All Ages Skate Lessons with a focus on fun and safe progression through the wonderful world of skateboarding.
Chris’s Philosophy is built around a framework of maximizing fun and progression through the fundamentals, starting with your first step on the board, to create a sustainable, lifelong journey with this incredible sport.
Read more about his progression levels below!
Montauk Skate School conducts most lessons at the Andy Kessler Memorial Skatepark in Monatuk. We are so incredibly lucky to have one of the east coasts best built skateparks, renovated in 2021, the park is a space for skateboarders of any stage, and with the right assistance, you too can fly around it in no time and surf the concrete!
Lesson Pricing
Individual Lesson: 100$ – 1.5 Hour
This is where you can get 1-1 attention as we work our way through the levels of skate progression!
Group Lesson (2-5) 75$ per - 1.5 Hour
Have some friends and want to get them all shredding? Book a group lesson and we’ll work through the fundamentals together!
All Day Lessons: 300$ - 6 Hours
Beautiful day outside? Spend the entire day with Coach Chris at the skatepark as we work through tons of lessons and fun activities! Lunch & snacks provided! (Also available in groups, just email and we’ll set it up.)
Contact
chrissymakeswaves@gmail.com
or text 832 363 7888
Our Approach...
📚 Level 1 — Absolute Fundamentals
(Typically first month) This is where you are just taking your first steps into the world of skateboarding, it’s time to get padded up and learn to fall! (Half the fun). We’ll start with teh absolute basics on stationary ground getting comfortable with the board, and take you through all the practice techniques you need to take that next steps into doing your first tricks.
Board basics
Standing in place
Butt-boarding (don’t knock it til you try it!)
Trucks, Wheels, Deck size & selection
Pads, Helmets and Safety Equiptment
Rolling Around on Flat
Pivoting
Falling 101
📚 Level 2 — Beginner Shredder
This Beginner zone is where we’ll concentrate on the core tenants of skating which will set you up for a lifetime of fun and easy progression by dialing in your basic navigation controls on the board, as well as diving into your first tricks, this is such a fun phase, and comes with plenty of falling and getting back up, which in itself is a core fundamental!
Pushing Styles
Rolling Up & Down Banks
Manuals
Pivoting on Banks
Assisted Drop-In’s on Small Transition
Stationary Ollie
Stationary Pop Shuvit
Stationary Kick Flip
Turning / Carving on Small Transition
180’s on Flat
📚 Level 3 — Intermediate Ripper
Now that you’ve got your bearings (pun intended) it’s time to be hitting the obstacles, we’ll introduce you to the wonderful world of transition, working first on the small ramps in the park to build confidence as you take on the intermediate tricks and learn to master the magical rolling energy of choosing lines and free flowing around the park.
Flatground Tricks while Rolling
Intermediate Transition
Rock to Fakie
Rock & Roll
50-50
5-0
Coping Slash
Disasters
Carving the Bowl
Intro to Rails
Boardslides
Ollies on Transition
📚 Level 4 — Dogtown Lord!
By now you’re approaching Coach Chris and his skills, so we’re just going to go skate together! We’ll work on large obstacles and talk through how tricks feel and how to take things to the next level. Individual attention to what areas of skateboarding you are most interested in, and we support you in changing your setup and approach to match.
Bowl / Pool Carving
Stairsets
Handrails
Reverts, Nollie & Fakie tricks
Land Acknolwedgement
The Montauk Skate School would like to acknowledge that our wonderful skatepark and opportunity to enjoy this space, exists on traditional territories of the Shinnecock, Montaukett, and Manhansets Nations.
We encourage settlers to educate themselves on the history of the land and support Indigenous communities in any way possible.
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