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- About
Us
- The
Founder
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The
Coaches & Crew
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Partners
& Friends
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Sports
Careers
- Franchise
Opportunities
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About
Skating
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HOW IT ALL STARTED
After skating quads
in the 80’s, Barry Hanson, the Founder of SkateSports,
started out developing inline skating sports in Taiwan
in 1994.
As marketing Manager at CWC, (Taiwan) he focused time
on designing, producing, testing, breaking and remodeling
skates and accessories for major skate manufacturers
Play Maker & Goodmen.
He secured distribution of California Pro, Crazy Creek,
Bauer, Hyper and later, Mission & SOAP - managed
marketing, promotions & events throughout Taiwan.
Skating the streets of Taiwan daily he and colleague
Geoff attracted interest in the local press which lead
to a call from the founder of "Montessori"
Taiwan.
Together they developed safe, fun, learn to skate programs
based on the Montessori "play and Learn" philosophy
teaching within the School. Soon after Hanson ventured
onto Chicago IL, USA to train and become an Internationally
Certified Instructor. (the 1st International Inline
Certified Coach then in 1997 1st Examiner in Asia).
SKATE SCHOOL
Establishing a Skate
School in Taiwan called Asia Sports with the club being
“COCO”, he continued to expand the program
and his instructor base teaching thousands of students
in Schools, for Corporations and private groups throughout
greater Taipei. This experience, a solid program, International
Certification and industry networks, enabled Barry to
train extreme skaters to compete in Asian X Games in
Thailand in 1997 and 1998.
1997, 1998, 1999 Barry co conducted International "Instructor
Certification Programs" in Taiwan, Hong Kong and
Singapore expanding the base of Certified Instructors
throughout the region. Soon after conducting the ICP
Coach Certification program in Singapore late 1999,
Barry accepted the position as General Manager of a
new skate business "skateline". He relocated
in November 1999 Within this role, he set up the 1st
skateline skate shop, developed the LTS (Learn to Skate
Program), established the Team K2 aggressive skate crew,
Skateline Roadshow demo teams, initiated Skate Hockey
programs. As a partner in the business he spearheaded
business systems and program development which established
skateline as the premier skate business in Singapore.
Barry sold his share in the Company in mid 2001 to establish
Inline
Hockey Singapore & SkateSports Private
Limited.
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Barry opened "SkateSports" the largest inline skate
shop in East Coast Park in late 2002. Since then the SkateSports
“Crew” and team of Coaches developed a solid following
of students from 7 international Schools and several local
Schools and institutions. SkateSports quickly become recognized
as the premier choice for inline skate, Rental, Classes, purchase
of skates and equipment amongst the 6-12 year olds - Families.
SkateSports is now located at e!HUB, Down Town East.
With a personal interest in Inline Hockey, Barry trained/coached
teams of hockey players to compete in over 25 local, regional,
and international events including World Inline Cup (Canada),
CanAm (Canada), Hong Kong YMCA Cup (HK), Pacific Cup (New
Zealand) many on an annual basis. His interest and passion
for hockey was supported by Tampines Central CC management
and efforts awarded by Minister Sin Boon Ann (MP Tampines
Central GRC). Barry was instrumental on the planning and development
of the Millennium Court (Singapore's 1st official size inline
hockey rink) and plays an ongoing active role in the management
of Community activities and events at the rink.
In 2005, TCCC invited Barry to show case inline skating sports
during the official opening of the new TCCCC building. He
worked with with Tampines Central Community Center to setup
a one year long exhibition on Inline Hockey. Barry assembled
players & teams within the 2000 square foot exhibition
space and had the honor to meet Singapore Prime Minister Lee
Hsien Loong who visited the exhibition during the official
opening ceremony.
In the same year, Barry organized the first South East Asian
Development (SEAD) conference for industry leaders within
the region. Bringing these leaders together will inevitably
prove to be a valuable exercise for the ongoing development
of the skating industry through South East Asian cooperation.
A decade after start up here, the skating business has spawned
and become more competitive, this is specifically what drives
Barry. "It's always a challenge to be a market leader.
As the other Companies duplicate and expand we must always
innovate to stay ahead" he continues.., "In recent
years we have stayed head by promoting the fact that skating
sports is more than just inline skating. People are now enjoying
a wide variety of skating sports like; scooters, street surfing,
skateboards, skating shoes and skorpies skating - and SkateSports
is the only Skate Shop offering all the products and classes
for all these sports".
Today Barry remains active in the development of skating sports
in Asia. His roles include; Founding Manager of Association
Inline Hockey Singapore, President of International Skate
Coach Certification (ISCC), General Manager of SkateSports
P/L, Management Committee Member of the Tampines Millennium
Court and personally teaches classes at East Coast Park, Tampines
and in International Schools. Besides this, Hanson enjoys
time with his wife Lourra & baby Harley.
Hanson has been a guest on various media sharing his knowledge,
expertise, passion and perspective of the sports business.
For all related enquires please direct your email to; info@SkateSports.com.sg
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