I’m a Brighton-based skateboarder, coach, author and the founder of The Skate Club.

My journey with skateboarding started when I was about ten, skating in the street near my house and exploring Brighton’s skateparks with my mates. Since then, I’ve lived in different countries on different continents, but a skateboard has always remained firmly attached to my backpack.

I first started teaching while I was at university, visiting local schools to run workshops about higher education. I later taught English as a foreign language to people of all ages and abilities before eventually bringing my experience of teaching and youth work into skateboarding.

In 2018, my passion for teaching and skateboarding came together when I began working as a youth worker and skateboard instructor. That experience helped put my life on a completely different course and eventually led to the creation of The Skate Club.

In 2020, while banging pots and pans for the NHS, I got chatting to my next-door neighbour, who worked in publishing. We agreed that the world was missing a well-presented, modern book that could make learning to skateboard feel accessible and exciting.

In June 2023, my book, How to Train Your Skateboard, went out into the world. It has since been translated into three languages.

Today, The Skate Club runs weekly skateboarding classes for children, teenagers and adults, alongside after-school clubs, holiday clubs, private lessons, birthday parties and group sessions.

We’ve also opened our own indoor skatepark at the historic British Engineerium in Hove, close to Hove Park. It has given our community a permanent home and created a space where people of different ages and abilities can learn, progress and enjoy skateboarding together.

Alongside coaching, I visit schools to deliver assemblies about my experiences of neurodiversity. I talk openly about growing up with ADHD and dyslexia, the challenges I faced in education and how finding a passion helped me recognise the strengths that came with thinking differently.

Through skateboarding, I’ve worked with schools, universities, local authorities, charities and community organisations. I’ve delivered workshops and talks, organised events, built ramps and coached thousands of people.

I’m incredibly grateful for everything skateboarding has brought into my life, from friendships and travel to a career I genuinely care about. I’m excited to see where it takes me next.

Got a question, want to arrange a lesson or interested in having me visit your school? Drop me an email!