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We know the Best Places to Skate on Eastbourne, Hastings, Brighton & Sussex Seafronts and run team building skate lessons on the prom!

A Whealy good time – for business’s looking to build teams

Brighton's seafront is great for recreational skating, certainly at the Hove end. Here you have the best surface, just around the St Johns Café area, with wonderful wide tarmac & plenty of skaters to say hi to. The pictures show a group having a whealy good time in an inline skate lesson with Sk8school’s senior instructor (IISA level2) – Tim Wheals.

Tim Wheals – once again providing top instruction and team building on skates.

Sk8school teach all across Sussex covering schools, business’s and clubs – they have a whealy good time and fun is had by all. Mind you – with Tim Wheals (“yes wheels is my real name”) supplying the skate action – its not surprising we are so busy indoor and out across Brighton, Eastbourne and Hastings right through the year.

Learn to skate in Brighton with Sk8school

Some of the other promenades along the South Coast are also good, for example Bognor Regis, around the bandstand area, Worthing, by the pier & lets not forget the Eastbourne Extreme venue, at Eastbourne, where you will see Tim Wheals, Marie and Laura of Eastbourne inline skate school (sk8school) working the newbies in a lesson.

To see the sk8school website and calendar of events, including our involvement in this years Eastbourne Extreme Festival - Eastbourne inline skate school Click here

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Brighton Statistics at a glance

· Surface : 6-8 out of 10, watch the pebbles though! Surface is slowly degrading.

· Skater numbers : Plentiful to masses - especially weekends.

· Skater quality : Learner to competent.

· Night life : Good to excellent about 1.5 miles from the main skate areas.

· Food : All sorts at all prices.

· Accommodation : Average at reasonable prices.

Firstly Brighton does actually have its own ramps at the Level. That’s right on the main road into Brighton and its free! The open air setup was basically started off with the ramps from Adrenaline 98 (part of the Fringe Festival).

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Brighton and Hove Bladers (equivalent of the Eastbourne skaters Association) believe that In-line skating Is a great sport for everyone and that the seafront areas between Hove Lagoon and Saltdean are a superb facility for recreational In-line skating and an asset to local tourism. Its certainly where the majority of the skaters go. Brighton has miles of skating surfaces of all grades, as well as some of the widest prom of any of my skate pages. Alas the surface is now degrading, giving the skater a choice of rough (6ish) to smooth (8ish) BUT the smooth bits are the sort of tarmac that melts in the sun - so its fine on cold days, but otherwise degrades from a useful 8 to a poor (and sticky) 6 or 7.

In the middle of bumpy land! Wide open spaces - but not perfect surfaces (or a bad mix). Some of the main skating area by the Cafe. Wide, but watch the suface changes and pebbles.

The other annoying thing about Brighton surfaces is that there is every mix of pavement type within steps of each other, often repairing one type of pavement with another totally different type. This mean that even the experienced skater can run into difficulties when a 8 rated suface suddenly gives way to a 5!

Nice to look at - but skate on - Na! More dodgy paving! Smooth Tarmac - straight into paving or traffic-light tactile tiles! Watch the slope - its not too predictable! (very rutted)

However there is a full set of amenities (very important) and the Cafe is pretty much skate central, for Brighton and Hove. This is where the regulars hang out!

The loo block (girls queue at peak times!) Cafe in the middle of skate land! The Cafe early in the morning. Skate hire (at the west pier - the falling down one!)

Brighton also has two piers (well one and a half!) and loads of green lawns. The famous Madeira drive is next to the Palace Pier, and although its wide and long it is still bumpy and very traffic congested. Remember its not America (just trying to be Venice Beach - I think) so drivers don’t expect skaters. You would be better off at the Hove end of the Prom.

Nice area, plenty to see, but watch the ever tricky floor too! If your near the lawns you have made it to the best skate area. The Palace Pier, again not to skate friendly here, but it leads to the area where W1 happens - Madeira Drive. How a pier should look!

Additionally its a very 'Arty' place to be. The Seafront certainly has character!

Some people hange around on the beach all day. Probably trying to figure out what this is! More sights of the seafront. And whats this? Note the floor too!

Its with out doubt a varied and interesting place to visit, which totally transforms at night, with seafront pubs and live music every where (though there’s a good deal of that during the day). Also there’s the usual mix of vendors and markets on the prom. You won’t be bored!

Interesting twists and turns but the floor steers you with little ruts. Lots of ramps to whizz down - a real multi layer experience. Complete with paddling pool The superb wide open spaces.

The thing that makes Brighton of course, is the people. The regulars there are approachable and there’s a good number of instructors too. Brighton used to be the Skate centre of the south, but the surface has taken a pounding over the years, which reduces its appeal, with both Eastbourne and Hastings having better surfaces. There’s also no need for the council to replace it, as it’s quite safe to walk on. In summary it’s an excellent place to skate, with all the right people, but perhaps loosing its crown - because of the surface.

Early morning skaters - Look at the floor too! Good coast! But watch the surface! A pier and more Brighton crazy pavement! Excellent cycle lane all along the prom, but it is narrow and gets busy. A highly varied seafront.

In short Brighton is well worth a skaters visit, just make sure your agile enough to deal with the changing challenges of the surface.