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  Rubicon Skateboarding School
Through primary and secondary schools, county councils, sports groups and organisations, Rubicon have provided skateboard lessons to thousands of boys and girls of different ages, all across the UK. The Rubicon Skateboard School goes a little deeper than just wanting to teach skateboarding though and a key focus for us, is to promote healthy active lifestyles and positive attitudes in the young people of today. We want to help develop people with ambition and motivation - and skateboarding can be a really good character building exercise.
Whether a local community-based project or a national undertaking, the projects we have been involved with have often aimed to get more children engaged in sport, have aimed to make sport more available and accessible and have been aimed at tackling anti-social behaviour. Please see some the Featured Customers on the right of the page.
We are as passionate about teaching as we are about skateboarding and have unrivalled level of experience in delivering both small and large events. Whether you're looking for a regular weekly class for you school or to host a launch event for a new skatepark, please take a look at out Media & Testimonials page - to hear about our previous successes or see our Full Customer List (coming soon) for everyone we have ever worked with.
 
Rubicon started in 2005, when our first skateboard tutor (Geoff) ran lessons for Winchester City Council - now we have a team of regional instructors across the country who every day provide fun and safe skateboard lessons to children. We have always been strong supporters of "grass roots" skateboarding and active supporters of skater-owned-shops and improving the quality of skateparks and facilities.
:: Skateboard Lessons - whether it's for your school, your community or yourself, we are able to teach boys and girls of any age and ability to learn to skateboard. Learn more ..
:: Skateboard Camps - the UK's first and only week long residential skate camps. Visit the cream of British skateparks, learn new skills and make new friends. More info ..
:: Skateboard Demos - we've provided demo's for companies, skatepark launches, shop openings, festivals and promotional events. Add some excitement to your day - get in touch.  
:: Skate Competitions -  we are happy to run a competition event for you, covering organising, judges, equipment, music, prizes etc - check out the recent Winch Skate Jam we ran with Reskue skate shop.
:: Sponsorship - we recently sponsored the first Girls Skate Comp at the NASS 2008 festival and are always looking to support and promote the UK skate scene with money, prizes, teaching & demo's.
 
 
Every lesson and demo we give is important to us but there are some bits of work we've had that have had a real impact either for skateboarding, childrens sports or the community - so please read here about a few of our featured customers...
BBC Blast Tour - Bournemouth \ Dorset (Summer 2007)
Skate demo's and workshops in the morning with customisation sessions in the afternoon - designing boards and shoes - part of UK tour to offer youth more sport.

BSkyB "Living for Sport" Programme - Oxford (Autumn 2007)
Held at Wheatley Park School in Oxford this was a programme to promote positive attitudes for select children who felt disconnected from school and education.

Nintendo EA Skate Launch - Birmingham (Autumn 2007)
Rubicon teamed up with freestyle skate champion Callum Bowran for a promotional launch of Nintendo's new XBox and Wii game at Gamestation with skate demo's.

Gosport Council "Police and Community" Programme - Hampshire (Summer 2007)
The aim was to reduce crime in the area by engaging children in skating and by involving the police in teaching to make them more approachable in the community.

Shaftsbury Primary School - Shaftsbury \ Dorset (Summer 2006)
Required lessons for the entire school of 300+ pupils aged from 5 to 11. Run over 3 weeks, it was a great success and everyone really enjoyed themselves.

Thornbury Council "Escape from Parents" - Thornbury \ Gloucester (Summer 2007)
Offered to parents as a solution to keeping children active, laughing and entertained during the school holidays - Rubicon added skateboarding to the camp activities.

Brighton & Hove Council "Active for Life" - East Sussex (Summer 2007)
Brighton & Hove in partnership with Sports England ran an Extreme Sports Day for their Active for Life campaign looking to get  "more people, more active, more often"

Devizes Sports College - Devizes \ Wiltshire (Spring 2007)
20 experienced skateboarders, all taking courses that would make them the County Sports Coordinators of tomorrow. Wanted to see teaching methods and plans.
 
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