English For Skateboarders

26/11/2024

There are many positive side-effects to skateboarding that the general public doesn't see. In this first video, I speak of the advantages of stepping into the physical world as an actor and leaving the role of spectator.

02/09/2024

Bit of promo ! This video hopefully explains how it all works and what you can expect inside the website. A "real" ESL program by a "real" teacher. It works on mobile phone also, the platform has videos and quizzes to cover the essentials of ESL English. Each subject is built around something skateboard-related to make the learning easier and, dare I say, more fun. If you are learning English in school as a second language (Europe, Asia... even the US) this might be for you. We'll keep on adding videos regularly and continue building up the platform. We are very interested in bringing this to schools so please shout if you are a forward-thinking principal in a school somewhere. Thanks for watching, for spreading the word and all feedback is welcome of course. 😊

02/09/2024

Meet the creator of E.f.S. for a chat about skating and of course learning English as a skateboarder.

In this short video, Chris speaks about himself and how E.f.S. came to be.

13/06/2024

Are you a skater who is learning English as a foreign language? Did you get bad grades this year in English? Don't worry...there's English for Skateboarders to help you. A series of videos and quizzed to review the essential points of English. Made by a “real” teacher in the US. And it's even free! https://www.englishforskateboarders.com/

26/02/2024

Little article I wrote. Why exactly do we buy what we buy?

Purchasing any product starts with an impulse. When a screw comes loose, I buy a spanner.

24/02/2024

Latest article I wrote for Linkedin

Purchasing any product starts with an impulse. When a screw comes loose, I buy a spanner.

22/02/2024

Here's a link to a little article I wrote in Linkedin about the importance of knowing English for international pro skaters.

https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7166472307111104512?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop

21/02/2024

Just a little thought on skateboarding as it relates to what we do here at English for Skateboarders. In a sense, it reflects well my own relationship with skating in that the activity of skating was the finite pleasurable moment. But the true, lifelong benefits were those that derived from the activity of skating. “Thanks to skateboarding this and that happened”. The 360 flip wasn't the big picture, but rather the ripples it created. I speak for many when I say that skating opened doors to meeting new people, experiencing new discoveries, simply just getting out of the house, building crap jump ramps (you had to be there), discovering new music, learning about graphic design and other art forms, photography, being exposed to people who valued individuality, and countless other benefits. In our English courses, we like to think that there is also an immediate positive and a larger one that is perhaps more delayed. The immediate benefit is to get better at English. The larger picture is that skating and similar positive choices open new doors.

20/02/2024

How about a little promo vid? 😂 Do share if you liked it cause we just about blew our advertising budget till 2025 on this one 🤣🤣🤣

At englishforskateboarders.com we're not about hard English grammar rules. We think that if a learner is capable of maintaining a passion for skateboarding it means they're also able to use this passion for other things. Such as learning English!

Whether this idea is pure whackjob or just a wonderful way of using Linguistics, we'll let everyone else decide. One thing's for sure... no one in the history of History has ever done this before. Skaters coming in number ONE as always 🔥

On our website, skaters will find an ESL programme to help them in school - if you're learning English as a second language (non-native speaker) this might be for you.

Check us out on our website, say hello, ask us questions... we're always happy to hear from you!