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Go to Stockwell instead, much better park for learning, much friendlier. Earlier mornings (e.g. Before 11) better initially and there'll be other similar aged kids there also learning.
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Can you explain how Stockwell is better for learning? Looks steeper with more banks and bowls, whereas Clapham is flatter couple of ups and downs, and some rails.
Jnr is confident standing on a moving board, getting better at pushing on it, can tack randomly, and stops by jumping off. Not sure I’d be comfortable with them swooping through some of those bowl sections at Stockwell..
cornelius_blackfoot
BiL took jnr to clapham common skate park on sunday. Jnr was a bit intimidated by the older skaters. They've always had a bit of an issue with engaging with other kids in and around equipment they want to use. Usually takes them a while to warm to, get comfortable with those types of situations, as well as to overcome their inhibitions about not "being good enough".
I'm planning on taking them back there during the summer holidays, probably during the day midweek so there aren't so many older kids/skaters there, and they can pootle, make mistakes, figure out where they like to be, need to get better etc. But as I'll be probably figuring out how to navigate the park myself any tips on anything else I can do to get a 6yr old more comfortable at the skate park?