We were absolutely over the moon to be invited to deliver some workshops at the ‘FLIP PARK’ event in Shoreditch, London last weekend, in partnership with Samsung UK and Skateboard GB. You can find out more about the partnership and the event, here.
Shanko’s Skate School were invited to facilitate two workshops based around wellness and skateboarding. The first workshop was a ‘Yoga for Skateboarders’ session, with the aim of providing people with knowledge on how to prepare and care for their body. The second was to host a panel talk around wellness and skateboarding.
Read about our workshops below!
YOGA FOR SKATEBOARDERS
Our first session on the day was a ‘Yoga for Skateboarders’ session. We opened with a conversation about why we should care for ourselves and our bodies, both in general and as skateboarders, then we had the incredible long boarder and yoga teacher, Chloe Kourga, lead us through a yoga flow and breath work session targeted for skateboarders.
All photo’s above taken by Melody Battenier.
WELLNESS PANEL TALK
For the second event of the day we were given the absolute pleasure of hosting a panel about wellness and skateboarding, with free reign. So we decided to invite a few pals along to have an honest conversation about skateboarding, how it helps us and how we can keep our bodies in check to ensure we can carry on skateboarding!
To make sure we had a good chat, I invited a few friends down, from left to right:
* Cath Shanks, Skateboard coach and director of Shanko’s Skate School
* Jack Francis, Skateboard coach and author of ‘How To Train Your Skateboard‘
* Aurore Roussel, Skateboard coach and co-founder of Keep Rolling Company
* Liam Klimek, Skateboarder and founder of Have a GD Trip
Keep an eye on our socials for more content from the panel discussions!
Thank you so much to Samsung UK for partnering with Skateboard GB, putting on such an incredible event to celebrate British skateboarding culture, and especially for inviting us along to host a couple of workshops. It was an absolute pleasure to be involved.
Thank you also to every single person who attended our workshops! If you have any content, don’t forget to tag us; @shankosskateschool
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