About The

Sk8board School

The Sk8board School Team

The Sk8board School started in July 2021 bringing skateboard lessons to Northern Ireland

 We will be providing Skateboard GB (the people bringing skateboarding to the Olympics for the UK) qualified and insured coaching to anyone or group that wants it be it:

  • Primary/ Secondary Schools
  • Community Groups
  • Youth Groups
  • Yourself/Your children.

At The Sk8board School we have a passion for sharing our passion for skateboarding to anyone who wants it and promoting the sport in a positive light to benefit the sport and community of skateboarding in Northern Ireland.

Our skateboarding coaches are all highly experienced and passionate skaters, established in the community, fully insured, accessNI checked, first aid trained and fully-qualified in Skateboard England’s Level 1 Coaching Skateboarding Sessions. 

Equipment provided but bring your own if you have it.

Looking forward to rolling with you,
The Sk8board School.

About Me

Name: Jared Purvis
Age: 27
Hometown: Comber, Northern Ireland
Years Skating: 15 years+
Stance: Goofy
Favourite Trick: Slob plant on coping
Style: Transition/Park, Slipping and Sliding
Favourite skaters: Evan Smith, Mike Vallely, Daewon Song, Rodney Mullen, Bob Burnquist, Too many to list…..!

Hi folks,

Let’s start at the beginning, 10 years old my older cousin showed me how to coffin (lie down) on a board down a hill and from that day this has been a defining memory.

With the newfound bug for skating, my friends and I in the streets before the times of public skateparks were hunting for smooth ground and trying to perfect that seemingly impossible ollie through a lot of painful repetition with the only help from blury and pixely YouTube videos and tony hawks playstation games of course!!!!!

Following this through a chance encounter I was introduced to a youth club with ramps and rails and most importantly a community of skaters in the next town over. From here on I was hooked throwing myself off every new thing in sight and gleaming as much knowledge as possible from the older skaters.

Through this youth club we got to have a skate trip to Barcelona through Ards & North Down Area Youth Service and this opened my eyes further to the creativity and variety skateboarding had to offer.

Having a taste I started visiting as many different places I could with my board, Dublin, Barcelona various times, London, Edinburgh and Glasgow.

Lastly skating kept me sane through my time at university, then I took a different route and trained at Tollymore National Outdoor Centre learning/qualifying to coach various outdoor activities safely , thus lighting my fire for imparting my passion onto others.

To finish up, I love skateboarding for improving self-confidence, building friendships for life and most of all improving determination/creative thinking. I have completed my Skateboard GB Coach Qualification because I want to help people to progress further and faster than I ever did without proper coaching so that the sport can continue to progress and inspire for many years to come.

Cheers,
Jared