Sam's Skate School open to all
My name is Sam Robertson, I am a 27-year-old teacher from the UK and I love two things in life: skateboarding and working with young people.
I started Sam's Skate School as a local social enterprise, with the aim of providing free after school and school-holiday skateboarding lessons to tamariki in the Tauranga area. Sessions run every Wednesday after school from 4:30-6pm at Memorial Park, Tauranga. Numbers have grown from just a handful at our first session to a full-on, twenty deep skate crew at our most recent session!
Skateboarding is an excellent sport for young people to get into, it teaches the core life values of perseverance, determination and courage as well as providing physical exercise and improving core strength, cardiovascular fitness and balance. Sam's Skate School was founded to provide free skateboard tuition to young people who want to learn this progressive and fast-evolving sport. Skateboarding is now one of the most popular sports for young people in the world, as demonstrated by its recent inclusion in the Olympic Games. Our aim is to provide skateboard tuition to young people in Aotearoa who might otherwise not have the opportunity to get into the sport due to socio-economic circumstance.
If we get enough interest we are hoping to run holiday programmes over the summer where we can take kids to some other great skate parks in the Bay of Plenty. So tell your friends, family and neighbours, bring your kids along or have a go yourself - you're never too old to learn how to skate!
See you at the next Wednesday session at Memorial Park.
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