Comments on: Skegness X-Site Skate Park Review

By: Jordan

Jordan — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 19:08:21 +0000

We travel from Nottinghamshire to allow our two boys to go to the x site skatepark.We find it reasonably priced with friendly staff and the food and drinks reasonably priced.We have had no problems with any other kids that attend.My boys are aged 6 and 12 the older children always look out for the younger children.We would reccomend it to anybody. where could you take your kids for £7 a session?????

By: Skeggy Resident

Skeggy Resident — Fri, 16 Sep 2011 09:51:37 +0000

If I told you Mablethorpe has a Free skate park would you still go to x-site, Mablethorpe is only 15 minutes away via car, it has lovely golden sands that stretches for miles and the beach fancy huts

You have to see Jabba the Hut

The kids there are lovely and it’s attached to a park with open spaces, great place to be.

Mablethorpes Skate Park is listed as one of Mablethorpes official attractions.

Marie

By: Skeggy Resident

Skeggy Resident — Fri, 16 Sep 2011 09:41:42 +0000

You take your grand kids there regularly, your from Nottingham 80 plus miles away, even if you have a caravan here it’s not regular.

Just for the record we have never smoked and still can’t afford to pay for 3 kids to skate weekly at X-site

We have found it more economic to take our kids to Mablethorpe where there is a free Skate Park.

Marie

By: Dennis

Dennis — Tue, 06 Sep 2011 19:35:17 +0000

i agree with Andy ,i take my grandchilren on a regular basis to
x-cite Dan 12yrs and Edd 6yrs,the facilities are spot on the staff are brilliant with the children helpful and friendly.the cost per session is no more than a smoker would pay for cigs each day,plus the exercise is a bonus.
Dennis from nottingham.

By: Mum of Two

Mum of Two — Mon, 22 Aug 2011 22:02:35 +0000

FANTASTIC ATTRACTION FOR SKEGNESS -- I do not understand the Skegness community who are complaining about this fantastic attraction. Your main income is provided by all who come during the peak-season months. We have been visiting Skegness during the holidays for some years, but since we found Xsite our visits are more enjoyable. Our boys aged 11 (a bmx-er) and our youngest, just 6, learning to skateboard, have found Xcite a great place to learn from others who use the facility. They use both the indoor ramp room & outdoor Plaza, whilst we enjoy watching our sons progress in their chosen activities, and yes we use the cafe (which I might add compared to other attractions in Skegness is clean, extremely reasonable & good quality). I take a book with me & read in between enjoying watching the kids have fun.

A comparison on value for money is -- a day without a visit to Xsite cost us £110 and all we got for that was a plastic soldier on a key-ring (including £4 for our boys to have 10mins on a trampoline!!) -- a day at Xsite cost us £50. Yes you may say we have money, but you would be wrong, we are two self-employed people who in the present climate cannot afford a holiday abroad and accept the loan of a caravan. You are very lucky to have such a facility, and yes it may cost what you think is alot of money, but most, if not all, indoor skateparks, in the UK, can only survive if they are charity funded as there are not many people out there with the spare 100,000s which are needed to start up such a venture (how much would the ramp room alone cost?)

At our last visit our youngest child was taught by three 19 year olds to drop-in on his skateboard and they did nothing but give him encouragement It was a lovely sight to see them tap their boards on the ramps when he finally did it!

Maybe somebody could tell me how much it costs to go in a horse-drawn carriage from the clock tower to the carpark & likewise how much it costs for the kids to take a donkey ride?

Yes it is a shame that locals have to pay to use such a facility, and I am not aware whether Xsite are exempt from paying business rates/rent/utilities/maintenance/salaries, I expect not & they probably do not get regular annual funding either. I am aware that Adrenaline Alley in Corby actually receive funding purely to pay some of their staff, you cannot expect people to work for nothing -- would you?

We admire those both young & old for the time and dedication they show to their chosen sport.

All this said and done everybody is entitled to view.

By: name

name — Sat, 18 Jun 2011 16:20:56 +0000

At the end of the day, regardless of the price, the price is set and hasnt changed for many years. I am not sure if anyone has actually bothered to realise but the staff and various things have been reduced due to not making bumper profits I believe. Yes they are a charity but that doesnt mean they are given funding each year to keep open, they have to survive like any other business. The way I see it is that, yes it would be amazing to keep it really cheap but if the doors closed due to not generating enough money, it would be a huge loss to the local community. There are a few that moan and groan but generally if the skatepark wasnt there for me and my mates to use what else would there be in this generally 20 years behind town.
As an example to think about, when I did kickboxing it cost me £5 for 1.5 hours, once a week. I wanted to go at least twice a week but I couldnt afford it. Its the same everywhere you go. £3 something for 1 game of bowls which can be over easily within the hour. I personally think you get your monies worth.

By: Tom

Tom — Sat, 07 Aug 2010 23:50:57 +0000

Hi, I just thought i’d contribute, i’m 14 and my sport of choice is BMX…

Please please please stop complaining about the price of indoor skateparks. This is a price needed to be paid, I have spoken owners of indoor skateparks and I was shocked to discover the only skatepark that actually runs at a decent profit is Adrenaline Alley (Corby) , the owner of Leeds skatepark (The works) told me that in the previous year, the skatepark ran at a loss of £500, and prices are still £10+ per session, the adults on here are complaining that it costs too much to go OFTEN, and yes, i can’t afford it myself, but i do other things, go to free outdoor skateparks, ride street etc, you see your children and think, WOW THEY ARE REALLY GOOD, but chances are all they do is go up and down ramps and get in anyone who actually rides/skates way !

By: Skeggy Resident

Skeggy Resident — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 12:30:49 +0000

Interesting I’ll have to look up about the funding in more detail.

Marie

By: Skeggy Resident

Skeggy Resident — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 12:27:55 +0000

You Said “Have you really taken any notice of what you are saying here, Ukskatepark charges are no different”

If you read my comment again you will see I was only commenting that ukskatepark Stockport has a cheaper membership than X-Site hence the bold “IMPORTANT PART: Annual membership is £15″

Marie

By: J S

J S — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 12:59:17 +0000

XSite Skatepark recieved £250,000 in funding from the East Lindsey District Council and the Lincolnshire County Council, because they are a charity and the skatepark was built to get Skegness kids off the streets and out of trouble.
The owner of this forum has shown the price to send local kids to this skatepark is not cheap.
I’m a single Skegness Mum and my two teenage boys are street skaters who use XSite once a week. My boys want to go more often but I cannt afford more. My kids are forced to skate the streets when theres the purpose built skatepark they would visit every day if I had the money.
XSite has let local kids down.