About Us
Swansea University Skate Society
Welcome to the skate society!
We are open to anyone who has an interest in skating, be it skateboarding, longboarding or any other kind of skating. Even if you've never set foot on a board before we are here as a society to encourage and help newcomers to start skating in a non-pressurising environment.
We have some chilled out socials, playing skate 3, watching skate films, pub trips, and just generally relaxing.
We meet up almost every week at our local indoor skatepark, Exist, on a friday evening (Student Session; £5 for 5 hours; Equipment Included!). Living in Wales means skating otherwise is very weather dependent but we have access to many locals in the Swansea area: Mumbles Skatepark, Town Hill Skatepark and the *NEW* Victoria Plaza. We also have a dedicated committee member for organising trips to further away parks like those in LLanelli and Port Talbot. We also have close ties with other South West Universities (Cardiff, Bristol, UWE, and Bath) and have held many collaborations with them both in Swansea and at their locals.
You can come along to these to practice, learn or just to be social and enjoy a day outdoors. We will do our best to provide some boards for those who don't have their own but having your own will help to progress. WOnce you're invested, we can offer support and advice to find the right setup for you if you're not sure what you need.
As well as this we will be organising trips to go out of Swansea itself to skateparks which are a bit further away to give members some variety in what they skate in their time in wales.
Benefits of Joining the Skate Society
- Added to closed WhatsApp group where all socials, meetups and trips will be detailed
- Added to group chat so you always have someone to skate with (See resources once membership has been purchased)
- First dibs on merchandise
- Opportunity to get on trips out of town to other skateparks
- Community of skaters of all abilities to help you progress
- Exclusive events including themed nights out, skate video screenings and so much more!
- Opportunity to feature in skate society edits and films
Any questions please do not hesitate to shoot us an email or message us on social media. Happy skating!