Round-up of 2022
2022 ROUND-UP
This year has been incredible for skateboarding and we are humbled to have played a small part in supporting the community. Here are a few of our highlights…
- Hosted the National Championship over 2 weekends
- Announced a National Skateboard GB Team of 10 skaters
- Created 5 new paid jobs in skateboarding
- Trained over 250 skateboard coaches around the UK
- Supported UK social skate organisations to access National Lottery funding of £20,000
- Developed a talent pathway, aka The Pipeline Project 2.0
- Created new features on the MySkate app with over 100,000 monthly uses
- Ran the Virtual Championships with 100+ skaters (with Skiddle)
- Launched the ‘Survival of the Sickest’ with 3 events and 200 skateboarders
- Delivered the only UK Skateboard Photography masterclass with MPB.
- Launched the Cruiser award; a progression award for early beginner skateboarders
- Released funding guidance for social skateboarding projects and skateparks
- Supported more than 70 skatepark or skate community projects around the UK
- Launched a funding support offer for skate community groups with Crowdfunder
- Upgraded Kaset Skatepark alongside VIY
- Talks, research and advocacy; exchanging learning, good practice in partnership with loads of great orgs
- Won the Sports Business Awards Partnership of the Year 2022 with Habito
- Gained Sport England funding for grassroots skateboarding, complementing our UK Sport funding
We can’t wait to build on this in 2023, but for now, we’d like to wish you all a Happy New Year from all of us here at Skateboard GB.