as runners up.
Year after year, this contest gets better and better!

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The Surfskate Academy was delighted to be one of the sponsors of this fantastic event in conjunction with Red Bull, SRFACE, C-Skins, SurfCoo and Surfers Against Sewage

## Scottish Universities Surfing Championships ##

The Surfskate Academy was delighted to be one of the sponsors of this fantastic event!
We had a bit of everything. Sunny skies, glassy waves, some onshore winds, plus a few minutes of hailstones then glassy conditions for the rest of the day. Really great camaraderie in between all the competitors, good food, brilliant organisation, lots of fun and lots and lots of surfskating!!!
We had 11 YOW Surfskates with different designs, different wheel bases and deck lengths for everyone on the beach who wanted to have a go and the stoke was real!!!
People were queuing up and waiting for their turn. Some people had never had the chance to try a surfskate before and other people were killing it!
Such a fun event !!!
Big thanks to everyone involved.

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First training program with the University of Dundee Two back to back group sessions, every Wedenesday for 4 weeks. First group for beginners-intermediate students. Second group for more advanced students.

## First training program with the University of Dundee ##
Two back to back group sessions, every Wedenesday for 4 weeks.
First group for beginners-intermediate students.
Second group for more advanced students.

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Working in conjunction with Active Schools East Lothian Council has been another huge step for The Surfskate Academy


## Surfskate after school clubs in collaboration with Active Schools, East Lothian Council ##

Applying the same after school club format that we have applied with other primary schools, but this time with the special touch of doing it together with Active Schools at Yester Primary School.
Yester is a small in land school with less than 150 students. The school is like a big family where everyone knows each other.
The day The Surfskate Academy visited the school to do a tester session, the enthusiasm was high and not only from the children, the teachers too!
Within just a few hours from Active Schools opening the booking, the two groups of 10 children were full!
In February 2023 we will resume classes with the same format.

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Consistency and hard work! This group of students showed passion for the training and the results were immediate!

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Glasgw University's surf club has over 300 members and each student was very receptable to understand the biomechanics of surfing and to progress session after session.
The program consisted of two back to back sessions once a week for several weeks. At first, the proposal was to set up groups of no more than 10 people but that goal was greatly exceeded.
Thank you very much Glasgow University for your trust!

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EUWSC 2022 Surfskate Academy training program was very succesful. Great turn out at the sessions and very good results in competitions. The 2023 sessions start in February

## Edinburgh University Windsurf and Surf Club (EUWSC) ##
The club was born in 1981. 
43 years later the club has more than 250 members. Surf trips around Scotland and Europe, Surf Yoga classes and Surf Coaching session are some of the activities that the club offers every year.
Edinburgh's nearest surf breaks are around 45 minutes drive away which means students often miss out on the opportunity to go surfing, but with The Surfskate Academy's training programmes students can not only keep their surfing fresh, they can  also progress consistently.
2022 was a great success.
In addition to having a lot of people in the surfskate training sessions, the club won first place in the Scottish Universities Surfing Championships held in Aberdeen.
2023 training program starts again in February 2023

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Great 5 weeks of a Surfskate couse with North Berwick Children and Youth Network at Aberlady.

It was another very rewarding experience to have worked in conjunction with the North Berwick Children and Youth Network.
The course was carried out in the format of two back to back groups sessions of 8 children every Friday after school.
None of the children had experience in surfskating and only a few had experience in skateboarding.
Teamwork, overcoming fears and a lot of camaraderie were some of the qualities that stood out.
The result was excellent!
All the children finished their course being able to manage the Surfskate well and they were left with great memories and new friends.
Thank you very much for trusting The Surfskate Academy

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## Fringe By The Sea 2022

It was an honour to be part of the Fringe By The Sea 2022 in collaboration with NB Community Skatepark Project.

Two weekends full of Surfskate coaching in the format of group sessions for kids and group sessions for adults.
More than 40 kids came to have their first Surfskate experience and we could tell that they loved it!
Now, more than ever, North Berwick needs an improved skatepark.
Big thanks to the Fringe by the Sea organisation and to IMPACT SPORTS CBD for giving away a CBD Balm to every parent worth £25 and 2 CBD Balms for every adult booked in the adults group sessions worth £50

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It was an absolute pleasure to have been invited to be part of the UCI Red Bull Pump Track World Championship Scottish Qualifiers organised by Red Bull.
The Surfskate Academy had the Pump Track for one hour just before the finals.
The idea was to promote other sports on wheels and with surfskating being on the rise it was the perfect fit for the event.

It was an expression session where anyone was able to join us, have a go with any of the 11 YOW surfskates and if anybody needed some coaching we were there to help out.
Such a great event with good weather and lots of action!

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