Uptown Skate School

GARDENSK8 Park
Amazing skatepark in New Jersey that is only 20 Minutes from New York City
Check back soon for winter skateboarding trips from Manhattan
 
This park is amazing but tight. It’s about 1,200 square feet and every inch of space was well thought out.   These guys didn’t take a chance leaving anything out.  Not for newbies when it’s crowded, so go early [...]

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You can buy a gift certificate in $50 denominations using paypal. 

Each lesson is $50 for a one hour in one of several locations, depending on skill level
 
 

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Learn how to skateboard online
So we were really excited to get a call from about.com asking us if we were interested in shooting some skateboarding how to videos. There are four instructional skateboarding videos featuring instructors and local skaters from New York that can help you learn:

How to Ollie

How to Kick Flip

How to Tre-Flip

How to Drop [...]

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Know your skateboarding rights.
Avoid Altercations with Police and Pedestrians by being well informed.
I’m extremely courteous when I skate in the sidewalks because I really do believe in the karma thing, plus what kind of instructor would I be, right?  Sometimes people pick fights, they can’t help themselves and skaters are often targeted because of the [...]

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Uptown Skate School provides private and semiprivate skateboard at your own home or local park and we do our best to provide an affordable, safe and fun learning experience geared towards the students own ability! Private lessons are for anyone ages 5 and up, male or female.

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Skateboarding on the Wii Fit
Skate It, EA Games

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When you first step on the balance board, it will automatically detect your center of balance and set that as the neutral point in terms of steering and doing manuals. If you find it’s not working out for you, resetting is a simple matter of stepping off [...]

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New York City’s Only Manhattan based skateboarding school is in full summer swing making learning how to skateboard a safe and fun experience.

What’s going on?!? So you’ve seen the site change a dozen times and maybe got a little confused what was happening.   Here’s the scoop; we’ve had to change over to our summer [...]

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How can I get a skatepark in my town?

NOTE: What follows is the foreword and introduction to the printed edition of the Public Skatepark Development Guide. The entire online publication is available on skatepark.org. For a free copy of the printed edition, (you only pay shipping and handling), please visit www.publicskateparkguide.org
 
Why Skateparks? By Tony Hawk
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Skateboarding kickflips into PE
By Tracy Loew, USA TODAY

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Skateboarders aren’t frowned on at Oak Elementary School in Albany, Ore. In fact, students there get credit for performing grabs, kickturns and ollies in class.

Oak is among hundreds of schools across the country that have adopted a skateboarding curriculum in their physical education classes.

Skate [...]

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You’ve never seen a site like New York City on Go Skateboard Day.  We met up with so many different skaters from all over, not just city kids but Jersey, Connecticut, some dudes from Ohio.  It was an amazing day of skating and we even got to meet Chad Muska on the holiest of [...]

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