Guides · For Councils, Organisers & Riders
The HORNGRY guides
Practical, no nonsense guides for people starting out and people running things. Learn to ride at any age, run sessions, fill parks, slopes and tracks, and grow your local scene.
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Street
3 guides
StreetCouncils & organisers
How to organise a community skate jam
A step by step plan for councils, youth workers and clubs running a skate jam or pump track session.
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StreetEveryone
Skateboarding culture: built by the Uninvited
The history and values behind skateboarding, and why the culture still belongs to the people who ride.
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StreetRiders · Beginners
How to start skateboarding after 40 (and what nobody tells you)
What to buy, what to wear, how to fall and where to start if you're picking up a board as an adult. No age limit.
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Surf
1 guide
Dirt
1 guide
Snow
1 guide
Sky
1 guide
All sports
1 guideCouncils
3 guides
CouncilsCouncillors & officers
The case for a skate park or community ride space
What the research says, who did it, and how to build a case that holds up in a council meeting.
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CouncilsCouncils & community teams
How councils can support grassroots action sports events
What helps most, what to ask organisers for, and a one page support template you can adapt.
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CouncilsCouncils & youth teams
Youth sport and wellbeing
Reaching the young people traditional clubs miss: the data, the research and what to do with it.
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