Cardiff Skate School is a sports club dedicated to the sport of roller skating. We provide public roller skating sessions as well as roller skating lessons to ensure that anyone who wants to skate has the opportunity to skate and those that want to participate in a roller sport have the fundamental skills they need to participate in their chosen sport.

Our lessons are designed for the beginner skater or for those that know some basics but want to expand on this to get a good all round knowledge of roller skating and really nail down the necessary fundamental skills. We follow the British Roller Sports Federation, Skate Smart, Learn to Skate programme and have broken this down even further in to our Edu-Sk8 programme to ensure greater understanding and quicker accomplishment of the skills. The programme covers all the basic fundamentals of roller skating to ensure that you have the skills you need to skate safely, confidently and competently.

As a self taught skater you will be able to skate comfortably and be able to hold your own on the rink. However, this will only take you so far. Self taught skaters can sometimes pick up bad habits and don't always have the fundamental skills and correct technique to progress on to further, more complexed skills. An assessment of your skating is the only way to determine your current level of skating to determine just how much you will gain but we find that all skaters show massive improvements in lots of areas helping them to become more confident, more competent and most importantly safer skaters.

The programme is suitable for adults and children of all ages however, we of course understand that different age groups learn differently due to levels of understanding and physical development, so we break our workshops down into age groups to cater for that at the very beginning as this is the most difficult stage of learning to skate. However, our weekly lesson programme caters to all ages from age 6 and over and often times there will be mixed ages and abilities in our lesson groups. Our age 5 and under lessons are structured completely differently and focus on educating the child's grown-up to help assist their child in the correct way. Often times children struggle to skate because of well intentioned help and support that actually hinders the progress of the child. Children are far more capable that we give them credit for however, we're always worried about them hurting themselves, our lessons for this age group takes that anxiety away.

How long the whole course takes you to complete is entirely down to you. Everyone learns at different rates and everyone has different levels of confidence and natural ability so it takes as long as it takes! Practice is always key when roller skating, so the more you practice and the more time you have on your wheels, the quicker you will master the skills. The fun is in the learning. Mastering each skill is an accomplishment and achievement so how long it takes you shouldn't matter as long as you're having fun!

Our lesson programme is always full and we have a new intake when other skaters graduate from the programme. In order to join the lesson programme you must have completed a beginner workshop first. Once this is completed we will add you to our waiting list and will let you know as soon as a space becomes available.

Yes we have a large stock of roller skates available for use at our public sessions and our lessons. Please book skate hire via the website for the session you wish to attend.

Yes we do. Skate hire is available but must be booked in advance of the session you wish to attend. Please book through the website. All our skate are proper roller skates meaning that they are fixed sizes from size 12J to adults size 12. They can feel slightly generous in size so we therefore we suggest you select your normal shoe size to ensure a good fit. Children's sizes are labelled as J next to the size so please ensure that you select the correct size as during busy periods we will not have availability to swap them. When booking skate hire for children, we will always endeavour to provide the best skate for your child which may not always be the skate that you have booked. If you have any questions about this please get in touch! For children age 6 and under we recommend the Stomper skate.

Our public sessions are to provide everyone with an opportunity to roller skate. The session is set to music with popular songs and some fun, activity songs thrown in which aren't just fun, but also help to improve your skating!

Our sessions are for all ages but children must be accompanied by an adult. The adult doesn't have to skate.

Yes you are more than welcome to wear your own skates, just make sure they are in good condition. If you have your own skates just turn up and pay at the door. Both quads and inline skates are welcome, please note that heelys are not permitted.

Yes, you can pay for your session on the door. Cash payments will get you skating quicker, but we do also accept card payments. If you require skate hire, this will still need to be booked online before 2pm on the day of the session you wish to attend, but your session fee can be paid on arrival.

All skaters must complete a participation waiver before being permitted to skate. It is a requirement of our insurance company and therefore no waiver no skate. Please ensure that this is completed using the link on the homepage before you arrive. Please also ensure that the person skating is the person named on the form.