Learn to Skate with The Roller Jungle

Learn to Skate classes will take place on Wednesday evenings at 5PM starting on March 13, 2024. Find the full schedule below.

Calling all beginner wheelers - Learn to Skate with The Roller Jungle! You will learn skate rink etiquette and basic skills such as how to get rolling, how to stride using proper stance and weight placement, how to stop, and how to fall safely.

There are three options for Learn to Skate:

• $25 for a drop-in class and free skate rental.
• $100 for a 4-week course (four classes) and free skate rental.
• $250 for a 3-month program (ten classes), free skate rental, and one free Open Skate session.
  
  Classes will be held from 5 - 6:45PM and broken up into kids ages 5-12 years (5 - 5:45PM) and an adults 18+ portion (5:50-6:45PM).

Learn to Skate classes will be held on Wednesdays:

• March 13
• March 20
• March 27
• April 3
• April 10
• April 17
• April 24
• May 1
• May 8
• May 15

Following your registration, you will be sent an email containing a waiver form. This waiver form must be signed and provided to the instructor to participate in the classes.

The Roller Jungle can be found at Contemporary Calgary, our official Venue Partner. Contemporary Calgary provides Calgary and its visitors with a significant visual arts destination dedicated to modern and contemporary art.

About the instructor

Livvy Skates (she/her) is a thrill-seeking, fun-loving, music-bumping roller skater based in Mohkinstsis. Her passion to roll has taken her across Canada, the US, and to London and Scotland where she was able to train with master skaters. She hopes to create a skate army of BIPOC folk on wheels.

Photo by Christy Castillon.